The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN - Sat Apr 17, 1920 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 17, 1920 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Huddersfield Town
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1919-20
Referee:: RT Bradshaw
Attendance:: 20,000
League Week:: 40 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 17 18
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Huddersfield Town (League Tier 2)
Huddersfield Town:: Apr 28, 1920

GAME COUNT:
League:: 841 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 230 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 966 (of 5829)
Total:: 1805 (of 7634)
Played:: 106 years, 5 months, 2 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Bob Masters
Prior form: LLLWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jackie Belton (55')

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
Manager: Ambrose Langley
Prior form: DWWWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Frank Mann (50')
Sam Taylor (85')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Joseph Johnson
2	F	21	Percy Barratt
3	D	28	Harry Jones
4	M	34	Harry Lowe
5	D	26	Fred Parker
6	F	36	Jack Armstrong
7	M	33	Robert Firth
8	F	28	Jack Spaven
9	F	24	Jackie Belton (55')
10	F	28	John Lythgoe
11	F	35	Ben Shearman	Last game

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ted Davis
2	D	James Wood
3	D	Ralph Rodgerson
4	D	Charlie Slade
5	D	Tommy Wilson
6	M	Billy Watson
7	M	George Richardson
8	M	Frank Mann
9	M	Sam Taylor
10	F	Jack Swan
11	F	Billy Smith

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 17, 1920)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-1	Blackpool
Bury	2-2	Fulham
Clapton Orient	2-1	Birmingham City
Hull City	1-1	West Ham United
Lincoln City	4-1	Coventry City
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Huddersfield Town
Port Vale	1-2	Leicester City
South Shields	2-2	Stoke
Stockport County	2-3	Bristol City
Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	Grimsby Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-1	Rotherham County

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Tottenham Hotspur	38	30	5	3	98	29	18	1	0	57	10	12	4	3	41	19	69	65	WDWWWW	Champions
	2	Huddersfield Town	39	25	8	6	89	34	14	4	1	52	10	11	4	5	37	24	55	58	DWWWWW	Safe
	3	Birmingham City	38	23	7	8	82	30	13	3	3	52	14	10	4	5	30	16	52	53	LLWWWW	Safe
	4	Blackpool	39	20	9	10	61	42	12	4	3	37	14	8	5	7	24	28	19	49	WWWDWW	Safe
	5	Bury	38	20	6	12	55	37	14	2	3	31	11	6	4	9	24	26	18	46	WWLWWW	Safe
	6	Fulham	39	17	8	14	54	48	9	6	4	31	18	8	2	10	23	30	6	42	WWWLLW	Safe
	7	West Ham United	38	17	8	13	41	37	12	3	4	29	13	5	5	9	12	24	4	42	LWWDLW	Safe
	8	South Shields	38	14	10	14	53	43	12	4	3	43	16	2	6	11	10	27	10	38	WLDWDL	Safe
	9	Stoke	38	17	4	17	55	48	12	2	5	34	15	5	2	12	21	33	7	38	LWLLLL	Safe
	10	Port Vale	39	15	8	16	57	56	11	3	6	34	25	4	5	10	23	31	1	38	LDWLWL	Safe
	11	Barnsley	39	14	9	16	57	51	9	4	7	40	27	5	5	9	17	24	6	37	WLDDLL	Safe
	12	Hull City	38	16	5	17	73	68	12	3	4	51	22	4	2	13	22	46	5	37	LLLDDD	Safe
	13	Bristol City	38	10	17	11	38	37	7	9	3	26	17	3	8	8	12	20	1	37	DDDDLD	Safe
	14	Leicester City	38	14	9	15	38	55	8	5	6	25	27	6	4	9	13	28	-17	37	WWLDWL	Safe
	15	Stockport County	38	13	9	16	49	54	10	4	5	31	21	3	5	11	18	33	-5	35	LLDLLL	Safe
	16	Clapton Orient	38	14	5	19	44	55	12	3	4	29	16	2	2	15	15	39	-11	33	WWLDWL	Safe
	17	Nottingham Forest	39	11	9	19	39	66	9	4	7	22	20	2	5	12	17	46	-27	31	LLLWWL
	18	Rotherham County	38	11	8	19	47	80	9	4	6	29	25	2	4	13	18	55	-33	30	WLDLLW
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	8	10	19	48	73	6	4	8	34	30	2	6	11	14	43	-25	26	DLDLLL
	20	Lincoln City	39	8	9	22	38	94	7	6	7	23	29	1	3	15	15	65	-56	25	LLDLDL
	21	Coventry City	38	7	10	21	28	66	5	7	7	16	25	2	3	14	12	41	-38	24	DLWLWW
	22	Grimsby Town	38	8	5	25	28	69	6	4	9	18	23	2	1	16	10	46	-41	21	LWLLLW

*Port Vale joined after the expulsion of Leeds City and inherited the eight games already played by Leeds

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Tottenham Hotspur	39	31	5	3	101	30	19	1	0	60	11	12	4	3	41	19	71	67	DWWWWW	Champions	3-1
	2	Huddersfield Town	40	26	8	6	91	35	14	4	1	52	10	12	4	5	39	25	56	60	WWWWWW	Promoted	2-1
	3	Birmingham City	39	23	7	9	83	32	13	3	3	52	14	10	4	6	31	18	51	53	LWWWWL	Safe	1-2
	4	Blackpool	40	20	10	10	62	43	12	4	3	37	14	8	6	7	25	29	19	50	WWDWWD	Safe	1-1
	5	Bury	39	20	7	12	57	39	14	3	3	33	13	6	4	9	24	26	18	47	WLWWWD	Safe	2-2
	6	Fulham	40	17	9	14	56	50	9	6	4	31	18	8	3	10	25	32	6	43	WWLLWD	Safe	2-2
	7	West Ham United	39	17	9	13	42	38	12	3	4	29	13	5	6	9	13	25	4	43	WWDLWD	Safe	1-1
	8	South Shields	39	14	11	14	55	45	12	5	3	45	18	2	6	11	10	27	10	39	LDWDLD	Safe	2-2
	9	Stoke	39	17	5	17	57	50	12	2	5	34	15	5	3	12	23	35	7	39	WLLLLD	Safe	2-2
3	10	Bristol City	39	11	17	11	41	39	7	9	3	26	17	4	8	8	15	22	2	39	DDDLDW	Safe	3-2
3	11	Leicester City	39	15	9	15	40	56	8	5	6	25	27	7	4	9	15	29	-16	39	WLDWLW	Safe	2-1
1	12	Barnsley	40	14	10	16	58	52	9	5	7	41	28	5	5	9	17	24	6	38	LDDLLD	Safe	1-1
1	13	Hull City	39	16	6	17	74	69	12	4	4	52	23	4	2	13	22	46	5	38	LLDDDD	Safe	1-1
4	14	Port Vale	40	15	8	17	58	58	11	3	7	35	27	4	5	10	23	31	0	38	DWLWLL	Safe	1-2
	15	Stockport County	39	13	9	17	51	57	10	4	6	33	24	3	5	11	18	33	-6	35	LDLLLL	Safe	2-3
	16	Clapton Orient	39	15	5	19	46	56	13	3	4	31	17	2	2	15	15	39	-10	35	WLDWLW	Safe	2-1
1	17	Rotherham County	39	12	8	19	48	80	9	4	6	29	25	3	4	13	19	55	-32	32	LDLLWW	Safe	1-0
1	18	Nottingham Forest	40	11	9	20	40	68	9	4	8	23	22	2	5	12	17	46	-28	31	LLWWLL		1-2
1	19	Lincoln City	40	9	9	22	42	95	8	6	7	27	30	1	3	15	15	65	-53	27	LDLDLW		4-1
1	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	8	10	20	48	74	6	4	9	34	31	2	6	11	14	43	-26	26	LDLLLL		0-1
	21	Coventry City	39	7	10	22	29	70	5	7	7	16	25	2	3	15	13	45	-41	24	LWLWWL		1-4
	22	Grimsby Town	39	8	5	26	29	72	6	4	9	18	23	2	1	17	11	49	-43	21	WLLLWL		1-3

*Port Vale joined after the expulsion of Leeds City and inherited the eight games already played by Leeds