The City Ground

STOKE 4 - 0 FOREST - Sat Sep 04, 1920 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Sep 04, 1920 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Victoria Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-4 LOST
: Half-time: 0-4

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Staffordshire Sentinel - Saturday 04 September 1920

Season:: 1920-21
Referee:: J Cahill
Attendance:: 20,000
League Week:: 3 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 13 19
Opp Before/After:: 7 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (League Tier 2)
Stoke:: Apr 15, 1922

GAME COUNT:
League:: 846 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 235 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 971 (of 5828)
Total:: 1810 (of 7633)
Played:: 106 years, 5 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

STOKE
Manager: Arthur Shallcross
Prior form: DW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Arthur Watkin (10')
Arthur Watkin (29')
Arthur Watkin (37')
Jimmy McColl (40')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Joseph Johnson
2	D	29	Harold Bulling
3	D	29	Harry Jones
4	F	25	Jackie Belton
5	D	26	Fred Parker
6	F	36	Jack Armstrong
7	M	23	Alfred Davis
8	F	28	Jack Spaven
9	F	30	Tom Elliott
10	F	34	Sandy Higgins
11	F	25	Sidney Harrold

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK		Joseph Johnson	39		5	1
2	D	29	Harold Bulling	23		5	1
3	D	29	Harry Jones	95	7	5	1
4	F	25	Jackie Belton	57	13	5	1
5	D	26	Fred Parker	38	1	5	1
6	F	36	Jack Armstrong	376	9	5	1
7	M	23	Alfred Davis	15	7	5	1
8	F	28	Jack Spaven	15	4	5	1
9	F	30	Tom Elliott	2		5	1
10	F	34	Sandy Higgins	2	1	5	1
11	F	25	Sidney Harrold	2		5	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tom Kay
2	D	Tom Brittleton
3	D	Alec Milne
4	D	George Clarke
5	D	Charlie Parker
6	M	Dickie Smith
7	M	Harry Crossthwaite
8	M	Davie Brown
9	M	Jimmy McColl
10	F	Arthur Watkin
11	F	Billy Tempest

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Sep 04, 1920)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-1	South Shields
Blackpool	0-1	Bury
Cardiff City	3-0	Stockport County
Coventry City	0-1	Rotherham County
Hull City	2-1	West Ham United
Leeds United	3-1	Port Vale
Leicester City	2-1	Clapton Orient
Notts County	2-2	Bristol City
Stoke	4-0	Nottingham Forest
The Wednesday	0-0	Barnsley
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-0	Fulham

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	Notts County	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	WW
2	Fulham	2	2	0	0	5	1	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	WW
3	South Shields	2	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	4	4	WW
4	Clapton Orient	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	WD
5	Port Vale	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	WD
6	Cardiff City	2	1	1	0	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	2	3	3	WD
7	Stoke	2	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	3	DW
8	Coventry City	2	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1	3	WD
9	West Ham United	2	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	DW
10	Leicester City	2	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	LW
11	Birmingham City	2	1	0	1	5	4	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	LW
12	Bristol City	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	LW
13	Nottingham Forest	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	DD
14	The Wednesday	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	DD
15	Blackpool	2	0	1	1	3	4	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	2	-1	1	DL
16	Bury	2	0	1	1	2	6	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	4	-4	1	DL
17	Hull City	2	0	1	1	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	-4	1	DL
18	Barnsley	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	1	DL
19	Rotherham County	2	0	0	2	2	5	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	2	-3	0	LL
20	Stockport County	2	0	0	2	3	8	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	1	1	3	-5	0	LL
21	Leeds United	2	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	-3	0	LL
22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	-3	0	LL

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)
5	1	Cardiff City	3	2	1	0	8	2	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	5	2	6	5	WDW		3-0
5	2	Stoke	3	2	1	0	8	2	2	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	2	2	6	5	DWW		4-0
	3	South Shields	3	2	1	0	6	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	3	2	4	5	WWD		1-1
3	4	Notts County	3	2	1	0	4	2	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	5	WWD		2-2
3	5	Fulham	3	2	0	1	5	2	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	4	WWL		0-1
4	6	Leicester City	3	2	0	1	6	3	2	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	LWW		2-1
3	7	Clapton Orient	3	1	1	1	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	3	WDL		1-2
3	8	Birmingham City	3	1	1	1	6	5	1	1	0	6	2	0	0	1	0	3	1	3	LWD		1-1
3	9	Bristol City	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	4	3	0	3	LWD		2-2
2	10	Coventry City	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	3	WDL		0-1
6	11	Port Vale	3	1	1	1	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	3	WDL		1-3
3	12	West Ham United	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	3	3	0	3	DWL		1-2
4	13	Hull City	3	1	1	1	4	7	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	6	-3	3	DLW		2-1
2	14	Bury	3	1	1	1	3	6	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	4	-3	3	DLW		1-0
1	15	The Wednesday	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	DDD		0-0
5	16	Leeds United	3	1	0	2	4	5	1	0	1	4	3	0	0	1	0	2	-1	2	LLW		3-1
2	17	Rotherham County	3	1	0	2	3	5	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	1	1	2	-2	2	LLW		1-0
4	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	1	0	2	2	4	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	-2	2	LLW		1-0
6	19	Nottingham Forest	3	0	2	1	2	6	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	4	-4	2	DDL		0-4
2	20	Barnsley	3	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	-1	2	DLD		0-0
6	21	Blackpool	3	0	1	2	3	5	0	0	2	1	3	0	1	0	2	2	-2	1	DLL		0-1
2	22	Stockport County	3	0	0	3	3	11	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	2	1	6	-8	0	LLL		0-3