The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 CARDIFF CITY - Sat Feb 26, 1921 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 26, 1921 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Cardiff City
Country:: Wales
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:: 1920-21
Referee:: TH Prescott
Attendance:: 16,000
League Week:: 29 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 16 16
Opp Before/After:: 3 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Arsenal (Friendly)
League:: Fulham
Cardiff City:: Apr 04, 1921

GAME COUNT:
League:: 872 (of 5088)
League Tier 2:: 261 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 999 (of 5830)
Total:: 1838 (of 7635)
Played:: 105 years, 7 months, 1 day ago

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

Goal Scorers
Sidney Harrold (67')

CARDIFF CITY
Manager: Fred Stewart
Prior form: LDWLWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jimmy Gill (51')
Fred Keenor (74')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	22	Alfred Bennett
2	D	30	Harold Bulling
3	D	29	Harry Jones
4	F	25	Jackie Belton
5	D	27	Fred Parker
6	F	37	Jack Armstrong
7	F	25	Sidney Harrold (67')
8	F	30	Tom Elliott
9	M	21	Harry Bedford	Last game
10	F	35	Sandy Higgins
11	F	23	George Dennis	Debut

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ben Davies
2	D	Charlie Brittan
3	D	Jimmy Blair
4	D	Billy Newton
5	D	Fred Keenor
6	M	Billy Hardy
7	M	Billy Grimshaw
8	M	Jimmy Gill
9	M	Len Davies
10	F	Harry Nash
11	F	Joe Clark

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 26, 1921)

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

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	Birmingham City	28	16	6	6	56	25	11	3	0	39	8	5	3	6	17	17	31	38	WWWDDD
	2	Bristol City	27	14	8	5	33	17	10	2	2	23	8	4	6	3	10	9	16	36	LDLWDW
	3	Cardiff City	27	14	8	5	39	21	7	4	2	15	5	7	4	3	24	16	18	36	LDWLWD
	4	Blackpool	29	15	6	8	36	27	8	2	5	20	13	7	4	3	16	14	9	36	LWDWWL
	5	South Shields	28	13	7	8	47	28	9	2	3	32	12	4	5	5	15	16	19	33	DDWLLD
	6	West Ham United	28	13	6	9	37	18	8	4	2	28	6	5	2	7	9	12	19	32	WWWWLL
	7	Bury	28	12	6	10	35	34	8	5	1	22	9	4	1	9	13	25	1	30	DDWLWW
	8	Notts County	28	10	9	9	34	28	6	4	4	19	12	4	5	5	15	16	6	29	DWLWDL
	9	Leicester City	28	11	7	10	31	34	9	3	2	23	9	2	4	8	8	25	-3	29	LWLDWW
	10	Clapton Orient	28	10	8	10	28	32	9	3	1	23	6	1	5	9	5	26	-4	28	LLLWDD
	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	12	4	12	35	41	8	3	3	22	13	4	1	9	13	28	-6	28	WLDWWL
	12	Port Vale	27	10	7	10	38	32	7	2	5	26	13	3	5	5	12	19	6	27	WLLWLW
	13	Leeds United	29	11	5	13	31	35	9	3	3	25	9	2	2	10	6	26	-4	27	LWLLLL
	14	Rotherham County	30	9	9	12	26	40	5	7	3	15	17	4	2	9	11	23	-14	27	DLLWLW
	15	Stoke	27	9	8	10	33	28	6	3	4	19	8	3	5	6	14	20	5	26	WDDWDD
	16	Nottingham Forest	28	9	8	11	36	35	6	4	4	27	19	3	4	7	9	16	1	26	WLDLLL
	17	Hull City	27	6	12	9	29	36	5	5	4	16	13	1	7	5	13	23	-7	24	WDLDDD
	18	Fulham	26	8	7	11	23	32	6	3	3	15	11	2	4	8	8	21	-9	23	WLDDWL
	19	Barnsley	27	6	10	11	26	30	6	6	2	19	11	0	4	9	7	19	-4	22	DWLWLL
	20	The Wednesday	29	7	7	15	24	40	4	5	5	13	10	3	2	10	11	30	-16	21	LWDLWD
	21	Coventry City	27	6	6	15	25	55	4	3	7	15	21	2	3	8	10	34	-30	18	LDWLLW
	22	Stockport County	28	5	6	17	29	63	4	4	6	21	21	1	2	11	8	42	-34	16	LLDDWW

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	Birmingham City	29	17	6	6	57	25	11	3	0	39	8	6	3	6	18	17	32	40	WWDDDW		1-0
	2	Bristol City	28	15	8	5	34	17	11	2	2	24	8	4	6	3	10	9	17	38	DLWDWW		1-0
	3	Cardiff City	28	15	8	5	41	22	7	4	2	15	5	8	4	3	26	17	19	38	DWLWDW		2-1
	4	Blackpool	30	16	6	8	37	27	8	2	5	20	13	8	4	3	17	14	10	38	WDWWLW		1-0
	5	South Shields	29	14	7	8	48	28	10	2	3	33	12	4	5	5	15	16	20	35	DWLLDW		1-0
	6	West Ham United	29	13	6	10	37	19	8	4	2	28	6	5	2	8	9	13	18	32	WWWLLL		0-1
	7	Bury	29	12	6	11	35	35	8	5	2	22	10	4	1	9	13	25	0	30	DWLWWL		0-1
1	8	Leicester City	29	11	8	10	32	35	9	3	2	23	9	2	5	8	9	26	-3	30	WLDWWD		1-1
1	9	Clapton Orient	29	11	8	10	29	32	10	3	1	24	6	1	5	9	5	26	-3	30	LLWDDW		1-0
2	10	Notts County	29	10	9	10	34	29	6	4	4	19	12	4	5	6	15	17	5	29	WLWDLL		0-1
	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	12	5	12	38	44	8	4	3	25	16	4	1	9	13	28	-6	29	LDWWLD		3-3
2	12	Rotherham County	31	9	10	12	27	41	5	8	3	16	18	4	2	9	11	23	-14	28	LLWLWD		1-1
2	13	Stoke	28	9	9	10	36	31	6	3	4	19	8	3	6	6	17	23	5	27	DDWDDD		3-3
2	14	Port Vale	28	10	7	11	38	33	7	2	6	26	14	3	5	5	12	19	5	27	LLWLWL		0-1
2	15	Leeds United	30	11	5	14	31	36	9	3	3	25	9	2	2	11	6	27	-5	27	WLLLLL		0-1
	16	Nottingham Forest	29	9	8	12	37	37	6	4	5	28	21	3	4	7	9	16	0	26	LDLLLL		1-2
	17	Hull City	28	6	13	9	30	37	5	6	4	17	14	1	7	5	13	23	-7	25	DLDDDD		1-1
1	18	Barnsley	28	7	10	11	29	31	7	6	2	22	12	0	4	9	7	19	-2	24	WLWLLW		3-1
1	19	Fulham	27	8	7	12	24	35	6	3	3	15	11	2	4	9	9	24	-11	23	LDDWLL		1-3
	20	The Wednesday	30	7	8	15	25	41	4	5	5	13	10	3	3	10	12	31	-16	22	WDLWDD		1-1
1	21	Stockport County	29	6	6	17	32	63	5	4	6	24	21	1	2	11	8	42	-31	18	LDDWWW		3-0
1	22	Coventry City	28	6	6	16	25	58	4	3	7	15	21	2	3	9	10	37	-33	18	DWLLWL		0-3