The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 4 CHELSEA - Tue Dec 26, 1922 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Dec 26, 1922 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-4 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Wednesday 27 December 1922
: Nottingham Journal - Wednesday 27 December 1922

Season:: 1922-23
Referee:: AE Caseley
Attendance:: 25,000
League Week:: 23 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 16 18
Opp Before/After:: 18 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Newcastle United (League Tier 1)
Chelsea:: Dec 25, 1923

GAME COUNT:
League:: 950 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 634 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 1081 (of 5829)
Total:: 1924 (of 7634)
Played:: 103 years, 8 months, 22 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

CHELSEA
Manager: David Calderhead
Prior form: LDLDLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jimmy Armstrong (37')
Harry Ford (40')
Jimmy Armstrong (51')
Kenny Sharp (56')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	40	Sam Hardy
2	D	32	Harold Bulling
3	D	31	Harry Jones
4	M	23	Gerry Morgan
5	D	29	Fred Parker
6	F	26	Noah Burton
7	M	23	Sid Gibson
8	F	31	Jack Spaven
9	F	31	Bobby Parker
10	F	24	Patrick Nelis
11	F	31	Henry Martin

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	40	Sam Hardy	53		1	1
2	D	32	Harold Bulling	125	2	1	1
3	D	31	Harry Jones	203	9	1	1
4	M	23	Gerry Morgan	8		1	1
5	D	29	Fred Parker	135	3	1	1
6	F	26	Noah Burton	67	7	1	1
7	M	23	Sid Gibson	52	3	3	2
8	F	31	Jack Spaven	109	44	1	1
9	F	31	Bobby Parker	44	11	1	1
10	F	24	Patrick Nelis	28	9	1	1
11	F	31	Henry Martin	22	3	1	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Colin Hampton
2	D	George Smith
3	D	Jack Harrow
4	D	Jock Priestley
5	D	David Cameron
6	M	Tommy Meehan
7	M	Fred Linfoot
8	M	Harry Ford
9	M	Jimmy Armstrong
10	F	Kenny Sharp
11	F	Bobby McNeil

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Tue Dec 26, 1922)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	5-0	Bolton Wanderers
Aston Villa	3-1	Burnley
Cardiff City	3-0	West Bromwich Albion
Huddersfield Town	4-0	Birmingham City
Liverpool	2-1	Oldham Athletic
Manchester City	2-1	Everton
Middlesbrough	1-1	Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest	0-4	Chelsea
Preston North End	1-0	Blackburn Rovers
Sheffield United	2-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Stoke	1-2	Sunderland

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

FIRST 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	Liverpool	21	15	1	5	46	21	8	1	1	31	10	7	0	4	15	11	25	31	WLWWWW
2	Sunderland	20	10	7	3	39	28	7	3	0	24	12	3	4	3	15	16	11	27	DWWDWD
3	Middlesbrough	21	9	8	4	36	28	7	3	0	26	12	2	5	4	10	16	8	26	DWLWDD
4	Burnley	21	10	5	6	37	22	7	3	1	26	7	3	2	5	11	15	15	25	WLWDDD
5	Huddersfield Town	21	9	7	5	27	18	6	1	3	14	7	3	6	2	13	11	9	25	WDWDWD
6	Manchester City	21	9	6	6	28	26	7	2	1	22	11	2	4	5	6	15	2	24	LDWLWD
7	Newcastle United	21	8	7	6	23	18	4	5	2	13	8	4	2	4	10	10	5	23	DWLDDD
8	Bolton Wanderers	22	9	5	8	32	28	8	3	0	25	6	1	2	8	7	22	4	23	WDWLWW
9	Sheffield United	22	8	7	7	30	29	5	5	1	18	10	3	2	6	12	19	1	23	WDWDWL
10	Tottenham Hotspur	20	9	4	7	27	27	5	1	5	18	17	4	3	2	9	10	0	22	DWWDWW
11	Birmingham City	22	6	9	7	20	20	5	4	3	13	8	1	5	4	7	12	0	21	DWLDLD
12	West Bromwich Albion	20	7	6	7	31	25	5	4	1	23	7	2	2	6	8	18	6	20	DWDLLD
13	Blackburn Rovers	20	6	8	6	25	25	5	5	0	15	6	1	3	6	10	19	0	20	DDLWLD
14	Aston Villa	21	7	6	8	25	29	5	2	3	15	8	2	4	5	10	21	-4	20	LDLDDD
15	Everton	20	8	4	8	25	30	6	2	2	16	9	2	2	6	9	21	-5	20	LLDDWD
16	Nottingham Forest	22	6	6	10	23	34	6	2	3	12	8	0	4	7	11	26	-11	18	DLLLLD
17	Preston North End	21	5	7	9	30	36	4	2	4	17	14	1	5	5	13	22	-6	17	DWLDLD
18	Chelsea	21	5	7	9	22	28	2	6	3	14	13	3	1	6	8	15	-6	17	LDLDLD
19	Cardiff City	20	6	3	11	30	35	5	1	4	20	14	1	2	7	10	21	-5	15	LLWLWL
20	Oldham Athletic	21	5	5	11	22	39	5	2	4	14	13	0	3	7	8	26	-17	15	LLWDDL
21	Stoke	20	4	6	10	24	31	3	5	2	16	11	1	1	8	8	20	-7	14	WDLWLD
22	Arsenal	22	5	4	13	27	52	4	2	4	13	13	1	2	9	14	39	-25	14	LLWDLL

Table after:

	FIRST 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	Liverpool	22	16	1	5	48	22	9	1	1	33	11	7	0	4	15	11	26	33	LWWWWW		2-1
	2	Sunderland	21	11	7	3	41	29	7	3	0	24	12	4	4	3	17	17	12	29	WWDWDW		2-1
2	3	Huddersfield Town	22	10	7	5	31	18	7	1	3	18	7	3	6	2	13	11	13	27	DWDWDW		4-0
1	4	Middlesbrough	22	9	9	4	37	29	7	4	0	27	13	2	5	4	10	16	8	27	WLWDDD		1-1
1	5	Manchester City	22	10	6	6	30	27	8	2	1	24	12	2	4	5	6	15	3	26	DWLWDW		2-1
2	6	Burnley	22	10	5	7	38	25	7	3	1	26	7	3	2	6	12	18	13	25	LWDDDL		1-3
2	7	Sheffield United	23	9	7	7	32	29	6	5	1	20	10	3	2	6	12	19	3	25	DWDWLW		2-0
1	8	Newcastle United	22	8	8	6	24	19	4	5	2	13	8	4	3	4	11	11	5	24	WLDDDD		1-1
1	9	Bolton Wanderers	23	9	5	9	32	33	8	3	0	25	6	1	2	9	7	27	-1	23	DWLWWL		0-5
4	10	Aston Villa	22	8	6	8	28	30	6	2	3	18	9	2	4	5	10	21	-2	22	DLDDDW		3-1
1	11	Tottenham Hotspur	21	9	4	8	27	29	5	1	5	18	17	4	3	3	9	12	-2	22	WWDWWL		0-2
1	12	Birmingham City	23	6	9	8	20	24	5	4	3	13	8	1	5	5	7	16	-4	21	WLDLDL		0-4
1	13	West Bromwich Albion	21	7	6	8	31	28	5	4	1	23	7	2	2	7	8	21	3	20	WDLLDL		0-3
1	14	Blackburn Rovers	21	6	8	7	25	26	5	5	0	15	6	1	3	7	10	20	-1	20	DLWLDL		0-1
	15	Everton	21	8	4	9	26	32	6	2	2	16	9	2	2	7	10	23	-6	20	LDDWDL		1-2
2	16	Chelsea	22	6	7	9	26	28	2	6	3	14	13	4	1	6	12	15	-2	19	DLDLDW		4-0
	17	Preston North End	22	6	7	9	31	36	5	2	4	18	14	1	5	5	13	22	-5	19	WLDLDW		1-0
2	18	Nottingham Forest	23	6	6	11	23	38	6	2	4	12	12	0	4	7	11	26	-15	18	LLLLDL		0-4
	19	Cardiff City	21	7	3	11	33	35	6	1	4	23	14	1	2	7	10	21	-2	17	LWLWLW		3-0
2	20	Arsenal	23	6	4	13	32	52	5	2	4	18	13	1	2	9	14	39	-20	16	LWDLLW		5-0
1	21	Oldham Athletic	22	5	5	12	23	41	5	2	4	14	13	0	3	8	9	28	-18	15	LWDDLL		1-2
1	22	Stoke	21	4	6	11	25	33	3	5	3	17	13	1	1	8	8	20	-8	14	DLWLDL		1-2