The City Ground

ARSENAL 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Feb 10, 1923 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 10, 1923 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Arsenal
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highbury
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1922-23
Referee:: F Slater
Attendance:: 20,000
League Week:: 30 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 20
Opp Before/After:: 17 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Cardiff City (League Tier 1)
Arsenal:: Mar 15, 1924

GAME COUNT:
League:: 957 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 641 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 1092 (of 5829)
Total:: 1935 (of 7634)
Played:: 103 years, 7 months, 7 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

ARSENAL
Manager: Leslie Knighton
Prior form: WWLWDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Alf Baker (44')
Alf Baker (80')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	40	Sam Hardy
2	D	32	Harold Bulling
3	D	31	Harry Jones
4	F	27	Jackie Belton
5	M	23	Gerry Morgan
6	F	26	Noah Burton
7	M	23	Sid Gibson
8	F	31	Jack Spaven
9	F	24	Patrick Nelis
10	F	26	Charlie Flood
11	F	31	Henry Martin

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jock Robson
2	D	Alex Mackie
3	D	Andy Kennedy
4	D	Billy Milne
5	D	Jack Butler
6	M	Bob John
7	M	Jock Rutherford
8	M	Billy Blyth
9	M	Bobby Turnbull
10	F	Alf Baker
11	F	Jimmy Paterson

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Feb 10, 1923)

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

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	27	20	2	5	55	22	12	1	1	38	11	8	1	4	17	11	33	42	WDWWWW
	2	Sunderland	26	15	8	3	52	34	9	4	0	32	16	6	4	3	20	18	18	38	WWWWDW
	3	Huddersfield Town	26	12	8	6	36	20	8	1	4	19	8	4	7	2	17	12	16	32	DWWWDL
	4	Newcastle United	27	11	9	7	27	22	6	6	2	15	8	5	3	5	12	14	5	31	DWWWLD
	5	Sheffield United	27	11	9	7	41	34	7	6	1	24	13	4	3	6	17	21	7	31	LWWWDD
	6	Manchester City	27	12	7	8	36	32	9	3	1	27	14	3	4	7	9	18	4	31	WWWLDL
	7	Middlesbrough	26	10	9	7	39	35	8	4	1	29	15	2	5	6	10	20	4	29	DDWLLL
	8	West Bromwich Albion	27	11	6	10	41	35	8	4	1	30	7	3	2	9	11	28	6	28	WLWWWL
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	26	12	4	10	36	34	7	1	5	23	17	5	3	5	13	17	2	28	LLLWWW
	10	Aston Villa	27	11	6	10	38	36	9	2	3	25	9	2	4	7	13	27	2	28	WWLLWW
	11	Bolton Wanderers	28	10	8	10	39	39	9	5	0	30	9	1	3	10	9	30	0	28	LDWLDD
	12	Burnley	26	11	5	10	43	34	8	3	2	29	11	3	2	8	14	23	9	27	DLLLWL
	13	Preston North End	27	9	7	11	41	44	8	2	4	28	19	1	5	7	13	25	-3	25	WLWLWW
	14	Everton	26	10	4	12	34	41	8	2	3	23	13	2	2	9	11	28	-7	24	LLWLWL
	15	Blackburn Rovers	27	8	8	11	34	46	7	5	2	24	18	1	3	9	10	28	-12	24	WLLWLL
	16	Chelsea	26	7	9	10	29	29	3	7	3	17	13	4	2	7	12	16	0	23	DWDLWD
	17	Arsenal	29	9	5	15	42	55	7	2	4	22	13	2	3	11	20	42	-13	23	WWLWDL
	18	Cardiff City	26	9	4	13	40	41	8	1	4	29	14	1	3	9	11	27	-1	22	WLDWLW
	19	Nottingham Forest	29	8	6	15	30	50	8	2	5	17	15	0	4	10	13	35	-20	22	LLLWLW
	20	Birmingham City	28	6	9	13	24	36	5	4	5	14	12	1	5	8	10	24	-12	21	LLLLLL
	21	Stoke	28	7	6	15	37	48	5	5	3	22	14	2	1	12	15	34	-11	20	LWLWWL
	22	Oldham Athletic	28	6	5	17	27	54	6	2	6	16	19	0	3	11	11	35	-27	17	LLLLLW

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	28	20	3	5	55	22	12	1	1	38	11	8	2	4	17	11	33	43	DWWWWD		0-0
	2	Sunderland	27	16	8	3	54	35	10	4	0	34	17	6	4	3	20	18	19	40	WWWDWW		2-1
	3	Huddersfield Town	27	13	8	6	38	21	9	1	4	21	9	4	7	2	17	12	17	34	WWWDLW		2-1
2	4	Manchester City	28	12	8	8	37	33	9	4	1	28	15	3	4	7	9	18	4	32	WWLDLD		1-1
	5	Sheffield United	28	11	9	8	42	36	7	6	1	24	13	4	3	7	18	23	6	31	WWWDDL		1-2
2	6	Newcastle United	28	11	9	8	27	27	6	6	2	15	8	5	3	6	12	19	0	31	WWWLDL		0-5
4	7	Bolton Wanderers	29	11	8	10	41	40	10	5	0	32	10	1	3	10	9	30	1	30	DWLDDW		2-1
	8	West Bromwich Albion	28	11	7	10	41	35	8	5	1	30	7	3	2	9	11	28	6	29	LWWWLD		0-0
2	9	Middlesbrough	27	10	9	8	40	37	8	4	1	29	15	2	5	7	11	22	3	29	DWLLLL		1-2
	10	Aston Villa	28	11	7	10	39	37	9	2	3	25	9	2	5	7	14	28	2	29	WLLWWD		1-1
2	11	Tottenham Hotspur	27	12	4	11	36	35	7	1	5	23	17	5	3	6	13	18	1	28	LLWWWL		0-1
	12	Burnley	27	11	5	11	44	36	8	3	2	29	11	3	2	9	15	25	8	27	LLLWLL		1-2
1	13	Everton	27	11	4	12	37	42	9	2	3	26	14	2	2	9	11	28	-5	26	LWLWLW		3-1
1	14	Blackburn Rovers	28	9	8	11	35	46	8	5	2	25	18	1	3	9	10	28	-11	26	LLWLLW		1-0
2	15	Preston North End	28	9	7	12	43	48	8	2	4	28	19	1	5	8	15	29	-5	25	LWLWWL		2-4
1	16	Arsenal	30	10	5	15	44	55	8	2	4	24	13	2	3	11	20	42	-11	25	WLWDLW		2-0
1	17	Cardiff City	27	10	4	13	45	41	9	1	4	34	14	1	3	9	11	27	4	24	LDWLWW		5-0
2	18	Chelsea	27	7	9	11	30	32	3	7	3	17	13	4	2	8	13	19	-2	23	WDLWDL		1-3
2	19	Stoke	29	8	6	15	41	50	6	5	3	26	16	2	1	12	15	34	-9	22	WLWWLW		4-2
1	20	Nottingham Forest	30	8	6	16	30	52	8	2	5	17	15	0	4	11	13	37	-22	22	LLWLWL		0-2
1	21	Birmingham City	29	6	9	14	26	39	5	4	6	16	15	1	5	8	10	24	-13	21	LLLLLL		2-3
	22	Oldham Athletic	29	7	5	17	30	56	6	2	6	16	19	1	3	11	14	37	-26	19	LLLLWW		3-2