The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 2 CARDIFF CITY - Sat Feb 17, 1923 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 17, 1923 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Cardiff City
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-2 WON
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1922-23
Referee:: F Slater
Attendance:: 12,000
League Week:: 31 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 19
Opp Before/After:: 18 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Corinthians (Friendly)
League:: West Bromwich Albion
Cardiff City:: Apr 25, 1923

GAME COUNT:
League:: 958 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 642 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 1093 (of 5824)
Total:: 1936 (of 7629)
Played:: 103 years, 6 months, 9 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jackie Belton (70')
John Green (81') - John Green last goal
Charlie Flood (85')

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

Goal Scorers
Len Davies (20')
Jimmy Gill (48')

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 (70')
5	M	23	Gerry Morgan
6	F	26	Noah Burton
7	M	23	Sid Gibson
8	F	31	Jack Spaven
9	D		John Green (81')
10	F	26	Charlie Flood (85')
11	F	31	Henry Martin

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ben Davies
2	D	Jimmy Nelson
3	D	Jimmy Blair
4	D	Herbie Evans
5	D	Bert Smith
6	M	Fred Keenor
7	M	Billy Grimshaw
8	M	Jimmy Gill
9	M	Len Davies
10	F	Joe Clennell
11	F	Jack Evans

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Feb 17, 1923)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	6-0	Stoke
Burnley	2-0	Manchester City
Chelsea	0-0	Arsenal
Liverpool	3-0	Blackburn Rovers
Middlesbrough	2-4	Everton
Nottingham Forest	3-2	Cardiff City
Oldham Athletic	0-0	Sunderland
Preston North End	1-0	Huddersfield Town
Sheffield United	7-1	Birmingham City
Tottenham Hotspur	0-1	Bolton Wanderers

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

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	29	21	3	5	58	22	13	1	1	41	11	8	2	4	17	11	36	45	WWWWDW		3-0
	2	Sunderland	28	16	9	3	54	35	10	4	0	34	17	6	5	3	20	18	19	41	WWDWWD		0-0
	3	Huddersfield Town	28	13	8	7	38	22	9	1	4	21	9	4	7	3	17	13	16	34	WWDLWL		0-1
2	4	Sheffield United	29	12	9	8	49	37	8	6	1	31	14	4	3	7	18	23	12	33	WWDDLW		7-1
1	5	Newcastle United	29	12	9	8	29	27	7	6	2	17	8	5	3	6	12	19	2	33	WWLDLW
1	6	Manchester City	29	12	8	9	37	35	9	4	1	28	15	3	4	8	9	20	2	32	WLDLDL		0-2
1	7	Bolton Wanderers	30	12	8	10	42	40	10	5	0	32	10	2	3	10	10	30	2	32	WLDDWW		1-0
3	8	Aston Villa	29	12	7	10	45	37	10	2	3	31	9	2	5	7	14	28	8	31	LLWWDW		6-0
2	9	Tottenham Hotspur	29	13	4	12	38	36	8	1	6	25	18	5	3	6	13	18	2	30	WWWLWL		0-1
2	10	Burnley	28	12	5	11	46	36	9	3	2	31	11	3	2	9	15	25	10	29	LLWLLW		2-0
2	11	West Bromwich Albion	29	11	7	11	41	37	8	5	1	30	7	3	2	10	11	30	4	29	WWWLDL
2	12	Middlesbrough	28	10	9	9	42	41	8	4	2	31	19	2	5	7	11	22	1	29	WLLLLL		2-4
	13	Everton	29	12	4	13	42	47	9	2	3	26	14	3	2	10	16	33	-5	28	LWLWLW		4-2
2	14	Preston North End	29	10	7	12	44	48	9	2	4	29	19	1	5	8	15	29	-4	27	WLWWLW		1-0
	15	Chelsea	29	8	10	11	33	33	4	8	3	20	14	4	2	8	13	19	0	26	LWDLWD		0-0
1	16	Arsenal	31	10	6	15	44	55	8	2	4	24	13	2	4	11	20	42	-11	26	LWDLWD		0-0
3	17	Blackburn Rovers	30	9	8	13	35	51	8	5	2	25	18	1	3	11	10	33	-16	26	WLLWLL		0-3
	18	Cardiff City	28	10	4	14	47	44	9	1	4	34	14	1	3	10	13	30	3	24	DWLWWL		2-3
1	19	Nottingham Forest	31	9	6	16	33	54	9	2	5	20	17	0	4	11	13	37	-21	24	LWLWLW		3-2
1	20	Stoke	30	8	6	16	41	56	6	5	3	26	16	2	1	13	15	40	-15	22	LWWLWL		0-6
	21	Birmingham City	30	6	9	15	27	46	5	4	6	16	15	1	5	9	11	31	-19	21	LLLLLL		1-7
	22	Oldham Athletic	30	7	6	17	30	56	6	3	6	16	19	1	3	11	14	37	-26	20	LLLWWD		0-0