The City Ground

STOKE 0 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 31, 1923 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 31, 1923 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Victoria Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1922-23
Referee:: J Cahill
Attendance:: 15,000
League Week:: 37 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 18
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Middlesbrough (League Tier 1)
Stoke:: Apr 07, 1923

GAME COUNT:
League:: 964 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 648 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 1099 (of 5824)
Total:: 1943 (of 7629)
Played:: 103 years, 4 months, 22 days ago

Review
First away win of the season!

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

Goal Scorers
Sid Gibson (84')

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

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	40	Sam Hardy
2	D	32	Harold Bulling
3	F	24	Percy Barratt
4	F	27	Jackie Belton
5	M	23	Gerry Morgan
6	F	26	Noah Burton
7	M	23	Sid Gibson (84')
8	F	26	Charlie Flood
9	F	24	Patrick Nelis
10	F	31	Walter Tinsley
11	F	25	George Dennis

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Kenny Campbell
2	D	Tom Brittleton
3	D	Alec Milne
4	D	Harry Brough
5	D	Joe Kasher
6	M	Val Rouse
7	M	Bert Ralphs
8	M	Alfred Smith
9	M	Frank Richardson
10	F	Arthur Watkin
11	F	Dai Nicholas

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 31, 1923)

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

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	34	24	3	7	65	25	16	1	1	48	12	8	2	6	17	13	40	51	WWLLWW	Safe
	2	Sunderland	33	18	10	5	61	42	12	5	0	40	19	6	5	5	21	23	19	46	DWLDLW	Safe
	3	Huddersfield Town	33	16	8	9	48	29	11	1	5	28	14	5	7	4	20	15	19	40	LLLWWW	Safe
	4	Aston Villa	35	16	8	11	57	43	13	2	3	37	10	3	6	8	20	33	14	40	DWWLWW	Safe
	5	Newcastle United	35	14	11	10	39	33	9	6	2	25	10	5	5	8	14	23	6	39	WWDLLD	Safe
	6	Manchester City	35	15	8	12	43	42	12	4	1	33	15	3	4	11	10	27	1	38	WLWWLL
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	34	15	6	13	45	42	10	2	6	32	21	5	4	7	13	21	3	36	LWLDWD
	8	West Bromwich Albion	33	13	9	11	47	38	9	7	1	32	8	4	2	10	15	30	9	35	DLWDWD
	9	Sheffield United	33	13	9	11	56	49	9	6	1	34	15	4	3	10	22	34	7	35	LWWLLL
	10	Burnley	35	15	5	15	53	49	11	3	4	37	21	4	2	11	16	28	4	35	WWWLLL
	11	Everton	34	15	5	14	54	52	11	3	3	36	18	4	2	11	18	34	2	35	WWLDWW
	12	Bolton Wanderers	34	13	8	13	44	47	11	5	1	33	12	2	3	12	11	35	-3	34	WWLLWL
	13	Cardiff City	34	14	5	15	63	50	11	1	4	42	15	3	4	11	21	35	13	33	LDWWWW
	14	Arsenal	36	13	7	16	52	58	11	2	4	32	14	2	5	12	20	44	-6	33	DWLWWD
	15	Preston North End	35	11	9	15	51	57	10	2	5	33	22	1	7	10	18	35	-6	31	LLDLWD
	16	Middlesbrough	34	11	9	14	48	54	9	4	3	33	20	2	5	11	15	34	-6	31	LWLLLL
	17	Blackburn Rovers	35	11	9	15	40	58	10	6	2	29	19	1	3	13	11	39	-18	31	LLDWWL
	18	Birmingham City	35	10	9	16	36	53	8	4	6	22	17	2	5	10	14	36	-17	29	LWWWWL
	19	Nottingham Forest	36	11	7	18	36	61	11	2	6	23	22	0	5	12	13	39	-25	29	WLDLWW
	20	Chelsea	34	8	12	14	36	44	4	9	3	21	15	4	3	11	15	29	-8	28	DLDLDL
	21	Oldham Athletic	36	8	9	19	31	60	7	5	6	17	19	1	4	13	14	41	-29	25	LWDLDD
	22	Stoke	35	8	8	19	45	64	6	7	4	27	18	2	1	15	18	46	-19	24	LDLLDL

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	35	25	3	7	66	25	16	1	1	48	12	9	2	6	18	13	41	53	WLLWWW	Safe	1-0
	2	Sunderland	34	19	10	5	63	42	13	5	0	42	19	6	5	5	21	23	21	48	WLDLWW	Safe	2-0
	3	Huddersfield Town	34	17	8	9	50	29	12	1	5	30	14	5	7	4	20	15	21	42	LLWWWW	Safe	2-0
	4	Aston Villa	36	16	8	12	57	45	13	2	3	37	10	3	6	9	20	35	12	40	WWLWWL	Safe	0-2
1	5	Manchester City	36	16	8	12	46	42	13	4	1	36	15	3	4	11	10	27	4	40	LWWLLW	Safe	3-0
1	6	Newcastle United	36	14	11	11	39	35	9	6	2	25	10	5	5	9	14	25	4	39	WDLLDL	Safe	0-2
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	34	14	9	11	51	38	10	7	1	36	8	4	2	10	15	30	13	37	LWDWDW	Safe	4-0
3	8	Everton	35	16	5	14	55	52	12	3	3	37	18	4	2	11	18	34	3	37	WLDWWW	Safe	1-0
2	9	Tottenham Hotspur	35	15	6	14	45	44	10	2	6	32	21	5	4	8	13	23	1	36	WLDWDL		0-2
3	10	Cardiff City	35	15	5	15	64	50	12	1	4	43	15	3	4	11	21	35	14	35	DWWWWW		1-0
1	11	Burnley	36	15	5	16	53	50	11	3	4	37	21	4	2	12	16	29	3	35	WWLLLL		0-1
3	12	Sheffield United	34	13	9	12	56	53	9	6	1	34	15	4	3	11	22	38	3	35	WWLLLL		0-4
1	13	Bolton Wanderers	35	13	9	13	45	48	11	6	1	34	13	2	3	12	11	35	-3	35	WLLWLD		1-1
	14	Arsenal	37	14	7	16	54	58	12	2	4	34	14	2	5	12	20	44	-4	35	WLWWDW		2-0
2	15	Blackburn Rovers	36	12	9	15	41	58	11	6	2	30	19	1	3	13	11	39	-17	33	LDWWLW		1-0
	16	Middlesbrough	35	11	10	14	49	55	9	4	3	33	20	2	6	11	16	35	-6	32	WLLLLD		1-1
2	17	Preston North End	36	11	9	16	51	58	10	2	5	33	22	1	7	11	18	36	-7	31	LDLWDL		0-1
1	18	Nottingham Forest	37	12	7	18	37	61	11	2	6	23	22	1	5	12	14	39	-24	31	LDLWWW		1-0
1	19	Birmingham City	36	10	9	17	36	54	8	4	7	22	18	2	5	10	14	36	-18	29	WWWWLL		0-1
	20	Chelsea	35	8	12	15	36	47	4	9	3	21	15	4	3	12	15	32	-11	28	LDLDLL		0-3
	21	Oldham Athletic	37	8	9	20	31	61	7	5	6	17	19	1	4	14	14	42	-30	25	WDLDDL		0-1
	22	Stoke	36	8	8	20	45	65	6	7	5	27	19	2	1	15	18	46	-20	24	DLLDLL		0-1