SEASON: 1919-20


Prev Season: 1918-19
This Season: 1919-20
Next Season: 1920-21
DIVISION:
English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):
Bob Masters
FA Cup:
1st Round (Bradford Park Avenue (A) 0-3)

Top Goalscorer:
John Lythgoe (11 goals)
Ever Present:
Jack Armstrong (43 games)
GAME COUNTS
Competitive Games:
43
Competitive Goals:
43
Goals per game:
1.0
League Games:
42
League Points:
31 out of (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:
36.9%

ATTENDANCES (HOME)
Highest League Attendance:
20,000 (Huddersfield Town)
Lowest League Attendance:
4,000 (Blackpool)
Average League Attendance:
9,333
Highest Cup Attendance:
-
Lowest Cup Attendance:
-

MISCELLANEOUS
Clean Sheets:
10
Yellow Cards:
0
Red Cards:
0   
Own goals (for):
1   (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):
0   (scored by us for opponents)   
Penalties scored:
0
Penalties conceded:
0
Penalties missed:
1
Penalties saved:
0


TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1919-20
SEASON END TABLE Home AwayResults
Pos Team P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts ResultHomeAway
1Tottenham Hotspur4232641023219206011134442213.1875070Promoted as Champions1-12-5
2Huddersfield Town422886973816415813124539252.5526364Promoted1-21-2
3Birmingham City4224810853414345416105631182.50000561-20-8
4Blackpool4221101165471344401886725291.38298522-02-3
5Bury4220814604414433515641125291.36364481-01-1
6Fulham4219914615011643618831025321.22000470-30-1
7West Ham United4219914474014343414561013261.17500472-11-5
8Bristol City421317124643993301848916251.06977431-20-0
9South Shields42151215584813534718271211301.20833420-02-5
10Stoke City4218618605413353715531323391.11111420-22-0
11Hull City4218618787213445323521425491.08333420-20-2
12Barnsley4215101761559574128651020271.10909400-12-2
13Port Vale421681859621137352755112435.95161400-11-4
14Leicester City421510174161867262974101532.67213400-00-0
15Clapton Orient421662051591434341723161742.86441382-10-1
16Stockport County421491952611146342435131837.85246371-10-0
17Rotherham County421382151831047322734141956.61446344-10-2
18Nottingham Forest42119224373948232225142051.5890431
19Wolverhampton Wanderers421010225580849413226131448.68750301-00-4
20Coventry City42911223573777202624151547.4794529Re-elected2-12-4
21Lincoln City42992444101867273013171771.4356427Failed re-election2-14-1
22Grimsby Town42105273475849232421181151.4533325Relegated2-00-1
Points per win: 2
*Port Vale joined after the expulsion of Leeds City and inherited the eight games already played by Leeds

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins
Goal count:1 goal2 goals3 goals4 goals5+ goals
Scored11 times12 times2 times
Conceded14 times9 times3 times3 times4 times
Won By6 times3 times2 times
Lost By10 times5 times5 times2 times1 time

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days Record against teams in each position
Forest
Pos
Num Days Opp
Pos
PWDLFAPointsResults (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1 13-12481 Bristol City (1-2), Tottenham Hotspur (1-1), Tottenham Hotspur (2-5)
2 25-143141 Bristol City (0-0), Birmingham City (1-2), Birmingham City (0-8), Huddersfield Town (1-2), Huddersfield Town (1-
3 3-------
4 41--1230 Blackpool (2-3)
5 511--202 Stoke City (2-0)
6 64112463 Barnsley (2-2), Blackpool (2-0), Hull City (0-2), Stoke City (0-2)
7 721-1362 West Ham United (1-5), West Ham United (2-1)
8 82-11011 Barnsley (0-1), Stockport County (0-0)
9 91-1-111 Stockport County (1-1)
10 10-------
111 11-------
127 1232-1524 Rotherham County (4-1), Bury (1-0), Fulham (0-1)
1312 134112263 Hull City (0-2), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-0), Bury (1-1), Fulham (0-3)
1444 141--1010 Port Vale (0-1)
1585 153-21042 Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-4), Leicester City (0-0), Leicester City (0-0)
1635 163-12391 South Shields (0-0), South Shields (2-5), Port Vale (1-4)
1728 17-------
1831 1821-1222 Clapton Orient (2-1), Clapton Orient (0-1)
19 19-------
202 20-------
21 2154-11278 Lincoln City (4-1), Lincoln City (2-1), Grimsby Town (2-0), Coventry City (2-1), Coventry City (2-4)
Not included: Week 1 game against Rotherham County (0-2) as all teams were unplaced at the time


GAMES
  
Manager for all games: Bob Masters
League
WeekDateOpponentH/AScoreAttPosScorersStatus
1Sat Aug 30, 1919Rotherham CountyA0-212,00020Safe
2Mon Sep 01, 1919Bristol CityH1-26,00018Gibson (?)Safe
3Sat Sep 06, 1919Rotherham CountyH4-112,00015Bedford (?, ?), Lythgoe (?, ?)Safe
4Mon Sep 08, 1919Bristol CityA0-012,00013Safe
5Sat Sep 13, 1919BarnsleyH0-112,00016Safe
6Sat Sep 20, 1919BarnsleyA2-29,97513Lythgoe (?), Newbigging (?)Safe
7Sat Sep 27, 1919Stockport CountyH1-114,00015Lythgoe (?)Safe
8Fri Oct 03, 1919BlackpoolH2-04,00011Firth (?), Lythgoe (?)Safe
9Sat Oct 04, 1919Stockport CountyA0-06,00012
10Sat Oct 11, 1919Hull CityH0-210,00014
11Sat Oct 18, 1919Hull CityA0-27,00015
12Sat Oct 25, 1919Wolverhampton WanderersH1-08,00014Davis (?)
13Sat Nov 01, 1919Wolverhampton WanderersA0-45,00015
14Sat Nov 08, 1919South ShieldsH0-09,00014
15Sat Nov 15, 1919South ShieldsA2-58,00016Davis (?, ?)
16Sat Nov 22, 1919Tottenham HotspurH1-118,00015Davis (?)
17Sat Nov 29, 1919Tottenham HotspurA2-528,00015Davis (?), Lythgoe (?)
18Sat Dec 06, 1919Clapton OrientH2-16,00015Belton (?), Lythgoe (?)
19Sat Dec 13, 1919Clapton OrientA0-15,00016
20Thu Dec 25, 1919Lincoln CityA4-19,00015Parker (?), Davis (?), Lythgoe (?), Ward (? OG)
21Fri Dec 26, 1919Lincoln CityH2-115,00015Davis (?), Belton (?)
22Sat Jan 03, 1920BuryH1-07,00014Lythgoe (?)
23Sat Jan 17, 1920BuryA1-15,00014Belton (?)
24Sat Jan 24, 1920Stoke CityA2-07,00014Firth (?), Belton (?)
25Wed Jan 28, 1920Stoke CityH0-26,00014
26Sat Jan 31, 1920Port ValeA1-47,00015Jones (?)
27Sat Feb 07, 1920Grimsby TownA0-17,00015
28Sat Feb 14, 1920Grimsby TownH2-05,00015Hart (?), Lythgoe (?)
29Wed Feb 18, 1920Port ValeH0-15,00015
30Sat Feb 28, 1920Birmingham CityH1-26,00016Spaven (?)
31Sat Mar 06, 1920Leicester CityH0-010,00016
32Wed Mar 10, 1920Birmingham CityA0-815,00017
33Sat Mar 13, 1920Leicester CityA0-010,00016
34Sat Mar 20, 1920FulhamH0-36,00017
35Sat Mar 27, 1920FulhamA0-112,00018
36Fri Apr 02, 1920West Ham UnitedA1-520,00018Jones (?)
37Sat Apr 03, 1920Coventry CityH2-17,00017Armstrong (?), Spaven (?)
38Mon Apr 05, 1920West Ham UnitedH2-110,00017Jones (?), Spaven (?)
39Sat Apr 10, 1920Coventry CityA2-418,00017Belton (?), Shearman (?)Safe
40Sat Apr 17, 1920Huddersfield TownH1-220,00018Belton (?)Safe
41Wed Apr 28, 1920Huddersfield TownA1-211,50018Firth (?)Safe
42Sat May 01, 1920BlackpoolA2-36,00018Bedford (?), Lythgoe (?)Safe

FA Cup
DateOpponentRoundReplayH/AScoreAttScorers
Sat Jan 10, 1920Bradford Park Avenue1A0-39,000

Friendly
DateOpponentCountryH/AScoreAttScorers
Tue Sep 09, 1919Mid RhondaWalesA1-36,000Derrick (?)
Mon Sep 15, 1919Sutton TownEnglandA3-2-Firth (?, ?, ?)



TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.
In (12) - £2,500 Out (12) - £0
Date Player Details Fee Date Player Details Fee
Albert DavisBoughtBen ShearmanSold
Ben ShearmanBought£2,500Frank KirrageSold
Fred ParkerBoughtHarry LoweRetired
Henry NewbiggingBoughtHenry NewbiggingSold
Horace HartBoughtHorace HartSold
James LawtonBoughtJames LawtonSold
John ParkerBoughtJohn ParkerSold
John WagstaffBoughtJohn WagstaffSold
Lawrence StapletonBoughtThomas GibsonSold
WaplingtonBoughtWaplingtonSold
1919Joseph OrmeBought1920John DerrickSold
Feb 1920Jack SpavenBought1920Sticker BanksSold


SQUAD
*Age = Player age on August 1stSeason Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos Num Player Country Age* P W D L Goals Yellows Reds Went Off Came On Unused Sub Notes
Goalkeepers
GKJohn Wagstaff11
GKJoseph Johnson England3710819
GKJoseph Orme England345113
Defenders
D Fred Parker England2536118171
D Harold Bulling England216510
D Harry Jones England2837117193
DWaplington11
Midfielders
MAlbert Davis145457
MFrank Kirrage England2611
MHarry Bedford England1951133
MHarry Lowe England339216
MHorace Hart6241
MJames Lawton312
M Joe Mills England24288713
MJohn Parker5113
MRobert Firth England323295183
M Thomas Gibson Scotland3092251
Forwards
FBen Shearman England343298151
FHenry Newbigging Scotland2691351
F Jack Armstrong England3543119231
F Jack Spaven England27132293
FJackie Belton England243194186
FJohn Derrick England278125
FJohn Lythgoe411192111
FLawrence Stapleton10217
F Percy Barratt England20213414
FSticker Banks England3015357
Freeman (1919)
Hamilton (1919-20)
Hursthouse
Rambrook
Smith (1919)


GOALSCORERS


Number of different scorers: 15
Goals (Pens)PlayerGames
11John Lythgoe41
7Albert Davis14
6Jackie Belton31
3Harry Bedford5
3Harry Jones37
3Jack Spaven13
3Robert Firth32
1Ben Shearman32
1Fred Parker36
1Henry Newbigging9
1Horace Hart6
1Jack Armstrong43
1Own Goals43
1Thomas Gibson9


LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season
Game 1 Game 2
Opponent Date H/A Score Date H/A Score
Lincoln CityThu Dec 25, 1919Away4-1Fri Dec 26, 1919Home2-1



LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season
Game 1 Game 2
Opponent Date H/A Score Date H/A Score
Birmingham CitySat Feb 28, 1920Home1-2Wed Mar 10, 1920Away0-8
FulhamSat Mar 20, 1920Home0-3Sat Mar 27, 1920Away0-1
Huddersfield TownSat Apr 17, 1920Home1-2Wed Apr 28, 1920Away1-2
Hull CitySat Oct 11, 1919Home0-2Sat Oct 18, 1919Away0-2
Port ValeSat Jan 31, 1920Away1-4Wed Feb 18, 1920Home0-1