The City Ground

BIRMINGHAM CITY 8 - 0 FOREST - Wed Mar 10, 1920 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Wed Mar 10, 1920 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. Andrews
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-8 LOST

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1919-20
Referee:: LW Fletcher
Attendance:: 15,000
Pos Before/After:: 16 17
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leicester City (League Tier 2)
Birmingham City:: Apr 09, 1921

GAME COUNT:
League:: 833 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 222 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 958 (of 5724)
Total:: 1796 (of 7505)
Played:: 104 years, 1 month, 16 days ago

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

Goals

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Frank Richards
Prior form: WDDWWD (Old to recent)

Goals
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Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Joseph Johnson
2	F	21	Percy Barratt
3	D	28	Harry Jones
4	F	24	Jackie Belton
5	M	33	Harry Lowe	Debut
6	F	36	Jack Armstrong
7	M	33	Robert Firth
8	F	28	Jack Spaven
9	M		Horace Hart	Last game
10	F		John Lythgoe
11	F	35	Ben Shearman

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Wed Mar 10, 1920)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	8-0	Nottingham Forest
South Shields	0-2	Bristol City

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Tottenham Hotspur	30	24	4	2	80	22	14	1	0	47	8	10	3	2	33	14	3.63636	52	DWDWWW	Safe
	2	Birmingham City	29	17	7	5	56	23	9	3	2	32	12	8	4	3	24	11	2.43478	41	WDDWWD	Safe
	3	Huddersfield Town	29	17	6	6	63	28	9	4	1	36	9	8	2	5	27	19	2.25000	40	WDDWLW	Safe
	4	Blackpool	31	15	7	9	53	36	9	3	3	32	12	6	4	6	21	24	1.47222	37	WLDLLW
	5	Stoke City	31	16	3	12	51	37	11	1	3	31	11	5	2	9	20	26	1.37838	35	WLLDLW
	6	Hull City	31	16	2	13	67	55	12	2	2	50	17	4	0	11	17	38	1.21818	34	LLWWWL
	7	Bury	31	14	6	11	41	34	12	2	3	29	11	2	4	8	12	23	1.20588	34	WWWDWD
	8	West Ham United	30	13	7	10	27	27	8	3	4	17	11	5	4	6	10	16	1.00000	33	WWLLLL
	9	South Shields	30	12	8	10	40	31	10	3	2	32	10	2	5	8	8	21	1.29032	32	DWDLWW
	10	Barnsley	32	13	6	13	50	39	8	2	6	35	21	5	4	7	15	18	1.28205	32	DLLLDW
	11	Stockport County	30	12	7	11	45	38	9	3	3	28	14	3	4	8	17	24	1.18421	31	DWLLWD
	12	Fulham	31	12	7	12	42	43	7	5	3	25	15	5	2	9	17	28	.97674	31	WLWLLL
	13	Port Vale	31	12	6	13	48	47	9	2	5	29	21	3	4	8	19	26	1.02128	30	LWWDWL
	14	Leicester City	31	11	7	13	29	48	6	4	5	19	21	5	3	8	10	27	.60417	29	LLWWDD
	15	Bristol City	30	8	12	10	29	31	6	6	3	20	13	2	6	7	9	18	.93548	28	DLDLLL
	16	Nottingham Forest	31	9	8	14	32	43	7	4	6	18	15	2	4	8	14	28	.74419	26	LLWLLD
	17	Clapton Orient	31	11	4	16	33	45	9	2	4	19	13	2	2	12	14	32	.73333	26	LDWWWL
	18	Rotherham County	32	9	7	16	39	68	7	3	5	23	21	2	4	11	16	47	.57353	25	DLLDLW
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	8	7	15	42	57	6	3	7	32	26	2	4	8	10	31	.73684	23	DLWWLL
	20	Lincoln City	32	8	7	17	35	73	7	5	5	22	24	1	2	12	13	49	.47945	23	DWWDWD
	21	Grimsby Town	31	6	5	20	22	58	4	4	7	13	19	2	1	13	9	39	.37931	17	WWLDLD
	22	Coventry City	32	4	9	19	19	60	2	6	7	8	22	2	3	12	11	38	.31667	17	LWLLWD

*Port Vale joined after the expulsion of Leeds City and inherited the eight games already played by Leeds

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Tottenham Hotspur	30	24	4	2	80	22	14	1	0	47	8	10	3	2	33	14	3.63636	52	DWDWWW	Safe
	2	Birmingham City	30	18	7	5	64	23	10	3	2	40	12	8	4	3	24	11	2.78261	43	DDWWDW	Safe	8-0
	3	Huddersfield Town	29	17	6	6	63	28	9	4	1	36	9	8	2	5	27	19	2.25000	40	WDDWLW	Safe
	4	Blackpool	31	15	7	9	53	36	9	3	3	32	12	6	4	6	21	24	1.47222	37	WLDLLW
	5	Stoke City	31	16	3	12	51	37	11	1	3	31	11	5	2	9	20	26	1.37838	35	WLLDLW
	6	Hull City	31	16	2	13	67	55	12	2	2	50	17	4	0	11	17	38	1.21818	34	LLWWWL
	7	Bury	31	14	6	11	41	34	12	2	3	29	11	2	4	8	12	23	1.20588	34	WWWDWD
	8	West Ham United	30	13	7	10	27	27	8	3	4	17	11	5	4	6	10	16	1.00000	33	WWLLLL
1	9	Barnsley	32	13	6	13	50	39	8	2	6	35	21	5	4	7	15	18	1.28205	32	DLLLDW
1	10	South Shields	31	12	8	11	40	33	10	3	3	32	12	2	5	8	8	21	1.21212	32	WDLWWL		0-2
	11	Stockport County	30	12	7	11	45	38	9	3	3	28	14	3	4	8	17	24	1.18421	31	DWLLWD
	12	Fulham	31	12	7	12	42	43	7	5	3	25	15	5	2	9	17	28	.97674	31	WLWLLL
	13	Port Vale	31	12	6	13	48	47	9	2	5	29	21	3	4	8	19	26	1.02128	30	LWWDWL
1	14	Bristol City	31	9	12	10	31	31	6	6	3	20	13	3	6	7	11	18	1.00000	30	LDLLLW		2-0
1	15	Leicester City	31	11	7	13	29	48	6	4	5	19	21	5	3	8	10	27	.60417	29	LLWWDD
1	16	Clapton Orient	31	11	4	16	33	45	9	2	4	19	13	2	2	12	14	32	.73333	26	LDWWWL
1	17	Nottingham Forest	32	9	8	15	32	51	7	4	6	18	15	2	4	9	14	36	.62745	26	LWLLDL		0-8
	18	Rotherham County	32	9	7	16	39	68	7	3	5	23	21	2	4	11	16	47	.57353	25	DLLDLW
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	8	7	15	42	57	6	3	7	32	26	2	4	8	10	31	.73684	23	DLWWLL
	20	Lincoln City	32	8	7	17	35	73	7	5	5	22	24	1	2	12	13	49	.47945	23	DWWDWD
	21	Grimsby Town	31	6	5	20	22	58	4	4	7	13	19	2	1	13	9	39	.37931	17	WWLDLD
	22	Coventry City	32	4	9	19	19	60	2	6	7	8	22	2	3	12	11	38	.31667	17	LWLLWD

*Port Vale joined after the expulsion of Leeds City and inherited the eight games already played by Leeds