The City Ground

BLACKPOOL 3 - 2 FOREST - Sat May 01, 1920 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat May 01, 1920 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Bloomfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-3 LOST

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

Season:: 1919-20
Referee:: JGA Sharpe
Attendance:: 6,000
Pos Before/After:: 18 18
Opp Before/After:: 4 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Stoke City (League Tier 2)
Blackpool:: Jan 15, 1921

GAME COUNT:
League:: 843 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 232 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 968 (of 5724)
Total:: 1806 (of 7505)
Played:: 103 years, 11 months, 19 days ago

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

Goals
Harry Bedford
John Lythgoe

BLACKPOOL
Manager: Bill Norman
Prior form: WDWWDL (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Joseph Johnson
2	F	21	Percy Barratt
3	D	28	Harry Jones
4	F	25	Jackie Belton
5	M	34	Harry Lowe	Last game
6	F	36	Jack Armstrong
7	M	33	Robert Firth
8	F	28	Jack Spaven
9	M	20	Harry Bedford
10	F		John Lythgoe
11	F		Lawrence Stapleton

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 (Sat May 01, 1920)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	0-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Blackpool	3-2	Nottingham Forest
Bristol City	3-1	Barnsley
Coventry City	2-1	Bury
Fulham	4-0	Port Vale
Grimsby Town	3-1	South Shields
Huddersfield Town	4-2	Lincoln City
Leicester City	1-1	Clapton Orient
Rotherham County	1-2	Hull City
Stoke City	3-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Ham United	3-0	Stockport County

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	41	31	6	4	101	32	19	2	0	60	11	12	4	4	41	21	3.15625	68	WWWWLD	Champions
	2	Huddersfield Town	41	27	8	6	93	36	15	4	1	54	11	12	4	5	39	25	2.58333	62	WWWWWW	Promoted
	3	Birmingham City	41	24	8	9	85	33	14	3	3	54	15	10	5	6	31	18	2.57576	56	WWWLWD	Safe
	4	Blackpool	41	20	10	11	62	45	12	4	4	37	16	8	6	7	25	29	1.37778	50	WDWWDL	Safe
	5	Bury	41	20	8	13	59	42	14	4	3	35	15	6	4	10	24	27	1.40476	48	WWWDLD	Safe
	6	Fulham	41	18	9	14	57	50	10	6	4	32	18	8	3	10	25	32	1.14000	45	WLLWDW	Safe
	7	West Ham United	41	18	9	14	44	40	13	3	4	31	14	5	6	10	13	26	1.10000	45	DLWDWL	Safe
	8	South Shields	41	15	12	14	57	45	13	5	3	47	18	2	7	11	10	27	1.26667	42	WDLDDW	Safe
	9	Bristol City	41	12	17	12	43	42	8	9	3	27	17	4	8	9	16	25	1.02381	41	DLDWLW	Safe
	10	Barnsley	41	15	10	16	60	52	9	5	7	41	28	6	5	9	19	24	1.15385	40	DDLLDW	Safe
	11	Hull City	41	17	6	18	76	71	13	4	4	53	23	4	2	14	23	48	1.07042	40	DDDDLW	Safe
	12	Stoke City	41	17	6	18	57	54	12	3	5	34	15	5	3	13	23	39	1.05556	40	LLLDDL	Safe
	13	Port Vale	41	16	8	17	59	58	11	3	7	35	27	5	5	10	24	31	1.01724	40	WLWLLW	Safe
	14	Leicester City	41	15	9	17	40	60	8	5	7	25	28	7	4	10	15	32	.66667	39	DWLWLL	Safe
	15	Stockport County	41	14	9	18	52	58	11	4	6	34	24	3	5	12	18	34	.89655	37	LLLLLW	Safe
	16	Clapton Orient	41	16	5	20	50	58	14	3	4	34	17	2	2	16	16	41	.86207	37	DWLWLW	Safe
	17	Rotherham County	41	13	8	20	50	81	10	4	6	31	25	3	4	14	19	56	.61728	34	LLWWWL	Safe
	18	Nottingham Forest	41	11	9	21	41	70	9	4	8	23	22	2	5	13	18	48	.58571	31	LWWLLL	Safe
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	10	10	21	55	77	8	4	9	41	32	2	6	12	14	45	.71429	30	LLLWLW	Safe
	20	Coventry City	41	8	11	22	33	72	6	7	7	18	25	2	4	15	15	47	.45833	27	LWWLWD	Safe
	21	Lincoln City	41	9	9	23	42	97	8	6	7	27	30	1	3	16	15	67	.43299	27	DLDLWL	Safe
	22	Grimsby Town	41	9	5	27	31	74	7	4	9	20	23	2	1	18	11	51	.41892	23	LLWLWL	Relegated

*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	42	32	6	4	102	32	19	2	0	60	11	13	4	4	42	21	3.18750	70	WWWLDW	Promoted	1-0
	2	Huddersfield Town	42	28	8	6	97	38	16	4	1	58	13	12	4	5	39	25	2.55263	64	WWWWWW	Promoted	4-2
	3	Birmingham City	42	24	8	10	85	34	14	3	4	54	16	10	5	6	31	18	2.50000	56	WWLWDL	Safe	0-1
	4	Blackpool	42	21	10	11	65	47	13	4	4	40	18	8	6	7	25	29	1.38298	52	DWWDLW	Safe	3-2
	5	Bury	42	20	8	14	60	44	14	4	3	35	15	6	4	11	25	29	1.36364	48	WWDLDL	Safe	1-2
	6	Fulham	42	19	9	14	61	50	11	6	4	36	18	8	3	10	25	32	1.22000	47	LLWDWW	Safe	4-0
	7	West Ham United	42	19	9	14	47	40	14	3	4	34	14	5	6	10	13	26	1.17500	47	LWDWLW	Safe	3-0
1	8	Bristol City	42	13	17	12	46	43	9	9	3	30	18	4	8	9	16	25	1.06977	43	LDWLWW	Safe	3-1
1	9	South Shields	42	15	12	15	58	48	13	5	3	47	18	2	7	12	11	30	1.20833	42	DLDDWL	Safe	1-3
2	10	Stoke City	42	18	6	18	60	54	13	3	5	37	15	5	3	13	23	39	1.11111	42	LLDDLW	Safe	3-0
	11	Hull City	42	18	6	18	78	72	13	4	4	53	23	5	2	14	25	49	1.08333	42	DDDLWW	Safe	2-1
2	12	Barnsley	42	15	10	17	61	55	9	5	7	41	28	6	5	10	20	27	1.10909	40	DLLDWL	Safe	1-3
	13	Port Vale	42	16	8	18	59	62	11	3	7	35	27	5	5	11	24	35	.95161	40	LWLLWL	Safe	0-4
	14	Leicester City	42	15	10	17	41	61	8	6	7	26	29	7	4	10	15	32	.67213	40	WLWLLD	Safe	1-1
1	15	Clapton Orient	42	16	6	20	51	59	14	3	4	34	17	2	3	16	17	42	.86441	38	WLWLWD	Safe	1-1
1	16	Stockport County	42	14	9	19	52	61	11	4	6	34	24	3	5	13	18	37	.85246	37	LLLLWL	Safe	0-3
	17	Rotherham County	42	13	8	21	51	83	10	4	7	32	27	3	4	14	19	56	.61446	34	LWWWLL	Safe	1-2
	18	Nottingham Forest	42	11	9	22	43	73	9	4	8	23	22	2	5	14	20	51	.58904	31	WWLLLL	Safe	2-3
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	10	22	55	80	8	4	9	41	32	2	6	13	14	48	.68750	30	LLWLWL	Safe	0-3
	20	Coventry City	42	9	11	22	35	73	7	7	7	20	26	2	4	15	15	47	.47945	29	WWLWDW	Safe	2-1
	21	Lincoln City	42	9	9	24	44	101	8	6	7	27	30	1	3	17	17	71	.43564	27	LDLWLL	Safe	2-4
	22	Grimsby Town	42	10	5	27	34	75	8	4	9	23	24	2	1	18	11	51	.45333	25	LWLWLW	Relegated	3-1

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