The City Ground

PORT VALE 0 - 1 FOREST - Sat Oct 16, 1920 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 16, 1920 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Port Vale
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Old Recreation Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON

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

Season:: 1920-21
Referee:: E Shutt
Attendance:: 15,000
Pos Before/After:: 17 16
Opp Before/After:: 4 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 2)
Port Vale:: Nov 19, 1921

GAME COUNT:
League:: 853 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 242 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 978 (of 5724)
Total:: 1816 (of 7505)
Played:: 103 years, 6 months, 4 days ago

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

Goals
Jack Spaven

PORT VALE
Manager: Joe Schofield
Prior form: DDDWWW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Joseph Johnson
2	D		Harold Bulling
3	D	29	Harry Jones
4	F	25	Jackie Belton
5	D	26	Fred Parker
6	F	36	Jack Armstrong
7	M	33	Robert Firth
8	F	28	Jack Spaven
9	F	30	Tom Elliott
10	F		Sandy Higgins
11	F		John Lythgoe

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 Oct 16, 1920)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	3-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Birmingham City	3-0	Blackpool
Bristol City	5-1	Stockport County
Cardiff City	3-0	Fulham
Clapton Orient	1-0	Bury
Coventry City	1-0	South Shields
Leeds United	2-0	The Wednesday
Notts County	3-0	Stoke City
Port Vale	0-1	Nottingham Forest
Rotherham County	1-1	Hull City
West Ham United	0-1	Leicester 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	South Shields	9	6	2	1	22	11	5	0	0	14	3	1	2	1	8	8	2.00000	14	WWDWLW
	2	Clapton Orient	10	5	3	2	16	12	4	0	0	11	1	1	3	2	5	11	1.33333	13	LDWDWW
	3	Cardiff City	9	4	4	1	15	7	2	2	0	5	1	2	2	1	10	6	2.14286	12	LWDDDW
	4	Port Vale	9	4	4	1	12	7	2	2	0	5	2	2	2	1	7	5	1.71429	12	DDDWWW
	5	West Ham United	10	4	4	2	9	6	2	2	0	5	2	2	2	2	4	4	1.50000	12	DWDDWL
	6	Bristol City	10	4	4	2	11	8	2	1	1	5	3	2	3	1	6	5	1.37500	12	LWDDWW
	7	Blackpool	10	4	3	3	16	10	3	1	2	11	5	1	2	1	5	5	1.60000	11	WDWWLW
	8	The Wednesday	9	4	3	2	12	9	2	2	1	6	3	2	1	1	6	6	1.33333	11	LWWWLW
	9	Hull City	9	4	3	2	12	10	4	1	0	9	2	0	2	2	3	8	1.20000	11	WWLWDD
	10	Stoke City	9	4	2	3	14	8	3	0	2	7	2	1	2	1	7	6	1.75000	10	DWLLLW
	11	Bury	9	4	2	3	14	12	2	2	1	10	5	2	0	2	4	7	1.16667	10	WLWWDL
	12	Notts County	9	4	2	3	11	10	3	1	0	7	3	1	1	3	4	7	1.10000	10	DLWLWL
	13	Rotherham County	10	2	5	3	12	14	1	3	1	9	9	1	2	2	3	5	.85714	9	DDDLWD
	14	Leicester City	9	4	1	4	12	16	4	1	0	11	2	0	0	4	1	14	.75000	9	LDLWLW
	15	Fulham	9	3	2	4	10	11	3	1	1	8	5	0	1	3	2	6	.90909	8	DDLWLL
	16	Leeds United	9	3	1	5	10	13	3	0	1	9	4	0	1	4	1	9	.76923	7	LDWLWL
	17	Nottingham Forest	9	2	3	4	10	17	2	2	1	9	9	0	1	3	1	8	.58824	7	WLDLWL
	18	Birmingham City	9	2	2	5	13	15	2	2	0	12	3	0	0	5	1	12	.86667	6	LLDLWL
	19	Barnsley	9	0	6	3	6	11	0	4	0	3	3	0	2	3	3	8	.54545	6	DLDLDD
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9	2	2	5	6	12	2	2	1	5	4	0	0	4	1	8	.50000	6	LWLDLD
	21	Stockport County	9	1	2	6	12	22	1	1	3	10	10	0	1	3	2	12	.54545	4	WDLLDL
	22	Coventry City	10	1	2	7	6	20	0	1	4	2	7	1	1	3	4	13	.30000	4	LLLLLL

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	1	Clapton Orient	11	6	3	2	17	12	5	0	0	12	1	1	3	2	5	11	1.41667	15	DWDWWW		1-0
1	2	Cardiff City	10	5	4	1	18	7	3	2	0	8	1	2	2	1	10	6	2.57143	14	WDDDWW		3-0
2	3	South Shields	10	6	2	2	22	12	5	0	0	14	3	1	2	2	8	9	1.83333	14	WDWLWL		0-1
2	4	Bristol City	11	5	4	2	16	9	3	1	1	10	4	2	3	1	6	5	1.77778	14	WDDWWW		5-1
1	5	Port Vale	10	4	4	2	12	8	2	2	1	5	3	2	2	1	7	5	1.50000	12	DDWWWL		0-1
6	6	Notts County	10	5	2	3	14	10	4	1	0	10	3	1	1	3	4	7	1.40000	12	LWLWLW		3-0
2	7	West Ham United	11	4	4	3	9	7	2	2	1	5	3	2	2	2	4	4	1.28571	12	WDDWLL		0-1
1	8	Hull City	10	4	4	2	13	11	4	1	0	9	2	0	3	2	4	9	1.18182	12	WLWDDD		1-1
2	9	Blackpool	11	4	3	4	16	13	3	1	2	11	5	1	2	2	5	8	1.23077	11	DWWLWL		0-3
2	10	The Wednesday	10	4	3	3	12	11	2	2	1	6	3	2	1	2	6	8	1.09091	11	WWWLWL		0-2
3	11	Leicester City	10	5	1	4	13	16	4	1	0	11	2	1	0	4	2	14	.81250	11	DLWLWW		1-0
2	12	Stoke City	10	4	2	4	14	11	3	0	2	7	2	1	2	2	7	9	1.27273	10	WLLLWL		0-3
2	13	Bury	10	4	2	4	14	13	2	2	1	10	5	2	0	3	4	8	1.07692	10	LWWDLL		0-1
1	14	Rotherham County	11	2	6	3	13	15	1	4	1	10	10	1	2	2	3	5	.86667	10	DDLWDD		1-1
1	15	Leeds United	10	4	1	5	12	13	4	0	1	11	4	0	1	4	1	9	.92308	9	DWLWLW		2-0
1	16	Nottingham Forest	10	3	3	4	11	17	2	2	1	9	9	1	1	3	2	8	.64706	9	LDLWLW		1-0
1	17	Birmingham City	10	3	2	5	16	15	3	2	0	15	3	0	0	5	1	12	1.06667	8	LDLWLW		3-0
3	18	Fulham	10	3	2	5	10	14	3	1	1	8	5	0	1	4	2	9	.71429	8	DLWLLL		0-3
	19	Barnsley	10	1	6	3	9	13	1	4	0	6	5	0	2	3	3	8	.69231	8	LDLDDW		3-2
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	2	2	6	8	15	2	2	1	5	4	0	0	5	3	11	.53333	6	WLDLDL		2-3
1	21	Coventry City	11	2	2	7	7	20	1	1	4	3	7	1	1	3	4	13	.35000	6	LLLLLW		1-0
1	22	Stockport County	10	1	2	7	13	27	1	1	3	10	10	0	1	4	3	17	.48148	4	DLLDLL		1-5