The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 SOUTH SHIELDS - Sat Dec 10, 1921 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 10, 1921 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: South Shields
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON

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

Season:: 1921-22
Referee:: C Austin
Attendance:: 12,000
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 12 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol City (League Tier 2)
South Shields:: Nov 28, 1925

GAME COUNT:
League:: 903 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 292 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1030 (of 5724)
Total:: 1871 (of 7505)
Played:: 102 years, 4 months, 10 days ago

Notes:: Jack Armstrong benefit

Review
This was also Jack Armstrong's benefit game. It was actually second benefit after the one held on 4 October, 1913 (against Hudderfield Town)

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

Goals
Jack Spaven

SOUTH SHIELDS
Manager:
Prior form: LLDWWD (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	39	Sam Hardy	Guest (Aston Villa)
2	D		Harold Bulling
3	D	30	Harry Jones
4	F	26	Jackie Belton
5	D	28	Fred Parker
6	F	37	Jack Armstrong
7	F	30	Walter Boyman
8	F	30	Jack Spaven
9	F	30	Bobby Parker
10	F	30	Walter Tinsley
11	F	24	Noah Burton

	Totals	Last Game
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	39	Sam Hardy	111		7	2
2	D		Harold Bulling	199	2	7	2
3	D	30	Harry Jones	240	10	7	2
4	F	26	Jackie Belton	348	16	7	2
5	D	28	Fred Parker	164	6	7	2
6	F	37	Jack Armstrong	458	10	7	2
7	F	30	Walter Boyman	13	3	7	2
8	F	30	Jack Spaven	169	50	7	2
9	F	30	Bobby Parker	51	12	21	4
10	F	30	Walter Tinsley	64	13	7	2
11	F	24	Noah Burton	321	62	7	2

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 Dec 10, 1921)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	0-1	Rotherham County
Bradford Park Avenue	1-1	Hull City
Bristol City	2-0	Bury
Clapton Orient	1-1	The Wednesday
Crystal Palace	0-2	Stoke City
Fulham	1-0	Blackpool
Leeds United	1-1	Notts County
Leicester City	1-1	Derby County
Nottingham Forest	1-0	South Shields
Port Vale	0-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Ham United	3-0	Coventry 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	Nottingham Forest	17	9	6	2	22	13	5	3	0	12	4	4	3	2	10	9	1.69231	24	WDDDWD
2	Barnsley	18	10	3	5	24	17	5	2	1	13	5	5	1	4	11	12	1.41176	23	LLDDLD
3	Fulham	17	10	2	5	36	16	6	2	0	25	3	4	0	5	11	13	2.25000	22	LWWWWW
4	Hull City	17	10	2	5	26	16	7	1	1	19	5	3	1	4	7	11	1.62500	22	LDWWWW
5	Notts County	18	7	7	4	24	19	5	3	2	17	9	2	4	2	7	10	1.26316	21	LDDDDW
6	West Ham United	17	9	2	6	22	13	7	1	0	18	1	2	1	6	4	12	1.69231	20	WLWWWD
7	Leicester City	17	6	8	3	16	11	4	2	2	12	8	2	6	1	4	3	1.45455	20	DWDDDW
8	Bury	17	8	4	5	30	23	6	2	1	22	8	2	2	4	8	15	1.30435	20	WWDLWW
9	Stoke City	17	7	6	4	21	18	4	4	1	12	3	3	2	3	9	15	1.16667	20	WDLDDW
10	Crystal Palace	17	7	5	5	22	19	5	2	1	13	5	2	3	4	9	14	1.15789	19	WWDWLD
11	Leeds United	17	8	3	6	20	18	4	2	2	11	5	4	1	4	9	13	1.11111	19	LWWLLL
12	South Shields	17	5	7	5	12	11	4	3	2	7	4	1	4	3	5	7	1.09091	17	LLDWWD
13	Derby County	17	8	1	8	23	22	5	0	4	12	8	3	1	4	11	14	1.04545	17	WWWWLL
14	The Wednesday	17	6	5	6	20	21	4	3	2	13	10	2	2	4	7	11	.95238	17	LLLWWD
15	Clapton Orient	17	5	5	7	14	18	5	1	2	13	8	0	4	5	1	10	.77778	15	WLDLLD
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	6	2	9	17	24	4	1	4	10	9	2	1	5	7	15	.70833	14	DLLLWD
17	Rotherham County	17	5	4	8	13	24	4	4	1	7	2	1	0	7	6	22	.54167	14	WLDLWW
18	Coventry City	17	5	3	9	17	19	4	1	4	13	7	1	2	5	4	12	.89474	13	LLLLDD
19	Port Vale	17	5	3	9	20	26	4	1	3	14	9	1	2	6	6	17	.76923	13	WLWDLL
20	Bradford Park Avenue	17	4	2	11	18	29	3	1	4	12	12	1	1	7	6	17	.62069	10	WLLLLL
21	Bristol City	17	3	3	11	12	34	2	3	3	7	8	1	0	8	5	26	.35294	9	WWLLLL
22	Blackpool	17	3	1	13	13	31	2	0	7	10	17	1	1	6	3	14	.41935	7	LWWLLL

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	Nottingham Forest	18	10	6	2	23	13	6	3	0	13	4	4	3	2	10	9	1.76923	26	DDDWDW		1-0
1	2	Fulham	18	11	2	5	37	16	7	2	0	26	3	4	0	5	11	13	2.31250	24	WWWWWW		1-0
1	3	Hull City	18	10	3	5	27	17	7	1	1	19	5	3	2	4	8	12	1.58824	23	DWWWWD		1-1
2	4	Barnsley	19	10	3	6	24	18	5	2	2	13	6	5	1	4	11	12	1.33333	23	LDDLDL		0-1
1	5	West Ham United	18	10	2	6	25	13	8	1	0	21	1	2	1	6	4	12	1.92308	22	LWWWDW		3-0
3	6	Stoke City	18	8	6	4	23	18	4	4	1	12	3	4	2	3	11	15	1.27778	22	DLDDWW		2-0
2	7	Notts County	19	7	8	4	25	20	5	3	2	17	9	2	5	2	8	11	1.25000	22	DDDDWD		1-1
1	8	Leicester City	18	6	9	3	17	12	4	3	2	13	9	2	6	1	4	3	1.41667	21	WDDDWD		1-1
1	9	Bury	18	8	4	6	30	25	6	2	1	22	8	2	2	5	8	17	1.20000	20	WDLWWL		0-2
1	10	Leeds United	18	8	4	6	21	19	4	3	2	12	6	4	1	4	9	13	1.10526	20	WWLLLD		1-1
1	11	Crystal Palace	18	7	5	6	22	21	5	2	2	13	7	2	3	4	9	14	1.04762	19	WDWLDL		0-2
1	12	Derby County	18	8	2	8	24	23	5	0	4	12	8	3	2	4	12	15	1.04348	18	WWWLLD		1-1
1	13	The Wednesday	18	6	6	6	21	22	4	3	2	13	10	2	3	4	8	12	.95455	18	LLWWDD		1-1
2	14	South Shields	18	5	7	6	12	12	4	3	2	7	4	1	4	4	5	8	1.00000	17	LDWWDL		0-1
1	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	7	2	9	19	24	4	1	4	10	9	3	1	5	9	15	.79167	16	LLLWDW		2-0
1	16	Clapton Orient	18	5	6	7	15	19	5	2	2	14	9	0	4	5	1	10	.78947	16	LDLLDD		1-1
	17	Rotherham County	18	6	4	8	14	24	4	4	1	7	2	2	0	7	7	22	.58333	16	LDLWWW		1-0
	18	Coventry City	18	5	3	10	17	22	4	1	4	13	7	1	2	6	4	15	.77273	13	LLLDDL		0-3
	19	Port Vale	18	5	3	10	20	28	4	1	4	14	11	1	2	6	6	17	.71429	13	LWDLLL		0-2
	20	Bradford Park Avenue	18	4	3	11	19	30	3	2	4	13	13	1	1	7	6	17	.63333	11	LLLLLD		1-1
	21	Bristol City	18	4	3	11	14	34	3	3	3	9	8	1	0	8	5	26	.41176	11	WLLLLW		2-0
	22	Blackpool	18	3	1	14	13	32	2	0	7	10	17	1	1	7	3	15	.40625	7	WWLLLL		0-1