The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 CARDIFF CITY - Sat Dec 01, 1923 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 01, 1923 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Cardiff City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST

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

Season:: 1923-24
Referee:: EB Hague
Attendance:: 15,000
Pos Before/After:: 18 19
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Cardiff City (League Tier 1)
Cardiff City:: Dec 08, 1923

GAME COUNT:
League:: 986 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 670 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 1121 (of 5724)
Total:: 1966 (of 7505)
Played:: 100 years, 5 months, 7 days ago

Notes:: Jack Belton benefit game

Review
This was also Jack Belton's benefit game

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

Goals

CARDIFF CITY
Manager: Fred Stewart
Prior form: DLWWDD (Old to recent)

Goals
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Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	41	Sam Hardy	Guest (Aston Villa)
2	F	27	Charlie Flood
3	D		William 'Bill' Thompson
4	F	28	Jackie Belton
5	M	24	Gerry Morgan
6	F	30	Bob Wallace
7	M	24	Sid Gibson
8	F	32	Jack Spaven
9	F	24	Duncan Walker
10	F	32	Walter Tinsley
11	F	31	Henry Martin	Guest (Sunderland)

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 1 on this day (Sat Dec 01, 1923)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	2-2	Blackburn Rovers
Aston Villa	0-0	Middlesbrough
Bolton Wanderers	1-1	West Ham United
Burnley	3-2	Newcastle United
Everton	2-0	Birmingham City
Manchester City	1-0	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	0-1	Cardiff City
Preston North End	1-1	Chelsea
Sheffield United	1-1	Liverpool
Sunderland	2-1	Huddersfield Town
Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	West Bromwich Albion

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST 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	Cardiff City	16	8	7	1	27	16	5	3	0	13	6	3	4	1	14	10	1.68750	23	DLWWDD
	2	Huddersfield Town	16	9	4	3	23	12	6	2	0	12	1	3	2	3	11	11	1.91667	22	WWDWLW
	3	Aston Villa	18	7	8	3	21	13	3	6	0	13	3	4	2	3	8	10	1.61538	22	LWDWDW
	4	Bolton Wanderers	18	6	8	4	26	16	5	2	1	18	8	1	6	3	8	8	1.62500	20	LDDWWL
	5	Newcastle United	17	8	4	5	26	18	6	3	0	17	8	2	1	5	9	10	1.44444	20	LWDWWW
	6	Sunderland	17	8	4	5	28	22	5	3	1	18	10	3	1	4	10	12	1.27273	20	WDWWWL
	7	Everton	18	7	6	5	22	24	6	3	0	16	5	1	3	5	6	19	.91667	20	DWLWWL
	8	Sheffield United	16	7	5	4	25	17	6	2	0	16	2	1	3	4	9	15	1.47059	19	WLWLWD
	9	Notts County	16	6	7	3	15	13	4	3	1	8	5	2	4	2	7	8	1.15385	19	DLDLDD
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	16	6	6	4	18	13	4	2	2	12	6	2	4	2	6	7	1.38462	18	LDDWDW
	11	Blackburn Rovers	16	7	4	5	28	23	6	1	1	19	6	1	3	4	9	17	1.21739	18	LLDWLW
	12	Manchester City	16	6	5	5	21	24	4	3	1	14	8	2	2	4	7	16	.87500	17	WWDLDD
	13	West Ham United	16	5	6	5	12	15	4	3	1	9	3	1	3	4	3	12	.80000	16	DWWLLD
	14	Liverpool	16	6	3	7	20	19	4	2	2	16	9	2	1	5	4	10	1.05263	15	WWDLDL
	15	West Bromwich Albion	16	5	4	7	23	28	5	1	2	22	13	0	3	5	1	15	.82143	14	WLLLLW
	16	Arsenal	16	5	4	7	14	20	3	3	2	10	9	2	1	5	4	11	.70000	14	WDWDDL
	17	Burnley	16	3	7	6	23	22	3	2	3	16	12	0	5	3	7	10	1.04545	13	LWDLWD
	18	Nottingham Forest	16	4	4	8	19	26	3	3	2	7	5	1	1	6	12	21	.73077	12	LLDLLD
	19	Birmingham City	17	3	6	8	14	27	3	2	4	8	10	0	4	4	6	17	.51852	12	LLLWDD
	20	Chelsea	17	3	6	8	8	19	2	4	2	6	4	1	2	6	2	15	.42105	12	DLDLLW
	21	Middlesbrough	16	4	2	10	18	22	4	1	3	12	7	0	1	7	6	15	.81818	10	WLLDWL
	22	Preston North End	16	1	4	11	16	38	1	3	4	11	14	0	1	7	5	24	.42105	6	DWLLLL

Table after:

	FIRST 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	Cardiff City	17	9	7	1	28	16	5	3	0	13	6	4	4	1	15	10	1.75000	25	LWWDDW		1-0
1	2	Aston Villa	19	7	9	3	21	13	3	7	0	13	3	4	2	3	8	10	1.61538	23	WDWDWD		0-0
1	3	Huddersfield Town	17	9	4	4	24	14	6	2	0	12	1	3	2	4	12	13	1.71429	22	WDWLWL		1-2
2	4	Sunderland	18	9	4	5	30	23	6	3	1	20	11	3	1	4	10	12	1.30435	22	DWWWLW		2-1
2	5	Everton	19	8	6	5	24	24	7	3	0	18	5	1	3	5	6	19	1.00000	22	WLWWLW		2-0
2	6	Bolton Wanderers	19	6	9	4	27	17	5	3	1	19	9	1	6	3	8	8	1.58824	21	DDWWLD		1-1
1	7	Sheffield United	17	7	6	4	26	18	6	3	0	17	3	1	3	4	9	15	1.44444	20	LWLWDD		1-1
3	8	Newcastle United	18	8	4	6	28	21	6	3	0	17	8	2	1	6	11	13	1.33333	20	WDWWWL		2-3
1	9	Tottenham Hotspur	17	6	7	4	18	13	4	3	2	12	6	2	4	2	6	7	1.38462	19	DDWDWD		0-0
1	10	Blackburn Rovers	17	7	5	5	30	25	6	1	1	19	6	1	4	4	11	19	1.20000	19	LDWLWD		2-2
2	11	Notts County	17	6	7	4	15	14	4	3	1	8	5	2	4	3	7	9	1.07143	19	LDLDDL		0-1
	12	Manchester City	17	7	5	5	22	24	5	3	1	15	8	2	2	4	7	16	.91667	19	WDLDDW		1-0
	13	West Ham United	17	5	7	5	13	16	4	3	1	9	3	1	4	4	4	13	.81250	17	WWLLDD		1-1
	14	Liverpool	17	6	4	7	21	20	4	2	2	16	9	2	2	5	5	11	1.05000	16	WDLDLD		1-1
2	15	Burnley	17	4	7	6	26	24	4	2	3	19	14	0	5	3	7	10	1.08333	15	WDLWDW		3-2
1	16	West Bromwich Albion	17	5	5	7	23	28	5	1	2	22	13	0	4	5	1	15	.82143	15	LLLLWD		0-0
1	17	Arsenal	17	5	5	7	16	22	3	4	2	12	11	2	1	5	4	11	.72727	15	DWDDLD		2-2
2	18	Chelsea	18	3	7	8	9	20	2	4	2	6	4	1	3	6	3	16	.45000	13	LDLLWD		1-1
1	19	Nottingham Forest	17	4	4	9	19	27	3	3	3	7	6	1	1	6	12	21	.70370	12	LDLLDL		0-1
1	20	Birmingham City	18	3	6	9	14	29	3	2	4	8	10	0	4	5	6	19	.48276	12	LLWDDL		0-2
	21	Middlesbrough	17	4	3	10	18	22	4	1	3	12	7	0	2	7	6	15	.81818	11	LLDWLD		0-0
	22	Preston North End	17	1	5	11	17	39	1	4	4	12	15	0	1	7	5	24	.43590	7	WLLLLD		1-1