The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 WEST HAM UNITED - Sat Dec 15, 1923 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 15, 1923 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Ham United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON

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

Season:: 1923-24
Referee:: JGA Sharpe
Attendance:: 10,000
Pos Before/After:: 19 18
Opp Before/After:: 14 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 1)
West Ham United:: Dec 22, 1923

GAME COUNT:
League:: 988 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 672 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 1123 (of 5736)
Total:: 1968 (of 7523)
Played:: 100 years, 11 months, 10 days ago

Review
Hufton, the West Ham goalkeeper, was went off on 40 minutes with a fractured kneecap

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

Goals
Sid Gibson
Duncan Walker

WEST HAM UNITED
Manager: Syd King
Prior form: WLLDDL (Old to recent)

Goals
William Edwards

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	41	Sam Hardy	Guest (Aston Villa)
2	D		William 'Bill' Thompson
3	D	32	Harry Jones
4	F	28	Jackie Belton
5	M	24	Gerry Morgan
6	F	30	Bob Wallace
7	M	24	Sid Gibson
8	F	27	Charlie Flood
9	F	24	Duncan Walker
10	F	26	Noah Burton
11	F	32	Henry Martin	Guest (Sunderland)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Edward Hufton
2	2	William Henderson
3	3	Jack Young
4	4	Jack Tresadern
5	5	George Kay
6	6	Albert Cadwell
7	7	William Edwards
8	8	William Brown
9	9	Vivian Gibbins
10	10	William Moore
11	11	James Ruffell

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 15, 1923)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-3	Huddersfield Town
Bolton Wanderers	7-1	Notts County
Burnley	2-0	Chelsea
Liverpool	0-2	Cardiff City
Manchester City	2-1	Everton
Nottingham Forest	2-1	West Ham United
Preston North End	4-0	Middlesbrough
Sheffield United	2-1	Aston Villa
Sunderland	3-2	Newcastle United
Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	Blackburn Rovers
West Bromwich Albion	0-0	Birmingham City

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	18	10	7	1	32	17	6	3	0	17	7	4	4	1	15	10	1.88235	27	WWDDWW
	2	Aston Villa	20	8	9	3	23	13	3	7	0	13	3	5	2	3	10	10	1.76923	25	DWDWDW
	3	Huddersfield Town	18	10	4	4	27	16	7	2	0	15	3	3	2	4	12	13	1.68750	24	DWLWLW
	4	Everton	20	9	6	5	25	24	7	3	0	18	5	2	3	5	7	19	1.04167	24	LWWLWW
	5	Bolton Wanderers	20	7	9	4	28	17	5	3	1	19	9	2	6	3	9	8	1.64706	23	DWWLDW
	6	Sheffield United	18	8	6	4	29	20	6	3	0	17	3	2	3	4	12	17	1.45000	22	WLWDDW
	7	Newcastle United	19	9	4	6	30	21	7	3	0	19	8	2	1	6	11	13	1.42857	22	DWWWLW
	8	Sunderland	19	9	4	6	32	26	6	3	1	20	11	3	1	5	12	15	1.23077	22	WWWLWL
	9	Blackburn Rovers	18	8	5	5	32	25	7	1	1	21	6	1	4	4	11	19	1.28000	21	DWLWDW
	10	Notts County	18	7	7	4	17	14	5	3	1	10	5	2	4	3	7	9	1.21429	21	DLDDLW
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	18	6	7	5	19	17	4	3	2	12	6	2	4	3	7	11	1.11765	19	DWDWDL
	12	Manchester City	18	7	5	6	22	26	5	3	1	15	8	2	2	5	7	18	.84615	19	DLDDWL
	13	West Bromwich Albion	18	6	5	7	27	29	6	1	2	26	14	0	4	5	1	15	.93103	17	LLLWDW
	14	West Ham United	18	5	7	6	13	17	4	3	2	9	4	1	4	4	4	13	.76471	17	WLLDDL
	15	Liverpool	18	6	4	8	23	23	4	2	3	18	12	2	2	5	5	11	1.00000	16	DLDLDL
	16	Burnley	18	4	7	7	26	26	4	2	3	19	14	0	5	4	7	12	1.00000	15	DLWDWL
	17	Arsenal	18	5	5	8	16	24	3	4	2	12	11	2	1	6	4	13	.66667	15	WDDLDL
	18	Chelsea	19	3	7	9	10	22	2	4	3	7	6	1	3	6	3	16	.45455	13	DLLWDL
	19	Nottingham Forest	18	4	4	10	20	31	3	3	3	7	6	1	1	7	13	25	.64516	12	DLLDLL
	20	Birmingham City	19	3	6	10	14	30	3	2	5	8	11	0	4	5	6	19	.46667	12	LWDDLL
	21	Middlesbrough	18	4	3	11	18	24	4	1	4	12	9	0	2	7	6	15	.75000	11	LDWLDL
	22	Preston North End	18	2	5	11	19	40	1	4	4	12	15	1	1	7	7	25	.47500	9	LLLLDW

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	19	11	7	1	34	17	6	3	0	17	7	5	4	1	17	10	2.00000	29	WDDWWW		2-0
1	2	Huddersfield Town	19	11	4	4	30	17	7	2	0	15	3	4	2	4	15	14	1.76471	26	WLWLWW		3-1
2	3	Bolton Wanderers	21	8	9	4	35	18	6	3	1	26	10	2	6	3	9	8	1.94444	25	WWLDWW		7-1
2	4	Aston Villa	21	8	9	4	24	15	3	7	0	13	3	5	2	4	11	12	1.60000	25	WDWDWL		1-2
1	5	Sheffield United	19	9	6	4	31	21	7	3	0	19	4	2	3	4	12	17	1.47619	24	LWDDWW		2-1
2	6	Sunderland	20	10	4	6	35	28	7	3	1	23	13	3	1	5	12	15	1.25000	24	WWLWLW		3-2
3	7	Everton	21	9	6	6	26	26	7	3	0	18	5	2	3	6	8	21	1.00000	24	WWLWWL		1-2
1	8	Newcastle United	20	9	4	7	32	24	7	3	0	19	8	2	1	7	13	16	1.33333	22	WWWLWL		2-3
	9	Blackburn Rovers	19	8	5	6	33	27	7	1	1	21	6	1	4	5	12	21	1.22222	21	WLWDWL		1-2
1	10	Tottenham Hotspur	19	7	7	5	21	18	5	3	2	14	7	2	4	3	7	11	1.16667	21	WDWDLW		2-1
1	11	Manchester City	19	8	5	6	24	27	6	3	1	17	9	2	2	5	7	18	.88889	21	LDDWLW		2-1
2	12	Notts County	19	7	7	5	18	21	5	3	1	10	5	2	4	4	8	16	.85714	21	LDDLWL		1-7
	13	West Bromwich Albion	19	6	6	7	27	29	6	2	2	26	14	0	4	5	1	15	.93103	18	LLWDWD		0-0
2	14	Burnley	19	5	7	7	28	26	5	2	3	21	14	0	5	4	7	12	1.07692	17	LWDWLW		2-0
1	15	West Ham United	19	5	7	7	14	19	4	3	2	9	4	1	4	5	5	15	.73684	17	LLDDLL		1-2
1	16	Liverpool	19	6	4	9	23	25	4	2	4	18	14	2	2	5	5	11	.92000	16	LDLDLL		0-2
	17	Arsenal	19	5	5	9	17	27	3	4	3	13	14	2	1	6	4	13	.62963	15	DDLDLL		1-3
1	18	Nottingham Forest	19	5	4	10	22	32	4	3	3	9	7	1	1	7	13	25	.68750	14	LLDLLW		2-1
1	19	Birmingham City	20	3	7	10	14	30	3	2	5	8	11	0	5	5	6	19	.46667	13	WDDLLD		0-0
2	20	Chelsea	20	3	7	10	10	24	2	4	3	7	6	1	3	7	3	18	.41667	13	LLWDLL		0-2
	21	Middlesbrough	19	4	3	12	18	28	4	1	4	12	9	0	2	8	6	19	.64286	11	DWLDLL		0-4
	22	Preston North End	19	3	5	11	23	40	2	4	4	16	15	1	1	7	7	25	.57500	11	LLLDWW		4-0