The City Ground

SEASON: 1915-16

Prev Season: 1914-15
This Season: 1915-16
Next Season: 1916-17

DIVISION:: World War I
MANAGER(s):
FA Cup:: -
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored
Conceded
Won By
Lost By

Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days			Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days		Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green = win; Blue = draw; Red = loss)

Not included: Week 1 game against Grimsby Town (1-1) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 0
Lowest League Attendance:: 0
Average League Attendance:: 0
Highest Cup Attendance:: 0
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 0

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 0
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1915-16)

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GAMES
Manager for all games: Bob Masters

WWI Initial Tournament

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
1	Sat Sep 04, 1915	Grimsby Town	A	1-1	Draw	5,000	Tinsley (?)
2	Sat Sep 11, 1915	Notts County	H	3-5	Loss	12,000	Birch (?), Wightman (?), Jones (? pen)
3	Sat Sep 18, 1915	Derby County	A	4-3	Win	3,000	Jones (? pen, ?), Tinsley (?, ?)
4	Sat Oct 02, 1915	Bradford Park Avenue	A	0-1	Loss	6,000
5	Sat Oct 09, 1915	Leeds City	H	2-0	Win	7,000	Tinsley (?), Birch (?)
6	Sat Oct 16, 1915	Hull City	A	3-1	Win	4,000	Bell (?), Martin (?), Tinsley (?)
7	Sat Oct 23, 1915	Lincoln City	H	3-2	Win	5,000	Birch (?, ?, ?)
8	Sat Oct 30, 1915	Barnsley	H	5-0	Win	5,000	Bell (?), Tinsley (?, ?), Martin (?), Birch (?)
9	Sat Nov 06, 1915	Leicester Fosse	A	3-1	Win	5,000	Bell (?), Birch (?), Tinsley (?)
10	Sat Nov 13, 1915	Sheffield United	H	2-0	Win	4,000	Birch (?), Firth (?)
11	Sat Nov 20, 1915	Bradford City	A	0-0	Draw	3,000
12	Sat Nov 27, 1915	Huddersfield Town	H	2-0	Win	3,000	Armstrong (?), Birch (?)
13	Sat Dec 04, 1915	Grimsby Town	H	2-0	Win	1,000	Wightman (?), Birch (?)
14	Sat Dec 11, 1915	Notts County	A	0-0	Draw	7,000
15	Sat Dec 18, 1915	Derby County	H	5-0	Win	5,000	Birch (?, ?), Smith (?, ?), Norton (?)
16	Sat Dec 25, 1915	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-0	Win	20,000	Norton (?)
17	Mon Dec 27, 1915	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-1	Draw	10,000	Birch (?)
18	Sat Jan 01, 1916	Bradford Park Avenue	H	0-0	Draw	-
19	Sat Jan 08, 1916	Leeds City	A	0-1	Loss	7,000
20	Sat Jan 15, 1916	Hull City	H	4-1	Win	4,000	Bell (?, ?), Tinsley (?), Birch (?)
21	Sat Jan 22, 1916	Lincoln City	A	4-1	Win	4,000	Martin (?), Birch (?, ?), Tinsley (? pen)
22	Sat Jan 29, 1916	Barnsley	A	1-1	Draw	5,000	Wightman (?)
23	Sat Feb 05, 1916	Leicester Fosse	H	1-0	Win	6,000	Bell (?)
24	Sat Feb 12, 1916	Sheffield United	A	1-3	Loss	13,000	Wightman (?)
25	Sat Feb 19, 1916	Bradford City	A	0-2	Loss	4,000
	Tue Apr 25, 1916	Huddersfield Town	A	0-2	Loss	6,000

WWI Second Tournament

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
1	Sat Mar 04, 1916	Notts County	H	3-0	Win	3,000	Bell (?), Martin (?), Wightman (?)
2	Sat Mar 11, 1916	Stoke City	H	1-0	Win	4,000	Martin (?)
3	Sat Mar 18, 1916	Chesterfield	A	1-2	Loss	6,000	Banks (?)
4	Sat Mar 25, 1916	Leicester Fosse	H	4-0	Win	4,000	Tinsley (?, ?), Bell (?, ?)
5	Sat Apr 01, 1916	Notts County	A	0-2	Loss	8,000
6	Sat Apr 08, 1916	Derby County	A	1-4	Loss	2,500	Tinsley (?)
7	Sat Apr 15, 1916	Stoke City	H	3-1	Win	4,000	Norton (?), Tinsley (?), Bell (?)
8	Fri Apr 21, 1916	Chesterfield	H	8-1	Win	5,000	Bell (?), Birch (?, ?, ?, ?), Tinsley (?, ?, ?)
9	Mon Apr 24, 1916	Notts County	H	4-2	Win	8,000	? (?), Tinsley (?), Birch (?), Bell (?)
10	Sat Apr 29, 1916	Leicester Fosse	A	3-1	Win	3,000	Tinsley (?), Bell (?), Sharp (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Apr 22, 1916	Cardiff City	Wales	A	1-2	Loss	3,500	Jones (?)
Mon May 08, 1916	Notts County	England	H	1-2	Loss	2,000	Sharp (20)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (15)				Out (10)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	A Palethorpe	Bought			A Palethorpe	Sold
	Charles Anthony	Bought			Alfred Fisher	Sold
	Ernest Davill	Bought			Charles Anthony	Sold
	Harold Bulling	Bought			Edwin Neve	Sold
	Harold Wightman	Bought			Ernest Davill	Sold
	James Birch	Bought			Ernest Fletcher	Sold
	Joe Norton	Bought			Fred Harris	Sold
	Percy Cullin	Bought			Price (1916)	Sold
	Price (1916)	Bought			Reynolds	Sold
	Reynolds	Bought			Sharp (1916)	Sold
	Sharp (1916)	Bought
1921	Walter Tinsley	Bought
Apr 01, 1920	Harry Lowe	Bought
Aug 01, 1921	Sam Hardy	Bought	£1,000
May 01, 1922	Henry Martin	Bought

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		A Palethorpe
GK		Sam Hardy											Wartime guest from Aston Villa
Defenders
D		Ernest Fletcher
D		Harold Bulling
D		Harold Wightman
D		Harry Jones
D		Percy Cullin
Midfielders
M		Alfred Fisher
M		Charles Anthony
M		Ernest Davill
M		Harry Lowe
M		Joe Norton
M		Reynolds
M		Robert Firth
M		Sharp (1916)
M		Thomas Gibson
Forwards
F		Andy Smith (1915)
F		Edwin Neve
F		Fred Harris
F		Henry Martin
F		Jack Armstrong
F		Jack Bell
F		James Birch
F		Price (1916)
F		Sticker Banks
F		Walter Tinsley

		Herbert Lounds
		Lancelot Sheldon

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score