The City Ground

SEASON: 1915-16

Prev Season: 1914-15
Next Season: 1916-17

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

Top Goalscorer:: ( goals)

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

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
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

MIDLAND DIVISION (MAIN TOURNAMENT)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Nottingham Forest	26	15	5	6	48	25												35
2	Sheffield United	26	12	7	7	51	36												31		-	-
3	Huddersfield Town	26	12	5	9	43	36												29		-	-
4	Bradford City	26	12	4	10	52	32												28		-	-
5	Leicester Fosse	26	11	6	9	42	34												28		-	-
6	Barnsley	26	12	4	10	46	55												28		-	-
7	The Wednesday	26	11	5	10	46	43												27		-	-
8	Notts County	26	10	6	10	39	36												26		-	-
9	Lincoln City	26	12	2	12	54	54												26		-	-
10	Leeds City	26	10	5	11	39	43												25		-	-
11	Hull City	26	10	3	13	42	58												23		-	-
12	Bradford Park Avenue	26	9	4	13	46	46												22		-	-
13	Grimsby Town	26	7	6	13	31	46												20		-	-
14	Derby County	26	7	2	17	39	74												16		-	-

MIDLAND DIVISION (SOUTH) (SECOND TOURNAMENT)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Nottingham Forest	10	7	0	3	28	12												14
2	Notts County	10	5	3	2	16	12												13		-	-
3	Leicester Fosse	10	3	3	4	15	19												9		-	-
4	Stoke	10	4	0	6	21	18												8		-	-
5	Derby County	10	4	0	6	23	28												8		-	-
6	Chesterfield Town	10	3	2	5	15	29												8		-	-

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

WWI Initial Tournament

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
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	Notes
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	Notes
Sat Apr 22, 1916	Cardiff City	Wales	A	1-2	Loss	3,500	Jones (?)

SQUAD

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

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season