The City Ground

SEASON: 1921-22

Prev Season: 1920-21
This Season: 1921-22
Next Season: 1922-23

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Bob Masters
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Cardiff City (A) 1-4)
League Cup:: Did not exist

Top Goalscorer:: Jack Spaven (22 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1921-22								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Nottingham Forest	42	22	12	8	51	30	13	7	1	29	9	9	5	7	22	21	1.70000	56	Promoted as Champions
2	Stoke City	42	18	16	8	60	44	9	11	1	31	11	9	5	7	29	33	1.36364	52	Promoted	3-1	1-1
3	Barnsley	42	22	8	12	67	52	14	5	2	43	18	8	3	10	24	34	1.28846	52		1-1	0-2
4	West Ham United	42	20	8	14	52	39	15	3	3	39	13	5	5	11	13	26	1.33333	48		2-0	0-1
5	Hull City	42	19	10	13	51	41	13	5	3	36	13	6	5	10	15	28	1.24390	48		3-2	1-0
6	South Shields	42	17	12	13	43	38	11	7	3	25	13	6	5	10	18	25	1.13158	46		1-0	0-0
7	Fulham	42	18	9	15	57	38	14	5	2	41	8	4	4	13	16	30	1.50000	45		0-0	0-2
8	Leeds United	42	16	13	13	48	38	10	8	3	31	12	6	5	10	17	26	1.26316	45		1-0	0-0
9	Leicester City	42	14	17	11	39	34	11	6	4	30	16	3	11	7	9	18	1.14706	45		0-0	2-2
10	The Wednesday	42	15	14	13	47	50	12	4	5	31	24	3	10	8	16	26	.94000	44		2-0	4-0
11	Bury	42	15	10	17	54	55	11	3	7	35	19	4	7	10	19	36	.98182	40		1-2	2-1
12	Derby County	42	15	9	18	60	64	11	3	7	34	22	4	6	11	26	42	.93750	39		3-0	2-1
13	Notts County	42	12	15	15	47	51	10	7	4	34	18	2	8	11	13	33	.92157	39		0-0	1-1
14	Crystal Palace	42	13	13	16	45	51	9	6	6	28	20	4	7	10	17	31	.88235	39		2-1	1-4
15	Clapton Orient	42	15	9	18	43	50	12	4	5	33	18	3	5	13	10	32	.86000	39		2-0	2-1
16	Rotherham County	42	14	11	17	32	43	8	9	4	17	7	6	2	13	15	36	.74419	39		1-0	1-0
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	11	18	44	49	8	7	6	28	19	5	4	12	16	30	.89796	37		0-0	0-2
18	Port Vale	42	14	8	20	43	57	10	5	6	28	19	4	3	14	15	38	.75439	36		1-1	2-0
19	Blackpool	42	15	5	22	44	57	11	1	9	33	27	4	4	13	11	30	.77193	35		0-0	1-2
20	Coventry City	42	12	10	20	51	60	8	5	8	31	21	4	5	12	20	39	.85000	34		1-0	1-0
21	Bradford Park Avenue	42	12	9	21	46	62	10	5	6	32	22	2	4	15	14	40	.74194	33	Relegated	4-1	0-1
22	Bristol City	42	12	9	21	37	58	10	3	8	25	18	2	6	13	12	40	.63793	33	Relegated	1-0	1-0

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Competitive Games:: 46
Competitive Goals:: 58
Goals per game:: 1.3
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 56 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 66.7%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals
Scored	17 times	9 times	5 times	2 times
Conceded	13 times	7 times		2 times
Won By	14 times	6 times	3 times	1 time
Lost By	4 times	3 times	2 times

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
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)
1	161	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	54	2	2	1	1	-	4	2	3	Stoke City (1-1), Stoke City (3-1)
3	28	3	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Fulham (0-0)
4		4	3	-	2	1	3	5	2	Leicester City (2-2), Fulham (0-2), Barnsley (1-1)
5		5	4	1	2	1	3	3	4	Leicester City (0-0), West Ham United (2-0), Notts County (1-1), Barnsley (0-2)
6		6	2	1	-	1	1	1	2	West Ham United (0-1), Leeds United (1-0)
7		7	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Derby County (2-1)
8		8	3	2	1	-	3	1	5	Crystal Palace (2-1), Coventry City (1-0), Leeds United (0-0)
9	2	9	3	2	1	-	4	0	5	Derby County (3-0), Notts County (0-0), Rotherham County (1-0)
10		10	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	Clapton Orient (2-0)
11		11	3	3	-	-	6	3	6	Hull City (3-2), Rotherham County (1-0), Clapton Orient (2-1)
12		12	2	2	-	-	2	0	4	Coventry City (1-0), South Shields (1-0)
13		13	3	-	2	1	0	2	2	South Shields (0-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-2)
14	2	14	2	1	1	-	5	1	3	Port Vale (1-1), The Wednesday (4-0)
15	3	15	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Bury (2-1)
16		16	2	2	-	-	4	0	4	Port Vale (2-0), The Wednesday (2-0)
17	2	17	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Bury (1-2)
18		18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19		19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20		20	1	1	-	-	4	1	2	Bradford Park Avenue (4-1)
21		21	3	3	-	-	3	0	6	Hull City (1-0), Bristol City (1-0), Bristol City (1-0)
22		22	3	-	1	2	1	3	1	Blackpool (1-2), Blackpool (0-0), Bradford Park Avenue (0-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Crystal Palace (1-4) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 30,000 (Leicester City)
Lowest League Attendance:: 8,000 (Rotherham County)
Average League Attendance:: 16,238
Highest Cup Attendance:: 17,300 (Bristol City)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 10,000 (Hull City)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 24
Yellow cards:: 0
Red cards:: 1
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Bob Masters
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 27, 1921	Crystal Palace	A	1-4	Loss	18,000	17	Tinsley (?)
2	Mon Aug 29, 1921	Hull City	H	3-2	Win	14,000	14	Spaven (?), Parker (?), Tinsley (?)
3	Sat Sep 03, 1921	Crystal Palace	H	2-1	Win	16,000	9	Tinsley (?, ?)
4	Mon Sep 05, 1921	Hull City	A	1-0	Win	9,000	3	Spaven (?)
5	Sat Sep 10, 1921	Coventry City	A	1-0	Win	22,000	3	Burton (?)
6	Sat Sep 17, 1921	Coventry City	H	1-0	Win	14,000	3	Parker (?)
7	Sat Sep 24, 1921	Derby County	A	2-1	Win	22,803	3	Spaven (?, ?)
8	Sat Oct 01, 1921	Derby County	H	3-0	Win	28,000	2	Spaven (?), Parker (?), Tinsley (?)
9	Sat Oct 08, 1921	Leicester City	A	2-2	Draw	25,000	2	Spaven (?), Burton (?)
10	Sat Oct 15, 1921	Leicester City	H	0-0	Draw	30,000	2
11	Sat Oct 22, 1921	West Ham United	A	0-1	Loss	20,000	2
12	Sat Oct 29, 1921	West Ham United	H	2-0	Win	16,000	2	Spaven (?, ?)
13	Sat Nov 05, 1921	Notts County	A	1-1	Draw	26,000	2	Boyman (?)
14	Mon Nov 14, 1921	Notts County	H	0-0	Draw	15,000	2
15	Sat Nov 19, 1921	Port Vale	H	1-1	Draw	16,000	2	Spaven (?)
16	Sat Nov 26, 1921	Port Vale	A	2-0	Win	12,000	1	Boyman (?, ?)
17	Sat Dec 03, 1921	South Shields	A	0-0	Draw	10,000	1
18	Sat Dec 10, 1921	South Shields	H	1-0	Win	12,000	1	Spaven (?)
19	Sat Dec 17, 1921	Bristol City	H	1-0	Win	10,000	1	Gibson (?)
20	Sat Dec 24, 1921	Bristol City	A	1-0	Win	14,000	1	Gibson (?)
21	Mon Dec 26, 1921	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-0	Draw	25,000	1
22	Tue Dec 27, 1921	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-2	Loss	25,000	1
23	Sat Dec 31, 1921	Bury	A	2-1	Win	12,000	1	Bulling (?), Spaven (?)
24	Sat Jan 14, 1922	Bury	H	1-2	Loss	10,000	1	Parker (?)
25	Sat Jan 21, 1922	Rotherham County	A	1-0	Win	28,000	1	Dennis (?)
26	Sat Feb 04, 1922	The Wednesday	A	4-0	Win	10,000	1	Spaven (?), Parker (?, ?), Dennis (?)
27	Wed Feb 08, 1922	Rotherham County	H	1-0	Win	8,000	1	Burton (?)
28	Sat Feb 11, 1922	The Wednesday	H	2-0	Win	20,000	1	Spaven (?), Parker (?)
29	Sat Feb 25, 1922	Fulham	H	0-0	Draw	15,000	1
30	Tue Feb 28, 1922	Fulham	A	0-2	Loss	23,000	1
31	Sat Mar 04, 1922	Blackpool	A	1-2	Loss	8,000	1	Parker (?)
32	Sat Mar 11, 1922	Blackpool	H	0-0	Draw	12,000	1
33	Sat Mar 18, 1922	Bradford Park Avenue	H	4-1	Win	12,000	1	Spaven (?), Nelis (?, ?), Tinsley (?)
34	Sat Mar 25, 1922	Bradford Park Avenue	A	0-1	Loss	13,000	1
35	Sat Apr 01, 1922	Clapton Orient	H	2-0	Win	12,000	1	Nelis (?, ?)
36	Sat Apr 08, 1922	Clapton Orient	A	2-1	Win	14,000	1	Spaven (?), Nelis (?)
37	Fri Apr 14, 1922	Barnsley	A	0-2	Loss	17,500	1
38	Sat Apr 15, 1922	Stoke City	A	1-1	Draw	27,500	1	Parker (?)
39	Mon Apr 17, 1922	Barnsley	H	1-1	Draw	25,000	1	Spaven (?)
40	Sat Apr 22, 1922	Stoke City	H	3-1	Win	15,000	1	Spaven (?, ?), Nelis (?)
41	Sat Apr 29, 1922	Leeds United	H	1-0	Win	16,000	1	Burton (?)
42	Sat May 06, 1922	Leeds United	A	0-0	Draw	10,000	1

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 07, 1922	Bristol City	1			A	0-0	Draw	25,000
Wed Jan 11, 1922	Bristol City	1	Y	1	H	3-1	Win	17,300	Spaven (?, ?), Parker (?)
Sat Jan 28, 1922	Hull City	2			H	3-0	Win	10,000	Spaven (?, ?), Dennis (?)
Sat Feb 18, 1922	Cardiff City	3			A	1-4	Loss	9,000	Burton (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Sep 12, 1921	Aberdare	Wales	A	1-3	Loss	4,000	Ronald (?)
Fri May 05, 1922	Boston United	England	A	4-2	Win	-	Nelis (?, ?), Spaven (?), Harrison (? OG)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Bob Masters
Sat Aug 27, 1921	League Tier 2	Crystal Palace			A	1-4	18,000	Tinsley (?)
Mon Aug 29, 1921	League Tier 2	Hull City			H	3-2	14,000	Spaven (?), Parker (?), Tinsley (?)
Sat Sep 03, 1921	League Tier 2	Crystal Palace			H	2-1	16,000	Tinsley (?, ?)
Mon Sep 05, 1921	League Tier 2	Hull City			A	1-0	9,000	Spaven (?)
Sat Sep 10, 1921	League Tier 2	Coventry City			A	1-0	22,000	Burton (?)
Mon Sep 12, 1921	Friendly	Aberdare			A	1-3	4,000	Ronald (?)
Sat Sep 17, 1921	League Tier 2	Coventry City			H	1-0	14,000	Parker (?)
Sat Sep 24, 1921	League Tier 2	Derby County			A	2-1	22,803	Spaven (?, ?)
Sat Oct 01, 1921	League Tier 2	Derby County			H	3-0	28,000	Spaven (?), Parker (?), Tinsley (?)
Sat Oct 08, 1921	League Tier 2	Leicester City			A	2-2	25,000	Spaven (?), Burton (?)
Sat Oct 15, 1921	League Tier 2	Leicester City			H	0-0	30,000
Sat Oct 22, 1921	League Tier 2	West Ham United			A	0-1	20,000
Sat Oct 29, 1921	League Tier 2	West Ham United			H	2-0	16,000	Spaven (?, ?)
Sat Nov 05, 1921	League Tier 2	Notts County			A	1-1	26,000	Boyman (?)
Mon Nov 14, 1921	League Tier 2	Notts County			H	0-0	15,000
Sat Nov 19, 1921	League Tier 2	Port Vale			H	1-1	16,000	Spaven (?)
Sat Nov 26, 1921	League Tier 2	Port Vale			A	2-0	12,000	Boyman (?, ?)
Sat Dec 03, 1921	League Tier 2	South Shields			A	0-0	10,000
Sat Dec 10, 1921	League Tier 2	South Shields			H	1-0	12,000	Spaven (?)
Sat Dec 17, 1921	League Tier 2	Bristol City			H	1-0	10,000	Gibson (?)
Sat Dec 24, 1921	League Tier 2	Bristol City			A	1-0	14,000	Gibson (?)
Mon Dec 26, 1921	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	0-0	25,000
Tue Dec 27, 1921	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	0-2	25,000
Sat Dec 31, 1921	League Tier 2	Bury			A	2-1	12,000	Bulling (?), Spaven (?)
Sat Jan 07, 1922	FA Cup	Bristol City	1		A	0-0	25,000
Wed Jan 11, 1922	FA Cup	Bristol City	1	1	H	3-1	17,300	Spaven (?, ?), Parker (?)
Sat Jan 14, 1922	League Tier 2	Bury			H	1-2	10,000	Parker (?)
Sat Jan 21, 1922	League Tier 2	Rotherham County			A	1-0	28,000	Dennis (?)
Sat Jan 28, 1922	FA Cup	Hull City	2		H	3-0	10,000	Spaven (?, ?), Dennis (?)
Sat Feb 04, 1922	League Tier 2	The Wednesday			A	4-0	10,000	Spaven (?), Parker (?, ?), Dennis (?)
Wed Feb 08, 1922	League Tier 2	Rotherham County			H	1-0	8,000	Burton (?)
Sat Feb 11, 1922	League Tier 2	The Wednesday			H	2-0	20,000	Spaven (?), Parker (?)
Sat Feb 18, 1922	FA Cup	Cardiff City	3		A	1-4	9,000	Burton (?)
Sat Feb 25, 1922	League Tier 2	Fulham			H	0-0	15,000
Tue Feb 28, 1922	League Tier 2	Fulham			A	0-2	23,000
Sat Mar 04, 1922	League Tier 2	Blackpool			A	1-2	8,000	Parker (?)
Sat Mar 11, 1922	League Tier 2	Blackpool			H	0-0	12,000
Sat Mar 18, 1922	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue			H	4-1	12,000	Spaven (?), Nelis (?, ?), Tinsley (?)
Sat Mar 25, 1922	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue			A	0-1	13,000
Sat Apr 01, 1922	League Tier 2	Clapton Orient			H	2-0	12,000	Nelis (?, ?)
Sat Apr 08, 1922	League Tier 2	Clapton Orient			A	2-1	14,000	Spaven (?), Nelis (?)
Fri Apr 14, 1922	League Tier 2	Barnsley			A	0-2	17,500
Sat Apr 15, 1922	League Tier 2	Stoke City			A	1-1	27,500	Parker (?)
Mon Apr 17, 1922	League Tier 2	Barnsley			H	1-1	25,000	Spaven (?)
Sat Apr 22, 1922	League Tier 2	Stoke City			H	3-1	15,000	Spaven (?, ?), Nelis (?)
Sat Apr 29, 1922	League Tier 2	Leeds United			H	1-0	16,000	Burton (?)
Fri May 05, 1922	Friendly	Boston United			A	4-2	-	Nelis (?, ?), Spaven (?), Harrison (? OG)
Sat May 06, 1922	League Tier 2	Leeds United			A	0-0	10,000

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7) - £3,500				Out (2) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	John Green	Bought			Richard Ashmore	Sold
	Walter Boyman	Bought			Sidney Harrold	Sold
May 15, 1921	Bobby Parker	Bought	£1,000
May 31, 1921	Peter Ronald	Bought	£500
June 1921	Noah Burton	Bought
Oct 22, 1921	Sid Gibson	Bought
March 1922	Patrick Nelis	Bought	£2,000

SQUAD

				Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Country	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		England	Alfred Bennett	12	7	3	2
GK		England	Sam Hardy	34	17	10	7							Joined from Aston Villa at the start of the season
Defenders
D		England	Fred Parker	43	21	13	9	1		1
D		England	Harold Bulling	46	24	13	9	1
D		England	Harry Jones	45	23	13	9
D			John Green	1		1
Midfielders
M		England	Joe Mills	7	4	3
M		England	Peter Ronald	3	1	2
M			Richard Ashmore	2	2
M		England	Sid Gibson	31	16	9	6	2
Forwards
F		Scotland	Bobby Parker	36	19	10	7	9
F		England	George Dennis	13	7	3	3	3
F		England	Jack Armstrong	41	21	11	9
F		England	Jack Spaven	46	24	13	9	22
F		England	Jackie Belton	44	24	11	9
F		England	Noah Burton	45	24	12	9	5
F		N. Ireland	Patrick Nelis	10	5	3	2	6
F		England	Percy Barratt	1	1
F		England	Sidney Harrold	13	6	3	4
F		England	Walter Boyman	10	5	5		3
F		England	Walter Tinsley	23	13	5	5	6

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
22	Jack Spaven	46
9	Bobby Parker	36
6	Patrick Nelis	10
6	Walter Tinsley	23
5	Noah Burton	45
3	George Dennis	13
3	Walter Boyman	10
2	Sid Gibson	31
1	Fred Parker	43
1	Harold Bulling	46

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Bristol City	Sat Dec 17, 1921	Home	1-0	Sat Dec 24, 1921	Away	1-0
Clapton Orient	Sat Apr 01, 1922	Home	2-0	Sat Apr 08, 1922	Away	2-1
Coventry City	Sat Sep 10, 1921	Away	1-0	Sat Sep 17, 1921	Home	1-0
Derby County	Sat Sep 24, 1921	Away	2-1	Sat Oct 01, 1921	Home	3-0
Hull City	Mon Aug 29, 1921	Home	3-2	Mon Sep 05, 1921	Away	1-0
Rotherham County	Sat Jan 21, 1922	Away	1-0	Wed Feb 08, 1922	Home	1-0
The Wednesday	Sat Feb 04, 1922	Away	4-0	Sat Feb 11, 1922	Home	2-0

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

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