The City Ground

SEASON: 1921-22

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DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Bob Masters
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Cardiff City (A) 1-4)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Jack Spaven (22 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

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 30,000
Lowest League Attendance:: 8,000
Average League Attendance:: 16,238
Highest Cup Attendance:: 17,300
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 10,000

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 24
Red cards:: 1
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION TWO								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	42	22	12	8	51	30	13	7	1	29	9	9	5	7	22	21	1.700	56	Promoted as Champions
2	Stoke City	42	18	16	8	60	44	9	11	1	31	11	9	5	7	29	33	1.364	52	Promoted	3-1	1-1
3	Barnsley	42	22	8	12	67	52	14	5	2	43	18	8	3	10	24	34	1.288	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	1.333	48		2-0	0-1
5	Hull City	42	19	10	13	51	41	13	5	3	36	13	6	5	10	15	28	1.244	48		3-2	1-0
6	South Shields	42	17	12	13	43	38	11	7	3	25	13	6	5	10	18	25	1.132	46		1-0	0-0
7	Fulham	42	18	9	15	57	38	14	5	2	41	8	4	4	13	16	30	1.500	45		0-0	0-2
8	Leeds United	42	16	13	13	48	38	10	8	3	31	12	6	5	10	17	26	1.263	45		1-0	0-0
9	Leicester City	42	14	17	11	39	34	11	6	4	30	16	3	11	7	9	18	1.147	45		0-0	2-2
10	The Wednesday	42	15	14	13	47	50	12	4	5	31	24	3	10	8	16	26	.940	44		2-0	4-0
11	Bury	42	15	10	17	54	55	11	3	7	35	19	4	7	10	19	36	.982	40		1-2	2-1
12	Derby County	42	15	9	18	60	64	11	3	7	34	22	4	6	11	26	42	.938	39		3-0	2-1
13	Notts County	42	12	15	15	47	51	10	7	4	34	18	2	8	11	13	33	.922	39		0-0	1-1
14	Crystal Palace	42	13	13	16	45	51	9	6	6	28	20	4	7	10	17	31	.882	39		2-1	1-4
15	Clapton Orient	42	15	9	18	43	50	12	4	5	33	18	3	5	13	10	32	.860	39		2-0	2-1
16	Rotherham County	42	14	11	17	32	43	8	9	4	17	7	6	2	13	15	36	.744	39		1-0	-
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	11	18	44	49	8	7	6	28	19	5	4	12	16	30	.898	37		0-0	0-2
18	Port Vale	42	14	8	20	43	57	10	5	6	28	19	4	3	14	15	38	.754	36		1-1	2-0
19	Blackpool	42	15	5	22	44	57	11	1	9	33	27	4	4	13	11	30	.772	35		0-0	1-2
20	Coventry City	42	12	10	20	51	60	8	5	8	31	21	4	5	12	20	39	.850	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	.742	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	.638	33	Relegated	1-0	1-0

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

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 United	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)

SQUAD

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

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

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

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1921-22

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