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)

Top Goalscorer:: Jack Spaven (22 goals)

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1921-22

SEASON END TABLE								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

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

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

GAMES

Manager for all games: Bob Masters
League

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

FA Cup

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

Friendly

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

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
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 (?)	Safe
Sat Mar 25, 1922	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue			A	0-1	13,000		Safe
Sat Apr 01, 1922	League Tier 2	Clapton Orient			H	2-0	12,000	Nelis (?, ?)	Safe
Sat Apr 08, 1922	League Tier 2	Clapton Orient			A	2-1	14,000	Spaven (?), Nelis (?)	Safe
Fri Apr 14, 1922	League Tier 2	Barnsley			A	0-2	17,500		Safe
Sat Apr 15, 1922	League Tier 2	Stoke City			A	1-1	27,500	Parker (?)	Safe
Mon Apr 17, 1922	League Tier 2	Barnsley			H	1-1	25,000	Spaven (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 22, 1922	League Tier 2	Stoke City			H	3-1	15,000	Spaven (?, ?), Nelis (?)	Promoted
Sat Apr 29, 1922	League Tier 2	Leeds United			H	1-0	16,000	Burton (?)	Champion
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		Promoted

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Mon Sep 12, 1921	Aberdare	Wales	A	1-3	4,000
Fri May 05, 1922	Boston United	England	A	4-2	-

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7) - £3,500				Out (2) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Walter Boyman	Bought			Richard Ashmore	Sold
May 15, 1921	Bobby Parker	Bought	£1,000		Sidney Harrold	Sold
May 31, 1921	Peter Ronald	Bought	£500
June 1921	Noah Burton	Bought
Oct 22, 1921	Sid Gibson	Bought
Feb 20, 1922	John Green	Bought
March 1922	Patrick Nelis	Bought	£2,000

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Alfred Bennett	England	22	12	7	3	2
GK		Sam Hardy	England	38	34	17	10	7							Joined from Aston Villa at the start of the season
Defenders
D		Fred Parker	England	27	43	21	13	9	1		1
D		Harold Bulling	England		46	24	13	9	1
D		Harry Jones	England	30	45	23	13	9
D		John Green			1		1
Midfielders
M		Joe Mills	England	26	7	4	3
M		Peter Ronald	England	21	3	1	2
M		Richard Ashmore		28	2	2
M		Sid Gibson	England	22	31	16	9	6	2
Forwards
F		Bobby Parker	Scotland	30	36	19	10	7	9
F		George Dennis	England	23	13	7	3	3	3
F		Jack Armstrong	England	37	41	21	11	9
F		Jack Spaven	England	29	46	24	13	9	22
F		Jackie Belton	England	26	44	24	11	9
F		Noah Burton	England	24	45	24	12	9	5
F		Patrick Nelis	N. Ireland	22	10	5	3	2	6
F		Percy Barratt	England	22	1	1
F		Sidney Harrold	England	26	13	6	3	4
F		Walter Boyman	England	29	10	5	5		3
F		Walter Tinsley	England	29	23	13	5	5	6

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

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