The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 2 BURY - Sat Oct 30, 1920 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 30, 1920 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-2 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1920-21
Referee:: DH Asson
Attendance:: 12,000
League Week:: 12 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 17 14
Opp Before/After:: 12 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: South Shields (League Tier 2)
Bury:: Dec 31, 1921

GAME COUNT:
League:: 855 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 244 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 980 (of 5827)
Total:: 1819 (of 7632)
Played:: 105 years, 10 months, 5 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Bob Masters
Prior form: DLWLWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Sandy Higgins (11')
Tom Elliott (28') - Tom Elliott first goal
Sandy Higgins (62')
Tom Elliott (81')

BURY
Manager: William S. Cameron
Prior form: WWDLLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Bob Heap (30')
Harry Hird (82')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Joseph Johnson
2	D	30	Harold Bulling
3	D	29	Harry Jones
4	F	25	Jackie Belton
5	M	23	George Jones	Debut
6	F	36	Jack Armstrong
7	M	33	Robert Firth
8	F	28	Jack Spaven
9	F	30	Tom Elliott (28') (81')
10	F	34	Sandy Higgins (11') (62')
11	F	25	Sidney Harrold

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Albert Spilsbury
2	D	Bob Perry
3	D	Frank Watmough
4	D	Billy Lomas
5	D	George Brooks
6	M	Bob Heap
7	M	Fergie Aitken
8	M	Harry Hird
9	M	Jimmy Trotter
10	F	Fred Heap
11	F	Joe Griffiths

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 30, 1920)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-0	Stockport County
Birmingham City	4-0	The Wednesday
Bristol City	2-0	Clapton Orient
Cardiff City	1-1	Notts County
Coventry City	1-0	Stoke
Fulham	1-1	Leicester City
Leeds United	1-1	Hull City
Nottingham Forest	4-2	Bury
Port Vale	0-2	South Shields
Rotherham County	1-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Ham United	1-1	Blackpool

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Cardiff City	11	6	4	1	20	8	3	2	0	8	1	3	2	1	12	7	12	16	DDDWWW
	2	South Shields	11	7	2	2	28	13	6	0	0	20	4	1	2	2	8	9	15	16	DWLWLW
	3	Clapton Orient	12	6	4	2	17	12	5	1	0	12	1	1	3	2	5	11	5	16	WDWWWD
	4	Bristol City	12	5	5	2	16	9	3	1	1	10	4	2	4	1	6	5	7	15	DDWWWD
	5	Blackpool	12	5	3	4	17	13	4	1	2	12	5	1	2	2	5	8	4	13	WWLWLW
	6	Stoke	11	5	2	4	18	12	4	0	2	11	3	1	2	2	7	9	6	12	LLLWLW
	7	Notts County	11	5	2	4	15	12	4	1	1	11	5	1	1	3	4	7	3	12	WLWLWL
	8	West Ham United	12	4	4	4	9	8	2	2	1	5	3	2	2	3	4	5	1	12	DDWLLL
	9	Hull City	11	4	4	3	13	12	4	1	1	9	3	0	3	2	4	9	1	12	LWDDDL
	10	Port Vale	11	4	4	3	13	14	2	2	1	5	3	2	2	2	8	11	-1	12	DWWWLL
	11	Leicester City	11	5	2	4	14	17	4	2	0	12	3	1	0	4	2	14	-3	12	LWLWWD
	12	Bury	11	4	3	4	16	15	2	3	1	12	7	2	0	3	4	8	1	11	WWDLLD
	13	Leeds United	11	5	1	5	13	13	4	0	1	11	4	1	1	4	2	9	0	11	WLWLWW
	14	The Wednesday	11	4	3	4	13	13	2	2	2	7	5	2	1	2	6	8	0	11	WWLWLL
	15	Birmingham City	11	4	2	5	18	16	3	2	0	15	3	1	0	5	3	13	2	10	DLWLWW
	16	Rotherham County	12	2	6	4	13	18	1	4	1	10	10	1	2	3	3	8	-5	10	DLWDDL
	17	Nottingham Forest	11	3	4	4	13	19	2	2	1	9	9	1	2	3	4	10	-6	10	DLWLWD
	18	Fulham	11	3	3	5	11	15	3	1	1	8	5	0	2	4	3	10	-4	9	LWLLLD
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	3	2	6	11	15	3	2	1	8	4	0	0	5	3	11	-4	8	LDLDLW
	20	Barnsley	11	1	6	4	11	16	1	4	0	6	5	0	2	4	5	11	-5	8	DLDDWL
	21	Stockport County	11	2	2	7	16	29	2	1	3	13	12	0	1	4	3	17	-13	6	LLDLLW
	22	Coventry City	12	2	2	8	8	24	1	1	4	3	7	1	1	4	5	17	-16	6	LLLLWL

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
1	1	South Shields	12	8	2	2	30	13	6	0	0	20	4	2	2	2	10	9	17	18	WLWLWW		2-0
1	2	Cardiff City	12	6	5	1	21	9	3	3	0	9	2	3	2	1	12	7	12	17	DDWWWD		1-1
1	3	Bristol City	13	6	5	2	18	9	4	1	1	12	4	2	4	1	6	5	9	17	DWWWDW		2-0
1	4	Clapton Orient	13	6	4	3	17	14	5	1	0	12	1	1	3	3	5	13	3	16	DWWWDL		0-2
	5	Blackpool	13	5	4	4	18	14	4	1	2	12	5	1	3	2	6	9	4	14	WLWLWD		1-1
1	6	Notts County	12	5	3	4	16	13	4	1	1	11	5	1	2	3	5	8	3	13	LWLWLD		1-1
1	7	West Ham United	13	4	5	4	10	9	2	3	1	6	4	2	2	3	4	5	1	13	DWLLLD		1-1
1	8	Hull City	12	4	5	3	14	13	4	1	1	9	3	0	4	2	5	10	1	13	WDDDLD		1-1
2	9	Leicester City	12	5	3	4	15	18	4	2	0	12	3	1	1	4	3	15	-3	13	WLWWDD		1-1
4	10	Stoke	12	5	2	5	18	13	4	0	2	11	3	1	2	3	7	10	5	12	LLWLWL		0-1
4	11	Birmingham City	12	5	2	5	22	16	4	2	0	19	3	1	0	5	3	13	6	12	LWLWWW		4-0
1	12	Leeds United	12	5	2	5	14	14	4	1	1	12	5	1	1	4	2	9	0	12	LWLWWD		1-1
3	13	Port Vale	12	4	4	4	13	16	2	2	2	5	5	2	2	2	8	11	-3	12	WWWLLL		0-2
3	14	Nottingham Forest	12	4	4	4	17	21	3	2	1	13	11	1	2	3	4	10	-4	12	LWLWDW		4-2
1	15	Rotherham County	13	3	6	4	14	18	2	4	1	11	10	1	2	3	3	8	-4	12	LWDDLW		1-0
4	16	Bury	12	4	3	5	18	19	2	3	1	12	7	2	0	4	6	12	-1	11	WDLLDL		2-4
3	17	The Wednesday	12	4	3	5	13	17	2	2	2	7	5	2	1	3	6	12	-4	11	WLWLLL		0-4
2	18	Barnsley	12	2	6	4	13	16	2	4	0	8	5	0	2	4	5	11	-3	10	LDDWLW		2-0
1	19	Fulham	12	3	4	5	12	16	3	2	1	9	6	0	2	4	3	10	-4	10	WLLLDD		1-1
1	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12	3	2	7	11	16	3	2	1	8	4	0	0	6	3	12	-5	8	DLDLWL		0-1
1	21	Coventry City	13	3	2	8	9	24	2	1	4	4	7	1	1	4	5	17	-15	8	LLLWLW		1-0
1	22	Stockport County	12	2	2	8	16	31	2	1	3	13	12	0	1	5	3	19	-15	6	LDLLWL		0-2