The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 BLACKPOOL - Sat Jan 15, 1921 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 15, 1921 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1920-21
Referee:: F Slater
Attendance:: 12,000
League Week:: 23 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 10 7
Opp Before/After:: 4 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackpool (League Tier 2)
Blackpool:: Jan 22, 1921

GAME COUNT:
League:: 866 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 255 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 993 (of 5827)
Total:: 1832 (of 7632)
Played:: 105 years, 7 months, 19 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Harry Bedford (50')
Jack Spaven (51')
Harry Bedford (74') - Harry Bedford last goal

BLACKPOOL
Manager: Bill Norman
Prior form: WWLWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Archie Ratcliffe (57')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	22	Alfred Bennett
2	D	30	Harold Bulling
3	D	29	Harry Jones
4	F	25	Jackie Belton
5	D	27	Fred Parker
6	F	36	Jack Armstrong
7	F	25	Sidney Harrold
8	F	29	Jack Spaven (51')
9	M	21	Harry Bedford (50') (74')
10	F	35	Sandy Higgins
11	F	28	John Lythgoe

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Billy Richardson
2	D	Joe Bainbridge
3	D	Peter Gavin
4	D	Sandy McGinn
5	D	Harold Keenan
6	M	Billy Benton
7	M	John Charles
8	M	Cecil Marsh
9	M	Archie Ratcliffe
10	F	Jimmy Heathcote
11	F	George Mee

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Jan 15, 1921)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-1	Leicester City
Bristol City	0-0	Cardiff City
Bury	1-1	Fulham
Clapton Orient	0-1	West Ham United
Hull City	1-1	Coventry City
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Blackpool
Port Vale	1-0	The Wednesday
Rotherham County	0-0	Notts County
South Shields	1-1	Stoke
Stockport County	0-3	Birmingham City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-0	Leeds United

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	Bristol City	22	12	6	4	30	16	8	1	2	20	8	4	5	2	10	8	14	30	WWDWWL
	2	Cardiff City	22	12	6	4	36	20	6	4	1	14	4	6	2	3	22	16	16	30	WWWWLL
	3	Birmingham City	22	13	3	6	45	23	9	2	0	32	7	4	1	6	13	16	22	29	WWWDWL
	4	Blackpool	23	12	5	6	30	22	7	1	4	18	11	5	4	2	12	11	8	29	WWLWWW
	5	South Shields	22	12	4	6	40	22	8	1	2	26	8	4	3	4	14	14	18	28	LLDLWW
	6	Leeds United	23	10	5	8	26	22	8	3	1	21	5	2	2	7	5	17	4	25	WLDLWW
	7	West Ham United	22	9	6	7	30	15	6	4	1	24	5	3	2	6	6	10	15	24	WLWDLW
	8	Clapton Orient	22	9	6	7	26	26	8	2	0	21	4	1	4	7	5	22	0	24	DWLDLL
	9	Notts County	22	8	7	7	30	24	5	3	3	18	11	3	4	4	12	13	6	23	LLWDWL
	10	Nottingham Forest	22	8	7	7	30	26	5	3	3	22	15	3	4	4	8	11	4	23	WWDWDD
	11	Bury	22	9	4	9	31	30	6	4	1	19	8	3	0	8	12	22	1	22	WWLWLW
	12	Leicester City	22	8	6	8	24	30	7	2	2	19	9	1	4	6	5	21	-6	22	LLDWDW
	13	Rotherham County	24	7	8	9	23	35	4	6	2	14	15	3	2	7	9	20	-12	22	LLLDWL
	14	Port Vale	21	7	7	7	32	28	5	2	4	21	11	2	5	3	11	17	4	21	LDWLLW
	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	9	3	10	28	32	5	3	3	16	12	4	0	7	12	20	-4	21	WWWWWL
	16	Stoke	22	8	4	10	30	26	6	1	4	19	8	2	3	6	11	18	4	20	WLLLDW
	17	Hull City	22	6	8	8	22	28	5	2	4	13	10	1	6	4	9	18	-6	20	LLLDWW
	18	Fulham	22	7	5	10	20	29	6	2	3	15	11	1	3	7	5	18	-9	19	LWWDWL
	19	Barnsley	22	4	10	8	22	23	4	6	1	15	7	0	4	7	7	16	-1	18	LDDLLD
	20	The Wednesday	23	5	5	13	18	34	3	4	4	11	8	2	1	9	7	26	-16	15	LLDDLL
	21	Coventry City	22	4	5	13	17	49	2	3	6	8	17	2	2	7	9	32	-32	13	LLLLWL
	22	Stockport County	22	3	4	15	21	51	3	3	5	16	15	0	1	10	5	36	-30	10	DLDLLL

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)
2	1	Birmingham City	23	14	3	6	48	23	9	2	0	32	7	5	1	6	16	16	25	31	WWDWLW		3-0
1	2	Bristol City	23	12	7	4	30	16	8	2	2	20	8	4	5	2	10	8	14	31	WDWWLD		0-0
1	3	Cardiff City	23	12	7	4	36	20	6	4	1	14	4	6	3	3	22	16	16	31	WWWLLD		0-0
1	4	South Shields	23	12	5	6	41	23	8	2	2	27	9	4	3	4	14	14	18	29	LDLWWD		1-1
1	5	Blackpool	24	12	5	7	31	25	7	1	4	18	11	5	4	3	13	14	6	29	WLWWWL		1-3
1	6	West Ham United	23	10	6	7	31	15	6	4	1	24	5	4	2	6	7	10	16	26	LWDLWW		1-0
3	7	Nottingham Forest	23	9	7	7	33	27	6	3	3	25	16	3	4	4	8	11	6	25	WDWDDW		3-1
2	8	Leeds United	24	10	5	9	26	25	8	3	1	21	5	2	2	8	5	20	1	25	LDLWWL		0-3
	9	Notts County	23	8	8	7	30	24	5	3	3	18	11	3	5	4	12	13	6	24	LWDWLD		0-0
2	10	Clapton Orient	23	9	6	8	26	27	8	2	1	21	5	1	4	7	5	22	-1	24	WLDLLL		0-1
3	11	Port Vale	22	8	7	7	33	28	6	2	4	22	11	2	5	3	11	17	5	23	DWLLWW		1-0
1	12	Bury	23	9	5	9	32	31	6	5	1	20	9	3	0	8	12	22	1	23	WLWLWD		1-1
2	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	10	3	10	31	32	6	3	3	19	12	4	0	7	12	20	-1	23	WWWWLW		3-0
1	14	Rotherham County	25	7	9	9	23	35	4	7	2	14	15	3	2	7	9	20	-12	23	LLDWLD		0-0
3	15	Leicester City	23	8	6	9	25	32	7	2	2	19	9	1	4	7	6	23	-7	22	LDWDWL		1-2
	16	Stoke	23	8	5	10	31	27	6	1	4	19	8	2	4	6	12	19	4	21	LLLDWD		1-1
	17	Hull City	23	6	9	8	23	29	5	3	4	14	11	1	6	4	9	18	-6	21	LLDWWD		1-1
1	18	Barnsley	23	5	10	8	24	24	5	6	1	17	8	0	4	7	7	16	0	20	DDLLDW		2-1
1	19	Fulham	23	7	6	10	21	30	6	2	3	15	11	1	4	7	6	19	-9	20	WWDWLD		1-1
	20	The Wednesday	24	5	5	14	18	35	3	4	4	11	8	2	1	10	7	27	-17	15	LDDLLL		0-1
	21	Coventry City	23	4	6	13	18	50	2	3	6	8	17	2	3	7	10	33	-32	14	LLLWLD		1-1
	22	Stockport County	23	3	4	16	21	54	3	3	6	16	18	0	1	10	5	36	-33	10	LDLLLL		0-3