The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 SOUTH SHIELDS - Sat Dec 10, 1921 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 10, 1921 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: South Shields
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1921-22
Referee:: C Austin
Attendance:: 12,000
League Week:: 18 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 12 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol City (League Tier 2)
South Shields:: Nov 28, 1925

GAME COUNT:
League:: 903 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 292 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1030 (of 5824)
Total:: 1872 (of 7629)
Played:: 104 years, 8 months, 9 days ago

Review
This was also Jack Armstrong's benefit game. It was actually second benefit after the one held on 4 October, 1913 (against Hudderfield Town)

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

Goal Scorers
Jack Spaven (35')

SOUTH SHIELDS
Manager:
Prior form: LLDWWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	39	Sam Hardy
2	D	31	Harold Bulling
3	D	30	Harry Jones
4	F	26	Jackie Belton
5	D	28	Fred Parker
6	F	37	Jack Armstrong
7	F	30	Walter Boyman
8	F	30	Jack Spaven (35')
9	F	30	Bobby Parker
10	F	30	Walter Tinsley
11	F	24	Noah Burton

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	39	Sam Hardy	14		7	1
2	D	31	Harold Bulling	79		7	1
3	D	30	Harry Jones	153	9	7	1
4	F	26	Jackie Belton	112	14	7	1
5	D	28	Fred Parker	87	2	7	1
6	F	37	Jack Armstrong	429	10	7	1
7	F	30	Walter Boyman	6	3	7	1
8	F	30	Jack Spaven (35')	60	23	7	1
9	F	30	Bobby Parker	10	3	21	3
10	F	30	Walter Tinsley	14	5	7	1
11	F	24	Noah Burton	17	2	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Willis Walker
2	D	Warney Cresswell
3	D	Alf Maitland
4	D	Jim Metcalf
5	D	John Hardy
6	M	Jock Hutcheson
7	M	Andrew Gray
8	M	Harry Woods
9	M	Walter Casson
10	F	Ernie Greenwell
11	F	Arthur Hawes

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 10, 1921)

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

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	Nottingham Forest	17	9	6	2	22	13	5	3	0	12	4	4	3	2	10	9	9	24	WDDDWD
2	Barnsley	18	10	3	5	24	17	5	2	1	13	5	5	1	4	11	12	7	23	LLDDLD
3	Fulham	17	10	2	5	36	16	6	2	0	25	3	4	0	5	11	13	20	22	LWWWWW
4	Hull City	17	10	2	5	26	16	7	1	1	19	5	3	1	4	7	11	10	22	LDWWWW
5	Notts County	18	7	7	4	24	19	5	3	2	17	9	2	4	2	7	10	5	21	LDDDDW
6	West Ham United	17	9	2	6	22	13	7	1	0	18	1	2	1	6	4	12	9	20	WLWWWD
7	Leicester City	17	6	8	3	16	11	4	2	2	12	8	2	6	1	4	3	5	20	DWDDDW
8	Bury	17	8	4	5	30	23	6	2	1	22	8	2	2	4	8	15	7	20	WWDLWW
9	Stoke	17	7	6	4	21	18	4	4	1	12	3	3	2	3	9	15	3	20	WDLDDW
10	Crystal Palace	17	7	5	5	22	19	5	2	1	13	5	2	3	4	9	14	3	19	WWDWLD
11	Leeds United	17	8	3	6	20	18	4	2	2	11	5	4	1	4	9	13	2	19	LWWLLL
12	South Shields	17	5	7	5	12	11	4	3	2	7	4	1	4	3	5	7	1	17	LLDWWD
13	Derby County	17	8	1	8	23	22	5	0	4	12	8	3	1	4	11	14	1	17	WWWWLL
14	The Wednesday	17	6	5	6	20	21	4	3	2	13	10	2	2	4	7	11	-1	17	LLLWWD
15	Clapton Orient	17	5	5	7	14	18	5	1	2	13	8	0	4	5	1	10	-4	15	WLDLLD
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	6	2	9	17	24	4	1	4	10	9	2	1	5	7	15	-7	14	DLLLWD
17	Rotherham County	17	5	4	8	13	24	4	4	1	7	2	1	0	7	6	22	-11	14	WLDLWW
18	Coventry City	17	5	3	9	17	19	4	1	4	13	7	1	2	5	4	12	-2	13	LLLLDD
19	Port Vale	17	5	3	9	20	26	4	1	3	14	9	1	2	6	6	17	-6	13	WLWDLL
20	Bradford Park Avenue	17	4	2	11	18	29	3	1	4	12	12	1	1	7	6	17	-11	10	WLLLLL
21	Bristol City	17	3	3	11	12	34	2	3	3	7	8	1	0	8	5	26	-22	9	WWLLLL
22	Blackpool	17	3	1	13	13	31	2	0	7	10	17	1	1	6	3	14	-18	7	LWWLLL

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	Nottingham Forest	18	10	6	2	23	13	6	3	0	13	4	4	3	2	10	9	10	26	DDDWDW		1-0
1	2	Fulham	18	11	2	5	37	16	7	2	0	26	3	4	0	5	11	13	21	24	WWWWWW		1-0
1	3	Hull City	18	10	3	5	27	17	7	1	1	19	5	3	2	4	8	12	10	23	DWWWWD		1-1
2	4	Barnsley	19	10	3	6	24	18	5	2	2	13	6	5	1	4	11	12	6	23	LDDLDL		0-1
1	5	West Ham United	18	10	2	6	25	13	8	1	0	21	1	2	1	6	4	12	12	22	LWWWDW		3-0
3	6	Stoke	18	8	6	4	23	18	4	4	1	12	3	4	2	3	11	15	5	22	DLDDWW		2-0
2	7	Notts County	19	7	8	4	25	20	5	3	2	17	9	2	5	2	8	11	5	22	DDDDWD		1-1
1	8	Leicester City	18	6	9	3	17	12	4	3	2	13	9	2	6	1	4	3	5	21	WDDDWD		1-1
1	9	Bury	18	8	4	6	30	25	6	2	1	22	8	2	2	5	8	17	5	20	WDLWWL		0-2
1	10	Leeds United	18	8	4	6	21	19	4	3	2	12	6	4	1	4	9	13	2	20	WWLLLD		1-1
1	11	Crystal Palace	18	7	5	6	22	21	5	2	2	13	7	2	3	4	9	14	1	19	WDWLDL		0-2
1	12	Derby County	18	8	2	8	24	23	5	0	4	12	8	3	2	4	12	15	1	18	WWWLLD		1-1
1	13	The Wednesday	18	6	6	6	21	22	4	3	2	13	10	2	3	4	8	12	-1	18	LLWWDD		1-1
2	14	South Shields	18	5	7	6	12	12	4	3	2	7	4	1	4	4	5	8	0	17	LDWWDL		0-1
1	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	7	2	9	19	24	4	1	4	10	9	3	1	5	9	15	-5	16	LLLWDW		2-0
1	16	Clapton Orient	18	5	6	7	15	19	5	2	2	14	9	0	4	5	1	10	-4	16	LDLLDD		1-1
	17	Rotherham County	18	6	4	8	14	24	4	4	1	7	2	2	0	7	7	22	-10	16	LDLWWW		1-0
	18	Coventry City	18	5	3	10	17	22	4	1	4	13	7	1	2	6	4	15	-5	13	LLLDDL		0-3
	19	Port Vale	18	5	3	10	20	28	4	1	4	14	11	1	2	6	6	17	-8	13	LWDLLL		0-2
	20	Bradford Park Avenue	18	4	3	11	19	30	3	2	4	13	13	1	1	7	6	17	-11	11	LLLLLD		1-1
	21	Bristol City	18	4	3	11	14	34	3	3	3	9	8	1	0	8	5	26	-20	11	WLLLLW		2-0
	22	Blackpool	18	3	1	14	13	32	2	0	7	10	17	1	1	7	3	15	-19	7	WWLLLL		0-1