The City Ground

STOKE CITY 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Jan 17, 1931 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 17, 1931 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Victoria Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1930-31
Referee:: JE Williams
Attendance:: 6,194
League Week:: 25 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 20
Opp Before/After:: 11 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Millwall (League Tier 2)
Stoke City:: Dec 25, 1931

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1289 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 552 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1448 (of 5829)
Total:: 2306 (of 7634)
Played:: 95 years, 8 months, 4 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Stan Hardy
Prior form: DDDLLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

STOKE CITY
Manager: Tom Mather
Prior form: WLDDLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Tom Williamson (7')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Arthur Dexter
2	D	31	Bill Thompson
3	D	29	Jimmy Barrington
4	M	22	Harry Smith
5	D	25	Tommy Graham	100th appearance
6	F	37	Bob Wallace	Last game
7	M	22	John Scott
8	F	25	Cyril Stocks
9	F	27	Johnny Dent
10	F	21	Robert Pugh	Debut
11	F		William Simpson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Norman Lewis
2	D	Bob McGrory
3	D	Billy Spencer
4	D	Billy Robertson
5	D	Tom Williamson
6	M	Harry Sellars
7	M	Ernie Cull
8	M	Jock McDaid
9	M	Wilf Kirkham
10	F	Tommy Sale
11	F	Bobby Archibald

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Jan 17, 1931)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	5-0	Charlton Athletic
Bradford Park Avenue	4-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Bristol City	0-1	Bradford City
Bury	2-0	Swansea Town
Cardiff City	2-1	Port Vale
Everton	2-1	West Bromwich Albion
Millwall	1-0	Oldham Athletic
Reading	3-1	Burnley
Southampton	3-3	Plymouth Argyle
Stoke City	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-0	Preston North End

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	Everton	24	17	4	3	78	38	10	1	1	50	17	7	3	2	28	21	40	38	LWDWWW
	2	West Bromwich Albion	24	14	5	5	53	27	9	0	3	25	9	5	5	2	28	18	26	33	LWDWDW
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	24	15	2	7	59	29	10	2	1	44	12	5	0	6	15	17	30	32	WWLWWW
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	15	0	9	57	36	10	0	2	38	12	5	0	7	19	24	21	30	WLLWWL
	5	Preston North End	24	12	5	7	59	37	9	2	1	39	16	3	3	6	20	21	22	29	WDLWLD
	6	Burnley	24	12	5	7	52	47	8	2	2	35	19	4	3	5	17	28	5	29	WLWLLW
	7	Bury	24	12	3	9	55	48	9	3	0	34	9	3	0	9	21	39	7	27	LDDWLW
	8	Port Vale	24	12	3	9	45	41	9	1	2	27	11	3	2	7	18	30	4	27	LWDLLW
	9	Bradford Park Avenue	24	11	4	9	61	40	9	2	0	44	12	2	2	9	17	28	21	26	WLDWWL
	10	Southampton	24	10	5	9	37	32	7	3	2	22	9	3	2	7	15	23	5	25	WLWLWL
	11	Stoke City	24	9	6	9	36	43	6	4	2	22	10	3	2	7	14	33	-7	24	WLDDLL
	12	Oldham Athletic	25	10	4	11	37	46	8	2	2	26	17	2	2	9	11	29	-9	24	DWLLDW
	13	Swansea Town	24	8	5	11	37	47	8	2	2	30	20	0	3	9	7	27	-10	21	LWWLLL
	14	Charlton Athletic	24	8	5	11	36	51	7	2	4	25	19	1	3	7	11	32	-15	21	WDDWWL
	15	Bradford City	24	7	6	11	33	43	6	3	4	22	20	1	3	7	11	23	-10	20	DDDDLW
	16	Millwall	24	8	3	13	49	58	6	2	3	32	17	2	1	10	17	41	-9	19	DLDLWW
	17	Plymouth Argyle	24	8	3	13	41	55	5	2	5	26	21	3	1	8	15	34	-14	19	WWWLWL
	18	Bristol City	24	7	5	12	29	52	7	4	2	20	16	0	1	10	9	36	-23	19	LDLWDL
	19	Nottingham Forest	24	5	8	11	45	57	4	5	2	26	22	1	3	9	19	35	-12	18	DDDLLW
	20	Barnsley	24	6	6	12	24	45	6	2	5	17	17	0	4	7	7	28	-21	18	LDLWLL
	21	Cardiff City	24	6	4	14	37	56	5	3	3	26	18	1	1	11	11	38	-19	16	DLWLWL
	22	Reading	25	5	5	15	35	67	5	1	6	21	21	0	4	9	14	46	-32	15	DDWLDD

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	Everton	25	18	4	3	80	39	11	1	1	52	18	7	3	2	28	21	41	40	WDWWWW		2-1
	2	West Bromwich Albion	25	14	5	6	54	29	9	0	3	25	9	5	5	3	29	20	25	33	WDWDWL		1-2
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	25	15	2	8	60	33	10	2	1	44	12	5	0	7	16	21	27	32	WLWWWL		1-4
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	16	0	9	59	36	11	0	2	40	12	5	0	7	19	24	23	32	LLWWLW		2-0
	5	Preston North End	25	12	5	8	59	39	9	2	1	39	16	3	3	7	20	23	20	29	DLWLDL		0-2
1	6	Bury	25	13	3	9	57	48	10	3	0	36	9	3	0	9	21	39	9	29	DDWLWW		2-0
1	7	Burnley	25	12	5	8	53	50	8	2	2	35	19	4	3	6	18	31	3	29	LWLLWL		1-3
1	8	Bradford Park Avenue	25	12	4	9	65	41	10	2	0	48	13	2	2	9	17	28	24	28	LDWWLW		4-1
1	9	Port Vale	25	12	3	10	46	43	9	1	2	27	11	3	2	8	19	32	3	27	WDLLWL		1-2
	10	Southampton	25	10	6	9	40	35	7	4	2	25	12	3	2	7	15	23	5	26	LWLWLD		3-3
	11	Stoke City	25	10	6	9	37	43	7	4	2	23	10	3	2	7	14	33	-6	26	LDDLLW		1-0
	12	Oldham Athletic	26	10	4	12	37	47	8	2	2	26	17	2	2	10	11	30	-10	24	WLLDWL		0-1
2	13	Bradford City	25	8	6	11	34	43	6	3	4	22	20	2	3	7	12	23	-9	22	DDDLWW		1-0
2	14	Millwall	25	9	3	13	50	58	7	2	3	33	17	2	1	10	17	41	-8	21	LDLWWW		1-0
2	15	Swansea Town	25	8	5	12	37	49	8	2	2	30	20	0	3	10	7	29	-12	21	WWLLLL		0-2
2	16	Charlton Athletic	25	8	5	12	36	56	7	2	4	25	19	1	3	8	11	37	-20	21	DDWWLL		0-5
	17	Plymouth Argyle	25	8	4	13	44	58	5	2	5	26	21	3	2	8	18	37	-14	20	WWLWLD		3-3
2	18	Barnsley	25	7	6	12	29	45	7	2	5	22	17	0	4	7	7	28	-16	20	DLWLLW		5-0
1	19	Bristol City	25	7	5	13	29	53	7	4	3	20	17	0	1	10	9	36	-24	19	DLWDLL		0-1
1	20	Nottingham Forest	25	5	8	12	45	58	4	5	2	26	22	1	3	10	19	36	-13	18	DDLLWL		0-1
	21	Cardiff City	25	7	4	14	39	57	6	3	3	28	19	1	1	11	11	38	-18	18	LWLWLW		2-1
	22	Reading	26	6	5	15	38	68	6	1	6	24	22	0	4	9	14	46	-30	17	DWLDDW		3-1