The City Ground

EVERTON 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Feb 21, 1931 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 21, 1931 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Everton
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Goodison Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 (Lost)

Season:: 1930-31
Referee:: R Cartlidge
Attendance:: 32,328
Pos Before/After:: 18 19
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Cardiff City (League Tier 2)
Everton:: Sep 05, 1951

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1294 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 557 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1453 (of 5679)
Total:: 2309 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:

EVERTON
Manager: Thomas McIntosh
Prior form: WWWWWW (Old to recent)

Goals:
?
?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Arthur Dexter
2	M	Harry Smith
3	D	Jimmy Barrington
4	D	Billy McKinlay
5	D	Tommy Graham
6	F	Robert Pugh
7	F	Noah Burton
8	M	John Forrest	Debut
9	F	Johnny Dent
10	F	Billy Dickinson
11	F	William Simpson

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Feb 21, 1931)

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

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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Everton	29	22	4	3	99	44	13	1	1	61	22	9	3	2	38	22	2.25000	48	WWWWWW
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	29	18	3	8	72	37	12	2	1	51	12	6	1	7	21	25	1.94595	39	WLWWWD
	3	West Bromwich Albion	29	16	6	7	61	35	10	1	3	27	9	6	5	4	34	26	1.74286	38	WLWLDW
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	17	0	12	65	49	12	0	3	44	18	5	0	9	21	31	1.32653	34	LWWLLL
	5	Bradford Park Avenue	29	14	5	10	74	48	11	2	1	53	17	3	3	9	21	31	1.54167	33	LWDWWL
	6	Port Vale	29	14	3	12	53	49	10	1	3	30	15	4	2	9	23	34	1.08163	31	WLLWWL
	7	Burnley	29	13	5	11	60	60	9	2	3	40	23	4	3	8	20	37	1.00000	31	WLLWLL
	8	Preston North End	29	12	6	11	62	48	9	3	2	41	20	3	3	9	21	28	1.29167	30	DLDLLL
	9	Southampton	29	12	6	11	50	44	8	4	3	30	17	4	2	8	20	27	1.13636	30	LDWLLW
	10	Stoke City	29	12	6	11	43	51	8	4	3	27	14	4	2	8	16	37	.84314	30	LWLWWL
	11	Bury	29	13	3	13	58	57	10	3	2	36	13	3	0	11	22	44	1.01754	29	WWLLLL
	12	Oldham Athletic	30	12	5	13	42	52	10	3	2	31	18	2	2	11	11	34	.80769	29	WLDWLW
	13	Bradford City	29	11	6	12	43	49	8	3	4	27	22	3	3	8	16	27	.87755	28	WWLWWW
	14	Swansea Town	29	10	6	13	41	51	10	2	2	34	21	0	4	11	7	30	.80392	26	LLWLDW
	15	Charlton Athletic	29	10	6	13	39	63	7	3	5	25	26	3	3	8	14	37	.61905	26	LLDWLW
	16	Millwall	29	11	3	15	58	65	8	2	4	37	21	3	1	11	21	44	.89231	25	WWLLWW
	17	Bristol City	29	9	6	14	33	60	8	4	3	22	18	1	2	11	11	42	.55000	24	LLDWLW
	18	Nottingham Forest	29	7	9	13	56	65	6	6	2	36	26	1	3	11	20	39	.86154	23	WLWLWD
	19	Barnsley	29	8	7	14	36	52	8	2	5	26	17	0	5	9	10	35	.69231	23	LWDLWL
	20	Reading	30	9	5	16	47	72	8	1	6	28	22	1	4	10	19	50	.65278	23	DWLWWW
	21	Plymouth Argyle	29	9	4	16	50	65	6	2	6	31	24	3	2	10	19	41	.76923	22	LDLWLL
	22	Cardiff City	29	7	4	18	40	66	6	3	5	28	22	1	1	13	12	44	.60606	18	LWLLLL

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Everton	30	23	4	3	101	44	14	1	1	63	22	9	3	2	38	22	2.29545	50	WWWWWW	2-0
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	30	18	3	9	72	39	12	2	1	51	12	6	1	8	21	27	1.84615	39	LWWWDL	0-2
	3	West Bromwich Albion	30	16	6	8	62	37	10	1	4	28	11	6	5	4	34	26	1.67568	38	LWLDWL	1-2
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	17	0	13	66	53	12	0	3	44	18	5	0	10	22	35	1.24528	34	WWLLLL	1-4
	5	Bradford Park Avenue	30	14	5	11	75	51	11	2	1	53	17	3	3	10	22	34	1.47059	33	WDWWLL	1-3
	6	Port Vale	30	15	3	12	55	50	11	1	3	32	16	4	2	9	23	34	1.10000	33	LLWWLW	2-1
1	7	Preston North End	30	13	6	11	64	49	9	3	2	41	20	4	3	9	23	29	1.30612	32	LDLLLW	2-1
1	8	Southampton	30	13	6	11	52	45	8	4	3	30	17	5	2	8	22	28	1.15556	32	DWLLWW	2-1
2	9	Burnley	30	13	6	11	61	61	9	2	3	40	23	4	4	8	21	38	1.00000	32	LLWLLD	1-1
1	10	Bury	30	14	3	13	60	57	11	3	2	38	13	3	0	11	22	44	1.05263	31	WLLLLW	2-0
2	11	Bradford City	30	12	6	12	47	50	9	3	4	31	23	3	3	8	16	27	.94000	30	WLWWWW	4-1
2	12	Stoke City	30	12	6	12	45	55	8	4	3	27	14	4	2	9	18	41	.81818	30	WLWWLL	2-4
1	13	Oldham Athletic	31	12	6	13	42	52	10	3	2	31	18	2	3	11	11	34	.80769	30	LDWLWD	0-0
1	14	Charlton Athletic	30	11	6	13	42	64	8	3	5	28	27	3	3	8	14	37	.65625	28	LDWLWW	3-1
1	15	Millwall	30	12	3	15	60	66	8	2	4	37	21	4	1	11	23	45	.90909	27	WLLWWW	2-1
2	16	Swansea Town	30	10	7	13	42	52	10	3	2	35	22	0	4	11	7	30	.80769	27	LWLDWD	1-1
2	17	Barnsley	30	9	7	14	40	54	9	2	5	30	19	0	5	9	10	35	.74074	25	WDLWLW	4-2
1	18	Bristol City	30	9	6	15	34	62	8	4	4	23	20	1	2	11	11	42	.54839	24	LDWLWL	1-2
1	19	Nottingham Forest	30	7	9	14	56	67	6	6	2	36	26	1	3	12	20	41	.83582	23	LWLWDL	0-2
	20	Reading	31	9	5	17	48	74	8	1	6	28	22	1	4	11	20	52	.64865	23	WLWWWL	1-2
	21	Plymouth Argyle	30	9	4	17	51	67	6	2	7	32	26	3	2	10	19	41	.76119	22	DLWLLL	1-2
	22	Cardiff City	30	7	5	18	40	66	6	4	5	28	22	1	1	13	12	44	.60606	19	WLLLLD	0-0