The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 CARDIFF CITY - Sat Feb 28, 1931 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 28, 1931 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Cardiff City
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 WON

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

Season:: 1930-31
Referee:: JH Perks
Attendance:: 3,565
Pos Before/After:: 19 18
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Netherlands XI (Friendly)
League:: Bradford City
Cardiff City:: Oct 04, 1947

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1295 (of 5018)
League Tier 2:: 558 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1454 (of 5736)
Total:: 2311 (of 7523)
Played:: 93 years, 8 months, 25 days ago

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

Goals
Leo Loftus
Johnny Dent
Billy Dickinson

CARDIFF CITY
Manager: Fred Stewart
Prior form: WLLLLD (Old to recent)

Goals
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Arthur Dexter
2	M	22	Harry Smith
3	D	29	Jimmy Barrington
4	D	26	Billy McKinlay
5	D	25	Tommy Graham
6	F		Robert Pugh
7	F	34	Noah Burton
8	F	25	Leo Loftus
9	F	28	Johnny Dent
10	F	25	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 Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 28, 1931)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford Park Avenue	1-2	Bradford City
Burnley	2-2	Plymouth Argyle
Millwall	4-1	Barnsley
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Cardiff City
Oldham Athletic	1-3	Bristol City
Preston North End	3-0	Bury
Southampton	1-2	Swansea Town
Stoke City	0-0	Charlton Athletic

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

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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Everton	30	23	4	3	101	44	14	1	1	63	22	9	3	2	38	22	2.29545	50	WWWWWW	Safe
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	30	18	3	9	72	39	12	2	1	51	12	6	1	8	21	27	1.84615	39	LWWWDL
	3	West Bromwich Albion	30	16	6	8	62	37	10	1	4	28	11	6	5	4	34	26	1.67568	38	LWLDWL
3	4	Preston North End	31	14	6	11	67	49	10	3	2	44	20	4	3	9	23	29	1.36735	34	DLLLWW		3-0
1	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	17	0	13	66	53	12	0	3	44	18	5	0	10	22	35	1.24528	34	WWLLLL
1	6	Bradford Park Avenue	31	14	5	12	76	53	11	2	2	54	19	3	3	10	22	34	1.43396	33	DWWLLL		1-2
1	7	Port Vale	30	15	3	12	55	50	11	1	3	32	16	4	2	9	23	34	1.10000	33	LLWWLW
1	8	Burnley	31	13	7	11	63	63	9	3	3	42	25	4	4	8	21	38	1.00000	33	LWLLDD		2-2
1	9	Southampton	31	13	6	12	53	47	8	4	4	31	19	5	2	8	22	28	1.12766	32	WLLWWL		1-2
1	10	Bradford City	31	13	6	12	49	51	9	3	4	31	23	4	3	8	18	28	.96078	32	LWWWWW		2-1
1	11	Bury	31	14	3	14	60	60	11	3	2	38	13	3	0	12	22	47	1.00000	31	LLLLWL		0-3
	12	Stoke City	31	12	7	12	45	55	8	5	3	27	14	4	2	9	18	41	.81818	31	LWWLLD		0-0
	13	Oldham Athletic	32	12	6	14	43	55	10	3	3	32	21	2	3	11	11	34	.78182	30	DWLWDL		1-3
1	14	Millwall	31	13	3	15	64	67	9	2	4	41	22	4	1	11	23	45	.95522	29	LLWWWW		4-1
1	15	Swansea Town	31	11	7	13	44	53	10	3	2	35	22	1	4	11	9	31	.83019	29	WLDWDW		2-1
2	16	Charlton Athletic	31	11	7	13	42	64	8	3	5	28	27	3	4	8	14	37	.65625	29	DWLWWD		0-0
1	17	Bristol City	31	10	6	15	37	63	8	4	4	23	20	2	2	11	14	43	.58730	26	DWLWLW		3-1
1	18	Nottingham Forest	31	8	9	14	59	68	7	6	2	39	27	1	3	12	20	41	.86765	25	WLWDLW		3-1
2	19	Barnsley	31	9	7	15	41	58	9	2	5	30	19	0	5	10	11	39	.70690	25	DLWLWL		1-4
1	20	Plymouth Argyle	31	9	5	17	53	69	6	2	7	32	26	3	3	10	21	43	.76812	23	LWLLLD		2-2
1	21	Reading	31	9	5	17	48	74	8	1	6	28	22	1	4	11	20	52	.64865	23	WLWWWL
	22	Cardiff City	31	7	5	19	41	69	6	4	5	28	22	1	1	14	13	47	.59420	19	LLLLDL		1-3