The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 4 PRESTON NORTH END - Mon Apr 06, 1931 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Apr 06, 1931 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Preston North End
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-4 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

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

Season:: 1930-31
Referee:: H Cartlidge
Attendance:: 13,213
League Week:: 38 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 17 18
Opp Before/After:: 8 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 2)
Preston North End:: Sep 07, 1931

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1302 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 565 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1461 (of 5824)
Total:: 2320 (of 7629)
Played:: 95 years, 4 months, 13 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Cyril Stocks (51')

PRESTON NORTH END
Manager: Alex Gibson
Prior form: DWLLLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Billy Tremelling (14')
Alec Reid (27')
Billy Tremelling (50')
Tom Scott (83')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Arthur Dexter
2	D	31	Bill Thompson
3	D	29	Jimmy Barrington
4	F	21	Dick Armstrong
5	D	26	Tommy Graham
6	M	22	Harry Smith
7	F	34	Noah Burton
8	F	25	Cyril Stocks (51')
9	F	28	Johnny Dent
10	F	25	Billy Dickinson
11	F		William Simpson

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	26	Arthur Dexter	123		2	1
2	D	31	Bill Thompson	305	5	2	1
3	D	29	Jimmy Barrington	80		2	1
4	F	21	Dick Armstrong	7		2	1
5	D	26	Tommy Graham	110		3	2
6	M	22	Harry Smith	22		2	1
7	F	34	Noah Burton	318	61	2	1
8	F	25	Cyril Stocks (51')	176	60	2	1
9	F	28	Johnny Dent	59	38	2	1
10	F	25	Billy Dickinson	41	28	2	1
11	F		William Simpson	31	6	2	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John Hampton
2	D	Frank Ward
3	D	Jasper Kerr
4	D	Willie Russell
5	D	Jack Nelson
6	M	Bobby Crawford
7	M	Alec Reid
8	M	Tom Scott
9	M	Billy Tremelling
10	F	Alf Horne
11	F	George Harrison

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Mon Apr 06, 1931)

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

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	37	27	4	6	112	54	17	1	1	72	26	10	3	5	40	28	58	58	LWLLWW	Champions
2	Tottenham Hotspur	37	21	5	11	82	49	14	4	1	59	17	7	1	10	23	32	33	47	WWWDDL	Safe
3	West Bromwich Albion	36	18	9	9	70	43	12	2	4	32	12	6	7	5	38	31	27	45	DWDDLW	Safe
4	Port Vale	37	19	4	14	64	55	14	2	3	38	16	5	2	11	26	39	9	42	LLDWWW	Safe
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	20	0	16	75	59	14	0	4	50	20	6	0	12	25	39	16	40	LWLWLW	Safe
6	Burnley	37	14	11	12	74	70	10	5	3	51	29	4	6	9	23	41	4	39	DDDDWL
7	Bradford Park Avenue	36	16	6	14	86	60	13	2	2	62	20	3	4	12	24	40	26	38	LDWLWL
8	Preston North End	37	15	8	14	75	60	11	3	4	51	28	4	5	10	24	32	15	38	DWLLLD
9	Southampton	37	16	6	15	66	56	10	4	4	39	20	6	2	11	27	36	10	38	WWLWLL
10	Bradford City	36	15	8	13	56	58	11	4	4	36	26	4	4	9	20	32	-2	38	WWLWDD
11	Stoke City	37	15	8	14	57	66	9	6	3	29	14	6	2	11	28	52	-9	38	WDLWLW
12	Charlton Athletic	37	15	7	15	51	74	11	3	5	33	29	4	4	10	18	45	-23	37	WLWLWW
13	Millwall	37	16	4	17	69	75	12	2	4	46	23	4	2	13	23	52	-6	36	DWLWWL
14	Oldham Athletic	38	14	8	16	51	67	11	4	3	36	24	3	4	13	15	43	-16	36	LWDWLD
15	Bury	37	16	3	18	66	73	13	3	4	43	20	3	0	14	23	53	-7	35	WLLLWL
16	Bristol City	37	13	7	17	43	70	10	5	5	27	22	3	2	12	16	48	-27	33	DLWWLW
17	Nottingham Forest	37	11	9	17	68	74	9	6	2	43	27	2	3	15	25	47	-6	31	LWLWWL
18	Barnsley	37	11	9	17	52	71	11	3	5	37	21	0	6	12	15	50	-19	31	DDWLLW
19	Swansea Town	36	11	8	17	47	63	10	4	4	37	26	1	4	13	10	37	-16	30	WLLLLD
20	Plymouth Argyle	37	11	7	19	61	74	8	3	8	39	29	3	4	11	22	45	-13	29	DDWLLW
21	Reading	37	12	5	20	67	84	11	1	6	44	26	1	4	14	23	58	-17	29	LWLWWL
22	Cardiff City	37	8	6	23	46	83	7	4	7	31	28	1	2	16	15	55	-37	22	LLWLDL

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	38	27	4	7	113	57	17	1	2	73	29	10	3	5	40	28	56	58	WLLWWL	Champions	1-3
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	38	21	6	11	82	49	14	4	1	59	17	7	2	10	23	32	33	48	WWDDLD	Safe	0-0
	3	West Bromwich Albion	37	19	9	9	74	44	13	2	4	36	13	6	7	5	38	31	30	47	WDDLWW	Safe	4-1
	4	Port Vale	38	19	4	15	65	59	14	2	3	38	16	5	2	12	27	43	6	42	LDWWWL	Safe	1-4
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	20	1	16	76	60	14	0	4	50	20	6	1	12	26	40	16	41	WLWLWD	Safe	1-1
2	6	Preston North End	38	16	8	14	79	61	11	3	4	51	28	5	5	10	28	33	18	40	WLLLDW	Safe	4-1
2	7	Southampton	38	17	6	15	69	57	11	4	4	42	21	6	2	11	27	36	12	40	WLWLLW	Safe	3-1
2	8	Bradford City	37	16	8	13	58	59	11	4	4	36	26	5	4	9	22	33	-1	40	WLWDDW	Safe	2-1
2	9	Stoke City	38	16	8	14	59	67	10	6	3	31	15	6	2	11	28	52	-8	40	DLWLWW	Safe	2-1
3	10	Bradford Park Avenue	37	16	7	14	87	61	13	3	2	63	21	3	4	12	24	40	26	39	DWLWLD	Safe	1-1
5	11	Burnley	38	14	11	13	75	73	10	5	3	51	29	4	6	10	24	44	2	39	DDDWLL	Safe	1-3
2	12	Oldham Athletic	39	15	8	16	54	68	12	4	3	39	25	3	4	13	15	43	-14	38	WDWLDW	Safe	3-1
1	13	Charlton Athletic	38	15	7	16	52	77	11	3	6	34	32	4	4	10	18	45	-25	37	LWLWWL		1-3
1	14	Millwall	38	16	4	18	70	78	12	2	4	46	23	4	2	14	24	55	-8	36	WLWWLL		1-3
	15	Bury	38	16	3	19	67	75	13	3	4	43	20	3	0	15	24	55	-8	35	LLLWLL		1-2
	16	Bristol City	38	14	7	17	46	71	10	5	5	27	22	4	2	12	19	49	-25	35	LWWLWW		3-1
1	17	Barnsley	38	12	9	17	54	72	12	3	5	39	22	0	6	12	15	50	-18	33	DWLLWW		2-1
1	18	Nottingham Forest	38	11	9	18	69	78	9	6	3	44	31	2	3	15	25	47	-9	31	WLWWLL		1-4
1	19	Plymouth Argyle	38	12	7	19	64	75	8	3	8	39	29	4	4	11	25	46	-11	31	DWLLWW		3-1
1	20	Swansea Town	37	11	8	18	48	65	10	4	5	38	28	1	4	13	10	37	-17	30	LLLLDL		1-2
	21	Reading	38	12	5	21	68	86	11	1	6	44	26	1	4	15	24	60	-18	29	WLWWLL		1-2
	22	Cardiff City	38	8	7	23	46	83	7	5	7	31	28	1	2	16	15	55	-37	23	LWLDLD		0-0