The City Ground

SEASON: 1928-29

Prev Season: 1927-28
This Season: 1928-29
Next Season: 1929-30

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: John Baynes
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Swansea Town (H) 1-2)
League Cup:: Not started

Top Goalscorer:: Sam Jennings (17 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1928-29								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Middlesbrough	42	22	11	9	92	57	14	4	3	54	22	8	7	6	38	35	1.614	55	Promoted as Champions	1-1	0-1
2	Grimsby Town	42	24	5	13	82	61	16	2	3	49	24	8	3	10	33	37	1.344	53	Promoted	0-1	2-2
3	Bradford Park Avenue	42	22	4	16	88	70	18	2	1	62	22	4	2	15	26	48	1.257	48		3-2	1-1
4	Southampton	42	17	14	11	74	60	12	6	3	48	22	5	8	8	26	38	1.233	48		1-1	1-2
5	Notts County	42	19	9	14	78	65	13	4	4	51	24	6	5	10	27	41	1.200	47		1-2	1-1
6	Stoke City	42	17	12	13	74	51	12	7	2	46	16	5	5	11	28	35	1.451	46		1-5	1-1
7	West Bromwich Albion	42	19	8	15	80	79	13	4	4	50	25	6	4	11	30	54	1.013	46		1-2	0-3
8	Blackpool	42	19	7	16	92	76	13	4	4	49	18	6	3	12	43	58	1.211	45		2-0	2-2
9	Chelsea	42	17	10	15	64	65	10	6	5	40	30	7	4	10	24	35	.985	44		3-0	0-3
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	9	16	75	81	16	3	2	50	26	1	6	14	25	55	.926	43		2-2	1-2
11	Nottingham Forest	42	15	12	15	71	70	8	6	7	34	33	7	6	8	37	37	1.014	42
12	Hull City	42	13	14	15	58	63	8	8	5	38	24	5	6	10	20	39	.921	40		3-1	1-0
13	Preston North End	42	15	9	18	78	79	12	6	3	58	27	3	3	15	20	52	.987	39		4-1	2-3
14	Millwall	42	16	7	19	71	86	10	4	7	43	35	6	3	12	28	51	.826	39		0-4	1-1
15	Reading	42	15	9	18	63	86	12	3	6	48	30	3	6	12	15	56	.733	39		1-2	3-0
16	Barnsley	42	16	6	20	69	66	12	4	5	51	28	4	2	15	18	38	1.045	38		1-3	2-1
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	15	7	20	77	81	9	6	6	41	31	6	1	14	36	50	.951	37		2-1	3-2
18	Oldham Athletic	42	16	5	21	54	75	15	2	4	37	24	1	3	17	17	51	.720	37		3-1	0-2
19	Swansea Town	42	13	10	19	62	75	12	3	6	46	26	1	7	13	16	49	.827	36		2-1	5-3
20	Bristol City	42	13	10	19	58	72	11	6	4	37	25	2	4	15	21	47	.806	36		1-1	5-2
21	Port Vale	42	15	4	23	71	86	14	1	6	53	25	1	3	17	18	61	.826	34	Relegated	2-2	2-4
22	Clapton Orient	42	12	8	22	45	72	10	4	7	29	25	2	4	15	16	47	.625	32	Relegated	0-0	4-1

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Competitive Games:: 44
Competitive Goals:: 74
Goals per game:: 1.7
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 42 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 50.0%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	16 times	11 times	6 times	2 times	2 times
Conceded	17 times	14 times	5 times	2 times	1 time
Won By	7 times	4 times	5 times
Lost By	9 times	3 times	2 times	2 times

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	3	1	-	2	3	4	2	Chelsea (0-3), Chelsea (3-0), Middlesbrough (0-1)
2		2	1	1	-	-	3	1	2	Hull City (3-1)
3		3	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Notts County (1-1)
4		4	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Southampton (1-1)
5	2	5	3	-	1	2	4	6	1	Preston North End (2-3), Bradford Park Avenue (1-1), Notts County (1-2)
6	26	6	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Middlesbrough (1-1)
7	7	7	3	-	2	1	4	5	2	Grimsby Town (2-2), Millwall (1-1), Southampton (1-2)
8	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	3	9	2	-	1	1	2	3	1	Grimsby Town (0-1), Blackpool (2-2)
10	15	10	2	1	1	-	4	3	3	Bradford Park Avenue (3-2), Stoke City (1-1)
11	56	11	3	2	-	1	7	6	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-2), West Bromwich Albion (0-3), Preston North End (4-1)
12	5	12	2	1	-	1	2	2	2	West Bromwich Albion (1-2), Hull City (1-0)
13	48	13	2	1	1	-	4	3	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers (2-1), Tottenham Hotspur (2-2)
14	43	14	2	2	-	-	5	0	4	Blackpool (2-0), Reading (3-0)
15	7	15	4	2	-	2	9	9	4	Swansea Town (5-3), Barnsley (1-3), Tottenham Hotspur (1-2), Swansea Town (2-1)
16		16	1	-	-	1	0	4	0	Millwall (0-4)
17	17	17	2	1	-	1	6	5	2	Clapton Orient (4-1), Port Vale (2-4)
18	14	18	2	1	1	-	6	3	3	Bristol City (5-2), Bristol City (1-1)
19		19	2	2	-	-	5	2	4	Barnsley (2-1), Oldham Athletic (3-1)
20	2	20	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Clapton Orient (0-0)
21		21	2	-	1	1	3	4	1	Reading (1-2), Port Vale (2-2)
22		22	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Oldham Athletic (0-2)

Not included: Week 1 game against Stoke City (1-5) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 18,811 (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Lowest League Attendance:: 4,416 (Oldham Athletic)
Average League Attendance:: 9,495
Highest Cup Attendance:: 19,211 (Swansea Town)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 19,211 (Swansea Town)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 5
Yellow cards:: 0
Red cards:: 1
Own goals (for):: (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 2
Penalties saved:: 2

GAMES

Manager for all games: John Baynes
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 25, 1928	Stoke City	H	1-5	Loss	14,548	20	Burton (?)
2	Mon Aug 27, 1928	Clapton Orient	A	4-1	Win	6,185	13	Stocks (?), Burton (?, ?), Morton (?)
3	Sat Sep 01, 1928	Grimsby Town	A	2-2	Draw	12,330	11	Stocks (?), Jennings (?)
4	Wed Sep 05, 1928	Clapton Orient	H	0-0	Draw	7,542	10
5	Sat Sep 08, 1928	Bradford Park Avenue	H	3-2	Win	9,679	6	Gibson (?, ?), Stocks (?)
6	Sat Sep 15, 1928	Swansea Town	A	5-3	Win	12,204	6	Dickinson (?, ?), Jennings (?, ?, ?)
7	Sat Sep 22, 1928	Blackpool	H	2-0	Win	12,615	5	Dickinson (?), Jennings (?)
8	Sat Sep 29, 1928	Chelsea	A	0-3	Loss	38,139	6
9	Sat Oct 06, 1928	Barnsley	H	1-3	Loss	14,785	10	Dickinson (?)
10	Sat Oct 13, 1928	Bristol City	A	5-2	Win	14,039	7	Stocks (?), Jennings (?, ?, ?), Dickinson (?)
11	Sat Oct 20, 1928	Notts County	A	1-1	Draw	22,249	8	Harrison (?)
12	Sat Oct 27, 1928	Millwall	H	0-4	Loss	5,308	11
13	Sat Nov 03, 1928	Port Vale	A	2-4	Loss	9,936	13	Jennings (?, ?)
14	Sat Nov 10, 1928	Southampton	H	1-1	Draw	4,808	13	Burton (?)
15	Sat Nov 17, 1928	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-2	Loss	23,384	15	Burton (?)
16	Sat Nov 24, 1928	Reading	H	1-2	Loss	6,223	17	Jennings (?)
17	Sat Dec 01, 1928	Preston North End	A	2-3	Loss	16,220	17	Jennings (?), Morton (?)
18	Sat Dec 08, 1928	Middlesbrough	H	1-1	Draw	8,837	18	Heathcock (?)
19	Sat Dec 15, 1928	Oldham Athletic	A	2-1	Aba	-		Jennings (?), Heathcock (?)
20	Sat Dec 22, 1928	Hull City	H	3-1	Win	6,758	17	Heathcock (?, ?), Morton (?)
21	Tue Dec 25, 1928	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3-2	Win	14,455	14	Howie (?), Heathcock (?, ?)
22	Wed Dec 26, 1928	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-1	Win	18,811	13	Heathcock (?), Morton (?)
23	Sat Dec 29, 1928	Stoke City	A	1-1	Draw	8,146	14	Heslop (?)
24	Tue Jan 01, 1929	Oldham Athletic	A	0-2	Loss	15,505	14
25	Sat Jan 05, 1929	Grimsby Town	H	0-1	Loss	7,361	14
26	Sat Jan 19, 1929	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1-1	Draw	6,997	14	Stocks (?)
27	Sat Feb 02, 1929	Blackpool	A	2-2	Draw	6,997	14	Stocks (?), Burton (?)
28	Sat Feb 09, 1929	Chelsea	H	3-0	Win	10,829	13	Stocks (?, ?), Burton (?)
29	Sat Feb 16, 1929	Barnsley	A	2-1	Win	3,688	11	Lennox (?), Burton (?)
30	Wed Feb 20, 1929	Swansea Town	H	2-1	Win	5,872	9	Stocks (?), Heslop (?)
31	Sat Feb 23, 1929	Bristol City	H	1-1	Draw	8,296	10	Harrison (?)
32	Sat Mar 02, 1929	Notts County	H	1-2	Loss	18,438	11	Burton (?)
33	Sat Mar 09, 1929	Millwall	A	1-1	Draw	24,591	11	Jennings (?)
34	Sat Mar 16, 1929	Port Vale	H	2-2	Draw	7,388	11	Jennings (?), Heslop (?)
35	Sat Mar 23, 1929	Southampton	A	1-2	Loss	10,158	11	Stocks (?)
36	Fri Mar 29, 1929	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-2	Loss	13,170	12	Jennings (?)
37	Sat Mar 30, 1929	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-2	Draw	8,504	12	Thompson (?), Burton (?)
38	Mon Apr 01, 1929	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-3	Loss	12,065	13
39	Sat Apr 06, 1929	Reading	A	3-0	Win	10,315	13	Heathcock (?, ?), Thompson (?)
40	Sat Apr 13, 1929	Preston North End	H	4-1	Win	5,213	11	Wallace (?), Heathcock (?, ?, ?)
41	Sat Apr 20, 1929	Middlesbrough	A	0-1	Loss	18,220	13
42	Sat Apr 27, 1929	Oldham Athletic	H	3-1	Win	4,416	11	Heathcock (?, ?), Thompson (?)
43	Sat May 04, 1929	Hull City	A	1-0	Win	4,294	11	Heathcock (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 12, 1929	Swansea Town	3			H	1-2	Loss	19,211	Jennings (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Nov 14, 1928	Arsenal	England	A	1-0	Win	-	Jennings (?)
Mon Apr 22, 1929	Chesterfield	England	A	1-1	Draw	-	Heathcock (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: John Baynes
Sat Aug 25, 1928	League Tier 2	Stoke City		H	1-5	14,548	Burton (?)
Mon Aug 27, 1928	League Tier 2	Clapton Orient		A	4-1	6,185	Stocks (?), Burton (?, ?), Morton (?)
Sat Sep 01, 1928	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town		A	2-2	12,330	Stocks (?), Jennings (?)
Wed Sep 05, 1928	League Tier 2	Clapton Orient		H	0-0	7,542
Sat Sep 08, 1928	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue		H	3-2	9,679	Gibson (?, ?), Stocks (?)
Sat Sep 15, 1928	League Tier 2	Swansea Town		A	5-3	12,204	Dickinson (?, ?), Jennings (?, ?, ?)
Sat Sep 22, 1928	League Tier 2	Blackpool		H	2-0	12,615	Dickinson (?), Jennings (?)
Sat Sep 29, 1928	League Tier 2	Chelsea		A	0-3	38,139
Sat Oct 06, 1928	League Tier 2	Barnsley		H	1-3	14,785	Dickinson (?)
Sat Oct 13, 1928	League Tier 2	Bristol City		A	5-2	14,039	Stocks (?), Jennings (?, ?, ?), Dickinson (?)
Sat Oct 20, 1928	League Tier 2	Notts County		A	1-1	22,249	Harrison (?)
Sat Oct 27, 1928	League Tier 2	Millwall		H	0-4	5,308
Sat Nov 03, 1928	League Tier 2	Port Vale		A	2-4	9,936	Jennings (?, ?)
Sat Nov 10, 1928	League Tier 2	Southampton		H	1-1	4,808	Burton (?)
Wed Nov 14, 1928	Friendly	Arsenal		A	1-0	-	Jennings (?)
Sat Nov 17, 1928	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur		A	1-2	23,384	Burton (?)
Sat Nov 24, 1928	League Tier 2	Reading		H	1-2	6,223	Jennings (?)
Sat Dec 01, 1928	League Tier 2	Preston North End		A	2-3	16,220	Jennings (?), Morton (?)
Sat Dec 08, 1928	League Tier 2	Middlesbrough		H	1-1	8,837	Heathcock (?)
Sat Dec 15, 1928	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic		A	2-1	-	Jennings (?), Heathcock (?)
Sat Dec 22, 1928	League Tier 2	Hull City		H	3-1	6,758	Heathcock (?, ?), Morton (?)
Tue Dec 25, 1928	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers		A	3-2	14,455	Howie (?), Heathcock (?, ?)
Wed Dec 26, 1928	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers		H	2-1	18,811	Heathcock (?), Morton (?)
Sat Dec 29, 1928	League Tier 2	Stoke City		A	1-1	8,146	Heslop (?)
Tue Jan 01, 1929	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic		A	0-2	15,505
Sat Jan 05, 1929	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town		H	0-1	7,361
Sat Jan 12, 1929	FA Cup	Swansea Town	3	H	1-2	19,211	Jennings (?)
Sat Jan 19, 1929	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue		A	1-1	6,997	Stocks (?)
Sat Feb 02, 1929	League Tier 2	Blackpool		A	2-2	6,997	Stocks (?), Burton (?)
Sat Feb 09, 1929	League Tier 2	Chelsea		H	3-0	10,829	Stocks (?, ?), Burton (?)
Sat Feb 16, 1929	League Tier 2	Barnsley		A	2-1	3,688	Lennox (?), Burton (?)
Wed Feb 20, 1929	League Tier 2	Swansea Town		H	2-1	5,872	Stocks (?), Heslop (?)
Sat Feb 23, 1929	League Tier 2	Bristol City		H	1-1	8,296	Harrison (?)
Sat Mar 02, 1929	League Tier 2	Notts County		H	1-2	18,438	Burton (?)
Sat Mar 09, 1929	League Tier 2	Millwall		A	1-1	24,591	Jennings (?)
Sat Mar 16, 1929	League Tier 2	Port Vale		H	2-2	7,388	Jennings (?), Heslop (?)
Sat Mar 23, 1929	League Tier 2	Southampton		A	1-2	10,158	Stocks (?)
Fri Mar 29, 1929	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion		H	1-2	13,170	Jennings (?)
Sat Mar 30, 1929	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur		H	2-2	8,504	Thompson (?), Burton (?)
Mon Apr 01, 1929	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion		A	0-3	12,065
Sat Apr 06, 1929	League Tier 2	Reading		A	3-0	10,315	Heathcock (?, ?), Thompson (?)
Sat Apr 13, 1929	League Tier 2	Preston North End		H	4-1	5,213	Wallace (?), Heathcock (?, ?, ?)
Sat Apr 20, 1929	League Tier 2	Middlesbrough		A	0-1	18,220
Mon Apr 22, 1929	Friendly	Chesterfield		A	1-1	-	Heathcock (?)
Sat Apr 27, 1929	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic		H	3-1	4,416	Heathcock (?, ?), Thompson (?)
Sat May 04, 1929	League Tier 2	Hull City		A	1-0	4,294	Heathcock (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (14)				Out (10)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Bert Hales	Bought			Bert Hales	Sold
	Bob Morton	Bought			Eric Hague	Sold
Oct 1928	Charles Howie	Bought			George Goucher	Sold
	Eric Hague	Bought		Aug 1929	Gerry Morgan	Sold
	George Goucher	Bought			Henry Marsden	Sold
	Joe Heathcock	Bought			Sam Jennings	Sold
1928	John Venters	Bought			Tom Turner	Sold
1928	Percy Ashton	Bought			William Brown (1928)	Sold
	Robert Heslop	Bought			William Lennox	Sold
	Sam Jennings	Bought		Sep 08, 1928	Sid Gibson	Sold
	William Brown (1928)	Bought
	William Lennox	Bought
Jun 01, 1928	David Cameron	Bought
Sep 15, 1928	Billy Dickinson	Bought

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Arthur Dexter	15	4	3	8
GK		Len Langford	29	11	9	8
GK		Percy Ashton
Defenders
D		Billy McKinlay	40	14	10	15
D		George Goucher	1			1
D		Henry Marsden	2			2
D		Tommy Graham	42	15	11	15
D		William 'Bill' Thompson	43	15	12	15	1
D		William Brown (1928)	4	1	2	1
Midfielders
M		Albert Harrison	24	7	8	9	2
M		Charles Howie	18	5	4	8	1
M		David Cameron	10	5	1	4
M		Gerry Morgan	17	5	6	5
M		Joe Heathcock	17	7	4	5	15
M		John Venters
M		Sid Gibson	5	2	2	1	2
M		Tom Turner	1		1
M		William Lennox	9	5	3	1	1
Forwards
F		Bert Hales	3		2	1
F		Billy Dickinson	5	3		2	5
F		Bob Morton	28	9	9	9	4
F		Bob Wallace	17	6	5	6	1
F		Cyril Stocks	34	12	9	13	10
F		Eric Hague	5	1	1	3
F		Noah Burton	31	8	9	13	10
F		Norman Thompson	8	6		2	2
F		Percy Barratt	23	8	6	8			1
F		Robert Heslop	24	8	7	9	3
F		Sam Jennings	29	8	8	12	17

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
17	Sam Jennings	29
15	Joe Heathcock	17
10	Cyril Stocks	34
10	Noah Burton	31
5	Billy Dickinson	5
4	Bob Morton	28
3	Robert Heslop	24
2	Albert Harrison	24
2	Norman Thompson	8
2	Sid Gibson	5
1	Bob Wallace	17
1	Charles Howie	18
1	William 'Bill' Thompson	43
1	William Lennox	9

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Hull City	Sat Dec 22, 1928	Home	3-1	Sat May 04, 1929	Away	1-0
Swansea Town	Sat Sep 15, 1928	Away	5-3	Wed Feb 20, 1929	Home	2-1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Tue Dec 25, 1928	Away	3-2	Wed Dec 26, 1928	Home	2-1