The City Ground

SEASON: 1929-30

Prev Season: 1928-29
This Season: 1929-30
Next Season: 1930-31

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: John Baynes
FA Cup:: Quarter Final (Sheffield Wednesday (A) 1-3)
League Cup:: Did not exist

Top Goalscorer:: Johnny Dent (18 goals)

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1929-30

SEASON END TABLE								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	Blackpool	42	27	4	11	98	67	17	1	3	63	22	10	3	8	35	45	1.46269	58	Promoted as Champions	0-0	1-5
2	Chelsea	42	22	11	9	74	46	17	3	1	49	14	5	8	8	25	32	1.60870	55	Promoted	0-0	0-2
3	Oldham Athletic	42	21	11	10	90	51	14	5	2	60	21	7	6	8	30	30	1.76471	53		1-2	0-0
4	Bradford Park Avenue	42	19	12	11	91	70	14	5	2	65	28	5	7	9	26	42	1.30000	50		1-1	1-5
5	Bury	42	22	5	15	78	67	14	2	5	45	27	8	3	10	33	40	1.16418	49		1-2	0-0
6	West Bromwich Albion	42	21	5	16	105	73	16	1	4	73	31	5	4	12	32	42	1.43836	47		0-2	3-1
7	Southampton	42	17	11	14	77	76	14	6	1	46	22	3	5	13	31	54	1.01316	45		0-5	0-2
8	Cardiff City	42	18	8	16	61	59	14	4	3	41	16	4	4	13	20	43	1.03390	44		3-1	1-1
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	16	9	17	77	79	14	3	4	53	24	2	6	13	24	55	.97468	41		5-2	1-2
10	Nottingham Forest	42	13	15	14	55	69	9	6	6	36	28	4	9	8	19	41	.79710	41
11	Stoke City	42	16	8	18	74	72	12	4	5	41	20	4	4	13	33	52	1.02778	40		2-1	0-6
12	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	9	18	59	61	11	8	2	43	24	4	1	16	16	37	.96721	39		0-0	1-1
13	Charlton Athletic	42	14	11	17	59	63	10	6	5	39	23	4	5	12	20	40	.93651	39		0-2	0-5
14	Millwall	42	12	15	15	57	73	10	7	4	36	26	2	8	11	21	47	.78082	39		1-1	2-2
15	Swansea Town	42	14	9	19	57	61	11	5	5	42	23	3	4	14	15	38	.93443	37		1-0	1-1
16	Preston North End	42	13	11	18	65	80	7	7	7	42	36	6	4	11	23	44	.81250	37		2-4	2-1
17	Barnsley	42	14	8	20	56	71	12	7	2	39	22	2	1	18	17	49	.78873	36		4-0	1-1
18	Bradford City	42	12	12	18	60	77	7	7	7	33	30	5	5	11	27	47	.77922	36		2-1	1-1
19	Reading	42	12	11	19	54	67	10	7	4	31	20	2	4	15	23	47	.80597	35		5-0	1-0
20	Bristol City	42	13	9	20	61	83	11	4	6	36	30	2	5	14	25	53	.73494	35		5-2	1-4
21	Hull City	42	14	7	21	51	78	11	3	7	30	24	3	4	14	21	54	.65385	35	Relegated	2-1	2-1
22	Notts County	42	9	15	18	54	70	8	7	6	33	26	1	8	12	21	44	.77143	33	Relegated	1-1	0-0

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

Competitive Games:: 48
Competitive Goals:: 70
Goals per game:: 1.5
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 41 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 48.8%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	17 times	10 times	3 times	1 time	4 times
Conceded	17 times	12 times	1 time	2 times	5 times
Won By	8 times	3 times	2 times	1 time	2 times
Lost By	3 times	6 times	1 time	2 times	3 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	-	2	1	1	2	2	Oldham Athletic (1-2), Oldham Athletic (0-0), Blackpool (0-0)
2		2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3		3	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Chelsea (0-0)
4		4	1	1	-	-	3	1	2	Cardiff City (3-1)
5		5	3	1	-	2	3	4	2	Reading (1-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-2), Bury (1-2)
6		6	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Bury (0-0)
7		7	2	1	1	-	6	3	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers (5-2), Cardiff City (1-1)
8	14	8	4	1	-	3	4	13	2	Bradford Park Avenue (1-5), Blackpool (1-5), Stoke City (2-1), Southampton (0-2)
9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	21	10	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Charlton Athletic (0-2)
11	37	11	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Hull City (2-1)
12	24	12	4	1	1	2	4	9	3	Notts County (1-1), Southampton (0-5), West Bromwich Albion (0-2), West Bromwich Albion (3-1)
13	21	13	2	-	-	2	0	11	0	Charlton Athletic (0-5), Stoke City (0-6)
14	7	14	2	2	-	-	4	2	4	Bradford City (2-1), Hull City (2-1)
15	7	15	2	-	2	-	1	1	2	Bradford Park Avenue (1-1), Tottenham Hotspur (0-0)
16		16	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Preston North End (2-1)
17		17	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Notts County (0-0)
18	21	18	3	1	2	-	3	2	4	Tottenham Hotspur (1-1), Bradford City (1-1), Swansea Town (1-0)
19	21	19	3	2	-	1	12	6	4	Bristol City (5-2), Reading (5-0), Preston North End (2-4)
20	20	20	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Millwall (1-1)
21	17	21	2	1	1	-	5	1	3	Barnsley (4-0), Barnsley (1-1)
22	26	22	3	-	2	1	4	7	2	Millwall (2-2), Swansea Town (1-1), Bristol City (1-4)

Not included: Week 1 game against Chelsea (0-2) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 18,230 (Notts County)
Lowest League Attendance:: 4,385 (Cardiff City)
Average League Attendance:: 8,992
Highest Cup Attendance:: 44,166 (Sheffield Wednesday)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 44,166 (Sheffield Wednesday)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 11
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 2

GAMES

Manager for all games: John Baynes
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 31, 1929	Chelsea	A	0-2	26,832	20
2	Wed Sep 04, 1929	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1-5	14,593	21	Stocks (?)
3	Sat Sep 07, 1929	Notts County	H	1-1	18,230	20	Burton (?)
4	Mon Sep 09, 1929	Blackpool	A	1-5	14,182	20	Dickinson (?)
5	Sat Sep 14, 1929	Oldham Athletic	H	1-2	9,018	20	Heathcock (?)
6	Sat Sep 21, 1929	Millwall	A	2-2	22,747	21	Burton (?, ?)
7	Sat Sep 28, 1929	Southampton	H	0-5	8,593	22
8	Thu Oct 03, 1929	Bradford Park Avenue	H	1-1	4,430	22	Stocks (?)
9	Sat Oct 05, 1929	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-1	22,332	22	Dent (?)
10	Sat Oct 12, 1929	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-2	11,958	22
11	Sat Oct 19, 1929	Reading	A	1-0	13,324	20	Dent (?)
12	Sat Oct 26, 1929	Charlton Athletic	H	0-2	8,213	21
13	Sat Nov 02, 1929	Hull City	A	2-1	6,182	19	German (?), Dent (?)
14	Sat Nov 09, 1929	Stoke City	H	2-1	9,360	18	Harrison (?), German (?)
15	Sat Nov 16, 1929	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-2	8,880	18	Thompson (?)
16	Sat Nov 23, 1929	Bradford City	H	2-1	5,224	18	Dent (?), Loftus (?)
17	Sat Nov 30, 1929	Swansea Town	A	1-1	9,297	19	Dent (?)
18	Sat Dec 07, 1929	Cardiff City	H	3-1	4,385	19	Cameron (?), German (?), Dent (?)
19	Sat Dec 14, 1929	Preston North End	A	2-1	11,566	15	Dent (?), Loftus (?)
20	Sat Dec 21, 1929	Bristol City	H	5-2	6,905	13	German (?, ?, ?), Dent (?), Loftus (?)
21	Wed Dec 25, 1929	Barnsley	H	4-0	16,301	11	McKinlay (?), German (?), Dent (?), Burton (?)
22	Thu Dec 26, 1929	Barnsley	A	1-1	9,852	13	Loftus (?)
23	Sat Dec 28, 1929	Chelsea	H	0-0	14,772	11
24	Sat Jan 04, 1930	Notts County	A	0-0	20,917	11
25	Sat Jan 18, 1930	Oldham Athletic	A	0-0	17,769	12
26	Sat Feb 01, 1930	Southampton	A	0-2	9,442	13
27	Wed Feb 05, 1930	Millwall	H	1-1	5,467	12	Burton (?)
28	Sat Feb 08, 1930	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-0	9,833	13
29	Sat Feb 22, 1930	Reading	H	5-0	8,882	11	Stocks (?, ?, ?), Dickinson (?, ?)
30	Sat Mar 08, 1930	Hull City	H	2-1	11,364	10	Dickinson (?), Heslop (?)
31	Mon Mar 10, 1930	Charlton Athletic	A	0-5	2,975	11
32	Sat Mar 15, 1930	Stoke City	A	0-6	5,369	13
33	Wed Mar 19, 1930	West Bromwich Albion	A	3-1	1,280	11	Stocks (?), Dent (?, ?)
34	Sat Mar 22, 1930	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	5-2	8,725	10	Stocks (?), Dent (?, ?), Loftus (?, ?)
35	Sat Mar 29, 1930	Bradford City	A	1-1	12,877	9	Dent (?)
36	Sat Apr 05, 1930	Swansea Town	H	1-0	6,604	8	Burton (?)
37	Sat Apr 12, 1930	Cardiff City	A	1-1	9,328	8	Dickinson (?)
38	Fri Apr 18, 1930	Bury	A	0-0	8,836	8		Safe
39	Sat Apr 19, 1930	Preston North End	H	2-4	5,767	9	Heslop (?), Burton (?)	Safe
40	Mon Apr 21, 1930	Bury	H	1-2	8,774	10	Heslop (?)	Safe
41	Sat Apr 26, 1930	Bristol City	A	1-4	12,381	10	Dent (?)	Safe
42	Sat May 03, 1930	Blackpool	H	0-0	6,044	10		Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 11, 1930	Rotherham United	3		A	5-0	-	Scott (?), Dent (?, ?, ?), Loftus (?)
Sat Jan 25, 1930	Fulham	4		H	2-1	-	Loftus (?, ?)
Sat Feb 15, 1930	Sunderland	5		A	2-2	-	Dickinson (?, ?)
Wed Feb 19, 1930	Sunderland	5	1	H	3-1	-	Scott (?), Loftus (?), Burton (?)
Sat Mar 01, 1930	Sheffield Wednesday	Quarter		H	2-2	44,166	Dickinson (?), Loftus (?)
Wed Mar 05, 1930	Sheffield Wednesday	Quarter	1	A	1-3	59,205	Burton (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Thu Sep 19, 1929	Arsenal	England	A	0-4	-

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: John Baynes
Sat Aug 31, 1929	League Tier 2	Chelsea			A	0-2	26,832
Wed Sep 04, 1929	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue			A	1-5	14,593	Stocks (?)
Sat Sep 07, 1929	League Tier 2	Notts County			H	1-1	18,230	Burton (?)
Mon Sep 09, 1929	League Tier 2	Blackpool			A	1-5	14,182	Dickinson (?)
Sat Sep 14, 1929	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic			H	1-2	9,018	Heathcock (?)
Manager:
Thu Sep 19, 1929	Friendly	Arsenal			A	0-4	-
Manager: John Baynes
Sat Sep 21, 1929	League Tier 2	Millwall			A	2-2	22,747	Burton (?, ?)
Sat Sep 28, 1929	League Tier 2	Southampton			H	0-5	8,593
Thu Oct 03, 1929	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue			H	1-1	4,430	Stocks (?)
Sat Oct 05, 1929	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur			A	1-1	22,332	Dent (?)
Sat Oct 12, 1929	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion			H	0-2	11,958
Sat Oct 19, 1929	League Tier 2	Reading			A	1-0	13,324	Dent (?)
Sat Oct 26, 1929	League Tier 2	Charlton Athletic			H	0-2	8,213
Sat Nov 02, 1929	League Tier 2	Hull City			A	2-1	6,182	German (?), Dent (?)
Sat Nov 09, 1929	League Tier 2	Stoke City			H	2-1	9,360	Harrison (?), German (?)
Sat Nov 16, 1929	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	1-2	8,880	Thompson (?)
Sat Nov 23, 1929	League Tier 2	Bradford City			H	2-1	5,224	Dent (?), Loftus (?)
Sat Nov 30, 1929	League Tier 2	Swansea Town			A	1-1	9,297	Dent (?)
Sat Dec 07, 1929	League Tier 2	Cardiff City			H	3-1	4,385	Cameron (?), German (?), Dent (?)
Sat Dec 14, 1929	League Tier 2	Preston North End			A	2-1	11,566	Dent (?), Loftus (?)
Sat Dec 21, 1929	League Tier 2	Bristol City			H	5-2	6,905	German (?, ?, ?), Dent (?), Loftus (?)
Wed Dec 25, 1929	League Tier 2	Barnsley			H	4-0	16,301	McKinlay (?), German (?), Dent (?), Burton (?)
Thu Dec 26, 1929	League Tier 2	Barnsley			A	1-1	9,852	Loftus (?)
Sat Dec 28, 1929	League Tier 2	Chelsea			H	0-0	14,772
Sat Jan 04, 1930	League Tier 2	Notts County			A	0-0	20,917
Sat Jan 11, 1930	FA Cup	Rotherham United	3		A	5-0	-	Scott (?), Dent (?, ?, ?), Loftus (?)
Sat Jan 18, 1930	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic			A	0-0	17,769
Sat Jan 25, 1930	FA Cup	Fulham	4		H	2-1	-	Loftus (?, ?)
Sat Feb 01, 1930	League Tier 2	Southampton			A	0-2	9,442
Wed Feb 05, 1930	League Tier 2	Millwall			H	1-1	5,467	Burton (?)
Sat Feb 08, 1930	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur			H	0-0	9,833
Sat Feb 15, 1930	FA Cup	Sunderland	5		A	2-2	-	Dickinson (?, ?)
Wed Feb 19, 1930	FA Cup	Sunderland	5	1	H	3-1	-	Scott (?), Loftus (?), Burton (?)
Sat Feb 22, 1930	League Tier 2	Reading			H	5-0	8,882	Stocks (?, ?, ?), Dickinson (?, ?)
Sat Mar 01, 1930	FA Cup	Sheffield Wednesday	Quarter		H	2-2	44,166	Dickinson (?), Loftus (?)
Wed Mar 05, 1930	FA Cup	Sheffield Wednesday	Quarter	1	A	1-3	59,205	Burton (?)
Sat Mar 08, 1930	League Tier 2	Hull City			H	2-1	11,364	Dickinson (?), Heslop (?)
Mon Mar 10, 1930	League Tier 2	Charlton Athletic			A	0-5	2,975
Sat Mar 15, 1930	League Tier 2	Stoke City			A	0-6	5,369
Wed Mar 19, 1930	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion			A	3-1	1,280	Stocks (?), Dent (?, ?)
Sat Mar 22, 1930	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	5-2	8,725	Stocks (?), Dent (?, ?), Loftus (?, ?)
Sat Mar 29, 1930	League Tier 2	Bradford City			A	1-1	12,877	Dent (?)
Sat Apr 05, 1930	League Tier 2	Swansea Town			H	1-0	6,604	Burton (?)
Sat Apr 12, 1930	League Tier 2	Cardiff City			A	1-1	9,328	Dickinson (?)
Fri Apr 18, 1930	League Tier 2	Bury			A	0-0	8,836		Safe
Sat Apr 19, 1930	League Tier 2	Preston North End			H	2-4	5,767	Heslop (?), Burton (?)	Safe
Mon Apr 21, 1930	League Tier 2	Bury			H	1-2	8,774	Heslop (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 26, 1930	League Tier 2	Bristol City			A	1-4	12,381	Dent (?)	Safe
Sat May 03, 1930	League Tier 2	Blackpool			H	0-0	6,044		Safe

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (8) - £0				Out (10) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Buster Brown	Bought			Bob Morton	Sold
	Enos Bromage	Bought			Enos Bromage	Sold
	Jimmy Barrington	Bought			Jack Oakes	Sold
	John Scott	Bought			Joe Heathcock	Sold
	Leo Loftus	Bought			Len Langford	Sold
	Walter Robins	Bought			Norman Thompson	Sold
Oct 03, 1929	Johnny Dent	Bought			Percy Barratt	Sold
April 1930	William Simpson	Bought		Nov 30, 1929	Albert Harrison	Sold
				1930	John Venters	Sold
				Jul 01, 1931	David Cameron	Sold

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Arthur Dexter	England		38	16	13	9
GK		Len Langford	England	30	10		4	6
Defenders
D		Billy McKinlay	Scotland	24	47	16	17	14	1
D		Jimmy Barrington	England	27	42	15	16	11
D		Tommy Graham	England	24	30	10	10	10
D		William 'Bill' Thompson			46	16	15	15
Midfielders
M		Albert Harrison	England	25	16	4	5	7	1
M		Charles Howie	Scotland		6		1	5
M		David Cameron			11	2	5	4	1
M		Harry Smith	England	20	2		2
M		Joe Heathcock			4		1	3	1
M		John Scott			36	15	14	7	2
M		John Venters	Scotland	18	1			1
M		Walter Robins	England	23	1	1
Forwards
F		Billy Dickinson	England	23	17	3	6	8	8
F		Bob Morton	England	26	8	1	3	4
F		Bob Wallace	Scotland	36	45	16	16	13
F		Buster Brown	England	20	1			1
F		Clive German	England	24	22	10	8	4	7
F		Cyril Stocks			23	6	9	8	7
F		Enos Bromage	England	30	1			1
F		Jack Oakes	England	23	2		2
F		Johnny Dent	England	26	26	13	7	6	18
F		Leo Loftus	England	23	31	14	11	6	11
F		Noah Burton	England	32	40	14	14	12	9
F		Norman Thompson			3	1	1	1	1
F		Percy Barratt	England	30	1	1
F		Richard Armstrong	England	19	1			1
F		Robert Heslop			14	2	5	7	3
F		William Simpson	England		3		2	1

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 14

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
18	Johnny Dent	26
11	Leo Loftus	31
9	Noah Burton	40
8	Billy Dickinson	17
7	Clive German	22
7	Cyril Stocks	23
3	Robert Heslop	14
2	John Scott	36
1	Albert Harrison	16
1	Billy McKinlay	47
1	David Cameron	11
1	Joe Heathcock	4
1	Norman Thompson	3

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Hull City	Sat Nov 02, 1929	Away	2-1	Sat Mar 08, 1930	Home	2-1
Reading	Sat Oct 19, 1929	Away	1-0	Sat Feb 22, 1930	Home	5-0

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Charlton Athletic	Sat Oct 26, 1929	Home	0-2	Mon Mar 10, 1930	Away	0-5
Southampton	Sat Sep 28, 1929	Home	0-5	Sat Feb 01, 1930	Away	0-2