The City Ground

SEASON: 1930-31

Prev Season: 1929-30
This Season: 1930-31
Next Season: 1931-32

DIVISION: English Second Division (Tier 2)

MANAGER(s):: Stan Hardy
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Newcastle United (A) 0-4)

Top Goalscorer:: Johnny Dent (23 goals)

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1930-31

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	Everton	42	28	5	9	121	66	18	1	2	76	31	10	4	7	45	35	1.83333	61	Promoted as Champions	2-2	0-2
2	West Bromwich Albion	42	22	10	10	83	49	14	3	4	40	16	8	7	6	43	33	1.69388	54	Promoted	1-6	1-2
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	22	7	13	88	55	15	5	1	64	20	7	2	12	24	35	1.60000	51		2-2	1-2
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	21	5	16	84	67	15	2	4	56	25	6	3	12	28	42	1.25373	47		3-4	2-4
5	Port Vale	42	21	5	16	67	61	15	3	3	39	16	6	2	13	28	45	1.09836	47		1-0	2-3
6	Bradford Park Avenue	42	18	10	14	97	66	15	4	2	71	24	3	6	12	26	42	1.46970	46		1-0	1-4
7	Preston North End	42	17	11	14	83	64	12	5	4	55	31	5	6	10	28	33	1.29688	45		1-4	4-2
8	Burnley	42	17	11	14	81	77	13	5	3	55	30	4	6	11	26	47	1.05195	45		3-3	2-5
9	Southampton	42	19	6	17	74	62	13	4	4	46	22	6	2	13	28	40	1.19355	44		3-1	0-0
10	Bradford City	42	17	10	15	61	63	12	5	4	39	26	5	5	11	22	37	.96825	44		4-1	0-1
11	Stoke City	42	17	10	15	64	71	11	6	4	34	17	6	4	11	30	54	.90141	44		3-0	0-1
12	Oldham Athletic	42	16	10	16	61	72	13	5	3	45	28	3	5	13	16	44	.84722	42		4-1	1-3
13	Bury	42	19	3	20	75	82	14	3	4	44	20	5	0	16	31	62	.91463	41		3-0	0-1
14	Millwall	42	16	7	19	71	80	12	4	5	47	25	4	3	14	24	55	.88750	39		2-1	1-5
15	Charlton Athletic	42	15	9	18	59	86	11	4	6	35	33	4	5	12	24	53	.68605	39		4-3	1-1
16	Bristol City	42	15	8	19	54	82	11	5	5	29	23	4	3	14	25	59	.65854	38		6-1	4-1
17	Nottingham Forest	42	14	9	19	80	85	12	6	3	54	35	2	3	16	26	50	.94118	37
18	Plymouth Argyle	42	14	8	20	76	84	10	3	8	47	33	4	5	12	29	51	.90476	36		1-1	0-1
19	Barnsley	42	13	9	20	59	79	13	3	5	42	23	0	6	15	17	56	.74684	35		3-3	1-3
20	Swansea Town	42	12	10	20	51	74	11	5	5	40	29	1	5	15	11	45	.68919	34		3-0	2-3
21	Reading	42	12	6	24	72	96	11	2	8	47	33	1	4	16	25	63	.75000	30	Relegated	1-1	2-5
22	Cardiff City	42	8	9	25	47	87	7	6	8	32	31	1	3	17	15	56	.54023	25	Relegated	3-1	1-1

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	14 times	8 times	8 times	5 times	1 time
Conceded	15 times	6 times	7 times	5 times	4 times
Won By	4 times	3 times	6 times		1 time
Lost By	9 times	4 times	4 times	2 times	1 time

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	2	-	1	1	2	4	1	Everton (2-2), Everton (0-2)
2		2	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur (2-2)
3		3	2	-	-	2	2	8	0	West Bromwich Albion (1-6), West Bromwich Albion (1-2)
4		4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5		5	2	1	-	1	6	5	2	Oldham Athletic (4-1), Wolverhampton Wanderers (2-4)
6		6	2	1	-	1	2	2	2	Tottenham Hotspur (1-2), Port Vale (1-0)
7		7	2	2	-	-	4	1	4	Bradford Park Avenue (1-0), Southampton (3-1)
8		8	3	2	-	1	8	6	4	Stoke City (3-0), Preston North End (4-2), Preston North End (1-4)
9		9	2	-	-	2	2	4	0	Port Vale (2-3), Bury (0-1)
10		10	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Bradford City (0-1)
11		11	2	-	1	1	3	4	1	Burnley (3-3), Stoke City (0-1)
12	9	12	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Oldham Athletic (1-3)
13	9	13	2	2	-	-	8	4	4	Bristol City (4-1), Charlton Athletic (4-3)
14	31	14	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Millwall (2-1)
15	21	15	4	1	1	2	7	8	3	Bradford Park Avenue (1-4), Swansea Town (2-3), Charlton Athletic (1-1), Bury (3-0)
16	2	16	2	1	1	-	6	3	3	Barnsley (3-3), Swansea Town (3-0)
17	52	17	2	2	-	-	10	2	4	Bradford City (4-1), Bristol City (6-1)
18	46	18	2	-	-	2	3	8	0	Burnley (2-5), Barnsley (1-3)
19	46	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	29	20	2	-	-	2	1	6	0	Millwall (1-5), Plymouth Argyle (0-1)
21		21	2	-	2	-	2	2	2	Cardiff City (1-1), Plymouth Argyle (1-1)
22		22	4	1	2	1	6	7	4	Southampton (0-0), Reading (1-1), Reading (2-5), Cardiff City (3-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-4) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

Manager for all games: Stan Hardy
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 30, 1930	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-4	10,117	12	Dent (?, ?), Dickinson (?)
2	Mon Sep 01, 1930	Southampton	A	0-0	11,108	13
3	Sat Sep 06, 1930	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1-4	14,313	17	Quantrill (?)
4	Mon Sep 08, 1930	Burnley	A	2-5	10,393	19	Scott (?), Quantrill (?)
5	Sat Sep 13, 1930	Stoke City	H	3-0	8,881	18	Dent (?, ?, ?)
6	Wed Sep 17, 1930	Burnley	H	3-3	3,824	18	Scott (?), Stocks (?), Dent (?)
7	Sat Sep 20, 1930	Millwall	A	1-5	12,457	19	Heslop (?)
8	Sat Sep 27, 1930	Oldham Athletic	H	4-1	8,670	17	Stocks (?, ?, ?), Loftus (?)
9	Sat Oct 04, 1930	Bristol City	A	4-1	15,472	12	McKinlay (?), Dent (?, ?), Loftus (?)
10	Sat Oct 11, 1930	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-2	34,238	14	Simpson (?)
11	Sat Oct 18, 1930	Everton	H	2-2	19,852	15	Dent (?), Loftus (?)
12	Sat Oct 25, 1930	Cardiff City	A	1-1	8,955	14	Dent (?)
13	Sat Nov 01, 1930	Bradford City	H	4-1	8,035	13	Dickinson (?, ?), Loftus (?), Simpson (?)
14	Sat Nov 08, 1930	Port Vale	A	2-3	9,753	14	Dickinson (?, ?)
15	Sat Nov 15, 1930	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-1	8,433	14	Dent (?)
16	Sat Nov 22, 1930	Swansea Town	A	2-3	8,059	15	McKinlay (?), Dent (?)
17	Sat Nov 29, 1930	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-6	4,359	15	Dickinson (?)
18	Sat Dec 06, 1930	Bury	A	0-1	4,744	17
19	Sat Dec 13, 1930	Barnsley	H	3-3	7,497	18	Dickinson (?, ?), Loftus (?)
20	Sat Dec 20, 1930	Charlton Athletic	A	1-1	8,922	17	Dent (?)
21	Thu Dec 25, 1930	Reading	H	1-1	12,279	16	German (?)
22	Fri Dec 26, 1930	Reading	A	2-5	11,425	18	Howie (?), Heslop (?)
23	Sat Dec 27, 1930	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-4	20,069	20	Dent (?, ?)
24	Sat Jan 03, 1931	Bradford Park Avenue	H	1-0	3,819	19	Dent (?)
25	Sat Jan 17, 1931	Stoke City	A	0-1	6,194	20
26	Sat Jan 24, 1931	Millwall	H	2-1	6,924	17	Brown (?, ?)
27	Sat Jan 31, 1931	Oldham Athletic	A	1-3	5,483	20	Brown (?)
28	Sat Feb 07, 1931	Bristol City	H	6-1	7,395	18	Brown (?), Dent (?), Dickinson (?, ?), Simpson (?, ?)
29	Sat Feb 14, 1931	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-2	14,196	18	Brown (?), Simpson (?)
30	Sat Feb 21, 1931	Everton	A	0-2	32,328	19
31	Sat Feb 28, 1931	Cardiff City	H	3-1	3,565	18	Loftus (?), Dent (?), Dickinson (?)
32	Sat Mar 07, 1931	Bradford City	A	0-1	10,422	19
33	Sat Mar 14, 1931	Port Vale	H	1-0	9,281	17	Simpson (?)
34	Sat Mar 21, 1931	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-1	18,075	19
35	Sat Mar 28, 1931	Swansea Town	H	3-0	6,609	17	Stocks (?), Dickinson (?, ?)
36	Fri Apr 03, 1931	Preston North End	A	4-2	13,496	16	Stocks (?), Dent (?, ?), Dickinson (?)
37	Sat Apr 04, 1931	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-2	18,898	17	Dickinson (?)
38	Mon Apr 06, 1931	Preston North End	H	1-4	13,213	18	Stocks (?)
39	Sat Apr 11, 1931	Bury	H	3-0	7,918	17	Stocks (?, ?), Simpson (?)
40	Sat Apr 18, 1931	Barnsley	A	1-3	3,672	19	Scott (?)	Safe
41	Sat Apr 25, 1931	Charlton Athletic	H	4-3	3,342	17	Dent (?), Dickinson (?, ?, ?)	Safe
42	Sat May 02, 1931	Southampton	H	3-1	5,343	17	Dent (?, ?), Dickinson (?)	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 10, 1931	Newcastle United	3		A	0-4	34,219

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Thu Nov 06, 1930	Oxford University	England	A	4-0	-	McKinlay (?), Loftus (?), Dickinson (?, ?)
Wed Mar 04, 1931	Netherlands XI	Netherlands	A	3-1	15,000	Dent (? pen), Dickinson (?), Smith (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Stan Hardy
Sat Aug 30, 1930	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers		H	3-4	10,117	Dent (?, ?), Dickinson (?)
Mon Sep 01, 1930	League Tier 2	Southampton		A	0-0	11,108
Sat Sep 06, 1930	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue		A	1-4	14,313	Quantrill (?)
Mon Sep 08, 1930	League Tier 2	Burnley		A	2-5	10,393	Scott (?), Quantrill (?)
Sat Sep 13, 1930	League Tier 2	Stoke City		H	3-0	8,881	Dent (?, ?, ?)
Wed Sep 17, 1930	League Tier 2	Burnley		H	3-3	3,824	Scott (?), Stocks (?), Dent (?)
Sat Sep 20, 1930	League Tier 2	Millwall		A	1-5	12,457	Heslop (?)
Sat Sep 27, 1930	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic		H	4-1	8,670	Stocks (?, ?, ?), Loftus (?)
Sat Oct 04, 1930	League Tier 2	Bristol City		A	4-1	15,472	McKinlay (?), Dent (?, ?), Loftus (?)
Sat Oct 11, 1930	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur		A	1-2	34,238	Simpson (?)
Sat Oct 18, 1930	League Tier 2	Everton		H	2-2	19,852	Dent (?), Loftus (?)
Sat Oct 25, 1930	League Tier 2	Cardiff City		A	1-1	8,955	Dent (?)
Sat Nov 01, 1930	League Tier 2	Bradford City		H	4-1	8,035	Dickinson (?, ?), Loftus (?), Simpson (?)
Thu Nov 06, 1930	Friendly	Oxford University		A	4-0	-	McKinlay (?), Loftus (?), Dickinson (?, ?)
Sat Nov 08, 1930	League Tier 2	Port Vale		A	2-3	9,753	Dickinson (?, ?)
Sat Nov 15, 1930	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle		H	1-1	8,433	Dent (?)
Sat Nov 22, 1930	League Tier 2	Swansea Town		A	2-3	8,059	McKinlay (?), Dent (?)
Sat Nov 29, 1930	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion		H	1-6	4,359	Dickinson (?)
Sat Dec 06, 1930	League Tier 2	Bury		A	0-1	4,744
Sat Dec 13, 1930	League Tier 2	Barnsley		H	3-3	7,497	Dickinson (?, ?), Loftus (?)
Sat Dec 20, 1930	League Tier 2	Charlton Athletic		A	1-1	8,922	Dent (?)
Thu Dec 25, 1930	League Tier 2	Reading		H	1-1	12,279	German (?)
Fri Dec 26, 1930	League Tier 2	Reading		A	2-5	11,425	Howie (?), Heslop (?)
Sat Dec 27, 1930	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers		A	2-4	20,069	Dent (?, ?)
Sat Jan 03, 1931	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue		H	1-0	3,819	Dent (?)
Sat Jan 10, 1931	FA Cup	Newcastle United	3	A	0-4	34,219
Sat Jan 17, 1931	League Tier 2	Stoke City		A	0-1	6,194
Sat Jan 24, 1931	League Tier 2	Millwall		H	2-1	6,924	Brown (?, ?)
Sat Jan 31, 1931	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic		A	1-3	5,483	Brown (?)
Sat Feb 07, 1931	League Tier 2	Bristol City		H	6-1	7,395	Brown (?), Dent (?), Dickinson (?, ?), Simpson (?, ?)
Sat Feb 14, 1931	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur		H	2-2	14,196	Brown (?), Simpson (?)
Sat Feb 21, 1931	League Tier 2	Everton		A	0-2	32,328
Sat Feb 28, 1931	League Tier 2	Cardiff City		H	3-1	3,565	Loftus (?), Dent (?), Dickinson (?)
Wed Mar 04, 1931	Friendly	Netherlands XI		A	3-1	15,000	Dent (? pen), Dickinson (?), Smith (?)
Sat Mar 07, 1931	League Tier 2	Bradford City		A	0-1	10,422
Sat Mar 14, 1931	League Tier 2	Port Vale		H	1-0	9,281	Simpson (?)
Sat Mar 21, 1931	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle		A	0-1	18,075
Sat Mar 28, 1931	League Tier 2	Swansea Town		H	3-0	6,609	Stocks (?), Dickinson (?, ?)
Fri Apr 03, 1931	League Tier 2	Preston North End		A	4-2	13,496	Stocks (?), Dent (?, ?), Dickinson (?)
Sat Apr 04, 1931	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion		A	1-2	18,898	Dickinson (?)
Mon Apr 06, 1931	League Tier 2	Preston North End		H	1-4	13,213	Stocks (?)
Sat Apr 11, 1931	League Tier 2	Bury		H	3-0	7,918	Stocks (?, ?), Simpson (?)
Sat Apr 18, 1931	League Tier 2	Barnsley		A	1-3	3,672	Scott (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 25, 1931	League Tier 2	Charlton Athletic		H	4-3	3,342	Dent (?), Dickinson (?, ?, ?)	Safe
Sat May 02, 1931	League Tier 2	Southampton		H	3-1	5,343	Dent (?, ?), Dickinson (?)	Safe

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Jan 10, 1931	Newcastle United	3		A	0-4	34,219

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Thu Nov 06, 1930	Oxford University	England	A	4-0	-
Wed Mar 04, 1931	Netherlands XI	Netherlands	A	3-1	15,000

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (6) - £0				Out (7) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Clifford Lloyd	Bought			Bob Wallace	Sold
	John Forrest	Bought			Buster Brown	Sold
	Tom McKay	Bought			Charles Howie	Sold
1930	Alec Farmer	Bought			Clifford Lloyd	Sold
Aug 01, 1930	Alf Quantrill	Bought			John Scott	Sold
Jan 1931	Robert Pugh	Bought			Walter Robins	Sold
				1931	Clive German	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		41	13	8	20
GK		Percy Ashton	England	21	2	1	1
Defenders
D		Billy McKinlay	Scotland	25	35	12	6	17	2
D		Jimmy Barrington	England	28	43	14	9	20
D		Tommy Graham	England	25	41	14	9	18
D		William 'Bill' Thompson			34	11	8	15
Midfielders
M		Alec Farmer	Scotland	21	15	4	4	7
M		Charles Howie	Scotland		1			1	1
M		Clifford Lloyd			4		3	1
M		Harry Smith	England	21	24	11	2	11
M		John Forrest			1			1
M		John Scott			18	3	6	9	3
M		Walter Robins	England	24	1		1
Forwards
F		Alf Quantrill	England	33	9	3	2	4	2
F		Billy Dickinson	England	24	24	9	3	12	19
F		Bob Wallace	Scotland	37	7		1	6
F		Buster Brown	England	21	9	3	3	3	5
F		Clive German	England	25	9	3	1	5	1
F		Cyril Stocks			21	8	4	9	9
F		Johnny Dent	England	27	38	12	8	18	23
F		Leo Loftus	England	24	18	4	6	8	6
F		Noah Burton	England	33	22	8	5	9
F		Richard Armstrong	England	20	7	2	3	2
F		Robert Heslop			6	1	2	3	2
F		Robert Pugh	Wales		8	3		5
F		Tom McKay			2	2
F		William Simpson	England		33	13	4	16	7

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
23	Johnny Dent	38
19	Billy Dickinson	24
9	Cyril Stocks	21
7	William Simpson	33
6	Leo Loftus	18
5	Buster Brown	9
3	John Scott	18
2	Alf Quantrill	9
2	Billy McKinlay	35
2	Robert Heslop	6
1	Charles Howie	1
1	Clive German	9

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

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Bristol City	Sat Oct 04, 1930	Away	4-1		Sat Feb 07, 1931	Home	6-1

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

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
West Bromwich Albion	Sat Nov 29, 1930	Home	1-6	Sat Apr 04, 1931	Away	1-2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sat Aug 30, 1930	Home	3-4	Sat Dec 27, 1930	Away	2-4