The City Ground

SEASON: 1931-32

Prev Season: 1930-31
Next Season: 1932-33

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Noel Watson
FA Cup:: 2nd Round (Chesterfield (A) 2-5)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Billy Dickinson (23 goal)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	14 times	12 times	5 times	2 times	3 times
Conceded	16 times	12 times	5 times	3 times	2 times
Won By	6 times	6 times		2 times	2 times
Lost By	7 times	5 times	3 times	2 times

ATTENDANCES

Highest League Attendance:: 21,018 (League - Stoke City)
Lowest League Attendance:: 4,550 (League - Bradford Park Avenue)
Average League Attendance:: 9,752
Highest Cup Attendance:: -
Lowest Cup Attendance:: -

MISC

Clean Sheets:: 5
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION TWO								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	24	8	10	115	49	17	3	1	71	11	7	5	9	44	38	2.347	56	Promoted as Champions	2-0	0-0
2	Leeds United	42	22	10	10	78	54	12	5	4	36	22	10	5	6	42	32	1.444	54	Promoted	3-3	1-1
3	Stoke City	42	19	14	9	69	48	14	6	1	47	19	5	8	8	22	29	1.438	52		1-1	1-2
4	Plymouth Argyle	42	20	9	13	100	66	14	4	3	69	29	6	5	10	31	37	1.515	49		3-2	1-5
5	Bury	42	21	7	14	70	58	13	4	4	44	21	8	3	10	26	37	1.207	49		0-2	2-2
6	Bradford Park Avenue	42	21	7	14	72	63	17	2	2	44	18	4	5	12	28	45	1.143	49		6-1	1-4
7	Bradford City	42	16	13	13	80	61	10	7	4	53	26	6	6	9	27	35	1.311	45		2-1	2-2
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	11	15	87	78	11	6	4	58	37	5	5	11	29	41	1.115	43		1-3	3-1
9	Millwall	42	17	9	16	61	61	13	3	5	43	21	4	6	11	18	40	1.000	43		1-1	0-1
10	Charlton Athletic	42	17	9	16	61	66	11	5	5	38	28	6	4	11	23	38	.924	43		3-2	1-3
11	Nottingham Forest	42	16	10	16	77	72	13	4	4	49	27	3	6	12	28	45	1.069	42		-	-
12	Manchester United	42	17	8	17	71	72	12	3	6	44	31	5	5	11	27	41	.986	42		2-1	2-3
13	Preston North End	42	16	10	16	75	77	11	6	4	37	25	5	4	12	38	52	.974	42		2-2	1-1
14	Southampton	42	17	7	18	66	77	10	5	6	39	30	7	2	12	27	47	.857	41		2-0	0-4
15	Swansea City	42	16	7	19	73	75	12	4	5	45	22	4	3	14	28	53	.973	39		-	-
16	Notts County	42	13	12	17	75	75	10	4	7	43	30	3	8	10	32	45	1.000	38		2-1	6-2
17	Chesterfield	42	13	11	18	64	86	11	3	7	43	33	2	8	11	21	53	.744	37		4-0	0-1
18	Oldham Athletic	42	13	10	19	62	84	10	4	7	41	34	3	6	12	21	50	.738	36		2-0	4-2
19	Burnley	42	13	9	20	59	87	7	8	6	36	36	6	1	14	23	51	.678	35		1-2	0-1
20	Port Vale	42	13	7	22	58	89	8	4	9	30	33	5	3	13	28	56	.652	33		2-1	0-2
21	Barnsley	42	12	9	21	55	91	8	7	6	35	30	4	2	15	20	61	.604	33	Relegated	1-2	1-3
22	Bristol City	42	6	11	25	39	78	4	7	10	22	37	2	4	15	17	41	.500	23	Relegated	3-1	1-1

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Ground	Notes
1	Sat Aug 29, 1931	Charlton Athletic	A	1-3	Loss	16,767	15	The Valley	Noel Watson's first game as manager
2	Sat Sep 05, 1931	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-0	Win	9,188	14
3	Mon Sep 07, 1931	Preston North End	A	1-1	Draw	10,201	15	Deepdale
4	Sat Sep 12, 1931	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1-4	Loss	13,161	18	Horton Park Avenue
5	Wed Sep 16, 1931	Preston North End	H	2-2	Draw	6,481	15
6	Sat Sep 19, 1931	Manchester United	H	2-1	Win	10,166	13
7	Sat Sep 26, 1931	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3-1	Win	25,128	9	White Hart Lane
8	Thu Oct 01, 1931	Burnley	H	1-2	Loss	7,175	9
9	Sat Oct 03, 1931	Notts County	H	2-1	Win	20,703	8
10	Sat Oct 10, 1931	Chesterfield	H	4-0	Win	15,570	7
11	Sat Oct 17, 1931	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-5	Loss	20,425	8	Home Park
12	Sat Oct 24, 1931	Bristol City	H	3-1	Win	7,888	7
13	Sat Oct 31, 1931	Oldham Athletic	A	4-2	Win	8,703	7	Boundary Park
14	Sat Nov 07, 1931	Barnsley	H	1-2	Loss	8,573	7
15	Sat Nov 14, 1931	Port Vale	A	0-2	Loss	7,055	9	The Old Recreation Ground
16	Sat Nov 21, 1931	Millwall	H	1-1	Draw	9,009	9
17	Sat Nov 28, 1931	Bradford City	A	2-2	Draw	10,936	8	Valley Parade
18	Sat Dec 05, 1931	Leeds United	H	3-3	Draw	12,214	8
19	Sat Dec 12, 1931	Swansea Town	A	1-4	Loss	9,497	10	Vetch Field
20	Sat Dec 19, 1931	Bury	H	0-2	Loss	6,957	12
21	Fri Dec 25, 1931	Stoke City	A	1-2	Loss	15,437	13	Victoria Ground
22	Sat Dec 26, 1931	Stoke City	H	1-1	Draw	21,018	12
23	Sat Jan 02, 1932	Charlton Athletic	H	3-2	Win	5,887	12
24	Sat Jan 16, 1932	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-0	Draw	16,427	11	Molineux
25	Wed Jan 27, 1932	Bradford Park Avenue	H	6-1	Win	4,550	9
26	Sat Jan 30, 1932	Manchester United	A	2-3	Loss	11,152	11	Old Trafford
27	Sat Feb 06, 1932	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-3	Loss	10,487	13
28	Sat Feb 13, 1932	Notts County	A	6-2	Win	17,199	12	Meadow Lane
29	Sat Feb 20, 1932	Chesterfield	A	0-1	Loss	9,248	12	Saltergate
30	Sat Feb 27, 1932	Plymouth Argyle	H	3-2	Win	9,823	12
31	Sat Mar 05, 1932	Bristol City	A	1-1	Draw	5,365	10	Ashton Gate
32	Sat Mar 12, 1932	Oldham Athletic	H	2-0	Win	7,568	10
33	Sat Mar 19, 1932	Barnsley	A	1-3	Loss	4,206	12	Oakwell
34	Fri Mar 25, 1932	Southampton	H	2-0	Win	11,639	9
35	Sat Mar 26, 1932	Port Vale	H	2-1	Win	8,486	8
36	Mon Mar 28, 1932	Southampton	A	0-4	Loss	11,409	8	The Dell
37	Sat Apr 02, 1932	Millwall	A	0-1	Loss	11,711	10	The Old Den
38	Sat Apr 09, 1932	Bradford City	H	2-1	Win	5,944	9
39	Sat Apr 16, 1932	Leeds United	A	1-1	Draw	12,195	9	Elland Road
40	Sat Apr 23, 1932	Swansea Town	H	6-1	Win	5,472	9
41	Sat Apr 30, 1932	Bury	A	2-2	Draw	4,216	9	Gigg Lane
42	Sat May 07, 1932	Burnley	A	0-1	Loss	6,533	11	Turf Moor

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Sat Jan 09, 1932	Chesterfield	3			A	2-5	Loss	-	Saltergate

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Mon Apr 18, 1932	Peterborough United	England	?	2-1	Win	-		Banks Charity Cup
Mon Apr 25, 1932	Peterborough United	England	A	2-1	Win	-	Saltergate	Peterborough Infirmary Cup
Wed Apr 27, 1932	Wolverhampton Wanderers	England	A	3-1	Win	-	Molineux	Trowbridge Hospital Cup
Mon May 02, 1932	Chesterfield	England	A	4-2	Win	-	Saltergate	Chesterfield Royal Hospital Cup

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Arthur Dexter	42	15	10	17
GK		Percy Ashton	1	1
D		Jimmy Barrington	31	12	8	11
D		Matthew Bell	31	10	9	12
D		William 'Bill' Thompson	22	10	3	9
M		Alexander Farmer	1		1
M		Billy McKinlay	34	11	9	14
M		Harry Smith	31	15	5	11	1
M		John Forrest	11	5	3	3	2
M		Joseph Dulson	1	1			2
M		Robert Clark	5	2	2	1	2
M		Robert Vasey
F		Alf Quantrill	6		4	2
F		Billy Dickinson	40	16	8	16	23
F		Cyril Stocks	36	14	8	14	13
F		James Chambers	9	3	2	4	1
F		John Burton	1			1
F		Johnny Dent	38	15	8	15	19
F		Leo Loftus	12	4	3	5	2
F		Noah Burton	1			1
F		Richard Armstrong	4	2		2
F		Robert Heslop	12	4	3	5	3
F		Robert Pugh	32	9	8	15	2
F		Tom McKay	2			2
F		Tommy Graham	32	12	9	11	1
F		William Porter	2			2
F		William Simpson	36	15	7	14	7

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
23	Billy Dickinson	40
19	Johnny Dent	38
13	Cyril Stocks	36
7	William Simpson	36
3	Robert Heslop	12
2	John Forrest	11
2	Joseph Dulson	1
2	Leo Loftus	12
2	Robert Clark	5
2	Robert Pugh	32
1	Harry Smith	31
1	James Chambers	9
1	Tommy Graham	32

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1931-32

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Notts County	Sat Oct 03, 1931	H	2-1	Sat Feb 13, 1932	A	6-2
Oldham Athletic	Sat Oct 31, 1931	A	4-2	Sat Mar 12, 1932	H	2-0