The City Ground

SEASON: 1934-35

Prev Season: 1933-34
This Season: 1934-35
Next Season: 1935-36

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Noel Watson
FA Cup:: 5th Round (Burnley (A) 0-3)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Thomas Peacock (21 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	10 times	12 times	4 times	3 times	5 times
Conceded	13 times	9 times	8 times	2 times	2 times
Won By	6 times	5 times	3 times	3 times	2 times
Lost By	8 times	4 times	4 times	1 time	1 time

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

		Record against teams
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results
1		1	1	1	-	-	3	2	2	Bolton Wanderers (3-2)
2		2	3	-	2	1	1	2	2	Brentford (1-1), Brentford (0-0), Bolton Wanderers (0-1)
3	1	3	2	-	1	1	2	3	1	Blackpool (0-0), Manchester United (2-3)
4	2	4	2	1	1	-	4	2	3	West Ham United (2-0), Manchester United (2-2)
5	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	9	6	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Fulham (1-1), Blackpool (0-1)
7	8	7	3	-	-	3	3	10	0	Newcastle United (0-2), Plymouth Argyle (1-3), Plymouth Argyle (2-5)
8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	15	9	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Burnley (1-2)
10	4	10	3	-	1	2	3	5	1	Bradford Park Avenue (1-1), Fulham (1-2), Sheffield United (1-2)
11	3	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	3	12	4	3	-	1	9	5	6	Swansea Town (1-0), Sheffield United (2-1), Bury (1-4), Burnley (5-0)
13	2	13	2	1	-	1	2	6	2	Barnsley (2-1), Hull City (0-5)
14	2	14	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Bradford Park Avenue (2-2)
15	1	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16		16	2	1	-	1	4	5	2	Bradford City (0-4), Barnsley (4-1)
17		17	3	3	-	-	9	2	6	Southampton (3-1), Oldham Athletic (4-0), Southampton (2-1)
18		18	3	2	-	1	8	5	4	West Ham United (1-3), Port Vale (2-0), Norwich City (5-2)
19		19	3	-	1	2	3	8	1	Norwich City (3-3), Swansea Town (0-3), Port Vale (0-2)
20		20	3	2	-	1	4	2	4	Bury (0-1), Hull City (2-1), Bradford City (2-0)
21		21	3	2	-	1	12	6	4	Notts County (5-3), Notts County (2-3), Oldham Athletic (5-0)
22		22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Not included: Week 1 game against Newcastle United (5-1)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 21,553
Lowest League Attendance:: 3,931
Average League Attendance:: 12,017
Highest Cup Attendance:: 32,862
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 32,862

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 13
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1934-35)

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2)								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	Brentford	42	26	9	7	93	48	19	2	0	59	14	7	7	7	34	34	1.938	61		0-0	1-1
2	Bolton Wanderers	42	26	4	12	96	48	17	1	3	63	15	9	3	9	33	33	2.000	56		0-1	3-2
3	West Ham United	42	26	4	12	80	63	18	1	2	46	17	8	3	10	34	46	1.270	56		2-0	1-3
4	Blackpool	42	21	11	10	79	57	16	4	1	46	18	5	7	9	33	39	1.386	53		0-0	0-1
5	Manchester United	42	23	4	15	76	55	16	2	3	50	21	7	2	12	26	34	1.382	50		2-2	2-3
6	Newcastle United	42	22	4	16	89	68	14	2	5	55	25	8	2	11	34	43	1.309	48		5-1	0-2
7	Fulham	42	17	12	13	76	56	15	3	3	62	26	2	9	10	14	30	1.357	46		1-1	1-2
8	Plymouth Argyle	42	19	8	15	75	64	13	3	5	48	26	6	5	10	27	38	1.172	46		1-3	2-5
9	Nottingham Forest	42	17	8	17	76	70	12	5	4	46	23	5	3	13	30	47	1.086	42
10	Bury	42	19	4	19	62	73	14	1	6	38	26	5	3	13	24	47	.849	42		1-4	0-1
11	Sheffield United	42	16	9	17	79	70	11	4	6	51	30	5	5	11	28	40	1.129	41		2-1	1-2
12	Burnley	42	16	9	17	63	73	11	2	8	43	32	5	7	9	20	41	.863	41		5-0	1-2
13	Hull City	42	16	8	18	63	74	9	6	6	32	22	7	2	12	31	52	.851	40		2-1	0-5
14	Norwich City	42	14	11	17	71	61	11	6	4	51	23	3	5	13	20	38	1.164	39		5-2	3-3
15	Bradford Park Avenue	42	11	16	15	55	63	7	8	6	32	28	4	8	9	23	35	.873	38		2-2	1-1
16	Barnsley	42	13	12	17	60	83	8	10	3	32	22	5	2	14	28	61	.723	38		4-1	2-1
17	Swansea Town	42	14	8	20	56	67	13	5	3	41	22	1	3	17	15	45	.836	36		1-0	0-3
18	Port Vale	42	11	12	19	55	74	10	7	4	42	28	1	5	15	13	46	.743	34		2-0	0-2
19	Southampton	42	11	12	19	46	75	9	8	4	28	19	2	4	15	18	56	.613	34		3-1	2-1
20	Bradford City	42	12	8	22	50	68	10	7	4	34	20	2	1	18	16	48	.735	32		2-0	0-4
21	Oldham Athletic	42	10	6	26	56	95	10	3	8	44	40	0	3	18	12	55	.589	26		4-0	5-0
22	Notts County	42	9	7	26	46	97	8	3	10	29	33	1	4	16	17	64	.474	25		2-3	5-3

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 25, 1934	Newcastle United	H	5-1	Win	21,409	6	Peacock (?), Race (?), Masters (?), Burditt (?, ?)
2	Sat Sep 01, 1934	West Ham United	A	1-3	Loss	18,549	14	Burditt (?)
3	Mon Sep 03, 1934	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1-1	Draw	8,797	12	Peacock (?)
4	Sat Sep 08, 1934	Blackpool	H	0-0	Draw	17,179	12
5	Sat Sep 15, 1934	Bury	A	0-1	Loss	7,914	14
6	Sat Sep 22, 1934	Hull City	H	2-1	Win	7,696	10	Peacock (?), McKinlay (?)
7	Sat Sep 29, 1934	Notts County	A	5-3	Win	15,254	7	Graham (?), Dent (?), Peacock (?), McKinlay (?, ?)
8	Thu Oct 04, 1934	Bradford Park Avenue	H	2-2	Draw	7,302	6	Dennison (?), Dent (?)
9	Sat Oct 06, 1934	Brentford	A	1-1	Draw	16,098	8	Poyser (? OG)
10	Sat Oct 13, 1934	Fulham	H	1-1	Draw	12,595	9	Dennison (?)
11	Sat Oct 20, 1934	Southampton	H	3-1	Win	11,877	8	Peacock (?), Masters (?, ?)
12	Sat Oct 27, 1934	Bolton Wanderers	A	3-2	Win	21,298	5	Race (?), Peacock (?), Masters (?)
13	Sat Nov 03, 1934	Oldham Athletic	H	4-0	Win	11,938	3	McKinlay (?), Graham (?), Peacock (?), Dennison (?)
14	Sat Nov 10, 1934	Burnley	A	1-2	Loss	12,373	4	Simpson (?)
15	Sat Nov 17, 1934	Swansea Town	H	1-0	Win	12,024	4	Simpson (?)
16	Sat Nov 24, 1934	Manchester United	A	2-3	Loss	27,192	6	Masters (?), Dent (?)
17	Sat Dec 01, 1934	Port Vale	H	2-0	Win	13,579	6	Dent (?), Race (?)
18	Sat Dec 08, 1934	Barnsley	A	2-1	Win	9,784	5	Peacock (?), Dent (?)
19	Sat Dec 15, 1934	Sheffield United	H	2-1	Win	15,909	5	Simpson (?), Race (?)
20	Sat Dec 22, 1934	Bradford City	A	0-4	Loss	3,631	5
21	Tue Dec 25, 1934	Norwich City	H	5-2	Win	21,553	5	Burditt (?, ?, ?), Simpson (?), Race (?)
22	Wed Dec 26, 1934	Norwich City	A	3-3	Draw	16,909	6	Burditt (?), Masters (?), Graham (?)
23	Sat Dec 29, 1934	Newcastle United	A	0-2	Loss	23,029	6
24	Sat Jan 05, 1935	West Ham United	H	2-0	Win	16,506	5	Burditt (?, ?)
25	Sat Jan 19, 1935	Blackpool	A	0-1	Loss	11,819	6
26	Sat Feb 02, 1935	Hull City	A	0-5	Loss	6,560	7
27	Wed Feb 06, 1935	Bury	H	1-4	Loss	5,048	7	Smith (?)
28	Sat Feb 09, 1935	Notts County	H	2-3	Loss	19,197	8	Peacock (?), Simpson (?)
29	Sat Feb 23, 1935	Fulham	A	1-2	Loss	14,994	11	Peacock (?)
30	Thu Feb 28, 1935	Brentford	H	0-0	Draw	8,137	9
31	Sat Mar 02, 1935	Southampton	A	2-1	Win	5,790	8	Race (?), Dent (?)
32	Sat Mar 09, 1935	Bolton Wanderers	H	0-1	Loss	16,269	10
33	Sat Mar 16, 1935	Oldham Athletic	A	5-0	Win	9,741	10	Dent (?, ?, ?), Peacock (?, ?)
34	Sat Mar 23, 1935	Burnley	H	5-0	Win	5,366	9	Dent (?, ?, ?), Peacock (?, ?)
35	Sat Mar 30, 1935	Swansea Town	A	0-3	Loss	8,445	9
36	Sat Apr 06, 1935	Manchester United	H	2-2	Draw	8,618	9	Peacock (?, ?)
37	Sat Apr 13, 1935	Port Vale	A	0-2	Loss	6,389	9
38	Fri Apr 19, 1935	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-3	Loss	10,316	9	Peacock (?)
39	Sat Apr 20, 1935	Barnsley	H	4-1	Win	5,924	9	Dennison (?), Peacock (?, ?), Cargill (?)
40	Mon Apr 22, 1935	Plymouth Argyle	A	2-5	Loss	14,436	9	Dennison (?), Simpson (?)
41	Sat Apr 27, 1935	Sheffield United	A	1-2	Loss	4,014	11	Dent (?)
42	Sat May 04, 1935	Bradford City	H	2-0	Win	3,931	9	Peacock (?, ?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 12, 1935	Chester City	3			A	4-0	Win	-	Race (?, ?), Dennison (?), Masters (?)
Sat Jan 26, 1935	Manchester United	4			H	0-0	Draw	32,862
Wed Jan 30, 1935	Manchester United	4	Y	1	A	3-0	Win	33,851	Mawson (?), Masters (?), Race (?)
Sat Feb 16, 1935	Burnley	5			H	0-0	Draw	-
Tue Feb 19, 1935	Burnley	5	Y	1	A	0-3	Loss	-

Notts Association Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon May 06, 1935	Notts County				A	2-3	Loss	-	Peacock (?), Simpson (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (10)				Out (11)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Bob Dennison	Bought			Bob Dennison	Sold
	Clarence Hood	Bought			Clarence Hood	Sold
	Ernie Smith	Bought			Ernie Smith	Sold
	Fred Saxton	Bought			Fred Saxton	Sold
	George Burditt	Bought			James Graham	Sold
	Gibson McNaughton	Bought			Joe Mawson	Sold
	James Cargill (1934-35)	Bought			Joseph Hunt	Sold
	Joe Mawson	Bought			Robert Vasey	Sold
	Joseph Hunt	Bought			Thomas Wall	Sold
	Thomas Wall	Bought			William 'Bill' Thompson	Sold
					William Porter	Sold

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	12	4	2	6
GK		Percy Ashton	34	14	8	12
GK		Thomas Wall	1	1
D		Jimmy Barrington	41	16	7	18
D		John Burton	20	7	4	9
D		William 'Bill' Thompson	2	1	1
D		Jock McNaughton	10	4	4	2
M		Arthur Masters	36	14	6	16	8
M		Billy McKinlay	42	17	10	15	4
M		Clarence Hood	3	3
M		Fred Saxton	1		1
M		George Burditt	16	5	3	8	9
M		Harry Smith	40	17	8	15
M		Joseph Hunt	1	1
M		Robert Vasey	5	1	1	3
F		Bob Dennison	16	8	2	6	6
F		Ernie Smith	2			2	1
F		Henry Race	46	18	10	18	9
F		James Cargill (1934-35)	7	2	3	2	1
F		James Graham	1		1
F		Joe Mawson	4	1	2	1	1
F		Johnny Dent	19	8	4	7	13
F		Richard Armstrong	1			1
F		Robert Pugh	44	18	9	17
F		Thomas Peacock	40	17	8	15	21
F		Tommy Graham	25	12	6	7	3
F		William Porter	6	2	1	3
F		William Simpson	42	18	9	15	6

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
21	Thomas Peacock	40
13	Johnny Dent	19
9	George Burditt	16
9	Henry Race	46
8	Arthur Masters	36
6	Bob Dennison	16
6	William Simpson	42
4	Billy McKinlay	42
3	Tommy Graham	25
1	Ernie Smith	2
1	James Cargill (1934-35)	7
1	Joe Mawson	4

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1934-35

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Barnsley	Sat Dec 08, 1934	A	2-1	Sat Apr 20, 1935	H	4-1
Oldham Athletic	Sat Nov 03, 1934	H	4-0	Sat Mar 16, 1935	A	5-0
Southampton	Sat Oct 20, 1934	H	3-1	Sat Mar 02, 1935	A	2-1