The City Ground

SEASON: 1934-35

Prev Season: 1933-34
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 goal)

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

ATTENDANCES

Highest League Attendance:: 21,553 (League - Norwich City)
Lowest League Attendance:: 3,931 (League - Bradford City)
Average League Attendance:: 12,017
Highest Cup Attendance:: 32,862 (FA Cup - Manchester United)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 32,862 (FA Cup - Manchester United)

MISC

Clean Sheets:: 13
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	Brentford	42	26	9	7	93	48	19	2	0	59	14	7	7	7	34	34	1.938	61	Promoted as Champions	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	Promoted	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	Relegated	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	Relegated	2-3	5-3

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Ground	Notes
1	Sat Aug 25, 1934	Newcastle United	H	5-1	Win	21,409	5
2	Sat Sep 01, 1934	West Ham United	A	1-3	Loss	18,549	14	Upton Park
3	Mon Sep 03, 1934	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1-1	Draw	8,797	12	Horton Park Avenue
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	Gigg Lane
6	Sat Sep 22, 1934	Hull City	H	2-1	Win	7,696	10
7	Sat Sep 29, 1934	Notts County	A	5-3	Win	15,254	7	Meadow Lane
8	Thu Oct 04, 1934	Bradford Park Avenue	H	2-2	Draw	7,302	6
9	Sat Oct 06, 1934	Brentford	A	1-1	Draw	16,098	8	Griffin Park
10	Sat Oct 13, 1934	Fulham	H	1-1	Draw	12,595	9
11	Sat Oct 20, 1934	Southampton	H	3-1	Win	11,877	8
12	Sat Oct 27, 1934	Bolton Wanderers	A	3-2	Win	21,298	4	Burnden Park
13	Sat Nov 03, 1934	Oldham Athletic	H	4-0	Win	11,938	3
14	Sat Nov 10, 1934	Burnley	A	1-2	Loss	12,373	4	Turf Moor
15	Sat Nov 17, 1934	Swansea Town	H	1-0	Win	12,024	4
16	Sat Nov 24, 1934	Manchester United	A	2-3	Loss	27,192	6	Old Trafford
17	Sat Dec 01, 1934	Port Vale	H	2-0	Win	13,579	6
18	Sat Dec 08, 1934	Barnsley	A	2-1	Win	9,784	5	Oakwell
19	Sat Dec 15, 1934	Sheffield United	H	2-1	Win	15,909	5
20	Sat Dec 22, 1934	Bradford City	A	0-4	Loss	3,631	5	Valley Parade
21	Tue Dec 25, 1934	Norwich City	H	5-2	Win	21,553	5
22	Wed Dec 26, 1934	Norwich City	A	3-3	Draw	16,909	5	The Nest
23	Sat Dec 29, 1934	Newcastle United	A	0-2	Loss	23,029	6	St. James Park (Newcastle)
24	Sat Jan 05, 1935	West Ham United	H	2-0	Win	16,506	5
25	Sat Jan 19, 1935	Blackpool	A	0-1	Loss	11,819	6	Bloomfield Road
26	Sat Feb 02, 1935	Hull City	A	0-5	Loss	6,560	7	Anlaby Road
27	Wed Feb 06, 1935	Bury	H	1-4	Loss	5,048	7
28	Sat Feb 09, 1935	Notts County	H	2-3	Loss	19,197	8
29	Sat Feb 23, 1935	Fulham	A	1-2	Loss	14,994	11	Craven Cottage
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	The Dell
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	Boundary Park
34	Sat Mar 23, 1935	Burnley	H	5-0	Win	5,366	9
35	Sat Mar 30, 1935	Swansea Town	A	0-3	Loss	8,445	9	Vetch Field
36	Sat Apr 06, 1935	Manchester United	H	2-2	Draw	8,618	9		4 players benefit game
37	Sat Apr 13, 1935	Port Vale	A	0-2	Loss	6,389	9	The Old Recreation Ground
38	Fri Apr 19, 1935	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-3	Loss	10,316	9
39	Sat Apr 20, 1935	Barnsley	H	4-1	Win	5,924	9
40	Mon Apr 22, 1935	Plymouth Argyle	A	2-5	Loss	14,436	9	Home Park
41	Sat Apr 27, 1935	Sheffield United	A	1-2	Loss	4,014	11	Bramall Lane
42	Sat May 04, 1935	Bradford City	H	2-0	Win	3,931	9

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground
Sat Jan 12, 1935	Chester City	3			A	4-0	Win	-	Deva Stadium
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	Old Trafford
Sat Feb 16, 1935	Burnley	5			H	0-0	Draw	-
Tue Feb 19, 1935	Burnley	5	Y	1	A	0-3	Loss	-	Turf Moor

Notts Association Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Mon May 06, 1935	Notts County				A	2-3	Loss	-	Meadow Lane

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		William 'Bill' Thompson	2	1	1
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		Ernie Smith	2			2	1
F		Gibson McNaughton	10	4	4	2
F		Harold 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		John Burton	20	7	4	9
F		Johnny Dent	19	8	4	7	13
F		Richard Armstrong	1			1
F		Robert Dennison	16	8	2	6	6
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	Harold Race	46
8	Arthur Masters	36
6	Robert 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