The City Ground

SEASON: 1935-36

Prev Season: 1934-35
This Season: 1935-36
Next Season: 1936-37

DIVISION: English Second Division (Tier 2)

MANAGER(s):: Noel Watson
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Derby County (A) 0-2)

Top Goalscorer:: Tom Peacock (21 goals)

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1935-36

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	Manchester United	42	22	12	8	85	43	16	3	2	55	16	6	9	6	30	27	1.97674	56	Promoted as Champions	1-1	0-5
2	Charlton Athletic	42	22	11	9	85	58	15	6	0	53	17	7	5	9	32	41	1.46552	55	Promoted	0-0	0-4
3	Sheffield United	42	20	12	10	79	50	15	4	2	51	15	5	8	8	28	35	1.58000	52		0-1	0-1
4	West Ham United	42	22	8	12	90	68	13	5	3	51	23	9	3	9	39	45	1.32353	52		0-2	2-5
5	Tottenham Hotspur	42	18	13	11	91	55	12	6	3	60	25	6	7	8	31	30	1.65455	49		4-1	1-1
6	Leicester City	42	19	10	13	79	57	14	5	2	53	19	5	5	11	26	38	1.38596	48		0-1	1-2
7	Plymouth Argyle	42	20	8	14	71	57	15	2	4	50	20	5	6	10	21	37	1.24561	48		0-1	1-3
8	Newcastle United	42	20	6	16	88	79	13	5	3	56	27	7	1	13	32	52	1.11392	46		1-2	1-5
9	Fulham	42	15	14	13	76	52	11	6	4	58	24	4	8	9	18	28	1.46154	44		1-1	0-6
10	Blackpool	42	18	7	17	93	72	14	3	4	64	34	4	4	13	29	38	1.29167	43		2-2	4-1
11	Norwich City	42	17	9	16	72	65	14	2	5	47	24	3	7	11	25	41	1.10769	43		2-2	0-4
12	Bradford City	42	15	13	14	55	65	12	7	2	32	18	3	6	12	23	47	.84615	43		1-0	0-0
13	Swansea Town	42	15	9	18	67	76	11	3	7	42	26	4	6	11	25	50	.88158	39		2-2	1-2
14	Bury	42	13	12	17	66	84	10	6	5	41	27	3	6	12	25	57	.78571	38		2-2	6-2
15	Burnley	42	12	13	17	50	59	9	8	4	35	21	3	5	13	15	38	.84746	37		2-0	0-1
16	Bradford Park Avenue	42	14	9	19	62	84	13	6	2	43	26	1	3	17	19	58	.73810	37		2-0	4-1
17	Southampton	42	14	9	19	47	65	11	3	7	32	24	3	6	12	15	41	.72308	37		2-0	2-7
18	Doncaster Rovers	42	14	9	19	51	71	10	7	4	28	17	4	2	15	23	54	.71831	37		6-2	0-0
19	Nottingham Forest	42	12	11	19	69	76	8	8	5	43	22	4	3	14	26	54	.90789	35
20	Barnsley	42	12	9	21	54	80	9	4	8	40	32	3	5	13	14	48	.67500	33		6-0	2-0
21	Port Vale	42	12	8	22	56	106	10	5	6	34	30	2	3	16	22	76	.52830	32	Relegated	9-2	0-2
22	Hull City	42	5	10	27	47	111	4	7	10	33	45	1	3	17	14	66	.42342	20	Relegated	0-0	1-2

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	10 times	11 times		3 times	4 times
Conceded	12 times	14 times	1 time	2 times	5 times
Won By	2 times	4 times	3 times	2 times	2 times
Lost By	9 times	4 times	1 time	3 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	-	9	3	5	Blackpool (4-1), Tottenham Hotspur (4-1), Manchester United (1-1)
2		2	4	2	1	1	8	3	5	Southampton (2-0), Doncaster Rovers (0-0), Doncaster Rovers (6-2), Sheffield United (0-1)
3		3	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Leicester City (1-2)
4		4	1	-	-	1	0	4	0	Charlton Athletic (0-4)
5		5	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Leicester City (0-1), Tottenham Hotspur (1-1)
6		6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7		7	2	-	1	1	2	6	1	Fulham (1-1), Newcastle United (1-5)
8		8	3	-	2	1	2	3	2	Blackpool (2-2), Charlton Athletic (0-0), Plymouth Argyle (0-1)
9		9	1	-	-	1	0	5	0	Manchester United (0-5)
10		10	2	-	-	2	1	4	0	West Ham United (0-2), Newcastle United (1-2)
11	3	11	2	-	1	1	2	8	1	Fulham (0-6), Swansea Town (2-2)
12	34	12	4	2	1	1	6	2	5	Bradford Park Avenue (2-0), Sheffield United (0-1), Bradford Park Avenue (4-1), Bradford City (0-0)
13	54	13	3	-	1	2	3	9	1	Plymouth Argyle (1-3), Norwich City (2-2), Norwich City (0-4)
14	61	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	21	15	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	Burnley (2-0)
16	9	16	1	1	-	-	6	2	2	Bury (6-2)
17	13	17	1	-	-	1	2	7	0	Southampton (2-7)
18	24	18	3	2	-	1	8	2	4	Barnsley (6-0), Bradford City (1-0), Swansea Town (1-2)
19	17	19	2	1	-	1	2	1	2	Burnley (0-1), Barnsley (2-0)
20		20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
21	2	21	3	1	-	2	11	9	2	West Ham United (2-5), Port Vale (9-2), Port Vale (0-2)
22	7	22	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Hull City (1-2), Hull City (0-0)

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

GAMES

Manager for all games: Noel Watson
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 31, 1935	Bury	H	2-2	15,611	14	Race (?), Peacock (?)
2	Mon Sep 02, 1935	Fulham	A	0-6	12,623	18
3	Sat Sep 07, 1935	West Ham United	A	2-5	27,566	22	McKinlay (?), Gardiner (?)
4	Wed Sep 11, 1935	Fulham	H	1-1	10,254	22	Graham (?)
5	Sat Sep 14, 1935	Swansea Town	H	2-2	10,499	21	Gardiner (?), Peacock (?)
6	Mon Sep 16, 1935	Blackpool	A	4-1	13,738	18	Race (?), Dent (?), Stubbs (?, ?)
7	Sat Sep 21, 1935	Leicester City	A	1-2	19,426	19	Dent (?)
8	Sat Sep 28, 1935	Bradford Park Avenue	H	2-0	10,885	18	Masters (?), Peacock (?)
9	Thu Oct 03, 1935	Blackpool	H	2-2	8,325	14	Burditt (?), Bowden (?)
10	Sat Oct 05, 1935	Sheffield United	A	0-1	14,387	17
11	Sat Oct 12, 1935	Southampton	H	2-0	12,232	13	Gardiner (?), Stubbs (?)
12	Sat Oct 19, 1935	Burnley	A	0-1	5,226	14
13	Sat Oct 26, 1935	Charlton Athletic	H	0-0	9,727	15
14	Sat Nov 02, 1935	Hull City	A	1-2	5,526	16	Peacock (?)
15	Sat Nov 09, 1935	Barnsley	H	6-0	8,978	14	Race (?), Peacock (?, ?, ?, ?), Simpson (?)
16	Sat Nov 16, 1935	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-3	14,268	15	Masters (?)
17	Sat Nov 23, 1935	Port Vale	H	9-2	9,346	14	Race (?, ?), Dent (?, ?), Peacock (?, ?, ?, ?), Simpson (?)
18	Sat Nov 30, 1935	Newcastle United	A	1-5	23,885	15	Pugh (?)
19	Sat Dec 07, 1935	Tottenham Hotspur	H	4-1	9,232	12	Masters (?), Dent (?, ?), Peacock (?)
20	Sat Dec 14, 1935	Manchester United	A	0-5	15,284	14
21	Sat Dec 21, 1935	Bradford City	H	1-0	6,694	13	Masters (?)
22	Wed Dec 25, 1935	Doncaster Rovers	A	0-0	11,374	13
23	Thu Dec 26, 1935	Doncaster Rovers	H	6-2	16,897	12	Race (?, ?), Peacock (?, ?, ?, ?)
24	Sat Dec 28, 1935	Bury	A	6-2	8,003	12	Race (?, ?), Dent (?, ?), Peacock (?), Simpson (?)
25	Sat Jan 04, 1936	West Ham United	H	0-2	14,035	13
26	Sat Jan 18, 1936	Swansea Town	A	1-2	6,943	14	Dent (?)
27	Thu Jan 30, 1936	Leicester City	H	0-1	12,878	14
28	Sat Feb 01, 1936	Bradford Park Avenue	A	4-1	12,369	12	Dent (?), Stubbs (?, ?, ?)
29	Sat Feb 08, 1936	Sheffield United	H	0-1	18,843	12
30	Sat Feb 15, 1936	Southampton	A	2-7	5,253	14	Masters (?), Dent (?)
31	Sat Feb 22, 1936	Burnley	H	2-0	7,513	13	Masters (?), Peacock (?)
32	Wed Mar 04, 1936	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-1	14,700	13	Masters (?)
33	Sat Mar 07, 1936	Plymouth Argyle	H	0-1	7,524	13
34	Sat Mar 14, 1936	Barnsley	A	2-0	8,981	13	Peacock (?), Shotton (? OG)
35	Sat Mar 21, 1936	Hull City	H	0-0	6,233	12
36	Sat Mar 28, 1936	Port Vale	A	0-2	6,204	14
37	Sat Apr 04, 1936	Newcastle United	H	1-2	6,107	17	Simpson (?)
38	Fri Apr 10, 1936	Norwich City	H	2-2	10,870	14	Bowden (?), Simpson (?)
39	Sat Apr 11, 1936	Charlton Athletic	A	0-4	18,251	16
40	Mon Apr 13, 1936	Norwich City	A	0-4	24,645	18
41	Sat Apr 18, 1936	Manchester United	H	1-1	12,156	19	Dent (11')
42	Sat Apr 25, 1936	Bradford City	A	0-0	4,848	18		Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 11, 1936	Doncaster Rovers	3		A	2-1	19,409	Race (?), Peacock (?)
Sat Jan 25, 1936	Derby County	4		A	0-2	37,830

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Wed Mar 11, 1936	Netherlands XI	Netherlands	A	1-0	-	McKinlay (25')

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Noel Watson
Sat Aug 31, 1935	League Tier 2	Bury		H	2-2	15,611	Race (?), Peacock (?)
Mon Sep 02, 1935	League Tier 2	Fulham		A	0-6	12,623
Sat Sep 07, 1935	League Tier 2	West Ham United		A	2-5	27,566	McKinlay (?), Gardiner (?)
Wed Sep 11, 1935	League Tier 2	Fulham		H	1-1	10,254	Graham (?)
Sat Sep 14, 1935	League Tier 2	Swansea Town		H	2-2	10,499	Gardiner (?), Peacock (?)
Mon Sep 16, 1935	League Tier 2	Blackpool		A	4-1	13,738	Race (?), Dent (?), Stubbs (?, ?)
Sat Sep 21, 1935	League Tier 2	Leicester City		A	1-2	19,426	Dent (?)
Sat Sep 28, 1935	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue		H	2-0	10,885	Masters (?), Peacock (?)
Thu Oct 03, 1935	League Tier 2	Blackpool		H	2-2	8,325	Burditt (?), Bowden (?)
Sat Oct 05, 1935	League Tier 2	Sheffield United		A	0-1	14,387
Sat Oct 12, 1935	League Tier 2	Southampton		H	2-0	12,232	Gardiner (?), Stubbs (?)
Sat Oct 19, 1935	League Tier 2	Burnley		A	0-1	5,226
Sat Oct 26, 1935	League Tier 2	Charlton Athletic		H	0-0	9,727
Sat Nov 02, 1935	League Tier 2	Hull City		A	1-2	5,526	Peacock (?)
Sat Nov 09, 1935	League Tier 2	Barnsley		H	6-0	8,978	Race (?), Peacock (?, ?, ?, ?), Simpson (?)
Sat Nov 16, 1935	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle		A	1-3	14,268	Masters (?)
Sat Nov 23, 1935	League Tier 2	Port Vale		H	9-2	9,346	Race (?, ?), Dent (?, ?), Peacock (?, ?, ?, ?), Simpson (?)
Sat Nov 30, 1935	League Tier 2	Newcastle United		A	1-5	23,885	Pugh (?)
Sat Dec 07, 1935	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur		H	4-1	9,232	Masters (?), Dent (?, ?), Peacock (?)
Sat Dec 14, 1935	League Tier 2	Manchester United		A	0-5	15,284
Sat Dec 21, 1935	League Tier 2	Bradford City		H	1-0	6,694	Masters (?)
Wed Dec 25, 1935	League Tier 2	Doncaster Rovers		A	0-0	11,374
Thu Dec 26, 1935	League Tier 2	Doncaster Rovers		H	6-2	16,897	Race (?, ?), Peacock (?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Dec 28, 1935	League Tier 2	Bury		A	6-2	8,003	Race (?, ?), Dent (?, ?), Peacock (?), Simpson (?)
Sat Jan 04, 1936	League Tier 2	West Ham United		H	0-2	14,035
Sat Jan 11, 1936	FA Cup	Doncaster Rovers	3	A	2-1	19,409	Race (?), Peacock (?)
Sat Jan 18, 1936	League Tier 2	Swansea Town		A	1-2	6,943	Dent (?)
Sat Jan 25, 1936	FA Cup	Derby County	4	A	0-2	37,830
Thu Jan 30, 1936	League Tier 2	Leicester City		H	0-1	12,878
Sat Feb 01, 1936	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue		A	4-1	12,369	Dent (?), Stubbs (?, ?, ?)
Sat Feb 08, 1936	League Tier 2	Sheffield United		H	0-1	18,843
Sat Feb 15, 1936	League Tier 2	Southampton		A	2-7	5,253	Masters (?), Dent (?)
Sat Feb 22, 1936	League Tier 2	Burnley		H	2-0	7,513	Masters (?), Peacock (?)
Wed Mar 04, 1936	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur		A	1-1	14,700	Masters (?)
Sat Mar 07, 1936	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle		H	0-1	7,524
Wed Mar 11, 1936	Friendly	Netherlands XI		A	1-0	-	McKinlay (25')
Sat Mar 14, 1936	League Tier 2	Barnsley		A	2-0	8,981	Peacock (?), Shotton (? OG)
Sat Mar 21, 1936	League Tier 2	Hull City		H	0-0	6,233
Sat Mar 28, 1936	League Tier 2	Port Vale		A	0-2	6,204
Sat Apr 04, 1936	League Tier 2	Newcastle United		H	1-2	6,107	Simpson (?)
Fri Apr 10, 1936	League Tier 2	Norwich City		H	2-2	10,870	Bowden (?), Simpson (?)
Sat Apr 11, 1936	League Tier 2	Charlton Athletic		A	0-4	18,251
Mon Apr 13, 1936	League Tier 2	Norwich City		A	0-4	24,645
Sat Apr 18, 1936	League Tier 2	Manchester United		H	1-1	12,156	Dent (11')
Sat Apr 25, 1936	League Tier 2	Bradford City		A	0-0	4,848		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 11, 1936	Doncaster Rovers	3		A	2-1	19,409
Sat Jan 25, 1936	Derby County	4		A	0-2	37,830

	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
Wed Mar 11, 1936	Netherlands XI	Netherlands	A	1-0	-

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7) - £0				Out (4) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Bob McCall	Bought			Fred Wallbanks	Sold
	Roy Brown	Bought			George Burditt	Sold
1935	Charlie Gardiner	Bought		June 1936	James Cargill (1934-35)	Sold
May 05, 1935	Fred Wallbanks	Bought		June 1936	John Burton	Sold
Jun 01, 1935	Ossie Bowden	Bought
Jun 05, 1935	Danny Edgar	Bought
Jun 05, 1935	Eric Stubbs	Bought

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		11	2	5	4
GK		Percy Ashton	England	26	33	11	6	16
Defenders
D		Billy McKinlay	Scotland	30	31	8	7	16	1
D		Fred Wallbanks	England	27	8	3	3	2
D		Jimmy Barrington	England	33	34	10	7	17
D		John Burton			17	6	3	8
D		Tommy Graham	England	30	39	12	11	16	1
D		Jock McNaughton	Scotland	23	1		1
Midfielders
M		Arthur Masters	England	24	31	11	6	14	7
M		Bob McCall	England	19	2	1		1
M		Danny Edgar	England	25	36	10	11	15
M		George Burditt			4	1	2	1	1
M		Harry Smith	England	26	24	6	7	11
Forwards
F		Charlie Gardiner	Scotland	20	11	2	4	5	3
F		Eric Stubbs	England	22	21	5	6	10	6
F		Henry Race	England	29	35	11	10	14	10
F		James Cargill (1934-35)	Scotland	20	3			3
F		Johnny Dent	England	32	29	11	5	13	12
F		Ossie Bowden	England	22	10	1	4	5	2
F		Robert Pugh	Wales		37	11	8	18	1
F		Roy Brown	England	17	1			1
F		Tom Peacock	England	22	31	12	5	14	21
F		William Simpson	England		35	9	10	16	5

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
21	Tom Peacock	31
12	Johnny Dent	29
10	Henry Race	35
7	Arthur Masters	31
6	Eric Stubbs	21
5	William Simpson	35
3	Charlie Gardiner	11
2	Ossie Bowden	10
1	Billy McKinlay	31
1	George Burditt	4
1	Own Goals	44
1	Robert Pugh	37
1	Tommy Graham	39

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

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Barnsley	Sat Nov 09, 1935	Home	6-0	Sat Mar 14, 1936	Away	2-0
Bradford Park Avenue	Sat Sep 28, 1935	Home	2-0	Sat Feb 01, 1936	Away	4-1

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

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Leicester City	Sat Sep 21, 1935	Away	1-2	Thu Jan 30, 1936	Home	0-1
Newcastle United	Sat Nov 30, 1935	Away	1-5	Sat Apr 04, 1936	Home	1-2
Plymouth Argyle	Sat Nov 16, 1935	Away	1-3	Sat Mar 07, 1936	Home	0-1
Sheffield United	Sat Oct 05, 1935	Away	0-1	Sat Feb 08, 1936	Home	0-1
West Ham United	Sat Sep 07, 1935	Away	2-5	Sat Jan 04, 1936	Home	0-2