The City Ground

SEASON: 1938-39

Prev Season: 1937-38
This Season: 1938-39
Next Season: 1939-40

DIVISION: English Second Division (Tier 2)

MANAGER(s):: Harold Wightman, Billy Walker
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Huddersfield Town (H) 0-3)

Top Goalscorer:: Harold Crawshaw, Jack Surtees (9 goals)

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1938-39

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	Blackburn Rovers	42	25	5	12	94	60	17	1	3	59	23	8	4	9	35	37	1.56667	55	Promoted as Champions	1-3	2-3
2	Sheffield United	42	20	14	8	69	41	9	9	3	35	15	11	5	5	34	26	1.68293	54	Promoted	0-2	1-0
3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	21	11	10	88	59	14	4	3	47	18	7	7	7	41	41	1.49153	53		3-3	1-1
4	Coventry City	42	21	8	13	62	45	13	4	4	35	13	8	4	9	27	32	1.37778	50		3-0	1-5
5	Manchester City	42	21	7	14	96	72	13	3	5	56	35	8	4	9	40	37	1.33333	49		3-4	0-3
6	Chesterfield	42	20	9	13	69	52	16	1	4	54	20	4	8	9	15	32	1.32692	49		0-1	1-7
7	Luton Town	42	22	5	15	82	66	13	4	4	47	27	9	1	11	35	39	1.24242	49		2-4	0-1
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	9	14	67	62	13	6	2	48	27	6	3	12	19	35	1.08065	47		2-1	1-4
9	Newcastle United	42	18	10	14	61	48	13	3	5	44	21	5	7	9	17	27	1.27083	46		2-0	0-4
10	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	9	15	89	72	15	3	3	54	22	3	6	12	35	50	1.23611	45		2-0	0-0
11	West Ham United	42	17	10	15	70	52	10	5	6	36	21	7	5	9	34	31	1.34615	44		0-0	0-5
12	Fulham	42	17	10	15	61	55	12	5	4	35	20	5	5	11	26	35	1.10909	44		1-1	2-2
13	Millwall	42	14	14	14	64	53	12	6	3	44	18	2	8	11	20	35	1.20755	42		3-0	0-5
14	Burnley	42	15	9	18	50	56	13	3	5	32	20	2	6	13	18	36	.89286	39		2-2	1-2
15	Plymouth Argyle	42	15	8	19	49	55	9	7	5	24	13	6	1	14	25	42	.89091	38		2-1	0-3
16	Bury	42	12	13	17	65	74	9	5	7	48	36	3	8	10	17	38	.87838	37		1-1	1-2
17	Bradford Park Avenue	42	12	11	19	61	82	8	6	7	33	35	4	5	12	28	47	.74390	35		2-0	2-1
18	Southampton	42	13	9	20	56	82	9	6	6	35	34	4	3	14	21	48	.68293	35		0-2	2-2
19	Swansea Town	42	11	12	19	50	83	8	6	7	33	30	3	6	12	17	53	.60241	34		1-2	0-1
20	Nottingham Forest	42	10	11	21	49	82	8	6	7	33	29	2	5	14	16	53	.59756	31
21	Norwich City	42	13	5	24	50	91	10	5	6	39	29	3	0	18	11	62	.54945	31	Relegated	1-0	0-1
22	Tranmere Rovers	42	6	5	31	39	99	6	4	11	26	38	0	1	20	13	61	.39394	17	Relegated	2-2	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	13 times	12 times	4 times
Conceded	11 times	9 times	6 times	4 times	4 times
Won By	5 times	3 times	2 times
Lost By	9 times	4 times	4 times	2 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	2	-	1	1	4	5	1	Fulham (2-2), Blackburn Rovers (2-3)
2		2	2	1	1	-	2	1	3	Sheffield United (1-0), Sheffield Wednesday (1-1)
3		3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4		4	1	-	-	1	1	5	0	Coventry City (1-5)
5		5	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Blackburn Rovers (1-3)
6		6	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	West Bromwich Albion (2-0)
7		7	2	1	-	1	2	2	2	Tottenham Hotspur (2-1), Chesterfield (0-1)
8		8	3	-	1	2	2	8	1	Burnley (1-2), Millwall (0-5), Fulham (1-1)
9		9	2	1	-	1	2	4	2	Newcastle United (0-4), Newcastle United (2-0)
10		10	4	-	2	2	4	8	2	Sheffield Wednesday (3-3), Luton Town (0-1), Tottenham Hotspur (1-4), West Bromwich Albion (0-0)
11		11	2	1	-	1	2	4	2	Bradford Park Avenue (2-1), Manchester City (0-3)
12	14	12	3	1	1	1	5	4	3	Coventry City (3-0), West Ham United (0-0), Luton Town (2-4)
13		13	2	1	-	1	3	5	2	West Ham United (0-5), Millwall (3-0)
14		14	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Burnley (2-2)
15	21	15	1	-	-	1	3	4	0	Manchester City (3-4)
16	14	16	5	2	1	2	6	12	5	Plymouth Argyle (0-3), Chesterfield (1-7), Bury (1-1), Bradford Park Avenue (2-0), Plymouth Argyle (2-1)
17	7	17	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Bury (1-2)
18		18	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Southampton (0-2)
19	42	19	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Swansea Town (0-1)
20	136	20	2	1	1	-	2	1	3	Norwich City (1-0), Tranmere Rovers (1-1)
21	11	21	2	-	1	1	2	3	1	Southampton (2-2), Norwich City (0-1)
22	7	22	2	-	1	1	3	4	1	Swansea Town (1-2), Tranmere Rovers (2-2)

Not included: Week 1 game against Sheffield United (0-2) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
Manager: Harold Wightman
1	Sat Aug 27, 1938	Sheffield United	H	0-2	19,662	21
2	Wed Aug 31, 1938	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-3	18,664	22
3	Sat Sep 03, 1938	Burnley	A	1-2	11,534	21	Fryer (?)
4	Wed Sep 07, 1938	Norwich City	H	1-0	11,077	19	Crawshaw (?)
5	Sat Sep 10, 1938	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-1	18,594	16	Betts (?), Peacock (?)
6	Sat Sep 17, 1938	Southampton	A	2-2	15,196	15	Betts (?), Crawshaw (?)
7	Sat Sep 24, 1938	Coventry City	H	3-0	19,382	12	Betts (?), Crawshaw (?, ?)
8	Sat Oct 01, 1938	Tranmere Rovers	A	1-1	10,364	12	Crawshaw (?)
9	Sat Oct 08, 1938	Newcastle United	A	0-4	31,154	15
10	Sat Oct 15, 1938	West Ham United	H	0-0	17,449	15
11	Sat Oct 22, 1938	Bury	A	1-2	8,090	16	Peacock (?)
12	Sat Oct 29, 1938	Swansea Town	H	1-2	11,669	17	Betts (?)
13	Sat Nov 05, 1938	Fulham	A	2-2	18,717	19	McNaughton (?), Beaumont (?)
14	Sat Nov 12, 1938	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-3	11,731	20	McNaughton (?)
15	Sat Nov 19, 1938	Millwall	A	0-5	30,523	20
16	Sat Nov 26, 1938	Manchester City	H	3-4	15,727	20	Betts (?), Crawshaw (?, ?)
17	Sat Dec 03, 1938	Bradford Park Avenue	A	2-1	8,945	19	Getty (?), Surtees (?)
18	Sat Dec 10, 1938	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3-3	15,480	19	Surtees (?, ?), Beaumont (?)
19	Sat Dec 17, 1938	Chesterfield	A	1-7	7,584	19	Getty (?)
20	Sat Dec 24, 1938	Sheffield United	A	1-0	19,933	19	Hindley (?)
21	Mon Dec 26, 1938	Luton Town	H	2-4	12,688	19	Hindley (?), Surtees (?)
22	Tue Dec 27, 1938	Luton Town	A	0-1	17,125	20
23	Sat Dec 31, 1938	Burnley	H	2-2	11,456	20	Fryer (?), Beaumont (?)
24	Sat Jan 14, 1939	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-4	19,091	20	Hindley (?)
25	Sat Jan 28, 1939	Coventry City	A	1-5	17,927	20	Crawshaw (?)
26	Sat Feb 04, 1939	Tranmere Rovers	H	2-2	9,856	20	Peacock (?), Brown (?)
27	Wed Feb 08, 1939	Southampton	H	0-2	4,743	20
28	Wed Feb 15, 1939	Newcastle United	H	2-0	7,365	19	Fryer (?), Crawshaw (?)
29	Sat Feb 18, 1939	West Ham United	A	0-5	15,472	20
30	Sat Feb 25, 1939	Bury	H	1-1	9,748	20	Surtees (?)
31	Sat Mar 04, 1939	Swansea Town	A	0-1	9,002	20
32	Sat Mar 11, 1939	Fulham	H	1-1	9,341	20	Fryer (?)
Manager:
33	Sat Mar 18, 1939	Blackburn Rovers	A	2-3	13,882	21	Surtees (?), Brown (?)
Manager: Billy Walker
34	Sat Mar 25, 1939	Millwall	H	3-0	10,336	20	McCall (?), Surtees (?), Brown (?)
35	Sat Apr 01, 1939	Manchester City	A	0-3	24,758	20
36	Fri Apr 07, 1939	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-0	21,712	20	Fryer (?), Surtees (?)
37	Sat Apr 08, 1939	Bradford Park Avenue	H	2-0	13,351	19	Fryer (?), Surtees (?)
38	Mon Apr 10, 1939	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-0	15,058	19
39	Sat Apr 15, 1939	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-1	24,640	20	Fryer (?)
40	Sat Apr 22, 1939	Chesterfield	H	0-1	14,587	20
41	Sat Apr 29, 1939	Plymouth Argyle	H	2-1	7,700	20	Fryer (?), Gorman (? OG)
42	Sat May 06, 1939	Norwich City	A	0-1	19,715	20		Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att
Manager: Harold Wightman
Wed Jan 11, 1939	Huddersfield Town	3		A	0-0	5,442
Mon Jan 16, 1939	Huddersfield Town	3	1	H	0-3	22,304

County Cup

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Harold Wightman
Wed Oct 12, 1938	Newark	H	6-3	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
Wed Nov 02, 1938	Mansfield Town	H	2-2	1,500	? (?), Fryer (90')

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Harold Wightman
Sat Aug 20, 1938	Notts County	England	H	4-1	9,505	Getty (?), Dyson (?), Crawshaw (?), Brown (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Harold Wightman
Sat Aug 20, 1938	Pre-Season Friendly	Notts County			H	4-1	9,505	Getty (?), Dyson (?), Crawshaw (?), Brown (?)
Sat Aug 27, 1938	League Tier 2	Sheffield United			H	0-2	19,662
Wed Aug 31, 1938	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle			A	0-3	18,664
Sat Sep 03, 1938	League Tier 2	Burnley			A	1-2	11,534	Fryer (?)
Wed Sep 07, 1938	League Tier 2	Norwich City			H	1-0	11,077	Crawshaw (?)
Sat Sep 10, 1938	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur			H	2-1	18,594	Betts (?), Peacock (?)
Sat Sep 17, 1938	League Tier 2	Southampton			A	2-2	15,196	Betts (?), Crawshaw (?)
Sat Sep 24, 1938	League Tier 2	Coventry City			H	3-0	19,382	Betts (?), Crawshaw (?, ?)
Sat Oct 01, 1938	League Tier 2	Tranmere Rovers			A	1-1	10,364	Crawshaw (?)
Sat Oct 08, 1938	League Tier 2	Newcastle United			A	0-4	31,154
Wed Oct 12, 1938	County Cup	Newark			H	6-3	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Oct 15, 1938	League Tier 2	West Ham United			H	0-0	17,449
Sat Oct 22, 1938	League Tier 2	Bury			A	1-2	8,090	Peacock (?)
Sat Oct 29, 1938	League Tier 2	Swansea Town			H	1-2	11,669	Betts (?)
Wed Nov 02, 1938	County Cup	Mansfield Town			H	2-2	1,500	? (?), Fryer (90')
Sat Nov 05, 1938	League Tier 2	Fulham			A	2-2	18,717	McNaughton (?), Beaumont (?)
Sat Nov 12, 1938	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers			H	1-3	11,731	McNaughton (?)
Sat Nov 19, 1938	League Tier 2	Millwall			A	0-5	30,523
Sat Nov 26, 1938	League Tier 2	Manchester City			H	3-4	15,727	Betts (?), Crawshaw (?, ?)
Sat Dec 03, 1938	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue			A	2-1	8,945	Getty (?), Surtees (?)
Sat Dec 10, 1938	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday			H	3-3	15,480	Surtees (?, ?), Beaumont (?)
Sat Dec 17, 1938	League Tier 2	Chesterfield			A	1-7	7,584	Getty (?)
Sat Dec 24, 1938	League Tier 2	Sheffield United			A	1-0	19,933	Hindley (?)
Mon Dec 26, 1938	League Tier 2	Luton Town			H	2-4	12,688	Hindley (?), Surtees (?)
Tue Dec 27, 1938	League Tier 2	Luton Town			A	0-1	17,125
Sat Dec 31, 1938	League Tier 2	Burnley			H	2-2	11,456	Fryer (?), Beaumont (?)
Wed Jan 11, 1939	FA Cup	Huddersfield Town	3		A	0-0	5,442
Sat Jan 14, 1939	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur			A	1-4	19,091	Hindley (?)
Mon Jan 16, 1939	FA Cup	Huddersfield Town	3	1	H	0-3	22,304
Sat Jan 28, 1939	League Tier 2	Coventry City			A	1-5	17,927	Crawshaw (?)
Sat Feb 04, 1939	League Tier 2	Tranmere Rovers			H	2-2	9,856	Peacock (?), Brown (?)
Wed Feb 08, 1939	League Tier 2	Southampton			H	0-2	4,743
Wed Feb 15, 1939	League Tier 2	Newcastle United			H	2-0	7,365	Fryer (?), Crawshaw (?)
Sat Feb 18, 1939	League Tier 2	West Ham United			A	0-5	15,472
Sat Feb 25, 1939	League Tier 2	Bury			H	1-1	9,748	Surtees (?)
Sat Mar 04, 1939	League Tier 2	Swansea Town			A	0-1	9,002
Sat Mar 11, 1939	League Tier 2	Fulham			H	1-1	9,341	Fryer (?)
Manager:
Sat Mar 18, 1939	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers			A	2-3	13,882	Surtees (?), Brown (?)
Manager: Billy Walker
Sat Mar 25, 1939	League Tier 2	Millwall			H	3-0	10,336	McCall (?), Surtees (?), Brown (?)
Sat Apr 01, 1939	League Tier 2	Manchester City			A	0-3	24,758
Fri Apr 07, 1939	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion			H	2-0	21,712	Fryer (?), Surtees (?)
Sat Apr 08, 1939	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue			H	2-0	13,351	Fryer (?), Surtees (?)
Mon Apr 10, 1939	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion			A	0-0	15,058
Sat Apr 15, 1939	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday			A	1-1	24,640	Fryer (?)
Sat Apr 22, 1939	League Tier 2	Chesterfield			H	0-1	14,587
Sat Apr 29, 1939	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle			H	2-1	7,700	Fryer (?), Gorman (? OG)
Sat May 06, 1939	League Tier 2	Norwich City			A	0-1	19,715		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
Manager: Harold Wightman
Wed Jan 11, 1939	Huddersfield Town	3		A	0-0	5,442
Mon Jan 16, 1939	Huddersfield Town	3	1	H	0-3	22,304

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Manager: Harold Wightman
Wed Oct 12, 1938	Newark		H	6-3	-
Wed Nov 02, 1938	Mansfield Town		H	2-2	1,500

	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
Manager: Harold Wightman
Sat Aug 20, 1938	Notts County	England	H	4-1	9,505

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (9) - £0				Out (9) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Ashley Hunt	Bought			Arthur Betts	Retired
	George Pritty	Bought			Gibson McNaughton	Sold
	Harold Crawshaw	Bought			Harold Crawshaw	Retired
	Len Beaumont	Bought			John Getty	Sold
	Lewis Stoker	Bought			Lewis Stoker	Retired
	Ted Blagg	Bought			Roy Brown	Sold
	Thomas Clark	Bought		1939	Jimmy Dyson	Sold
1937	Frank Hindley	Bought		1939	Robert Pugh	Sold
Sep 03, 1938	Jack Fryer	Bought		May 30, 1939	Alan Todd	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		Alan Todd	Scotland	27	14	2	5	7
GK		Ashley Hunt			2		1	1
GK		Percy Ashton	England	29	28	8	6	14
Defenders
D		Fred Stanley (1938-43))			1		1
D		John Munro	Scotland		43	10	11	22
D		Lewis Stoker	England	28	11	2	2	7
D		Reg Trim	England	24	32	8	8	16
D		Tommy Graham	England	33	27	7	7	13
Midfielders
M		Bob McCall	England	22	32	8	10	14	1
M		Frank Hindley	England	22	8	1	3	4	3
M		George Pritty	England	23	22	6	6	10			1
M		Grenville Roberts	England	18	4	1	2	1
M		Jimmy Dyson	England		6	2		4
M		John Getty	Scotland	20	11	4	3	4	2
M		Robert Davies	Wales	24	20	3	7	10
M		Ted Blagg	England	20
M		Thomas Clark	Wales	24	29	7	8	14
M		William Baxter	England	20	1			1
Forwards
F		Arthur Betts	England	21	21	3	6	12	5
F		Boy Martin	N. Ireland	24	7		2	5
F		Gibson McNaughton	Scotland	27	19	3	5	11	2
F		Harold Crawshaw	England	26	22	5	5	12	9
F		Jack Fryer	England	26	24	8	5	11	8
F		Jack Surtees	England	27	28	7	6	15	9
F		Len Beaumont	England	23	36	8	11	17	3
F		Robert Pugh	Wales		1			1
F		Roy Brown	England	20	20	4	6	10	3
F		Tom Peacock	England	25	15	3	6	6	3

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
9	Harold Crawshaw	22
9	Jack Surtees	28
8	Jack Fryer	24
5	Arthur Betts	21
3	Frank Hindley	8
3	Len Beaumont	36
3	Roy Brown	20
3	Tom Peacock	15
2	Gibson McNaughton	19
2	John Getty	11
1	Bob McCall	32
1	Own Goals	44

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

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Bradford Park Avenue	Sat Dec 03, 1938	Away	2-1		Sat Apr 08, 1939	Home	2-0

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

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Blackburn Rovers	Sat Nov 12, 1938	Home	1-3	Sat Mar 18, 1939	Away	2-3
Chesterfield	Sat Dec 17, 1938	Away	1-7	Sat Apr 22, 1939	Home	0-1
Luton Town	Mon Dec 26, 1938	Home	2-4	Tue Dec 27, 1938	Away	0-1
Manchester City	Sat Nov 26, 1938	Home	3-4	Sat Apr 01, 1939	Away	0-3
Swansea Town	Sat Oct 29, 1938	Home	1-2	Sat Mar 04, 1939	Away	0-1