The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 0 BLACKPOOL - Sat May 03, 1930 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat May 03, 1930 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1929-30
Referee:: G Howitt
Attendance:: 6,044
League Week:: 42 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 10 10
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Wolverhampton Wanderers (League Tier 2)
Blackpool:: Dec 09, 1933

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1264 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 527 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1422 (of 5829)
Total:: 2279 (of 7634)
Played:: 96 years, 4 months, 11 days ago

Review
This was also Alf Dexter's benefit game

FOREST
Manager: John Baynes
Prior form: WDDLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

BLACKPOOL
Manager: Harry Evans
Prior form: LWWWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Arthur Dexter
2	M	21	Harry Smith
3	D	28	Jimmy Barrington
4	D	25	Billy McKinlay	100th appearance
5	D	25	Tommy Graham
6	F	37	Bob Wallace
7	M	22	John Scott
8	F	23	Robert Heslop
9	F	27	Johnny Dent
10	F	24	Leo Loftus
11	F	24	Billy Dickinson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Horace Pearson
2	D	William Grant
3	D	Albert Watson
4	D	Harry Wilson
5	D	Syd Brookes
6	M	Syd Tuffnell
7	M	Dick Neal
8	M	Charlie Broadhurst
9	M	Jimmy Hampson
10	F	Jack Oxberry
11	F	Percy Downes

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat May 03, 1930)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-1	Oldham Athletic
Bradford Park Avenue	6-0	Millwall
Bury	1-0	Chelsea
Charlton Athletic	1-3	Bradford City
Hull City	2-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest	0-0	Blackpool
Preston North End	2-2	Bristol City
Stoke City	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion	5-1	Southampton

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Blackpool	41	27	3	11	98	67	17	1	3	63	22	10	2	8	35	45	31	57	LWWWWL	Promoted
	2	Chelsea	41	22	11	8	74	45	17	3	1	49	14	5	8	7	25	31	29	55	WLWWLW	Safe
	3	Oldham Athletic	41	21	11	9	89	49	14	5	2	60	21	7	6	7	29	28	40	53	WWLDLD	Safe
	4	Bradford Park Avenue	41	18	12	11	85	70	13	5	2	59	28	5	7	9	26	42	15	48	WWWDDD	Safe
	5	Bury	41	21	5	15	77	67	13	2	5	44	27	8	3	10	33	40	10	47	LDWWWL	Safe
	6	West Bromwich Albion	41	20	5	16	100	72	15	1	4	68	30	5	4	12	32	42	28	45	WWWWWW	Safe
	7	Southampton	41	17	11	13	76	71	14	6	1	46	22	3	5	12	30	49	5	45	WWWDDL	Safe
	8	Cardiff City	42	18	8	16	61	59	14	4	3	41	16	4	4	13	20	43	2	44	DLWLLW	Safe
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	16	9	16	77	77	14	3	4	53	24	2	6	12	24	53	0	41	LLWLWD	Safe
	10	Nottingham Forest	41	13	14	14	55	69	9	5	6	36	28	4	9	8	19	41	-14	40	WDDLLL	Safe
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	41	15	9	17	59	60	11	8	2	43	24	4	1	15	16	36	-1	39	WLLWLL	Safe
	12	Charlton Athletic	41	14	11	16	58	60	10	6	4	38	20	4	5	12	20	40	-2	39	WLLLLW	Safe
	13	Millwall	41	12	15	14	57	67	10	7	4	36	26	2	8	10	21	41	-10	39	WLWWWW	Safe
	14	Stoke City	41	15	8	18	73	72	11	4	5	40	20	4	4	13	33	52	1	38	WWWLLL	Safe
	15	Swansea Town	42	14	9	19	57	61	11	5	5	42	23	3	4	14	15	38	-4	37	LWWLWW	Safe
	16	Preston North End	41	13	10	18	63	78	7	6	7	40	34	6	4	11	23	44	-15	36	LLWWWL	Safe
	17	Reading	42	12	11	19	54	67	10	7	4	31	20	2	4	15	23	47	-13	35	LWLLWL
	18	Barnsley	41	13	8	20	54	70	11	7	2	37	21	2	1	18	17	49	-16	34	WLLWLW
	19	Bradford City	41	11	12	18	57	76	7	7	7	33	30	4	5	11	24	46	-19	34	LWDLWL
	20	Bristol City	41	13	8	20	59	81	11	4	6	36	30	2	4	14	23	51	-22	34	WLDWWW
	21	Notts County	42	9	15	18	54	70	8	7	6	33	26	1	8	12	21	44	-16	33	LLLLLD	Relegated
	22	Hull City	41	13	7	21	49	78	10	3	7	28	24	3	4	14	21	54	-29	33	DLLLWL

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Blackpool	42	27	4	11	98	67	17	1	3	63	22	10	3	8	35	45	31	58	WWWWLD	Promoted	0-0
	2	Chelsea	42	22	11	9	74	46	17	3	1	49	14	5	8	8	25	32	28	55	LWWLWL	Promoted	0-1
	3	Oldham Athletic	42	21	11	10	90	51	14	5	2	60	21	7	6	8	30	30	39	53	WLDLDL	Safe	1-2
	4	Bradford Park Avenue	42	19	12	11	91	70	14	5	2	65	28	5	7	9	26	42	21	50	WWDDDW	Safe	6-0
	5	Bury	42	22	5	15	78	67	14	2	5	45	27	8	3	10	33	40	11	49	DWWWLW	Safe	1-0
	6	West Bromwich Albion	42	21	5	16	105	73	16	1	4	73	31	5	4	12	32	42	32	47	WWWWWW	Safe	5-1
	7	Southampton	42	17	11	14	77	76	14	6	1	46	22	3	5	13	31	54	1	45	WWDDLL	Safe	1-5
	8	Cardiff City	42	18	8	16	61	59	14	4	3	41	16	4	4	13	20	43	2	44	DLWLLW	Safe
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	16	9	17	77	79	14	3	4	53	24	2	6	13	24	55	-2	41	LWLWDL	Safe	0-2
	10	Nottingham Forest	42	13	15	14	55	69	9	6	6	36	28	4	9	8	19	41	-14	41	DDLLLD	Safe	0-0
3	11	Stoke City	42	16	8	18	74	72	12	4	5	41	20	4	4	13	33	52	2	40	WWLLLW	Safe	1-0
1	12	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	9	18	59	61	11	8	2	43	24	4	1	16	16	37	-2	39	LLWLLL	Safe	0-1
1	13	Charlton Athletic	42	14	11	17	59	63	10	6	5	39	23	4	5	12	20	40	-4	39	LLLLWL	Safe	1-3
1	14	Millwall	42	12	15	15	57	73	10	7	4	36	26	2	8	11	21	47	-16	39	LWWWWL	Safe	0-6
	15	Swansea Town	42	14	9	19	57	61	11	5	5	42	23	3	4	14	15	38	-4	37	LWWLWW	Safe
	16	Preston North End	42	13	11	18	65	80	7	7	7	42	36	6	4	11	23	44	-15	37	LWWWLD	Safe	2-2
1	17	Barnsley	42	14	8	20	56	71	12	7	2	39	22	2	1	18	17	49	-15	36	LLWLWW	Safe	2-1
1	18	Bradford City	42	12	12	18	60	77	7	7	7	33	30	5	5	11	27	47	-17	36	WDLWLW	Safe	3-1
2	19	Reading	42	12	11	19	54	67	10	7	4	31	20	2	4	15	23	47	-13	35	LWLLWL	Safe
	20	Bristol City	42	13	9	20	61	83	11	4	6	36	30	2	5	14	25	53	-22	35	LDWWWD	Safe	2-2
1	21	Hull City	42	14	7	21	51	78	11	3	7	30	24	3	4	14	21	54	-27	35	LLLWLW	Relegated	2-0
1	22	Notts County	42	9	15	18	54	70	8	7	6	33	26	1	8	12	21	44	-16	33	LLLLLD	Relegated