The City Ground

PRESTON NORTH END 2 - 4 FOREST - Fri Apr 03, 1931 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Fri Apr 03, 1931 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Preston North End
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Deepdale
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-2 WON

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

Season:: 1930-31
Referee:: H Cartlidge
Attendance:: 13,496
League Week:: 36 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 17 16
Opp Before/After:: 8 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 2)
Preston North End:: Apr 06, 1931

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1300 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 563 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1459 (of 5829)
Total:: 2318 (of 7634)
Played:: 95 years, 5 months, 15 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Stan Hardy
Prior form: LWLWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Johnny Dent (23')
Cyril Stocks
Johnny Dent
Billy Dickinson (Pen)

PRESTON NORTH END
Manager: Alex Gibson
Prior form: WWDWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Alec Reid (43')
Tom Scott (47')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Arthur Dexter
2	D	31	Bill Thompson
3	D	29	Jimmy Barrington
4	F	21	Dick Armstrong
5	D	26	Tommy Graham
6	M	22	Harry Smith
7	F	34	Noah Burton
8	F	25	Cyril Stocks
9	F	28	Johnny Dent (23')
10	F	25	Billy Dickinson
11	F		William Simpson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John Hampton
2	D	Frank Ward
3	D	Alex Sherry
4	D	Ernie Thornborough
5	D	Billy Tremelling
6	M	Bobby Crawford
7	M	Alec Reid
8	M	Tom Scott
9	M	Ted Owens
10	F	Vince Farrell
11	F	George Harrison

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Fri Apr 03, 1931)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol City	0-1	Everton
Burnley	6-1	Oldham Athletic
Bury	3-1	Barnsley
Millwall	1-0	Southampton
Plymouth Argyle	1-3	Charlton Athletic
Port Vale	1-0	West Bromwich Albion
Preston North End	2-4	Nottingham Forest
Reading	7-3	Stoke City
Tottenham Hotspur	2-2	Cardiff City

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	Everton	35	25	4	6	107	52	16	1	1	68	24	9	3	5	39	28	55	54	WWLWLL	Safe
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	35	21	4	10	80	44	14	3	1	57	15	7	1	9	23	29	36	46	LLWWWD	Safe
	3	West Bromwich Albion	34	17	9	8	68	41	11	2	4	30	11	6	7	4	38	30	27	43	WLDWDD	Safe
	4	Bradford Park Avenue	35	16	6	13	84	56	13	2	2	62	20	3	4	11	22	36	28	38	LLDWLW
	5	Southampton	35	16	6	13	65	52	10	4	4	39	20	6	2	9	26	32	13	38	WLWWLW
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	19	0	16	72	59	14	0	4	50	20	5	0	12	22	39	13	38	LLWLWL
	7	Port Vale	35	17	4	14	60	55	12	2	3	34	16	5	2	11	26	39	5	38	WWLLDW
	8	Preston North End	35	15	7	13	73	56	11	3	3	49	24	4	4	10	24	32	17	37	WWDWLL
	9	Burnley	35	13	11	11	67	67	9	5	3	45	28	4	6	8	22	39	0	37	DDDDDD
	10	Bradford City	35	15	7	13	56	58	11	3	4	36	26	4	4	9	20	32	-2	37	WWWLWD
	11	Stoke City	35	14	8	13	51	59	9	6	3	29	14	5	2	10	22	45	-8	36	LDWDLW
	12	Oldham Athletic	36	14	7	15	50	61	11	4	3	36	24	3	3	12	14	37	-11	35	DLLWDW
	13	Millwall	35	15	4	16	68	70	11	2	4	45	23	4	2	12	23	47	-2	34	WWDWLW
	14	Bury	35	15	3	17	63	69	12	3	3	40	16	3	0	14	23	53	-6	33	WLWLLL
	15	Charlton Athletic	35	13	7	15	46	72	10	3	5	31	28	3	4	10	15	44	-26	33	WDWLWL
	16	Bristol City	35	12	7	16	42	69	9	5	4	26	21	3	2	12	16	48	-27	31	LWDLWW
	17	Nottingham Forest	35	10	9	16	63	70	9	6	2	43	27	1	3	14	20	43	-7	29	LWLWLW
	18	Swansea Town	35	11	7	17	47	63	10	3	4	37	26	1	4	13	10	37	-16	29	DWLLLL
	19	Barnsley	35	10	9	16	48	67	10	3	5	34	20	0	6	11	14	47	-19	29	WLDDWL
	20	Plymouth Argyle	35	10	7	18	55	71	7	3	7	33	26	3	4	11	22	45	-16	27	LDDDWL
	21	Reading	35	11	5	19	60	80	10	1	6	37	23	1	4	13	23	57	-20	27	WLLWLW
	22	Cardiff City	35	8	5	22	44	78	7	4	6	31	25	1	1	16	13	53	-34	21	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	Everton	36	26	4	6	108	52	16	1	1	68	24	10	3	5	40	28	56	56	WLWLLW	Safe	1-0
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	36	21	5	10	82	46	14	4	1	59	17	7	1	9	23	29	36	47	LWWWDD	Safe	2-2
	3	West Bromwich Albion	35	17	9	9	68	42	11	2	4	30	11	6	7	5	38	31	26	43	LDWDDL	Safe	0-1
3	4	Port Vale	36	18	4	14	61	55	13	2	3	35	16	5	2	11	26	39	6	40	WLLDWW	Safe	1-0
4	5	Burnley	36	14	11	11	73	68	10	5	3	51	29	4	6	8	22	39	5	39	DDDDDW		6-1
2	6	Bradford Park Avenue	35	16	6	13	84	56	13	2	2	62	20	3	4	11	22	36	28	38	LLDWLW
2	7	Southampton	36	16	6	14	65	53	10	4	4	39	20	6	2	10	26	33	12	38	LWWLWL		0-1
2	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	19	0	16	72	59	14	0	4	50	20	5	0	12	22	39	13	38	LLWLWL
1	9	Preston North End	36	15	7	14	75	60	11	3	4	51	28	4	4	10	24	32	15	37	WDWLLL		2-4
	10	Bradford City	35	15	7	13	56	58	11	3	4	36	26	4	4	9	20	32	-2	37	WWWLWD
2	11	Millwall	36	16	4	16	69	70	12	2	4	46	23	4	2	12	23	47	-1	36	WDWLWW		1-0
1	12	Stoke City	36	14	8	14	54	66	9	6	3	29	14	5	2	11	25	52	-12	36	DWDLWL		3-7
1	13	Bury	36	16	3	17	66	70	13	3	3	43	17	3	0	14	23	53	-4	35	LWLLLW		3-1
2	14	Oldham Athletic	37	14	7	16	51	67	11	4	3	36	24	3	3	13	15	43	-16	35	LLWDWL		1-6
	15	Charlton Athletic	36	14	7	15	49	73	10	3	5	31	28	4	4	10	18	45	-24	35	DWLWLW		3-1
1	16	Nottingham Forest	36	11	9	16	67	72	9	6	2	43	27	2	3	14	24	45	-5	31	WLWLWW		4-2
1	17	Bristol City	36	12	7	17	42	70	9	5	5	26	22	3	2	12	16	48	-28	31	WDLWWL		0-1
3	18	Reading	36	12	5	19	67	83	11	1	6	44	26	1	4	13	23	57	-16	29	LLWLWW		7-3
1	19	Swansea Town	35	11	7	17	47	63	10	3	4	37	26	1	4	13	10	37	-16	29	DWLLLL
1	20	Barnsley	36	10	9	17	49	70	10	3	5	34	20	0	6	12	15	50	-21	29	LDDWLL		1-3
1	21	Plymouth Argyle	36	10	7	19	56	74	7	3	8	34	29	3	4	11	22	45	-18	27	DDDWLL		1-3
	22	Cardiff City	36	8	6	22	46	80	7	4	6	31	25	1	2	16	15	55	-34	22	LLLWLD		2-2