The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 BURY - Sat Apr 11, 1931 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 11, 1931 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1930-31
Referee:: AJ Caseley
Attendance:: 7,918
League Week:: 39 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 17
Opp Before/After:: 15 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Barnsley (League Tier 2)
Bury:: Dec 19, 1931

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1303 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 566 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1462 (of 5824)
Total:: 2321 (of 7629)
Played:: 95 years, 4 months, 6 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Cyril Stocks (32')
Cyril Stocks (65')
William Simpson (80')

BURY
Manager: Arthur Paine
Prior form: LLLWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Arthur Dexter
2	D	31	Bill Thompson
3	D	29	Jimmy Barrington
4	D	26	Billy McKinlay
5	D	26	Tommy Graham
6	M	22	Harry Smith
7	F	34	Noah Burton
8	F	25	Cyril Stocks (32') (65')
9	F	28	Johnny Dent
10	F	25	Billy Dickinson
11	F		William Simpson (80')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Smith
2	D	George Bradshaw
3	D	Roy Clipson
4	D	Jimmy Porter
5	D	Norman Bullock
6	M	Alick Robinson
7	M	David Robbie
8	M	Les Vernon
9	M	John Smith
10	F	Arthur Eggleston
11	F	Wally Amos

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 11, 1931)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford Park Avenue	1-0	Barnsley
Burnley	2-1	West Bromwich Albion
Millwall	0-0	Cardiff City
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Bury
Oldham Athletic	3-3	Everton
Preston North End	0-0	Swansea Town
Reading	0-0	Bradford City
Southampton	2-0	Port Vale
Stoke City	3-1	Bristol City
Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	Plymouth Argyle
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-1	Charlton Athletic

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	38	27	4	7	113	57	17	1	2	73	29	10	3	5	40	28	56	58	WLLWWL	Champions
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	38	21	6	11	82	49	14	4	1	59	17	7	2	10	23	32	33	48	WWDDLD	Safe
	3	West Bromwich Albion	37	19	9	9	74	44	13	2	4	36	13	6	7	5	38	31	30	47	WDDLWW	Safe
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	20	2	16	77	61	14	1	4	51	21	6	1	12	26	40	16	42	LWLWDD	Safe
	5	Port Vale	38	19	4	15	65	59	14	2	3	38	16	5	2	12	27	43	6	42	LDWWWL	Safe
	6	Bradford City	38	17	8	13	61	59	12	4	4	39	26	5	4	9	22	33	2	42	LWDDWW	Safe
	7	Bradford Park Avenue	38	16	8	14	88	62	13	3	2	63	21	3	5	12	25	41	26	40	WLWLDD	Safe
	8	Preston North End	38	16	8	14	79	61	11	3	4	51	28	5	5	10	28	33	18	40	WLLLDW	Safe
	9	Southampton	38	17	6	15	69	57	11	4	4	42	21	6	2	11	27	36	12	40	WLWLLW	Safe
	10	Stoke City	38	16	8	14	59	67	10	6	3	31	15	6	2	11	28	52	-8	40	DLWLWW	Safe
	11	Burnley	38	14	11	13	75	73	10	5	3	51	29	4	6	10	24	44	2	39	DDDWLL	Safe
	12	Oldham Athletic	39	15	8	16	54	68	12	4	3	39	25	3	4	13	15	43	-14	38	WDWLDW	Safe
	13	Charlton Athletic	38	15	7	16	52	77	11	3	6	34	32	4	4	10	18	45	-25	37	LWLWWL
	14	Millwall	38	16	4	18	70	78	12	2	4	46	23	4	2	14	24	55	-8	36	WLWWLL
	15	Bury	38	16	3	19	67	75	13	3	4	43	20	3	0	15	24	55	-8	35	LLLWLL
	16	Bristol City	38	14	7	17	46	71	10	5	5	27	22	4	2	12	19	49	-25	35	LWWLWW
	17	Barnsley	38	12	9	17	54	72	12	3	5	39	22	0	6	12	15	50	-18	33	DWLLWW
	18	Nottingham Forest	38	11	9	18	69	78	9	6	3	44	31	2	3	15	25	47	-9	31	WLWWLL
	19	Plymouth Argyle	38	12	7	19	64	75	8	3	8	39	29	4	4	11	25	46	-11	31	DWLLWW
	20	Swansea Town	38	11	8	19	48	68	10	4	5	38	28	1	4	14	10	40	-20	30	LLLDLL
	21	Reading	38	12	5	21	68	86	11	1	6	44	26	1	4	15	24	60	-18	29	WLWWLL
	22	Cardiff City	38	8	7	23	46	83	7	5	7	31	28	1	2	16	15	55	-37	23	LWLDLD

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	39	27	5	7	116	60	17	1	2	73	29	10	4	5	43	31	56	59	LLWWLD	Champions	3-3
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	39	21	7	11	83	50	14	5	1	60	18	7	2	10	23	32	33	49	WDDLDD	Safe	1-1
	3	West Bromwich Albion	38	19	9	10	75	46	13	2	4	36	13	6	7	6	39	33	29	47	DDLWWL	Safe	1-2
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	20	3	16	78	62	14	2	4	52	22	6	1	12	26	40	16	43	WLWDDD	Safe	1-1
1	5	Bradford City	39	17	9	13	61	59	12	4	4	39	26	5	5	9	22	33	2	43	WDDWWD	Safe	0-0
1	6	Bradford Park Avenue	39	17	8	14	89	62	14	3	2	64	21	3	5	12	25	41	27	42	LWLDDW	Safe	1-0
2	7	Southampton	39	18	6	15	71	57	12	4	4	44	21	6	2	11	27	36	14	42	LWLLWW	Safe	2-0
3	8	Port Vale	39	19	4	16	65	61	14	2	3	38	16	5	2	13	27	45	4	42	DWWWLL	Safe	0-2
1	9	Stoke City	39	17	8	14	62	68	11	6	3	34	16	6	2	11	28	52	-6	42	LWLWWW	Safe	3-1
2	10	Preston North End	39	16	9	14	79	61	11	4	4	51	28	5	5	10	28	33	18	41	LLLDWD	Safe	0-0
	11	Burnley	39	15	11	13	77	74	11	5	3	53	30	4	6	10	24	44	3	41	DDWLLW	Safe	2-1
	12	Oldham Athletic	40	15	9	16	57	71	12	5	3	42	28	3	4	13	15	43	-14	39	DWLDWD	Safe	3-3
	13	Charlton Athletic	39	15	8	16	53	78	11	3	6	34	32	4	5	10	19	46	-25	38	WLWWLD	Safe	1-1
	14	Millwall	39	16	5	18	70	78	12	3	4	46	23	4	2	14	24	55	-8	37	LWWLLD	Safe	0-0
	15	Bury	39	16	3	20	67	78	13	3	4	43	20	3	0	16	24	58	-11	35	LLWLLL		0-3
	16	Bristol City	39	14	7	18	47	74	10	5	5	27	22	4	2	13	20	52	-27	35	WWLWWL		1-3
1	17	Nottingham Forest	39	12	9	18	72	78	10	6	3	47	31	2	3	15	25	47	-6	33	LWWLLW		3-0
1	18	Barnsley	39	12	9	18	54	73	12	3	5	39	22	0	6	13	15	51	-19	33	WLLWWL		0-1
	19	Plymouth Argyle	39	12	8	19	65	76	8	3	8	39	29	4	5	11	26	47	-11	32	WLLWWD		1-1
	20	Swansea Town	39	11	9	19	48	68	10	4	5	38	28	1	5	14	10	40	-20	31	LLDLLD		0-0
	21	Reading	39	12	6	21	68	86	11	2	6	44	26	1	4	15	24	60	-18	30	LWWLLD		0-0
	22	Cardiff City	39	8	8	23	46	83	7	5	7	31	28	1	3	16	15	55	-37	24	WLDLDD	Relegated	0-0