The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 3 CHARLTON ATHLETIC - Sat Apr 25, 1931 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 25, 1931 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Charlton Athletic
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-3 WON
: Half-time: 2-2

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

Season:: 1930-31
Referee:: TR Fardell
Attendance:: 3,342
League Week:: 41 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 17
Opp Before/After:: 13 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southampton (League Tier 2)
Charlton Athletic:: Aug 29, 1931

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1305 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 568 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1464 (of 5829)
Total:: 2323 (of 7634)
Played:: 95 years, 4 months, 21 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Billy Dickinson (21')
Billy Dickinson (30')
Johnny Dent (48')
Billy Dickinson (58')

CHARLTON ATHLETIC
Manager: Sandy MacFarlane
Prior form: LWWLDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Dai Astley (10')
Dai Astley (80')
Frank Peters (39')

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	Alf Quantrill
8	F	21	Tom McKay	Debut
9	F	28	Johnny Dent (48')
10	F	25	Billy Dickinson (21') (30') (58')
11	F		William Simpson

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	26	Arthur Dexter	126		7	1
2	D	31	Bill Thompson	308	5	7	1
3	D	29	Jimmy Barrington	83		7	1
4	D	26	Billy McKinlay	133	3	7	1
5	D	26	Tommy Graham	113		7	1
6	M	22	Harry Smith	24		14	2
7	F	34	Alf Quantrill	7	2	217	37
8	F	21	Tom McKay	Debut
9	F	28	Johnny Dent (48')	62	38	7	1
10	F	25	Billy Dickinson (21') (30') (58')	44	28	7	1
11	F		William Simpson	34	7	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Robertson
2	D	Norman Smith
3	D	Albert Langford
4	D	Cyril Beach
5	D	Tommy Pritchard
6	M	John Pugsley
7	M	Frank Peters
8	M	Bobby McKay
9	M	Dai Astley
10	F	Thomas McLeod
11	F	Jackie Horton

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 25, 1931)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford Park Avenue	5-1	Swansea Town
Burnley	1-0	Cardiff City
Millwall	0-1	Port Vale
Nottingham Forest	4-3	Charlton Athletic
Oldham Athletic	3-0	Bradford City
Preston North End	2-2	Bristol City
Reading	3-4	Bury
Southampton	2-1	Everton
Tottenham Hotspur	4-2	Barnsley
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4-3	Plymouth Argyle

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	40	28	5	7	119	62	18	1	2	76	31	10	4	5	43	31	57	61	LWWLDW	Champions
2	West Bromwich Albion	40	20	10	10	79	47	13	3	4	37	14	7	7	6	42	33	32	50	LWWLWD	Safe
3	Tottenham Hotspur	40	21	7	12	84	52	14	5	1	60	18	7	2	11	24	34	32	49	DDLDDL	Safe
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	20	4	16	79	63	14	2	4	52	22	6	2	12	27	41	16	44	LWDDDD	Safe
5	Bradford City	40	17	10	13	61	59	12	5	4	39	26	5	5	9	22	33	2	44	DDWWDD	Safe
6	Bradford Park Avenue	40	17	9	14	90	63	14	3	2	64	21	3	6	12	26	42	27	43	WLDDWD	Safe
7	Port Vale	40	19	5	16	65	61	14	3	3	38	16	5	2	13	27	45	4	43	WWWLLD	Safe
8	Stoke City	40	17	9	14	62	68	11	6	3	34	16	6	3	11	28	52	-6	43	WLWWWD	Safe
9	Preston North End	40	16	10	14	79	61	11	4	4	51	28	5	6	10	28	33	18	42	LLDWDD	Safe
10	Southampton	40	18	6	16	71	58	12	4	4	44	21	6	2	12	27	37	13	42	WLLWWL	Safe
11	Burnley	40	15	11	14	79	77	11	5	3	53	30	4	6	11	26	47	2	41	DWLLWL	Safe
12	Oldham Athletic	41	15	10	16	58	72	12	5	3	42	28	3	5	13	16	44	-14	40	WLDWDD	Safe
13	Charlton Athletic	40	15	9	16	54	79	11	4	6	35	33	4	5	10	19	46	-25	39	LWWLDD	Safe
14	Millwall	40	16	6	18	70	78	12	3	4	46	23	4	3	14	24	55	-8	38	WWLLDD	Safe
15	Bury	40	17	3	20	68	78	14	3	4	44	20	3	0	16	24	58	-10	37	LWLLLW	Safe
16	Bristol City	40	15	7	18	49	75	11	5	5	29	23	4	2	13	20	52	-26	37	WLWWLW	Safe
17	Barnsley	40	13	9	18	57	74	13	3	5	42	23	0	6	13	15	51	-17	35	LLWWLW	Safe
18	Plymouth Argyle	40	13	8	19	68	77	9	3	8	42	30	4	5	11	26	47	-9	34	LLWWDW	Safe
19	Nottingham Forest	40	12	9	19	73	81	10	6	3	47	31	2	3	16	26	50	-8	33	WWLLWL	Safe
20	Swansea Town	40	11	10	19	49	69	10	5	5	39	29	1	5	14	10	40	-20	32	LDLLDD
21	Reading	41	12	6	23	69	92	11	2	7	44	29	1	4	16	25	63	-23	30	WLLDLL
22	Cardiff City	40	8	9	23	46	83	7	6	7	31	28	1	3	16	15	55	-37	25	LDLDDD	Relegated

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	41	28	5	8	120	64	18	1	2	76	31	10	4	6	44	33	56	61	WWLDWL	Champions	1-2
1	2	Tottenham Hotspur	41	22	7	12	88	54	15	5	1	64	20	7	2	11	24	34	34	51	DLDDLW	Safe	4-2
1	3	West Bromwich Albion	40	20	10	10	79	47	13	3	4	37	14	7	7	6	42	33	32	50	LWWLWD	Safe
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	21	4	16	83	66	15	2	4	56	25	6	2	12	27	41	17	46	WDDDDW	Safe	4-3
1	5	Bradford Park Avenue	41	18	9	14	95	64	15	3	2	69	22	3	6	12	26	42	31	45	LDDWDW	Safe	5-1
1	6	Port Vale	41	20	5	16	66	61	14	3	3	38	16	6	2	13	28	45	5	45	WWLLDW	Safe	1-0
3	7	Southampton	41	19	6	16	73	59	13	4	4	46	22	6	2	12	27	37	14	44	LLWWLW	Safe	2-1
3	8	Bradford City	41	17	10	14	61	62	12	5	4	39	26	5	5	10	22	36	-1	44	DWWDDL	Safe	0-3
	9	Preston North End	41	16	11	14	81	63	11	5	4	53	30	5	6	10	28	33	18	43	LDWDDD	Safe	2-2
1	10	Burnley	41	16	11	14	80	77	12	5	3	54	30	4	6	11	26	47	3	43	WLLWLW	Safe	1-0
3	11	Stoke City	40	17	9	14	62	68	11	6	3	34	16	6	3	11	28	52	-6	43	WLWWWD	Safe
	12	Oldham Athletic	42	16	10	16	61	72	13	5	3	45	28	3	5	13	16	44	-11	42	LDWDDW	Safe	3-0
2	13	Bury	41	18	3	20	72	81	14	3	4	44	20	4	0	16	28	61	-9	39	WLLLWW	Safe	4-3
1	14	Charlton Athletic	41	15	9	17	57	83	11	4	6	35	33	4	5	11	22	50	-26	39	WWLDDL	Safe	3-4
1	15	Millwall	41	16	6	19	70	79	12	3	5	46	24	4	3	14	24	55	-9	38	WLLDDL	Safe	0-1
	16	Bristol City	41	15	8	18	51	77	11	5	5	29	23	4	3	13	22	54	-26	38	LWWLWD	Safe	2-2
2	17	Nottingham Forest	41	13	9	19	77	84	11	6	3	51	34	2	3	16	26	50	-7	35	WLLWLW	Safe	4-3
1	18	Barnsley	41	13	9	19	59	78	13	3	5	42	23	0	6	14	17	55	-19	35	LWWLWL	Safe	2-4
1	19	Plymouth Argyle	41	13	8	20	71	81	9	3	8	42	30	4	5	12	29	51	-10	34	LWWDWL	Safe	3-4
	20	Swansea Town	41	11	10	20	50	74	10	5	5	39	29	1	5	15	11	45	-24	32	DLLDDL	Safe	1-5
	21	Reading	42	12	6	24	72	96	11	2	8	47	33	1	4	16	25	63	-24	30	LLDLLL	Relegated	3-4
	22	Cardiff City	41	8	9	24	46	84	7	6	7	31	28	1	3	17	15	56	-38	25	DLDDDL	Relegated	0-1