The City Ground

BLACKPOOL 2 - 3 FOREST - Sat Apr 21, 1934 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 21, 1934 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Bloomfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-2 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

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

Season:: 1933-34
Referee:: S Boardman
Attendance:: 10,396
League Week:: 40 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 17
Opp Before/After:: 6 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bradford City (League Tier 2)
Blackpool:: Sep 08, 1934

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1430 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 693 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1595 (of 5827)
Total:: 2459 (of 7632)
Played:: 92 years, 4 months, 13 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Noel Watson
Prior form: LDLDLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Johnny Dent (16')
Arthur Masters (41')
Johnny Dent (71')

BLACKPOOL
Manager: Sandy MacFarlane
Prior form: DWLLDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Charlie Rattray (58')
Phil Watson (85')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Arthur Dexter
2	D	34	Bill Thompson
3	D	32	Jimmy Barrington
4	D	29	Billy McKinlay
5	D	29	Tommy Graham
6	M	26	Robert Vasey
7	M	23	Arthur Masters (41')
8	F	28	Henry Race
9	F	31	Johnny Dent (16') (71')
10	F	21	Tom Peacock
11	F		William Simpson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jock Wallace
2	D	Gillie Wassell
3	D	Dick Witham
4	D	Robert Dougall
5	D	Phil Watson
6	M	Sammy Jones
7	M	Charlie Rattray
8	M	Tommy Jones
9	M	Allan Hall
10	F	Peter Doherty
11	F	Jimmy Smailes

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 21, 1934)

Home	Score	Away
Blackpool	2-3	Nottingham Forest
Bradford City	2-2	West Ham United
Bury	1-1	Oldham Athletic
Fulham	0-2	Bradford Park Avenue
Hull City	0-1	Preston North End
Lincoln City	4-0	Burnley
Millwall	2-0	Brentford
Notts County	0-0	Manchester United
Port Vale	4-0	Plymouth Argyle
Southampton	4-2	Grimsby Town
Swansea Town	0-0	Bolton Wanderers

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	Grimsby Town	39	26	5	8	93	53	14	3	3	55	28	12	2	5	38	25	40	57	DDWWWW	Champions
	2	Brentford	39	20	7	12	78	57	14	2	4	47	24	6	5	8	31	33	21	47	LDWLWW	Safe
	3	Bolton Wanderers	39	20	7	12	72	53	13	2	5	40	22	7	5	7	32	31	19	47	WDDDDW	Safe
	4	Preston North End	39	20	6	13	67	52	14	3	3	45	20	6	3	10	22	32	15	46	WLWWWL	Safe
	5	Bradford Park Avenue	39	21	2	16	80	65	15	2	3	60	26	6	0	13	20	39	15	44	LWWLWL	Safe
	6	Blackpool	39	15	12	12	59	53	10	7	2	36	23	5	5	10	23	30	6	42	DWLLDW	Safe
	7	Bradford City	39	18	5	16	67	63	13	3	3	42	22	5	2	13	25	41	4	41	LWWWDL	Safe
	8	Plymouth Argyle	39	14	13	12	67	64	11	7	2	42	20	3	6	10	25	44	3	41	LDDWDW	Safe
	9	Port Vale	39	17	7	15	53	53	12	4	3	32	13	5	3	12	21	40	0	41	LWLLDL	Safe
	10	West Ham United	39	15	10	14	73	67	12	3	5	50	28	3	7	9	23	39	6	40	LWWWLL	Safe
	11	Bury	39	16	8	15	66	69	12	3	4	41	28	4	5	11	25	41	-3	40	LWLLWW	Safe
	12	Burnley	39	17	6	16	58	66	14	2	4	39	27	3	4	12	19	39	-8	40	WWWLLW	Safe
	13	Oldham Athletic	39	15	9	15	62	58	11	5	4	41	28	4	4	11	21	30	4	39	DWDLLW	Safe
	14	Hull City	39	13	12	14	52	59	11	4	4	33	18	2	8	10	19	41	-7	38	WLWWLL	Safe
	15	Fulham	39	15	7	17	47	61	13	3	3	28	13	2	4	14	19	48	-14	37	WLLLWL	Safe
	16	Southampton	39	14	8	17	49	52	14	2	3	36	18	0	6	14	13	34	-3	36	LDWWLL
	17	Notts County	39	12	10	17	52	59	9	6	4	31	20	3	4	13	21	39	-7	34	DWLLLW
	18	Nottingham Forest	39	12	9	18	68	67	11	4	5	49	25	1	5	13	19	42	1	33	LDLDLW
	19	Swansea Town	39	9	13	17	48	58	9	8	2	34	18	0	5	15	14	40	-10	31	LLDWWL
	20	Millwall	39	10	11	18	37	61	7	8	4	19	15	3	3	14	18	46	-24	31	DLLWWL
	21	Manchester United	39	13	4	22	56	84	9	2	9	28	32	4	2	13	28	52	-28	30	LLWLDW
	22	Lincoln City	39	8	7	24	38	68	6	6	7	25	21	2	1	17	13	47	-30	23	DWLLLL	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	Grimsby Town	40	26	5	9	95	57	14	3	3	55	28	12	2	6	40	29	38	57	DWWWWL	Champions	2-4
1	2	Bolton Wanderers	40	20	8	12	72	53	13	2	5	40	22	7	6	7	32	31	19	48	DDDDWD	Safe	0-0
1	3	Preston North End	40	21	6	13	68	52	14	3	3	45	20	7	3	10	23	32	16	48	LWWWLW	Safe	1-0
2	4	Brentford	40	20	7	13	78	59	14	2	4	47	24	6	5	9	31	35	19	47	DWLWWL	Safe	0-2
	5	Bradford Park Avenue	40	22	2	16	82	65	15	2	3	60	26	7	0	13	22	39	17	46	WWLWLW	Safe	2-0
3	6	Port Vale	40	18	7	15	57	53	13	4	3	36	13	5	3	12	21	40	4	43	WLLDLW	Safe	4-0
1	7	Blackpool	40	15	12	13	61	56	10	7	3	38	26	5	5	10	23	30	5	42	WLLDWL	Safe	2-3
1	8	Bradford City	40	18	6	16	69	65	13	4	3	44	24	5	2	13	25	41	4	42	WWWDLD	Safe	2-2
1	9	West Ham United	40	15	11	14	75	69	12	3	5	50	28	3	8	9	25	41	6	41	WWWLLD	Safe	2-2
2	10	Plymouth Argyle	40	14	13	13	67	68	11	7	2	42	20	3	6	11	25	48	-1	41	DDWDWL	Safe	0-4
	11	Bury	40	16	9	15	67	70	12	4	4	42	29	4	5	11	25	41	-3	41	WLLWWD	Safe	1-1
1	12	Oldham Athletic	40	15	10	15	63	59	11	5	4	41	28	4	5	11	22	31	4	40	WDLLWD	Safe	1-1
1	13	Burnley	40	17	6	17	58	70	14	2	4	39	27	3	4	13	19	43	-12	40	WWLLWL	Safe	0-4
2	14	Southampton	40	15	8	17	53	54	15	2	3	40	20	0	6	14	13	34	-1	38	DWWLLW	Safe	4-2
1	15	Hull City	40	13	12	15	52	60	11	4	5	33	19	2	8	10	19	41	-8	38	LWWLLL	Safe	0-1
1	16	Fulham	40	15	7	18	47	63	13	3	4	28	15	2	4	14	19	48	-16	37	LLLWLL	Safe	0-2
1	17	Nottingham Forest	40	13	9	18	71	69	11	4	5	49	25	2	5	13	22	44	2	35	DLDLWW		3-2
1	18	Notts County	40	12	11	17	52	59	9	7	4	31	20	3	4	13	21	39	-7	35	WLLLWD		0-0
1	19	Millwall	40	11	11	18	39	61	8	8	4	21	15	3	3	14	18	46	-22	33	LLWWLW		2-0
1	20	Swansea Town	40	9	14	17	48	58	9	9	2	34	18	0	5	15	14	40	-10	32	LDWWLD		0-0
	21	Manchester United	40	13	5	22	56	84	9	2	9	28	32	4	3	13	28	52	-28	31	LWLDWD		0-0
	22	Lincoln City	40	9	7	24	42	68	7	6	7	29	21	2	1	17	13	47	-26	25	WLLLLW	Relegated	4-0