Related to goalkeeper Sam Hardy, Stan's stint in office was relatively brief, arriving in 1929 and departing after an FA Cup exit to Chesterfield in January 1932, where he fell sick. This followed a run of nine league games without a win as we dropped down the table. During the First World War, Hardy rose to the rank of lieutenant in the Machine Gun Corps. He was severely gassed in the trenches and never played football again after developing breathing difficulties when running.


RECORD EACH SEASON FOR STAN HARDY (Note: Competitive games only)

Season	Tier	League Name	League Position	League Result	P	W	D	L	F	A	League Points	Notes
1930-31	2	English Second Division	17 of 22		43	14	9	20	80	89	37
1931-32	2	English Second Division	11 of 22		24	8	6	10	42	49	22	Replaced by Noel Watson

Note: This list also includes cup games, but the League Points total includes only League games

SUMMARY FOR STAN HARDY

Game	First Game	Last Game	P	W	D	L	F	A
COMPETITIVE
League Tier 1
League Tier 2	Aug 30, 1930	Jan 02, 1932	65	22	15	28	120	129
League Tier 3
FA Cup	Jan 10, 1931	Jan 09, 1932	2			2	2	9
League Cup
Total	Aug 30, 1930	Jan 09, 1932	67	22	15	30	122	138
NON-COMPETITIVE
Friendly	Nov 06, 1930	Mar 04, 1931	2	2			7	1
Total	Nov 06, 1930	Mar 04, 1931	2	2			7	1
TOTAL	Aug 30, 1930	Jan 09, 1932	69	24	15	30	129	139
Misc includes games that are also included in the totals above. They're just split into extra categories here for easier statting. (And that's a word. I just made it up.)
MISC

Players bought by Stan Hardy (6)

Player	Club	Date	Fee
Clifford Lloyd	-
Tom McKay	-
Alec Farmer	Kettering Town
Robert Pugh	Newport County
Alf Quantrill	Bradford Park Avenue	Aug 01, 1930
John Forrest	Rosewell Rosedale	Feb 18, 1931

Players loaned in by Stan Hardy (1)

Player	Club	Date	Until
John Forrest	Rosewell Rosedale	Jan 18, 1931

Players loaned out by Stan Hardy (0)

Player	Club	Date	Until

Players sold or released by Stan Hardy (7)

Player	Club	Date	Fee
Charles Howie	-
Clifford Lloyd	-
John Scott	-
Walter Robins	-
Bob Wallace	Burton Town
Clive German	Corinthians
Buster Brown	Norwich City

Players given debuts by Stan Hardy (7)

Player	Date	Opposition
Alf Quantrill	Aug 30, 1930	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Percy Ashton	Sep 13, 1930	Stoke City
Alec Farmer	Sep 13, 1930	Stoke City
Clifford Lloyd	Dec 06, 1930	Bury
Robert Pugh	Jan 17, 1931	Stoke City
John Forrest	Feb 21, 1931	Everton
Tom McKay	Apr 25, 1931	Charlton Athletic

ALL GAMES FOR STAN HARDY

#	Date	Game Type	Opponent	H/A	Score	Pos	Scorer(s)
1930-31
1	Sat Aug 30, 1930	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-4	12	Dickinson (12'), Dent (31', 58')
2	Mon Sep 01, 1930	League Tier 2	Southampton	A	0-0	13
3	Sat Sep 06, 1930	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1-4	17	Quantrill (19')
4	Mon Sep 08, 1930	League Tier 2	Burnley	A	2-5	19	Quantrill (?), Scott (?)
5	Sat Sep 13, 1930	League Tier 2	Stoke City	H	3-0	18	Dent (10', 28', 57')
6	Wed Sep 17, 1930	League Tier 2	Burnley	H	3-3	18	Dent (1'), Scott (80'), Stocks (87')
7	Sat Sep 20, 1930	League Tier 2	Millwall	A	1-5	19	Heslop (27')
8	Sat Sep 27, 1930	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic	H	4-1	17	Stocks (4', 70', 86'), Loftus (19')
9	Sat Oct 04, 1930	League Tier 2	Bristol City	A	4-1	12	McKinlay (20'), Dent (48', 65'), Loftus (52')
10	Sat Oct 11, 1930	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-2	14	Simpson (75')
11	Sat Oct 18, 1930	League Tier 2	Everton	H	2-2	15	Dent (22'), Loftus (51')
12	Sat Oct 25, 1930	League Tier 2	Cardiff City	A	1-1	14	Dent (30')
13	Sat Nov 01, 1930	League Tier 2	Bradford City	H	4-1	13	Dickinson (10', 57'), Loftus (51'), Simpson (75')
	Thu Nov 06, 1930	Friendly	Oxford University	A	4-0		Dickinson (?, ?), McKinlay (?), Loftus (?)
14	Sat Nov 08, 1930	League Tier 2	Port Vale	A	2-3	14	Dickinson (63', 85')
15	Sat Nov 15, 1930	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-1	14	Dent (17')
16	Sat Nov 22, 1930	League Tier 2	Swansea Town	A	2-3	15	McKinlay (33'), Dent (67')
17	Sat Nov 29, 1930	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-6	15	Dickinson (55')
18	Sat Dec 06, 1930	League Tier 2	Bury	A	0-1	17
19	Sat Dec 13, 1930	League Tier 2	Barnsley	H	3-3	18	Dickinson (21', 72'), Loftus (31')
20	Sat Dec 20, 1930	League Tier 2	Charlton Athletic	A	1-1	17	Dent (10')
21	Thu Dec 25, 1930	League Tier 2	Reading	H	1-1	16	German (?)
22	Fri Dec 26, 1930	League Tier 2	Reading	A	2-5	18	Howie (80'), Heslop (85')
23	Sat Dec 27, 1930	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-4	20	Dent (13', 40')
24	Sat Jan 03, 1931	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue	H	1-0	19	Dent (13')
25	Sat Jan 10, 1931	FA Cup	Newcastle United	A	0-4
26	Sat Jan 17, 1931	League Tier 2	Stoke City	A	0-1	20
27	Sat Jan 24, 1931	League Tier 2	Millwall	H	2-1	17	Brown (51', 70')
28	Sat Jan 31, 1931	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic	A	1-3	20	Brown (12')
29	Sat Feb 07, 1931	League Tier 2	Bristol City	H	6-1	18	Brown (5'), Dickinson (8', 70'), Simpson (57', 88'), Dent (59')
30	Sat Feb 14, 1931	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-2	18	Simpson (14'), Brown (75')
31	Sat Feb 21, 1931	League Tier 2	Everton	A	0-2	19
32	Sat Feb 28, 1931	League Tier 2	Cardiff City	H	3-1	18	Loftus (6'), Dent (19'), Dickinson (76')
	Wed Mar 04, 1931	Friendly	Netherlands XI	A	3-1		Dickinson (?), Smith (1939-40) (?), Dent (? pen)
33	Sat Mar 07, 1931	League Tier 2	Bradford City	A	0-1	19
34	Sat Mar 14, 1931	League Tier 2	Port Vale	H	1-0	17	Simpson (56')
35	Sat Mar 21, 1931	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-1	19
36	Sat Mar 28, 1931	League Tier 2	Swansea Town	H	3-0	17	Dickinson (30', 85'), Stocks (42')
37	Fri Apr 03, 1931	League Tier 2	Preston North End	A	4-2	16	Dickinson (? pen), Stocks (?), Dent (?, 23')
38	Sat Apr 04, 1931	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-2	17	Dickinson (69' pen)
39	Mon Apr 06, 1931	League Tier 2	Preston North End	H	1-4	18	Stocks (51')
40	Sat Apr 11, 1931	League Tier 2	Bury	H	3-0	17	Stocks (32', 65'), Simpson (80')
41	Sat Apr 18, 1931	League Tier 2	Barnsley	A	1-3	19	Scott (5')
42	Sat Apr 25, 1931	League Tier 2	Charlton Athletic	H	4-3	17	Dickinson (21', 30', 58'), Dent (48')
43	Sat May 02, 1931	League Tier 2	Southampton	H	3-1	17	Dent (4', 89'), Dickinson (13')
1931-32
44	Sat Aug 29, 1931	League Tier 2	Charlton Athletic	A	1-3	17	Dickinson (78')
45	Sat Sep 05, 1931	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-0	15	Clark (17'), Simpson (75')
46	Mon Sep 07, 1931	League Tier 2	Preston North End	A	1-1	15	Dickinson (?)
47	Sat Sep 12, 1931	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1-4	18	Dent (63')
48	Wed Sep 16, 1931	League Tier 2	Preston North End	H	2-2	15	Frank Ward (3' OG), Pugh (78')
49	Sat Sep 19, 1931	League Tier 2	Manchester United	H	2-1	13	Dickinson (4'), Dent (12')
50	Sat Sep 26, 1931	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3-1	9	Dickinson (10' pen, 80'), Simpson (53')
51	Thu Oct 01, 1931	League Tier 2	Burnley	H	1-2	9	Dent (4')
52	Sat Oct 03, 1931	League Tier 2	Notts County	H	2-1	7	Forrest (58'), Simpson (82')
53	Sat Oct 10, 1931	League Tier 2	Chesterfield	H	4-0	7	Stocks (5'), Dickinson (37'), Dent (53', 62')
54	Sat Oct 17, 1931	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-5	8	Dickinson (18')
55	Sat Oct 24, 1931	League Tier 2	Bristol City	H	3-1	7	Forrest (1'), Dickinson (3' pen, 18')
56	Sat Oct 31, 1931	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic	A	4-2	7	Dickinson (33'), Chambers (52'), Dent (57'), Stocks (88')
57	Sat Nov 07, 1931	League Tier 2	Barnsley	H	1-2	7	Dickinson (9')
58	Sat Nov 14, 1931	League Tier 2	Port Vale	A	0-2	9
59	Sat Nov 21, 1931	League Tier 2	Millwall	H	1-1	9	Dickinson (79')
60	Sat Nov 28, 1931	League Tier 2	Bradford City	A	2-2	8	Dickinson (37'), Loftus (75')
61	Sat Dec 05, 1931	League Tier 2	Leeds United	H	3-3	8	Dent (17'), Jack Milburn (24' OG), Dickinson (48')
62	Sat Dec 12, 1931	League Tier 2	Swansea Town	A	1-4	10	Dent (2')
63	Sat Dec 19, 1931	League Tier 2	Bury	H	0-2	12
64	Fri Dec 25, 1931	League Tier 2	Stoke City	A	1-2	13	Dickinson (20')
65	Sat Dec 26, 1931	League Tier 2	Stoke City	H	1-1	12	Dent (63')
66	Sat Jan 02, 1932	League Tier 2	Charlton Athletic	H	3-2	12	Stocks (22'), Dickinson (85'), Dent (87')
67	Sat Jan 09, 1932	FA Cup	Chesterfield	A	2-5		Simpson (65'), Dickinson (84' pen)

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