The City Ground

SEASON: 1934-35

Prev Season: 1933-34
This Season: 1934-35
Next Season: 1935-36

DIVISION: English Second Division (Tier 2)

MANAGER(s):: Noel Watson
FA Cup:: 5th Round (Burnley (A) 0-3)

Top Goalscorer:: Tom Peacock (21 goals)

Competitive Games:: 47
Competitive Goals:: 83
Goals per game:: 1.8
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 42 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 50.0%

Highest League Attendance:: 21,553 (Norwich City)
Lowest League Attendance:: 3,931 (Bradford City)
Average League Attendance:: 12,017
Highest Cup Attendance:: 34,180 (Burnley)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 32,862 (Manchester United)

FA Cup:: Sheffield Wednesday
League Cup:
League Trophy:
Community Shield:: Arsenal

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 5
5-1 (Sat Aug 25, 1934, Newcastle United, Home, League Tier 2)
5-3 (Sat Sep 29, 1934, Notts County, Away, League Tier 2)
5-2 (Tue Dec 25, 1934, Norwich City, Home, League Tier 2)
5-0 (Sat Mar 16, 1935, Oldham Athletic, Away, League Tier 2)
5-0 (Sat Mar 23, 1935, Burnley, Home, League Tier 2)

Biggest Winning Margin: 5
5-0 (Sat Mar 16, 1935, Oldham Athletic, Away, League Tier 2)
5-0 (Sat Mar 23, 1935, Burnley, Home, League Tier 2)

Most Goals Conceded: 5
0-5 (Sat Feb 02, 1935, Hull City, Away, League Tier 2)
2-5 (Mon Apr 22, 1935, Plymouth Argyle, Away, League Tier 2)

Biggest Losing Margin: 5
0-5 (Sat Feb 02, 1935, Hull City, Away, League Tier 2)

Clean Sheets:: 13
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 2
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 0

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1934-35

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Brentford	42	26	9	7	93	48	19	2	0	59	14	7	7	7	34	34	1.938	61	Promoted as Champions	0-0	1-1
2	Bolton Wanderers	42	26	4	12	96	48	17	1	3	63	15	9	3	9	33	33	2.000	56	Promoted	0-1	3-2
3	West Ham United	42	26	4	12	80	63	18	1	2	46	17	8	3	10	34	46	1.270	56		2-0	1-3
4	Blackpool	42	21	11	10	79	57	16	4	1	46	18	5	7	9	33	39	1.386	53		0-0	0-1
5	Manchester United	42	23	4	15	76	55	16	2	3	50	21	7	2	12	26	34	1.382	50		2-2	2-3
6	Newcastle United	42	22	4	16	89	68	14	2	5	55	25	8	2	11	34	43	1.309	48		5-1	0-2
7	Fulham	42	17	12	13	76	56	15	3	3	62	26	2	9	10	14	30	1.357	46		1-1	1-2
8	Plymouth Argyle	42	19	8	15	75	64	13	3	5	48	26	6	5	10	27	38	1.172	46		1-3	2-5
9	Nottingham Forest	42	17	8	17	76	70	12	5	4	46	23	5	3	13	30	47	1.086	42
10	Bury	42	19	4	19	62	73	14	1	6	38	26	5	3	13	24	47	.849	42		1-4	0-1
11	Sheffield United	42	16	9	17	79	70	11	4	6	51	30	5	5	11	28	40	1.129	41		2-1	1-2
12	Burnley	42	16	9	17	63	73	11	2	8	43	32	5	7	9	20	41	.863	41		5-0	1-2
13	Hull City	42	16	8	18	63	74	9	6	6	32	22	7	2	12	31	52	.851	40		2-1	0-5
14	Norwich City	42	14	11	17	71	61	11	6	4	51	23	3	5	13	20	38	1.164	39		5-2	3-3
15	Bradford Park Avenue	42	11	16	15	55	63	7	8	6	32	28	4	8	9	23	35	.873	38		2-2	1-1
16	Barnsley	42	13	12	17	60	83	8	10	3	32	22	5	2	14	28	61	.723	38		4-1	2-1
17	Swansea Town	42	14	8	20	56	67	13	5	3	41	22	1	3	17	15	45	.836	36		1-0	0-3
18	Port Vale	42	11	12	19	55	74	10	7	4	42	28	1	5	15	13	46	.743	34		2-0	0-2
19	Southampton	42	11	12	19	46	75	9	8	4	28	19	2	4	15	18	56	.613	34		3-1	2-1
20	Bradford City	42	12	8	22	50	68	10	7	4	34	20	2	1	18	16	48	.735	32		2-0	0-4
21	Oldham Athletic	42	10	6	26	56	95	10	3	8	44	40	0	3	18	12	55	.589	26	Relegated	4-0	5-0
22	Notts County	42	9	7	26	46	97	8	3	10	29	33	1	4	16	17	64	.474	25	Relegated	2-3	5-3

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	10 times	12 times	4 times	3 times	5 times
Conceded	13 times	9 times	8 times	2 times	2 times
Won By	6 times	5 times	3 times	3 times	2 times
Lost By	8 times	4 times	4 times	1 time	1 time

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	1	1	-	-	3	2	2	Bolton Wanderers (3-2)
2		2	3	-	2	1	1	2	2	Brentford (1-1), Brentford (0-0), Bolton Wanderers (0-1)
3	7	3	2	-	1	1	2	3	1	Blackpool (0-0), Manchester United (2-3)
4	14	4	2	1	1	-	4	2	3	West Ham United (2-0), Manchester United (2-2)
5	39	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	35	6	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Fulham (1-1), Blackpool (0-1)
7	19	7	3	-	-	3	3	10	0	Newcastle United (0-2), Plymouth Argyle (1-3), Plymouth Argyle (2-5)
8	33	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	51	9	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Burnley (1-2)
10	21	10	3	-	1	2	3	5	1	Bradford Park Avenue (1-1), Fulham (1-2), Sheffield United (1-2)
11	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	7	12	4	3	-	1	9	5	6	Swansea Town (1-0), Sheffield United (2-1), Bury (1-4), Burnley (5-0)
13	5	13	2	1	-	1	2	6	2	Barnsley (2-1), Hull City (0-5)
14	4	14	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Bradford Park Avenue (2-2)
15	5	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16		16	2	1	-	1	4	5	2	Bradford City (0-4), Barnsley (4-1)
17		17	3	3	-	-	9	2	6	Southampton (3-1), Oldham Athletic (4-0), Southampton (2-1)
18		18	3	2	-	1	8	5	4	West Ham United (1-3), Port Vale (2-0), Norwich City (5-2)
19		19	3	-	1	2	3	8	1	Norwich City (3-3), Swansea Town (0-3), Port Vale (0-2)
20		20	3	2	-	1	4	2	4	Bury (0-1), Hull City (2-1), Bradford City (2-0)
21		21	3	2	-	1	12	6	4	Notts County (5-3), Notts County (2-3), Oldham Athletic (5-0)
22		22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Not included: Week 1 game against Newcastle United (5-1) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

Manager for all games: Noel Watson
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 25, 1934	Newcastle United	H	5-1	21,409	6	Peacock (26'), Race (50'), Masters (72'), Burditt (77', 79')
2	Sat Sep 01, 1934	West Ham United	A	1-3	18,549	14	Burditt (30')
3	Mon Sep 03, 1934	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1-1	8,797	12	Peacock (?)
4	Sat Sep 08, 1934	Blackpool	H	0-0	17,179	12
5	Sat Sep 15, 1934	Bury	A	0-1	7,914	14
6	Sat Sep 22, 1934	Hull City	H	2-1	7,696	10	Peacock (16'), McKinlay (57')
7	Sat Sep 29, 1934	Notts County	A	5-3	15,254	7	Graham (5'), Dent (15'), Peacock (48'), McKinlay (69', 71')
8	Thu Oct 04, 1934	Bradford Park Avenue	H	2-2	7,302	6	Dennison (?), Dent (?)
9	Sat Oct 06, 1934	Brentford	A	1-1	16,098	8	George Poyser (60' OG)
10	Sat Oct 13, 1934	Fulham	H	1-1	12,595	9	Dennison (9')
11	Sat Oct 20, 1934	Southampton	H	3-1	11,877	8	Peacock (31'), Masters (37', 85')
12	Sat Oct 27, 1934	Bolton Wanderers	A	3-2	21,298	5	Race (9'), Peacock (10'), Masters (55')
13	Sat Nov 03, 1934	Oldham Athletic	H	4-0	11,938	3	McKinlay (30'), Graham (47'), Peacock (51'), Dennison (64')
14	Sat Nov 10, 1934	Burnley	A	1-2	12,373	4	Simpson (79')
15	Sat Nov 17, 1934	Swansea Town	H	1-0	12,024	4	Simpson (89')
16	Sat Nov 24, 1934	Manchester United	A	2-3	27,192	6	Masters (31'), Dent (76')
17	Sat Dec 01, 1934	Port Vale	H	2-0	13,579	6	Dent (43'), Race (89')
18	Sat Dec 08, 1934	Barnsley	A	2-1	9,784	5	Peacock (4'), Dent (63')
19	Sat Dec 15, 1934	Sheffield United	H	2-1	15,909	5	Simpson (57'), Race (70')
20	Sat Dec 22, 1934	Bradford City	A	0-4	3,631	5
21	Tue Dec 25, 1934	Norwich City	H	5-2	21,553	5	Burditt (?, ?, ?), Race (?), Simpson (?)
22	Wed Dec 26, 1934	Norwich City	A	3-3	16,909	6	Masters (?), Burditt (?), Graham (?)
23	Sat Dec 29, 1934	Newcastle United	A	0-2	23,029	6
24	Sat Jan 05, 1935	West Ham United	H	2-0	16,506	5	Burditt (41', 60')
25	Sat Jan 19, 1935	Blackpool	A	0-1	11,819	6
26	Sat Feb 02, 1935	Hull City	A	0-5	6,560	7
27	Wed Feb 06, 1935	Bury	H	1-4	5,048	7	Smith (6')
28	Sat Feb 09, 1935	Notts County	H	2-3	19,197	8	Peacock (28'), Simpson (67')
29	Sat Feb 23, 1935	Fulham	A	1-2	14,994	11	Peacock (?)
30	Thu Feb 28, 1935	Brentford	H	0-0	8,137	9
31	Sat Mar 02, 1935	Southampton	A	2-1	5,790	8	Race (39'), Dent (70')
32	Sat Mar 09, 1935	Bolton Wanderers	H	0-1	16,269	10
33	Sat Mar 16, 1935	Oldham Athletic	A	5-0	9,741	10	Dent (9', 58', 59'), Peacock (38', 64')
34	Sat Mar 23, 1935	Burnley	H	5-0	5,366	9	Dent (8', 62', 72'), Peacock (39', 44')	Safe
35	Sat Mar 30, 1935	Swansea Town	A	0-3	8,445	9		Safe
36	Sat Apr 06, 1935	Manchester United	H	2-2	8,618	9	Peacock (14', 40')	Safe
37	Sat Apr 13, 1935	Port Vale	A	0-2	6,389	9		Safe
38	Fri Apr 19, 1935	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-3	10,316	9	Peacock (39')	Safe
39	Sat Apr 20, 1935	Barnsley	H	4-1	5,924	9	Dennison (4'), Peacock (37', 59'), Cargill (61')	Safe
40	Mon Apr 22, 1935	Plymouth Argyle	A	2-5	14,436	9	Dennison (5'), Simpson (46')	Safe
41	Sat Apr 27, 1935	Sheffield United	A	1-2	4,014	11	Dent (26')	Safe
42	Sat May 04, 1935	Bradford City	H	2-0	3,931	9	Peacock (70', 83')	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 12, 1935	Chester City	3		A	4-0	12,701	Race (3', 24'), Dennison (31'), Masters (77')
Sat Jan 26, 1935	Manchester United	4		H	0-0	32,862
Wed Jan 30, 1935	Manchester United	4	1	A	3-0	33,851	Mawson (3'), Masters (43'), Race (69')
Sat Feb 16, 1935	Burnley	5		H	0-0	34,180
Tue Feb 19, 1935	Burnley	5	1	A	0-3	29,520

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Mon May 06, 1935	Notts County		A	2-3	4,595	Peacock (?), Simpson (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Noel Watson
Sat Aug 25, 1934	League Tier 2	Newcastle United			H	5-1	21,409	Peacock (26'), Race (50'), Masters (72'), Burditt (77', 79')
Sat Sep 01, 1934	League Tier 2	West Ham United			A	1-3	18,549	Burditt (30')
Mon Sep 03, 1934	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue			A	1-1	8,797	Peacock (?)
Sat Sep 08, 1934	League Tier 2	Blackpool			H	0-0	17,179
Sat Sep 15, 1934	League Tier 2	Bury			A	0-1	7,914
Sat Sep 22, 1934	League Tier 2	Hull City			H	2-1	7,696	Peacock (16'), McKinlay (57')
Sat Sep 29, 1934	League Tier 2	Notts County			A	5-3	15,254	Graham (5'), Dent (15'), Peacock (48'), McKinlay (69', 71')
Thu Oct 04, 1934	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue			H	2-2	7,302	Dennison (?), Dent (?)
Sat Oct 06, 1934	League Tier 2	Brentford			A	1-1	16,098	George Poyser (60' OG)
Sat Oct 13, 1934	League Tier 2	Fulham			H	1-1	12,595	Dennison (9')
Sat Oct 20, 1934	League Tier 2	Southampton			H	3-1	11,877	Peacock (31'), Masters (37', 85')
Sat Oct 27, 1934	League Tier 2	Bolton Wanderers			A	3-2	21,298	Race (9'), Peacock (10'), Masters (55')
Sat Nov 03, 1934	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic			H	4-0	11,938	McKinlay (30'), Graham (47'), Peacock (51'), Dennison (64')
Sat Nov 10, 1934	League Tier 2	Burnley			A	1-2	12,373	Simpson (79')
Sat Nov 17, 1934	League Tier 2	Swansea Town			H	1-0	12,024	Simpson (89')
Sat Nov 24, 1934	League Tier 2	Manchester United			A	2-3	27,192	Masters (31'), Dent (76')
Sat Dec 01, 1934	League Tier 2	Port Vale			H	2-0	13,579	Dent (43'), Race (89')
Sat Dec 08, 1934	League Tier 2	Barnsley			A	2-1	9,784	Peacock (4'), Dent (63')
Sat Dec 15, 1934	League Tier 2	Sheffield United			H	2-1	15,909	Simpson (57'), Race (70')
Sat Dec 22, 1934	League Tier 2	Bradford City			A	0-4	3,631
Tue Dec 25, 1934	League Tier 2	Norwich City			H	5-2	21,553	Burditt (?, ?, ?), Race (?), Simpson (?)
Wed Dec 26, 1934	League Tier 2	Norwich City			A	3-3	16,909	Masters (?), Burditt (?), Graham (?)
Sat Dec 29, 1934	League Tier 2	Newcastle United			A	0-2	23,029
Sat Jan 05, 1935	League Tier 2	West Ham United			H	2-0	16,506	Burditt (41', 60')
Sat Jan 12, 1935	FA Cup	Chester City	3		A	4-0	12,701	Race (3', 24'), Dennison (31'), Masters (77')
Sat Jan 19, 1935	League Tier 2	Blackpool			A	0-1	11,819
Sat Jan 26, 1935	FA Cup	Manchester United	4		H	0-0	32,862
Wed Jan 30, 1935	FA Cup	Manchester United	4	1	A	3-0	33,851	Mawson (3'), Masters (43'), Race (69')
Sat Feb 02, 1935	League Tier 2	Hull City			A	0-5	6,560
Wed Feb 06, 1935	League Tier 2	Bury			H	1-4	5,048	Smith (6')
Sat Feb 09, 1935	League Tier 2	Notts County			H	2-3	19,197	Peacock (28'), Simpson (67')
Sat Feb 16, 1935	FA Cup	Burnley	5		H	0-0	34,180
Tue Feb 19, 1935	FA Cup	Burnley	5	1	A	0-3	29,520
Sat Feb 23, 1935	League Tier 2	Fulham			A	1-2	14,994	Peacock (?)
Thu Feb 28, 1935	League Tier 2	Brentford			H	0-0	8,137
Sat Mar 02, 1935	League Tier 2	Southampton			A	2-1	5,790	Race (39'), Dent (70')
Sat Mar 09, 1935	League Tier 2	Bolton Wanderers			H	0-1	16,269
Sat Mar 16, 1935	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic			A	5-0	9,741	Dent (9', 58', 59'), Peacock (38', 64')
Sat Mar 23, 1935	League Tier 2	Burnley			H	5-0	5,366	Dent (8', 62', 72'), Peacock (39', 44')	Safe
Sat Mar 30, 1935	League Tier 2	Swansea Town			A	0-3	8,445		Safe
Sat Apr 06, 1935	League Tier 2	Manchester United			H	2-2	8,618	Peacock (14', 40')	Safe
Sat Apr 13, 1935	League Tier 2	Port Vale			A	0-2	6,389		Safe
Fri Apr 19, 1935	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle			H	1-3	10,316	Peacock (39')	Safe
Sat Apr 20, 1935	League Tier 2	Barnsley			H	4-1	5,924	Dennison (4'), Peacock (37', 59'), Cargill (61')	Safe
Mon Apr 22, 1935	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle			A	2-5	14,436	Dennison (5'), Simpson (46')	Safe
Sat Apr 27, 1935	League Tier 2	Sheffield United			A	1-2	4,014	Dent (26')	Safe
Sat May 04, 1935	League Tier 2	Bradford City			H	2-0	3,931	Peacock (70', 83')	Safe
Mon May 06, 1935	County Cup	Notts County			A	2-3	4,595	Peacock (?), Simpson (?)

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Mon May 06, 1935	Notts County		A	2-3	4,595

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (11) - £0				Out (11) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
Nov 1934	Clarence Hood	Bought			Bill Thompson	Sold
	Ernie Smith	Bought			Clarence Hood	Sold
	Fred Saxton	Bought			Ernie Smith	Sold
	George Burditt	Bought			Fred Saxton	Sold
	Gibson McNaughton	Bought			James Graham	Sold
	James Cargill (1934-35)	Bought			Joe Mawson	Sold
	Joe Mawson	Bought			Joseph Hunt	Sold
	Thomas Wall	Bought			Robert Vasey	Sold
May 24, 1934	Bob Dennison	Bought			Thomas Wall	Sold
May 24, 1934	Jock McNaughton	Bought			William Porter	Sold
	Joseph Hunt	Bought		1935	Bob Dennison	Sold

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Arthur Dexter	England	29	12	4	2	6
GK		Percy Ashton	England	25	34	14	8	12
GK		Thomas Wall	England	25	1	1
Defenders
D		Bill Thompson	England	34	2	1	1
D		Billy McKinlay	Scotland	29	42	17	10	15	4
D		Jimmy Barrington	England	32	41	16	7	18
D		John Burton	England	26	20	7	4	9
D		Tommy Graham	England	29	25	12	6	7	3
D		Jock McNaughton	Scotland	22	10	4	4	2
Midfielders
M		Arthur Masters	England	23	36	14	6	16	8
M		Clarence Hood	England	22	3	3
M		Fred Saxton	England	18	1		1
M		George Burditt	England	24	16	5	3	8	9
M		Harry Smith	England	25	40	17	8	15
M		Joseph Hunt	Rep. of Ire.	21	1	1
M		Robert Vasey	England	26	5	1	1	3
Forwards
F		Bob Dennison	England	22	16	8	2	6	6
F		Ernie Smith	England	22	2			2	1
F		Henry Race	England	28	46	18	10	18	9
F		James Cargill (1934-35)	Scotland	19	7	2	3	2	1
F		James Graham	England	23	1		1
F		Joe Mawson	England	28	4	1	2	1	1
F		Johnny Dent	England	31	19	8	4	7	13
F		Richard Armstrong	England	24	1			1
F		Robert Pugh	England	24	44	18	9	17
F		Tom Peacock	England	21	40	17	8	15	21
F		William Porter	England	26	6	2	1	3
F		William Simpson	England		42	18	9	15	6

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
21	Tom Peacock	40
13	Johnny Dent	19
9	George Burditt	16
9	Henry Race	46
8	Arthur Masters	36
6	Bob Dennison	16
6	William Simpson	42
4	Billy McKinlay	42
3	Tommy Graham	25
1	Ernie Smith	2
1	James Cargill (1934-35)	7
1	Joe Mawson	4
1	Own Goals	47

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Barnsley	Sat Dec 08, 1934	Away	2-1	Sat Apr 20, 1935	Home	4-1
Oldham Athletic	Sat Nov 03, 1934	Home	4-0	Sat Mar 16, 1935	Away	5-0
Southampton	Sat Oct 20, 1934	Home	3-1	Sat Mar 02, 1935	Away	2-1

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Bury	Sat Sep 15, 1934	Away	0-1	Wed Feb 06, 1935	Home	1-4
Plymouth Argyle	Fri Apr 19, 1935	Home	1-3	Mon Apr 22, 1935	Away	2-5