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SEASON: 1924-25

Prev Season: 1923-24
This Season: 1924-25
Next Season: 1925-26

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Bob Masters
FA Cup:: 2nd Round (West Ham United (H) 0-2)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Duncan Walker (8 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	14 times	6 times		1 time
Conceded	16 times	7 times	8 times	2 times	1 time
Won By	5 times	1 time		1 time
Lost By	9 times	10 times	5 times	1 time

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

		Record against teams
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results
1		1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2		2	2	-	-	2	0	2	0	Huddersfield Town (0-1), West Bromwich Albion (0-1)
3		3	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Birmingham City (1-1)
4		4	2	-	1	1	2	6	1	West Bromwich Albion (1-5), Bolton Wanderers (1-1)
5		5	3	-	-	3	2	8	0	Sunderland (1-3), Liverpool (0-1), Newcastle United (1-4)
6		6	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Bolton Wanderers (0-1), Sunderland (1-1)
7		7	1	-	-	1	0	3	0	Huddersfield Town (0-3)
8		8	3	-	2	1	2	5	2	Newcastle United (1-1), Bury (0-3), Birmingham City (1-1)
9		9	1	-	-	1	2	4	0	Manchester City (2-4)
10		10	3	1	2	-	1	0	4	Notts County (0-0), Tottenham Hotspur (1-0), Notts County (0-0)
11		11	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	West Ham United (2-1)
12		12	5	-	1	4	1	8	1	Arsenal (1-2), Manchester City (0-3), Cardiff City (0-2), West Ham United (0-0), Tottenham Hotspur (0-1)
13		13	2	1	-	1	2	2	2	Bury (2-0), Aston Villa (0-2)
14		14	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Leeds United (1-1)
15		15	3	-	1	2	0	4	1	Blackburn Rovers (0-2), Blackburn Rovers (0-0), Aston Villa (0-2)
16		16	2	1	-	1	4	4	2	Cardiff City (2-1), Sheffield United (2-3)
17		17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
18	1	18	2	1	1	-	4	0	3	Burnley (0-0), Leeds United (4-0)
19	5	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	4	20	5	1	1	3	3	8	3	Liverpool (0-3), Sheffield United (2-1), Everton (0-1), Burnley (0-0), Everton (1-3)
21	48	21	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Preston North End (0-1)
22	21	22	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Preston North End (1-3)

Not included: Week 1 game against Arsenal (0-2)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 20,000
Lowest League Attendance:: 5,000
Average League Attendance:: 11,300
Highest Cup Attendance:: 10,590
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 10,590

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 10
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 1
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1924-25)

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Huddersfield Town	42	21	16	5	69	28	10	8	3	31	10	11	8	2	38	18	2.464	58		0-1	0-3
2	West Bromwich Albion	42	23	10	9	58	34	13	6	2	40	17	10	4	7	18	17	1.706	56		0-1	1-5
3	Bolton Wanderers	42	22	11	9	76	34	18	2	1	61	13	4	9	8	15	21	2.235	55		1-1	0-1
4	Liverpool	42	20	10	12	63	55	13	5	3	43	20	7	5	9	20	35	1.145	50		0-1	0-3
5	Bury	42	17	15	10	54	51	13	4	4	35	20	4	11	6	19	31	1.059	49		2-0	0-3
6	Newcastle United	42	16	16	10	61	42	11	6	4	43	18	5	10	6	18	24	1.452	48		1-1	1-4
7	Sunderland	42	19	10	13	64	51	13	6	2	39	14	6	4	11	25	37	1.255	48		1-1	1-3
8	Birmingham City	42	17	12	13	49	53	10	8	3	27	17	7	4	10	22	36	.925	46		1-1	1-1
9	Notts County	42	16	13	13	42	31	11	6	4	29	12	5	7	9	13	19	1.355	45		0-0	0-0
10	Manchester City	42	17	9	16	76	68	11	7	3	44	29	6	2	13	32	39	1.118	43		0-3	2-4
11	Cardiff City	42	16	11	15	56	51	11	5	5	35	19	5	6	10	21	32	1.098	43		2-1	0-2
12	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	12	15	52	43	9	8	4	32	16	6	4	11	20	27	1.209	42		1-0	0-1
13	West Ham United	42	15	12	15	62	60	12	7	2	37	12	3	5	13	25	48	1.033	42		2-1	0-0
14	Sheffield United	42	13	13	16	55	63	10	5	6	34	25	3	8	10	21	38	.873	39		2-3	2-1
15	Aston Villa	42	13	13	16	58	71	10	7	4	34	25	3	6	12	24	46	.817	39		0-2	0-2
16	Blackburn Rovers	42	11	13	18	53	66	7	6	8	31	26	4	7	10	22	40	.803	35		0-2	0-0
17	Everton	42	12	11	19	40	60	11	4	6	25	20	1	7	13	15	40	.667	35		0-1	1-3
18	Leeds United	42	11	12	19	46	59	9	8	4	29	17	2	4	15	17	42	.780	34		4-0	1-1
19	Burnley	42	11	12	19	46	75	7	8	6	28	31	4	4	13	18	44	.613	34		0-0	0-0
20	Arsenal	42	14	5	23	46	58	12	3	6	33	17	2	2	17	13	41	.793	33		0-2	1-2
21	Preston North End	42	10	6	26	37	74	8	2	11	29	35	2	4	15	8	39	.500	26		0-1	1-3
22	Nottingham Forest	42	6	12	24	29	65	5	6	10	17	23	1	6	14	12	42	.446	24

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 30, 1924	Arsenal	H	0-2	Loss	20,000	21
2	Tue Sep 02, 1924	Huddersfield Town	A	0-3	Loss	13,500	21
3	Sat Sep 06, 1924	Manchester City	A	2-4	Loss	31,000	21	Flood (?), Walker (?)
4	Mon Sep 08, 1924	Huddersfield Town	H	0-1	Loss	-	21
5	Sat Sep 13, 1924	Bury	H	2-0	Win	10,000	21	Flood (?), Walker (?)
6	Sat Sep 20, 1924	Notts County	A	0-0	Draw	25,000	21
7	Sat Sep 27, 1924	Liverpool	A	0-3	Loss	33,000	21
8	Thu Oct 02, 1924	Aston Villa	H	0-2	Loss	12,000	21
9	Sat Oct 04, 1924	Newcastle United	H	1-1	Draw	15,000	21	Flood (?)
10	Sat Oct 11, 1924	Sheffield United	A	2-1	Win	15,000	20	Flood (?), Nelis (?)
11	Sat Oct 18, 1924	West Ham United	H	2-1	Win	13,000	18	Morgan (?), Flood (?)
12	Sat Oct 25, 1924	Everton	H	0-1	Loss	8,000	19
13	Sat Nov 01, 1924	Sunderland	A	1-3	Loss	18,000	21	Martin (?)
14	Sat Nov 08, 1924	Cardiff City	H	2-1	Win	10,000	19	Flood (?), Burton (?)
15	Sat Nov 15, 1924	Preston North End	A	1-3	Loss	19,000	21	Morgan (?)
16	Sat Nov 22, 1924	Burnley	H	0-0	Draw	15,000	21
17	Sat Nov 29, 1924	Leeds United	A	1-1	Draw	20,000	21	Galloway (?)
18	Sat Dec 06, 1924	Birmingham City	H	1-1	Draw	10,000	20	Martin (?)
19	Sat Dec 13, 1924	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-5	Loss	16,227	21	Nelis (?)
20	Sat Dec 20, 1924	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-0	Win	15,000	21	Martin (?)
21	Thu Dec 25, 1924	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-1	Loss	31,000	21
22	Fri Dec 26, 1924	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-1	Draw	12,000	21	Martin (75 pen)
23	Sat Dec 27, 1924	Arsenal	A	1-2	Loss	12,000	21	Galloway (?)
24	Sat Jan 03, 1925	Manchester City	H	0-3	Loss	8,000	21
25	Sat Jan 17, 1925	Bury	A	0-3	Loss	15,000	21
26	Sat Jan 24, 1925	Notts County	H	0-0	Draw	15,000	21
27	Wed Feb 04, 1925	Liverpool	H	0-1	Loss	20,000	21
28	Sat Feb 07, 1925	Newcastle United	A	1-4	Loss	21,000	21	Walker (?)
29	Sat Feb 14, 1925	Sheffield United	H	2-3	Loss	8,000	21	Walker (?), Morris (?)
30	Sat Feb 28, 1925	Everton	A	1-3	Loss	25,000	21	Walker (?)
31	Sat Mar 07, 1925	Sunderland	H	1-1	Draw	8,000	21	Walker (?)
32	Sat Mar 14, 1925	Cardiff City	A	0-2	Loss	15,000	22
33	Sat Mar 21, 1925	Preston North End	H	0-1	Loss	5,000	22
34	Sat Mar 28, 1925	Burnley	A	0-0	Draw	20,000	22
35	Thu Apr 02, 1925	West Ham United	A	0-0	Draw	8,000	22
36	Sat Apr 04, 1925	Leeds United	H	4-0	Win	5,000	21	Morgan (?), Gibson (?), Walker (?), Martin (?)
37	Fri Apr 10, 1925	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-2	Loss	11,000	22
38	Sat Apr 11, 1925	Birmingham City	A	1-1	Draw	15,000	22	Spaven (?)
39	Mon Apr 13, 1925	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-0	Draw	8,000	22
40	Sat Apr 18, 1925	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-1	Loss	6,000	22
41	Sat Apr 25, 1925	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-1	Loss	19,000	22
42	Sat May 02, 1925	Aston Villa	A	0-2	Loss	15,000	22

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 10, 1925	Clapton Orient	1			H	1-0	Win	-	Walker (?)
Sat Jan 31, 1925	West Ham United	2			H	0-2	Loss	10,590

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Sep 22, 1924	Newark	England	A	5-1	Win	-	Spaven (?), Flood (?), Parker (?), Gibson (?, ?)
Mon May 04, 1925	Northampton Town	England	A	2-1	Win	-	Walker (?, ?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (8)				Out (7)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Andrew Miller	Bought			Andrew Miller	Sold
	Arthur Hewitt	Bought			Arthur Hewitt	Sold
	Cyril Stocks	Bought			Fred Parker	Sold
	Hugh Morris	Bought			Harold Bulling	Sold
	John Saxton	Bought			Henry Martin	Sold
	Len Langford	Bought			Hugh Morris	Sold
	Norman Thompson	Bought			Sam Hardy	Retired
	Randolph Galloway	Bought

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Alfred Bennett	33	6	10	17
GK		Len Langford	2			2
GK		Sam Hardy	9	1	2	6
D		Arthur Hewitt	5		2	3
D		Bobby Parker	6		3	3
D		Fred Parker
D		Harold Bulling	22	3	6	13
D		William 'Bill' Thompson	29	6	6	17
M		Arthur Tilford	1		1
M		Gerry Morgan	36	7	8	21	3
M		John Saxton
M		Sid Gibson	34	6	10	18	1
F		Andrew Miller	5	2		3
F		Bob Wallace	44	7	12	25
F		Charlie Flood	24	4	6	14	6
F		Cyril Stocks	3		2	1
F		Duncan Walker	37	5	10	22	8
F		Harry Marshall	9	1	3	5
F		Henry Martin	33	6	11	16	5
F		Hugh Morris	23	3	4	16	1
F		Jack Spaven	14	2	5	7	1
F		Jackie Belton	30	5	8	17
F		Noah Burton	30	5	7	18	1
F		Norman Thompson	1			1
F		Patrick Nelis	11	2	2	7	2
F		Percy Barratt	32	5	10	17
F		Randolph Galloway	11	1	4	6	2

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
8	Duncan Walker	37
6	Charlie Flood	24
5	Henry Martin	33
3	Gerry Morgan	36
2	Patrick Nelis	11
2	Randolph Galloway	11
1	Hugh Morris	23
1	Jack Spaven	14
1	Noah Burton	30
1	Sid Gibson	34

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season