The City Ground

SEASON: 1929-30

Prev Season: 1928-29
This Season: 1929-30
Next Season: 1930-31

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: John Baynes
FA Cup:: Quarter Final (Sheffield Wednesday (A) 1-3)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Johnny Dent (18 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	17 times	10 times	3 times	1 time	4 times
Conceded	17 times	12 times	1 time	2 times	5 times
Won By	8 times	3 times	2 times	1 time	2 times
Lost By	3 times	6 times	1 time	2 times	3 times

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	3	-	2	1	1	2	2	Oldham Athletic (1-2), Oldham Athletic (0-0), Blackpool (0-0)
2		2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3		3	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Chelsea (0-0)
4		4	1	1	-	-	3	1	2	Cardiff City (3-1)
5		5	3	1	-	2	3	4	2	Reading (1-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-2), Bury (1-2)
6		6	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Bury (0-0)
7		7	2	1	1	-	6	3	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers (5-2), Cardiff City (1-1)
8	5	8	4	1	-	3	4	13	2	Bradford Park Avenue (1-5), Blackpool (1-5), Stoke City (2-1), Southampton (0-2)
9	3	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	8	10	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Charlton Athletic (0-2)
11	9	11	2	1	1	-	3	2	3	Notts County (1-1), Hull City (2-1)
12	6	12	3	1	-	2	3	8	2	Southampton (0-5), West Bromwich Albion (0-2), West Bromwich Albion (3-1)
13	6	13	2	-	-	2	0	11	0	Charlton Athletic (0-5), Stoke City (0-6)
14	2	14	2	2	-	-	4	2	4	Bradford City (2-1), Hull City (2-1)
15	1	15	2	-	2	-	1	1	2	Bradford Park Avenue (1-1), Tottenham Hotspur (0-0)
16		16	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Preston North End (2-1)
17		17	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Notts County (0-0)
18	3	18	3	1	2	-	3	2	4	Tottenham Hotspur (1-1), Bradford City (1-1), Swansea Town (1-0)
19	3	19	3	2	-	1	12	6	4	Bristol City (5-2), Reading (5-0), Preston North End (2-4)
20	7	20	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Millwall (1-1)
21	5	21	2	1	1	-	5	1	3	Barnsley (4-0), Barnsley (1-1)
22	8	22	3	-	2	1	4	7	2	Millwall (2-2), Swansea Town (1-1), Bristol City (1-4)

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

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 18,230
Lowest League Attendance:: 4,385
Average League Attendance:: 8,992
Highest Cup Attendance:: 44,166
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 44,166

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 11
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 2

END OF SEASON TABLE (1929-30)

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2)								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	Blackpool	42	27	4	11	98	67	17	1	3	63	22	10	3	8	35	45	1.463	58		0-0	1-5
2	Chelsea	42	22	11	9	74	46	17	3	1	49	14	5	8	8	25	32	1.609	55		0-0	0-2
3	Oldham Athletic	42	21	11	10	90	51	14	5	2	60	21	7	6	8	30	30	1.765	53		1-2	0-0
4	Bradford Park Avenue	42	19	12	11	91	70	14	5	2	65	28	5	7	9	26	42	1.300	50		1-1	1-5
5	Bury	42	22	5	15	78	67	14	2	5	45	27	8	3	10	33	40	1.164	49		1-2	0-0
6	West Bromwich Albion	42	21	5	16	105	73	16	1	4	73	31	5	4	12	32	42	1.438	47		0-2	3-1
7	Southampton	42	17	11	14	77	76	14	6	1	46	22	3	5	13	31	54	1.013	45		0-5	0-2
8	Cardiff City	42	18	8	16	61	59	14	4	3	41	16	4	4	13	20	43	1.034	44		3-1	1-1
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	16	9	17	77	79	14	3	4	53	24	2	6	13	24	55	.975	41		5-2	1-2
10	Nottingham Forest	42	13	15	14	55	69	9	6	6	36	28	4	9	8	19	41	.797	41
11	Stoke City	42	16	8	18	74	72	12	4	5	41	20	4	4	13	33	52	1.028	40		2-1	0-6
12	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	9	18	59	61	11	8	2	43	24	4	1	16	16	37	.967	39		0-0	1-1
13	Charlton Athletic	42	14	11	17	59	63	10	6	5	39	23	4	5	12	20	40	.937	39		0-2	0-5
14	Millwall	42	12	15	15	57	73	10	7	4	36	26	2	8	11	21	47	.781	39		1-1	2-2
15	Swansea Town	42	14	9	19	57	61	11	5	5	42	23	3	4	14	15	38	.934	37		1-0	1-1
16	Preston North End	42	13	11	18	65	80	7	7	7	42	36	6	4	11	23	44	.813	37		2-4	2-1
17	Barnsley	42	14	8	20	56	71	12	7	2	39	22	2	1	18	17	49	.789	36		4-0	1-1
18	Bradford City	42	12	12	18	60	77	7	7	7	33	30	5	5	11	27	47	.779	36		2-1	1-1
19	Reading	42	12	11	19	54	67	10	7	4	31	20	2	4	15	23	47	.806	35		5-0	1-0
20	Bristol City	42	13	9	20	61	83	11	4	6	36	30	2	5	14	25	53	.735	35		5-2	1-4
21	Hull City	42	14	7	21	51	78	11	3	7	30	24	3	4	14	21	54	.654	35		2-1	2-1
22	Notts County	42	9	15	18	54	70	8	7	6	33	26	1	8	12	21	44	.771	33		1-1	0-0

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 31, 1929	Chelsea	A	0-2	Loss	26,832	20
2	Wed Sep 04, 1929	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1-5	Loss	14,593	21	Stocks (?)
3	Sat Sep 07, 1929	Notts County	H	1-1	Draw	18,230	20	Burton (?)
4	Mon Sep 09, 1929	Blackpool	A	1-5	Loss	14,182	20	Dickinson (?)
5	Sat Sep 14, 1929	Oldham Athletic	H	1-2	Loss	9,018	20	Heathcock (?)
6	Sat Sep 21, 1929	Millwall	A	2-2	Draw	22,747	21	Burton (?, ?)
7	Sat Sep 28, 1929	Southampton	H	0-5	Loss	8,593	22
8	Thu Oct 03, 1929	Bradford Park Avenue	H	1-1	Draw	4,430	22	Stocks (?)
9	Sat Oct 05, 1929	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-1	Draw	22,332	22	Dent (?)
10	Sat Oct 12, 1929	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-2	Loss	11,958	22
11	Sat Oct 19, 1929	Reading	A	1-0	Win	13,324	20	Dent (?)
12	Sat Oct 26, 1929	Charlton Athletic	H	0-2	Loss	8,213	21
13	Sat Nov 02, 1929	Hull City	A	2-1	Win	6,182	19	German (?), Dent (?)
14	Sat Nov 09, 1929	Stoke City	H	2-1	Win	9,360	18	Harrison (?), German (?)
15	Sat Nov 16, 1929	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-2	Loss	8,880	18	Thompson (?)
16	Sat Nov 23, 1929	Bradford City	H	2-1	Win	5,224	18	Dent (?), Loftus (?)
17	Sat Nov 30, 1929	Swansea Town	A	1-1	Draw	9,297	19	Dent (?)
18	Sat Dec 07, 1929	Cardiff City	H	3-1	Win	4,385	19	Cameron (?), German (?), Dent (?)
19	Sat Dec 14, 1929	Preston North End	A	2-1	Win	11,566	15	Dent (?), Loftus (?)
20	Sat Dec 21, 1929	Bristol City	H	5-2	Win	6,905	13	German (?, ?, ?), Dent (?), Loftus (?)
21	Wed Dec 25, 1929	Barnsley	H	4-0	Win	16,301	11	McKinlay (?), German (?), Dent (?), Burton (?)
22	Thu Dec 26, 1929	Barnsley	A	1-1	Draw	9,852	13	Loftus (?)
23	Sat Dec 28, 1929	Chelsea	H	0-0	Draw	14,772	11
24	Sat Jan 04, 1930	Notts County	A	0-0	Draw	20,917	11
25	Sat Jan 18, 1930	Oldham Athletic	A	0-0	Draw	17,769	12
26	Sat Feb 01, 1930	Southampton	A	0-2	Loss	9,442	13
27	Wed Feb 05, 1930	Millwall	H	1-1	Draw	5,467	12	Burton (?)
28	Sat Feb 08, 1930	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-0	Draw	9,833	13
29	Sat Feb 22, 1930	Reading	H	5-0	Win	8,882	11	Stocks (?, ?, ?), Dickinson (?, ?)
30	Sat Mar 08, 1930	Hull City	H	2-1	Win	11,364	10	Dickinson (?), Heslop (?)
31	Mon Mar 10, 1930	Charlton Athletic	A	0-5	Loss	2,975	11
32	Sat Mar 15, 1930	Stoke City	A	0-6	Loss	5,369	13
33	Wed Mar 19, 1930	West Bromwich Albion	A	3-1	Win	1,280	11	Stocks (?), Dent (?, ?)
34	Sat Mar 22, 1930	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	5-2	Win	8,725	10	Stocks (?), Dent (?, ?), Loftus (?, ?)
35	Sat Mar 29, 1930	Bradford City	A	1-1	Draw	12,877	9	Dent (?)
36	Sat Apr 05, 1930	Swansea Town	H	1-0	Win	6,604	8	Burton (?)
37	Sat Apr 12, 1930	Cardiff City	A	1-1	Draw	9,328	8	Dickinson (?)
38	Fri Apr 18, 1930	Bury	A	0-0	Draw	8,836	8
39	Sat Apr 19, 1930	Preston North End	H	2-4	Loss	5,767	9	Heslop (?), Burton (?)
40	Mon Apr 21, 1930	Bury	H	1-2	Loss	8,774	10	Heslop (?)
41	Sat Apr 26, 1930	Bristol City	A	1-4	Loss	12,381	10	Dent (?)
42	Sat May 03, 1930	Blackpool	H	0-0	Draw	6,044	10

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 11, 1930	Rotherham United	3			A	5-0	Win	-	Scott (?), Dent (?, ?, ?), Loftus (?)
Sat Jan 25, 1930	Fulham	4			H	2-1	Win	-	Loftus (?, ?)
Sat Feb 15, 1930	Sunderland	5			A	2-2	Draw	-	Dickinson (?, ?)
Wed Feb 19, 1930	Sunderland	5	Y	1	H	3-1	Win	-	Scott (?), Loftus (?), Burton (?)
Sat Mar 01, 1930	Sheffield Wednesday	Quarter			H	2-2	Draw	44,166	Dickinson (?), Loftus (?)
Wed Mar 05, 1930	Sheffield Wednesday	Quarter	Y	1	A	1-3	Loss	59,205	Burton (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Thu Sep 19, 1929	Arsenal	England	A	0-4	Loss	-

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (8)				Out (10)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Buster Brown	Bought			Bob Morton	Sold
	Emos Bromage	Bought			Emos Bromage	Sold
	Jimmy Barrington	Bought			Jack Oakes	Sold
	John Scott	Bought			Joe Heathcock	Sold
	Leo Loftus	Bought			John Venters	Sold
	Walter Robins	Bought			Len Langford	Sold
	William Simpson	Bought			Norman Thompson	Sold
Oct 03, 1929	Johnny Dent	Bought			Percy Barratt	Sold
				Nov 30, 1929	Albert Harrison	Sold
				Jul 01, 1931	David Cameron	Sold

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Arthur Dexter	38	16	13	9
GK		Len Langford	10		4	6
D		Jimmy Barrington	42	15	16	11
D		William 'Bill' Thompson	46	16	15	15
M		Albert Harrison	16	4	5	7	1
M		Billy McKinlay	47	16	17	14	1
M		Charles Howie	6		1	5
M		David Cameron	11	2	5	4	1
M		Harry Smith	2		2
M		Joe Heathcock	4		1	3	1
M		John Scott	36	15	14	7	2
M		John Venters	1			1
M		Walter Robins	1	1
F		Billy Dickinson	17	3	6	8	8
F		Bob Morton	8	1	3	4
F		Bob Wallace	45	16	16	13
F		Buster Brown	1			1
F		Clive German	22	10	8	4	7
F		Cyril Stocks	23	6	9	8	7
F		Emos Bromage	1			1
F		Jack Oakes	2		2
F		Johnny Dent	26	13	7	6	18
F		Leo Loftus	31	14	11	6	11
F		Noah Burton	40	14	14	12	9
F		Norman Thompson	3	1	1	1	1
F		Percy Barratt	1	1
F		Richard Armstrong	1			1
F		Robert Heslop	14	2	5	7	3
F		Tommy Graham	30	10	10	10
F		William Simpson	3		2	1

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
18	Johnny Dent	26
11	Leo Loftus	31
9	Noah Burton	40
8	Billy Dickinson	17
7	Clive German	22
7	Cyril Stocks	23
3	Robert Heslop	14
2	John Scott	36
1	Albert Harrison	16
1	Billy McKinlay	47
1	David Cameron	11
1	Joe Heathcock	4
1	Norman Thompson	3

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1929-30

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Hull City	Sat Nov 02, 1929	A	2-1	Sat Mar 08, 1930	H	2-1
Reading	Sat Oct 19, 1929	A	1-0	Sat Feb 22, 1930	H	5-0