The City Ground

SEASON: 1932-33

Prev Season: 1931-32
This Season: 1932-33
Next Season: 1933-34

DIVISION: English Second Division (Tier 2)

MANAGER(s):: Noel Watson
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Bury (H) 1-2)

Top Goalscorer:: Billy Dickinson (15 goals)

Competitive Games:: 44
Competitive Goals:: 70
Goals per game:: 1.6
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 49 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 58.3%

Highest League Attendance:: 22,507 (Stoke City)
Lowest League Attendance:: 3,842 (Fulham)
Average League Attendance:: 10,184
Highest Cup Attendance:: 13,936 (Bury)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 13,936 (Bury)

Champions:: Arsenal
FA Cup:: Everton
Community Shield:: Everton

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 4
4-2 (Sat Oct 08, 1932, Notts County, Away, League Tier 2)
4-2 (Sat Apr 22, 1933, Southampton, Home, League Tier 2)

Biggest Winning Margin: 3
3-0 (Sat Feb 18, 1933, Notts County, Home, League Tier 2)

Most Goals Conceded: 5
2-5 (Sat Apr 01, 1933, Bury, Away, League Tier 2)

Biggest Losing Margin: 3
0-3 (Sat Oct 15, 1932, Charlton Athletic, Away, League Tier 2)
2-5 (Sat Apr 01, 1933, Bury, Away, League Tier 2)

Clean Sheets:: 11
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:: 3
Penalties conceded:: 1
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 0

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1932-33

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	Stoke City	42	25	6	11	78	39	13	3	5	40	15	12	3	6	38	24	2.000	56	Promoted as Champions	1-0	1-0
2	Tottenham Hotspur	42	20	15	7	96	51	14	7	0	58	19	6	8	7	38	32	1.882	55	Promoted	3-1	0-0
3	Fulham	42	20	10	12	78	65	12	5	4	46	31	8	5	8	32	34	1.200	50		1-0	1-0
4	Bury	42	20	9	13	84	59	13	7	1	55	23	7	2	12	29	36	1.424	49		0-2	2-5
5	Nottingham Forest	42	17	15	10	67	59	9	8	4	37	28	8	7	6	30	31	1.136	49
6	Manchester United	42	15	13	14	71	68	11	5	5	40	24	4	8	9	31	44	1.044	43		3-2	1-2
7	Millwall	42	16	11	15	59	57	11	7	3	40	20	5	4	12	19	37	1.035	43		0-0	1-1
8	Bradford Park Avenue	42	17	8	17	77	71	13	4	4	51	27	4	4	13	26	44	1.085	42		1-1	1-3
9	Preston North End	42	16	10	16	74	70	12	2	7	53	36	4	8	9	21	34	1.057	42		2-1	1-2
10	Swansea Town	42	19	4	19	50	54	17	0	4	36	12	2	4	15	14	42	.926	42		2-2	1-0
11	Bradford City	42	14	13	15	65	61	10	6	5	43	24	4	7	10	22	37	1.066	41		3-1	2-2
12	Southampton	42	18	5	19	66	66	15	3	3	48	22	3	2	16	18	44	1.000	41		4-2	2-0
13	Grimsby Town	42	14	13	15	79	84	8	10	3	49	34	6	3	12	30	50	.940	41		3-2	1-1
14	Plymouth Argyle	42	16	9	17	63	67	13	4	4	45	22	3	5	13	18	45	.940	41		1-1	1-1
15	Notts County	42	15	10	17	67	78	10	4	7	41	31	5	6	10	26	47	.859	40		3-0	4-2
16	Oldham Athletic	42	15	8	19	67	80	10	4	7	38	31	5	4	12	29	49	.838	38		2-3	2-1
17	Port Vale	42	14	10	18	66	79	12	3	6	49	27	2	7	12	17	52	.835	38		1-1	1-0
18	Lincoln City	42	12	13	17	72	87	11	6	4	46	28	1	7	13	26	59	.828	37		2-2	1-1
19	Burnley	42	11	14	17	67	79	8	9	4	35	20	3	5	13	32	59	.848	36		1-1	3-3
20	West Ham United	42	13	9	20	75	93	12	6	3	56	31	1	3	17	19	62	.806	35		2-2	3-4
21	Chesterfield	42	12	10	20	61	84	10	5	6	36	25	2	5	14	25	59	.726	34	Relegated	2-3	1-0
22	Charlton Athletic	42	12	7	23	60	91	9	3	9	35	35	3	4	14	25	56	.659	31	Relegated	0-1	0-3

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	19 times	11 times	7 times	2 times
Conceded	13 times	13 times	5 times	1 time	1 time
Won By	11 times	5 times	1 time
Lost By	7 times	2 times	2 times

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	2	2	-	-	2	0	4	Stoke City (1-0), Stoke City (1-0)
2		2	2	-	2	-	3	3	2	Plymouth Argyle (1-1), Bradford City (2-2)
3		3	3	1	-	2	5	8	2	Oldham Athletic (2-3), Bury (2-5), Fulham (1-0)
4	23	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	56	5	2	1	-	1	1	2	2	Bury (0-2), Swansea Town (1-0)
6	24	6	3	2	1	-	6	3	5	Tottenham Hotspur (3-1), Swansea Town (2-2), Fulham (1-0)
7	23	7	2	-	1	1	2	3	1	Manchester United (1-2), Millwall (1-1)
8	5	8	4	2	2	-	7	2	6	Burnley (1-1), Millwall (0-0), Notts County (3-0), Bradford City (3-1)
9	6	9	2	2	-	-	5	2	4	Southampton (2-0), Manchester United (3-2)
10	5	10	1	1	-	-	4	2	2	Southampton (4-2)
11	1	11	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Plymouth Argyle (1-1)
12	2	12	3	1	2	-	3	2	4	Port Vale (1-0), Lincoln City (1-1), Bradford Park Avenue (1-1)
13	9	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
14	14	14	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Port Vale (1-1)
15	28	15	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Tottenham Hotspur (0-0)
16	21	16	3	1	1	1	5	6	3	Bradford Park Avenue (1-3), Oldham Athletic (2-1), Lincoln City (2-2)
17	21	17	4	4	-	-	10	5	8	Notts County (4-2), Grimsby Town (3-2), Preston North End (2-1), Chesterfield (1-0)
18	14	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19		19	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Preston North End (1-2)
20		20	2	-	2	-	5	5	2	West Ham United (2-2), Burnley (3-3)
21		21	1	-	-	1	0	3	0	Charlton Athletic (0-3)
22		22	3	-	-	3	5	8	0	Chesterfield (2-3), Charlton Athletic (0-1), West Ham United (3-4)

Not included: Week 1 game against Grimsby Town (1-1) 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 27, 1932	Grimsby Town	A	1-1	13,423	13	Dickinson (52')
2	Mon Aug 29, 1932	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3-1	9,906	4	Dickinson (16', 83'), Pugh (75')
3	Sat Sep 03, 1932	Oldham Athletic	H	2-3	11,321	9	Dent (13'), Pugh (64')
4	Mon Sep 05, 1932	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-0	13,757	10
5	Sat Sep 10, 1932	Preston North End	A	1-2	9,338	13	Dickinson (47')
6	Sat Sep 17, 1932	Burnley	H	1-1	9,736	14	Dent (88')
7	Sat Sep 24, 1932	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1-3	11,357	18	Dent (76')
8	Sat Oct 01, 1932	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-1	9,786	16	Dickinson (4')
9	Sat Oct 08, 1932	Notts County	A	4-2	16,732	14	Stocks (15'), Dickinson (64' pen), Pugh (73', 76')
10	Sat Oct 15, 1932	Charlton Athletic	A	0-3	10,635	17
11	Sat Oct 22, 1932	Swansea Town	H	2-2	7,366	18	Heslop (16', 51')
12	Sat Oct 29, 1932	Bradford City	A	2-2	10,197	15	Simpson (8'), Dickinson (31')
13	Sat Nov 05, 1932	Chesterfield	H	2-3	10,439	16	Dent (35'), Simpson (83')
14	Sat Nov 12, 1932	Port Vale	A	1-0	8,088	15	Pugh (28')
15	Sat Nov 19, 1932	Bury	H	0-2	8,671	17
16	Sat Nov 26, 1932	Lincoln City	A	1-1	10,069	17	Langley (34')
17	Sat Dec 03, 1932	West Ham United	H	2-2	7,399	15	Dent (73'), Stocks (85')
18	Sat Dec 10, 1932	Southampton	A	2-0	7,753	15	Dent (1'), Dickinson (7')
19	Sat Dec 17, 1932	Millwall	H	0-0	6,725	16
20	Sat Dec 24, 1932	Fulham	A	1-0	16,837	12	Len Oliver (38' OG)
21	Mon Dec 26, 1932	Stoke City	A	1-0	23,372	11	Simpson (8')
22	Tue Dec 27, 1932	Stoke City	H	1-0	22,507	9	Simpson (28')
23	Sat Dec 31, 1932	Grimsby Town	H	3-2	9,641	7	Heslop (23'), Graham (27'), Simpson (74')
24	Sat Jan 07, 1933	Oldham Athletic	A	2-1	5,259	6	Simpson (47'), Graham (56')
25	Sat Jan 21, 1933	Preston North End	H	2-1	7,333	5	Dickinson (31', 47')
26	Tue Jan 31, 1933	Burnley	A	3-3	4,845	6	Graham (33', 44'), Dickinson (43')
27	Sat Feb 04, 1933	Bradford Park Avenue	H	1-1	9,690	7	Graham (42')
28	Sat Feb 11, 1933	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-1	13,794	7	Heslop (43')
29	Sat Feb 18, 1933	Notts County	H	3-0	19,014	5	Heslop (18', 28'), Graham (76')
30	Sat Mar 04, 1933	Swansea Town	A	1-0	8,851	5	Graham (20')
31	Sat Mar 11, 1933	Bradford City	H	3-1	13,238	4	Graham (7'), Dickinson (68', 76' pen)
32	Thu Mar 16, 1933	Charlton Athletic	H	0-1	8,740	4
33	Sat Mar 18, 1933	Chesterfield	A	1-0	12,216	4	Heslop (47')
34	Sat Mar 25, 1933	Port Vale	H	1-1	10,618	4	Simpson (81')
35	Sat Apr 01, 1933	Bury	A	2-5	8,553	5	Heslop (29', 62')
36	Sat Apr 08, 1933	Lincoln City	H	2-2	9,600	5	Bell (50'), Graham (76')	Safe
37	Fri Apr 14, 1933	Manchester United	H	3-2	12,963	5	Heslop (15', 55'), Stocks (50')	Safe
38	Sat Apr 15, 1933	West Ham United	A	3-4	16,925	5	McKinlay (?), Graham (5'), Masters (36')	Safe
39	Mon Apr 17, 1933	Manchester United	A	1-2	16,849	5	Simpson (75')	Safe
40	Sat Apr 22, 1933	Southampton	H	4-2	5,337	5	Graham (7'), Frank Campbell (31' OG), Masters (44'), McKinlay (80')	Safe
41	Sat Apr 29, 1933	Millwall	A	1-1	5,886	5	Simpson (40')	Safe
42	Sat May 06, 1933	Fulham	H	1-0	3,842	5	Dickinson (69')	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 14, 1933	Bury	3		A	2-2	13,767	Dickinson (63' pen), Graham (77')
Wed Jan 18, 1933	Bury	3	1	H	1-2	13,936	Simpson (30')

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Wed May 03, 1933	Bristol Rovers	England	A	0-2	3,200

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Noel Watson
Sat Aug 27, 1932	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town			A	1-1	13,423	Dickinson (52')
Mon Aug 29, 1932	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur			H	3-1	9,906	Dickinson (16', 83'), Pugh (75')
Sat Sep 03, 1932	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic			H	2-3	11,321	Dent (13'), Pugh (64')
Mon Sep 05, 1932	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur			A	0-0	13,757
Sat Sep 10, 1932	League Tier 2	Preston North End			A	1-2	9,338	Dickinson (47')
Sat Sep 17, 1932	League Tier 2	Burnley			H	1-1	9,736	Dent (88')
Sat Sep 24, 1932	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue			A	1-3	11,357	Dent (76')
Sat Oct 01, 1932	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle			H	1-1	9,786	Dickinson (4')
Sat Oct 08, 1932	League Tier 2	Notts County			A	4-2	16,732	Stocks (15'), Dickinson (64' pen), Pugh (73', 76')
Sat Oct 15, 1932	League Tier 2	Charlton Athletic			A	0-3	10,635
Sat Oct 22, 1932	League Tier 2	Swansea Town			H	2-2	7,366	Heslop (16', 51')
Sat Oct 29, 1932	League Tier 2	Bradford City			A	2-2	10,197	Simpson (8'), Dickinson (31')
Sat Nov 05, 1932	League Tier 2	Chesterfield			H	2-3	10,439	Dent (35'), Simpson (83')
Sat Nov 12, 1932	League Tier 2	Port Vale			A	1-0	8,088	Pugh (28')
Sat Nov 19, 1932	League Tier 2	Bury			H	0-2	8,671
Sat Nov 26, 1932	League Tier 2	Lincoln City			A	1-1	10,069	Langley (34')
Sat Dec 03, 1932	League Tier 2	West Ham United			H	2-2	7,399	Dent (73'), Stocks (85')
Sat Dec 10, 1932	League Tier 2	Southampton			A	2-0	7,753	Dent (1'), Dickinson (7')
Sat Dec 17, 1932	League Tier 2	Millwall			H	0-0	6,725
Sat Dec 24, 1932	League Tier 2	Fulham			A	1-0	16,837	Len Oliver (38' OG)
Mon Dec 26, 1932	League Tier 2	Stoke City			A	1-0	23,372	Simpson (8')
Tue Dec 27, 1932	League Tier 2	Stoke City			H	1-0	22,507	Simpson (28')
Sat Dec 31, 1932	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town			H	3-2	9,641	Heslop (23'), Graham (27'), Simpson (74')
Sat Jan 07, 1933	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic			A	2-1	5,259	Simpson (47'), Graham (56')
Sat Jan 14, 1933	FA Cup	Bury	3		A	2-2	13,767	Dickinson (63' pen), Graham (77')
Wed Jan 18, 1933	FA Cup	Bury	3	1	H	1-2	13,936	Simpson (30')
Sat Jan 21, 1933	League Tier 2	Preston North End			H	2-1	7,333	Dickinson (31', 47')
Tue Jan 31, 1933	League Tier 2	Burnley			A	3-3	4,845	Graham (33', 44'), Dickinson (43')
Sat Feb 04, 1933	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue			H	1-1	9,690	Graham (42')
Sat Feb 11, 1933	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle			A	1-1	13,794	Heslop (43')
Sat Feb 18, 1933	League Tier 2	Notts County			H	3-0	19,014	Heslop (18', 28'), Graham (76')
Sat Mar 04, 1933	League Tier 2	Swansea Town			A	1-0	8,851	Graham (20')
Sat Mar 11, 1933	League Tier 2	Bradford City			H	3-1	13,238	Graham (7'), Dickinson (68', 76' pen)
Thu Mar 16, 1933	League Tier 2	Charlton Athletic			H	0-1	8,740
Sat Mar 18, 1933	League Tier 2	Chesterfield			A	1-0	12,216	Heslop (47')
Sat Mar 25, 1933	League Tier 2	Port Vale			H	1-1	10,618	Simpson (81')
Sat Apr 01, 1933	League Tier 2	Bury			A	2-5	8,553	Heslop (29', 62')
Sat Apr 08, 1933	League Tier 2	Lincoln City			H	2-2	9,600	Bell (50'), Graham (76')	Safe
Fri Apr 14, 1933	League Tier 2	Manchester United			H	3-2	12,963	Heslop (15', 55'), Stocks (50')	Safe
Sat Apr 15, 1933	League Tier 2	West Ham United			A	3-4	16,925	McKinlay (?), Graham (5'), Masters (36')	Safe
Mon Apr 17, 1933	League Tier 2	Manchester United			A	1-2	16,849	Simpson (75')	Safe
Sat Apr 22, 1933	League Tier 2	Southampton			H	4-2	5,337	Graham (7'), Frank Campbell (31' OG), Masters (44'), McKinlay (80')	Safe
Sat Apr 29, 1933	League Tier 2	Millwall			A	1-1	5,886	Simpson (40')	Safe
Wed May 03, 1933	Friendly	Bristol Rovers			A	0-2	3,200
Sat May 06, 1933	League Tier 2	Fulham			H	1-0	3,842	Dickinson (69')	Safe

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Jan 14, 1933	Bury	3		A	2-2	13,767
Wed Jan 18, 1933	Bury	3	1	H	1-2	13,936

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Wed May 03, 1933	Bristol Rovers	England	A	0-2	3,200

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (5) - £0				Out (4) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Arthur Masters	Bought			Harry Howlett	Sold
	Harry Howlett	Bought			John Forrest	Sold
	James Graham	Bought			Ron Langley	Sold
	Ron Langley	Bought			Walter Keeton	Sold
	Walter Keeton	Bought

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	27	43	16	16	11
GK		Percy Ashton	England	23	1	1
Defenders
D		Bill Thompson	England	32	40	16	14	10
D		Billy McKinlay	Scotland	27	44	17	16	11	2
D		Jimmy Barrington	England	30	10	4	3	3
D		John Burton	England	24	1		1
D		Matt Bell	England	35	36	14	14	8	1
D		Tommy Graham	England	27	42	16	15	11
Midfielders
M		Arthur Masters	England	21	6	2	2	2	2
M		Harry Howlett	England	22	1		1
M		Harry Smith	England	23	7	1	2	4
M		John Forrest			2	1	1
M		Robert Vasey	England	24	11	2	6	3
M		Walter Keeton	England	27	5	1	3	1
Forwards
F		Billy Dickinson	England	26	39	16	14	9	15
F		Cyril Stocks	England	27	35	14	12	9	3
F		James Graham	England	21	25	13	7	5	12
F		Johnny Dent	England	29	14	3	6	5	6
F		Richard Armstrong	England	22	1		1
F		Robert Heslop	England	25	30	14	9	7	11
F		Robert Pugh	England	22	42	17	14	11	5
F		Ron Langley	England	20	5	1	3	1	1
F		William Porter	England	24	3	1	2
F		William Simpson	England		41	17	14	10	10

		Ralph Faulkner	England

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Num Games
15	Billy Dickinson	39
12	James Graham	25
11	Robert Heslop	30
10	William Simpson	41
6	Johnny Dent	14
5	Robert Pugh	42
3	Cyril Stocks	35
2	Arthur Masters	6
2	Billy McKinlay	44
2	Own Goals	44
1	Matt Bell	36
1	Ron Langley	5

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

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Fulham	Sat Dec 24, 1932	Away	1-0	Sat May 06, 1933	Home	1-0
Notts County	Sat Oct 08, 1932	Away	4-2	Sat Feb 18, 1933	Home	3-0
Southampton	Sat Dec 10, 1932	Away	2-0	Sat Apr 22, 1933	Home	4-2
Stoke City	Mon Dec 26, 1932	Away	1-0	Tue Dec 27, 1932	Home	1-0

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 Nov 19, 1932	Home	0-2	Sat Apr 01, 1933	Away	2-5
Charlton Athletic	Sat Oct 15, 1932	Away	0-3	Thu Mar 16, 1933	Home	0-1