The City Ground

SEASON: 1933-34

Prev Season: 1932-33
This Season: 1933-34
Next Season: 1934-35

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Noel Watson
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Chelsea (H) 0-3)
League Cup:: Did not exist

Top Goalscorer:: Johnny Dent (27 goals)

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1933-34

SEASON END TABLE								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	Grimsby Town	42	27	5	10	103	59	15	3	3	62	28	12	2	7	41	31	1.74576	59	Promoted as Champions	4-2	1-2
2	Preston North End	42	23	6	13	71	52	15	3	3	47	20	8	3	10	24	32	1.36538	52	Promoted	2-3	0-4
3	Bolton Wanderers	42	21	9	12	79	55	14	2	5	45	22	7	7	7	34	33	1.43636	51		2-2	1-1
4	Brentford	42	22	7	13	85	60	15	2	4	52	24	7	5	9	33	36	1.41667	51		1-1	1-2
5	Bradford Park Avenue	42	23	3	16	86	67	16	2	3	63	27	7	1	13	23	40	1.28358	49		3-0	2-6
6	Bradford City	42	20	6	16	73	67	14	4	3	46	25	6	2	13	27	42	1.08955	46		1-2	2-3
7	West Ham United	42	17	11	14	78	70	13	3	5	51	28	4	8	9	27	42	1.11429	45		0-1	1-2
8	Port Vale	42	19	7	16	60	55	14	4	3	39	14	5	3	13	21	41	1.09091	45		6-1	1-3
9	Oldham Athletic	42	17	10	15	72	60	12	5	4	48	28	5	5	11	24	32	1.20000	44		1-3	1-4
10	Plymouth Argyle	42	15	13	14	69	70	12	7	2	43	20	3	6	12	26	50	.98571	43		2-1	3-4
11	Blackpool	42	15	13	14	62	64	10	8	3	39	27	5	5	11	23	37	.96875	43		0-0	3-2
12	Bury	42	17	9	16	70	73	12	4	5	43	31	5	5	11	27	42	.95890	43		7-2	2-4
13	Burnley	42	18	6	18	60	72	14	2	5	40	29	4	4	13	20	43	.83333	42		0-2	0-1
14	Southampton	42	15	8	19	54	58	15	2	4	40	21	0	6	15	14	37	.93103	38		4-1	0-2
15	Hull City	42	13	12	17	52	68	11	4	6	33	20	2	8	11	19	48	.76471	38		0-1	2-2
16	Fulham	42	15	7	20	48	67	13	3	5	29	17	2	4	15	19	50	.71642	37		2-0	1-3
17	Nottingham Forest	42	13	9	20	73	74	11	4	6	50	27	2	5	14	23	47	.98649	35
18	Notts County	42	12	11	19	53	62	9	7	5	32	22	3	4	14	21	40	.85484	35		2-0	0-1
19	Swansea Town	42	10	15	17	51	60	10	9	2	36	19	0	6	15	15	41	.85000	35		4-2	1-1
20	Manchester United	42	14	6	22	59	85	9	3	9	29	33	5	3	13	30	52	.69412	34		1-1	1-0
21	Millwall	42	11	11	20	39	68	8	8	5	21	17	3	3	15	18	51	.57353	33	Relegated	2-0	0-0
22	Lincoln City	42	9	8	25	44	75	7	7	7	31	23	2	1	18	13	52	.58667	26	Relegated	6-2	0-0

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

Competitive Games:: 45
Competitive Goals:: 78
Goals per game:: 1.7
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 35 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 41.7%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	14 times	10 times	3 times	4 times	3 times
Conceded	12 times	13 times	6 times	4 times	1 time
Won By	3 times	5 times	2 times	2 times	2 times
Lost By	11 times	6 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	1	1	-	-	4	2	2	Grimsby Town (4-2)
2		2	4	1	3	-	5	3	5	Notts County (2-0), Blackpool (0-0), Bolton Wanderers (1-1), Bolton Wanderers (2-2)
3		3	1	-	-	1	0	4	0	Preston North End (0-4)
4		4	2	1	-	1	7	3	2	Port Vale (6-1), Brentford (1-2)
5	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	2	6	3	2	-	1	7	4	4	Bradford Park Avenue (3-0), Grimsby Town (1-2), Blackpool (3-2)
7	7	7	3	1	-	2	4	5	2	West Ham United (0-1), Plymouth Argyle (2-1), Preston North End (2-3)
8		8	3	-	1	2	4	7	1	Hull City (2-2), Bradford City (1-2), Port Vale (1-3)
9	4	9	1	-	-	1	3	4	0	Plymouth Argyle (3-4)
10	30	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	3	11	1	-	-	1	2	4	0	Bury (2-4)
12	4	12	1	-	-	1	2	6	0	Bradford Park Avenue (2-6)
13	5	13	1	-	-	1	2	3	0	Bradford City (2-3)
14	42	14	3	1	-	2	3	4	2	Fulham (2-0), Southampton (0-2), West Ham United (1-2)
15	21	15	2	-	-	2	1	4	0	Hull City (0-1), Fulham (1-3)
16	21	16	3	1	1	1	5	3	3	Swansea Town (1-1), Notts County (0-1), Southampton (4-1)
17	37	17	3	1	-	2	3	5	2	Burnley (0-1), Millwall (2-0), Oldham Athletic (1-4)
18	61	18	2	1	-	1	4	4	2	Burnley (0-2), Swansea Town (4-2)
19	7	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	7	20	2	1	1	-	7	2	3	Bury (7-2), Millwall (0-0)
21		21	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Oldham Athletic (1-3)
22		22	4	2	2	-	8	3	6	Manchester United (1-0), Manchester United (1-1), Lincoln City (0-0), Lincoln City (6-2)

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

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 23,828 (Notts County)
Lowest League Attendance:: 4,208 (Bradford City)
Average League Attendance:: 10,192
Highest Cup Attendance:: 37,187 (Chelsea)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 21,170 (Queens Park Rangers)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 9
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:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Noel Watson
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 26, 1933	Brentford	H	1-1	12,702	12	Dickinson (?)
2	Wed Aug 30, 1933	Manchester United	A	1-0	16,934	5	Graham (?)
3	Sat Sep 02, 1933	Burnley	A	0-1	11,219	13
4	Thu Sep 07, 1933	Manchester United	H	1-1	10,650	11	Graham (25')
5	Sat Sep 09, 1933	Oldham Athletic	H	1-3	10,154	16	Peacock (?)
6	Sat Sep 16, 1933	Preston North End	A	0-4	14,281	20
7	Sat Sep 23, 1933	Bradford Park Avenue	H	3-0	8,157	16	Race (?), Dent (?, ?)
8	Sat Sep 30, 1933	Grimsby Town	A	1-2	9,103	18	Dent (?)
9	Sat Oct 07, 1933	Notts County	H	2-0	23,828	14	Masters (?), Dent (?)
10	Sat Oct 14, 1933	West Ham United	H	0-1	9,450	15
11	Sat Oct 21, 1933	Swansea Town	A	1-1	8,314	15	Race (?)
12	Sat Oct 28, 1933	Millwall	H	2-0	7,422	14	Race (?), Dickinson (?)
13	Sat Nov 04, 1933	Lincoln City	A	0-0	6,203	14
14	Sat Nov 11, 1933	Bury	H	7-2	8,815	10	Graham (?), Race (?), Dent (?, ?), Dickinson (?, ?), Barry (?)
15	Sat Nov 18, 1933	Hull City	A	2-2	8,115	10	Dent (?, ?)
16	Sat Nov 25, 1933	Fulham	H	2-0	9,597	7	Race (?), Dickinson (?)
17	Sat Dec 02, 1933	Southampton	A	0-2	8,247	10
18	Sat Dec 09, 1933	Blackpool	H	0-0	10,282	10
19	Sat Dec 16, 1933	Bradford City	A	2-3	9,664	15	Dent (?, ?)
20	Sat Dec 23, 1933	Port Vale	H	6-1	9,239	10	Race (?), Dent (?), Peacock (?, ?, ?, ?)
21	Mon Dec 25, 1933	Plymouth Argyle	A	3-4	21,446	11	Masters (?), Dent (?, ?)
22	Tue Dec 26, 1933	Plymouth Argyle	H	2-1	17,293	9	Pugh (?), Masters (?)
23	Sat Dec 30, 1933	Brentford	A	1-2	12,795	12	Dent (?)
24	Sat Jan 06, 1934	Burnley	H	0-2	8,452	14
25	Sat Jan 20, 1934	Oldham Athletic	A	1-4	7,517	17	Heslop (?)
26	Sat Feb 03, 1934	Bradford Park Avenue	A	2-6	7,126	18	Race (?), Peacock (?)
27	Wed Feb 07, 1934	Preston North End	H	2-3	5,271	18	McKinlay (?), Pugh (?)
28	Sat Feb 10, 1934	Grimsby Town	H	4-2	12,230	17	Masters (?), Dent (?, ?), Simpson (?)
29	Sat Feb 17, 1934	Notts County	A	0-1	19,643	18
30	Sat Feb 24, 1934	West Ham United	A	1-2	14,594	19	Pugh (?)
31	Sat Mar 03, 1934	Swansea Town	H	4-2	8,140	18	McKinlay (?), Race (?), Dent (?), Simpson (?)
32	Sat Mar 10, 1934	Millwall	A	0-0	11,565	18
33	Sat Mar 17, 1934	Lincoln City	H	6-2	8,101	16	McKinlay (?), Masters (?), Race (?, ?), Dent (?, ?)
34	Sat Mar 24, 1934	Bury	A	2-4	6,028	18	Barrington (?), Masters (?)
35	Fri Mar 30, 1934	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-1	16,526	18	Dent (?)
36	Sat Mar 31, 1934	Hull City	H	0-1	10,105	18
37	Mon Apr 02, 1934	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-2	13,444	18	Dent (?), Peacock (?)
38	Sat Apr 07, 1934	Fulham	A	1-3	11,668	18	Dent (?)
39	Sat Apr 14, 1934	Southampton	H	4-1	6,496	17	Masters (?), Dent (?, ?), Pugh (?)
40	Sat Apr 21, 1934	Blackpool	A	3-2	10,396	17	Masters (?), Dent (?, ?)
41	Sat Apr 28, 1934	Bradford City	H	1-2	4,208	17	Race (?)	Safe
42	Sat May 05, 1934	Port Vale	A	1-3	2,990	17	Dent (?)	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 13, 1934	Queens Park Rangers	3		H	4-0	21,170	Peacock (?, ?, ?), Simpson (?)
Sat Jan 27, 1934	Chelsea	4		A	1-1	53,269	Peacock (?)
Wed Jan 31, 1934	Chelsea	4	1	H	0-3	37,187

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Thu May 03, 1934	Gorleston	England	A	5-2	2,500	Pugh (?, ?), Dent (?, ?), Simpson (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Noel Watson
Sat Aug 26, 1933	League Tier 2	Brentford			H	1-1	12,702	Dickinson (?)
Wed Aug 30, 1933	League Tier 2	Manchester United			A	1-0	16,934	Graham (?)
Sat Sep 02, 1933	League Tier 2	Burnley			A	0-1	11,219
Thu Sep 07, 1933	League Tier 2	Manchester United			H	1-1	10,650	Graham (25')
Sat Sep 09, 1933	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic			H	1-3	10,154	Peacock (?)
Sat Sep 16, 1933	League Tier 2	Preston North End			A	0-4	14,281
Sat Sep 23, 1933	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue			H	3-0	8,157	Race (?), Dent (?, ?)
Sat Sep 30, 1933	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town			A	1-2	9,103	Dent (?)
Sat Oct 07, 1933	League Tier 2	Notts County			H	2-0	23,828	Masters (?), Dent (?)
Sat Oct 14, 1933	League Tier 2	West Ham United			H	0-1	9,450
Sat Oct 21, 1933	League Tier 2	Swansea Town			A	1-1	8,314	Race (?)
Sat Oct 28, 1933	League Tier 2	Millwall			H	2-0	7,422	Race (?), Dickinson (?)
Sat Nov 04, 1933	League Tier 2	Lincoln City			A	0-0	6,203
Sat Nov 11, 1933	League Tier 2	Bury			H	7-2	8,815	Graham (?), Race (?), Dent (?, ?), Dickinson (?, ?), Barry (?)
Sat Nov 18, 1933	League Tier 2	Hull City			A	2-2	8,115	Dent (?, ?)
Sat Nov 25, 1933	League Tier 2	Fulham			H	2-0	9,597	Race (?), Dickinson (?)
Sat Dec 02, 1933	League Tier 2	Southampton			A	0-2	8,247
Sat Dec 09, 1933	League Tier 2	Blackpool			H	0-0	10,282
Sat Dec 16, 1933	League Tier 2	Bradford City			A	2-3	9,664	Dent (?, ?)
Sat Dec 23, 1933	League Tier 2	Port Vale			H	6-1	9,239	Race (?), Dent (?), Peacock (?, ?, ?, ?)
Mon Dec 25, 1933	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle			A	3-4	21,446	Masters (?), Dent (?, ?)
Tue Dec 26, 1933	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle			H	2-1	17,293	Pugh (?), Masters (?)
Sat Dec 30, 1933	League Tier 2	Brentford			A	1-2	12,795	Dent (?)
Sat Jan 06, 1934	League Tier 2	Burnley			H	0-2	8,452
Sat Jan 13, 1934	FA Cup	Queens Park Rangers	3		H	4-0	21,170	Peacock (?, ?, ?), Simpson (?)
Sat Jan 20, 1934	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic			A	1-4	7,517	Heslop (?)
Sat Jan 27, 1934	FA Cup	Chelsea	4		A	1-1	53,269	Peacock (?)
Wed Jan 31, 1934	FA Cup	Chelsea	4	1	H	0-3	37,187
Sat Feb 03, 1934	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue			A	2-6	7,126	Race (?), Peacock (?)
Wed Feb 07, 1934	League Tier 2	Preston North End			H	2-3	5,271	McKinlay (?), Pugh (?)
Sat Feb 10, 1934	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town			H	4-2	12,230	Masters (?), Dent (?, ?), Simpson (?)
Sat Feb 17, 1934	League Tier 2	Notts County			A	0-1	19,643
Sat Feb 24, 1934	League Tier 2	West Ham United			A	1-2	14,594	Pugh (?)
Sat Mar 03, 1934	League Tier 2	Swansea Town			H	4-2	8,140	McKinlay (?), Race (?), Dent (?), Simpson (?)
Sat Mar 10, 1934	League Tier 2	Millwall			A	0-0	11,565
Sat Mar 17, 1934	League Tier 2	Lincoln City			H	6-2	8,101	McKinlay (?), Masters (?), Race (?, ?), Dent (?, ?)
Sat Mar 24, 1934	League Tier 2	Bury			A	2-4	6,028	Barrington (?), Masters (?)
Fri Mar 30, 1934	League Tier 2	Bolton Wanderers			A	1-1	16,526	Dent (?)
Sat Mar 31, 1934	League Tier 2	Hull City			H	0-1	10,105
Mon Apr 02, 1934	League Tier 2	Bolton Wanderers			H	2-2	13,444	Dent (?), Peacock (?)
Sat Apr 07, 1934	League Tier 2	Fulham			A	1-3	11,668	Dent (?)
Sat Apr 14, 1934	League Tier 2	Southampton			H	4-1	6,496	Masters (?), Dent (?, ?), Pugh (?)
Sat Apr 21, 1934	League Tier 2	Blackpool			A	3-2	10,396	Masters (?), Dent (?, ?)
Sat Apr 28, 1934	League Tier 2	Bradford City			H	1-2	4,208	Race (?)	Safe
Thu May 03, 1934	Friendly	Gorleston			A	5-2	2,500	Pugh (?, ?), Dent (?, ?), Simpson (?)
Sat May 05, 1934	League Tier 2	Port Vale			A	1-3	2,990	Dent (?)	Safe

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (3) - £0				Out (4) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Len Barry	Bought			Cyril Stocks	Sold
	Tom Peacock	Bought			Len Barry	Retired
Jun 26, 1933	Henry Race	Bought			Robert Heslop	Sold
				Mar 24, 1934	Billy Dickinson	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		18	5	4	9
GK		Percy Ashton	England	24	27	9	6	12
Defenders
D		Billy McKinlay	Scotland	28	45	14	10	21	3
D		Jimmy Barrington	England	31	27	9	5	13	1
D		John Burton			1			1
D		Matt Bell	England	36	20	5	6	9
D		Tommy Graham	England	28	42	13	9	20	1
D		William 'Bill' Thompson			17	5	3	9
Midfielders
M		Arthur Masters	England	22	40	13	8	19	8
M		Harry Smith	England	24	33	11	9	13
M		Robert Vasey			7	2	1	4
Forwards
F		Billy Dickinson	England	27	17	6	5	6	5
F		Cyril Stocks			7	1	2	4
F		Henry Race	England	27	36	13	8	15	11
F		James Graham			8	1	3	4	2
F		Johnny Dent	England	30	38	13	8	17	27
F		Len Barry	England	31	17	5	6	6	1
F		Richard Armstrong	England	23	3		1	2
F		Robert Heslop			7	1	2	4	1
F		Robert Pugh	Wales		35	12	7	16	4
F		Tom Peacock	England	20	18	5	2	11	11
F		William Porter			3	1	1	1
F		William Simpson	England		29	10	4	15	3

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 14

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
27	Johnny Dent	38
11	Henry Race	36
11	Tom Peacock	18
8	Arthur Masters	40
5	Billy Dickinson	17
4	Robert Pugh	35
3	Billy McKinlay	45
3	William Simpson	29
2	James Graham	8
1	Jimmy Barrington	27
1	Len Barry	17
1	Robert Heslop	7
1	Tommy Graham	42

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

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score

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

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Bradford City	Sat Dec 16, 1933	Away	2-3	Sat Apr 28, 1934	Home	1-2
Burnley	Sat Sep 02, 1933	Away	0-1	Sat Jan 06, 1934	Home	0-2
Oldham Athletic	Sat Sep 09, 1933	Home	1-3	Sat Jan 20, 1934	Away	1-4
Preston North End	Sat Sep 16, 1933	Away	0-4	Wed Feb 07, 1934	Home	2-3
West Ham United	Sat Oct 14, 1933	Home	0-1	Sat Feb 24, 1934	Away	1-2