The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR - Sat Mar 30, 1929 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 30, 1929 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Tottenham Hotspur
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1928-29
Referee:: WB Bristow
Attendance:: 8,504
League Week:: 36 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 12 12
Opp Before/After:: 13 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 2)
Tottenham Hotspur:: Oct 05, 1929

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1216 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 479 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1368 (of 5824)
Total:: 2223 (of 7629)
Played:: 97 years, 4 months, 26 days ago

FOREST
Manager: John Baynes
Prior form: DLDDLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Bill Thompson (44') (Pen) - Bill Thompson last goal
Noah Burton (88')

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Manager: Billy Minter
Prior form: WLWWDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Ted Harper (28')
Jack Elkes (35')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Arthur Dexter
2	D	29	Bill Thompson (44')
3	D	24	Tommy Graham
4	D	24	Billy McKinlay
5	M	29	Gerry Morgan	Last game
6	F	36	Bob Wallace
7	M	22	Charles Howie
8	F	23	Cyril Stocks
9	F	32	Noah Burton (88')
10	F	22	Robert Heslop
11	F	26	Bob Morton

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	24	Arthur Dexter	43		1	1
2	D	29	Bill Thompson (44')	223	4	1	1
3	D	24	Tommy Graham	37		1	1
4	D	24	Billy McKinlay	46		1	1
5	M	29	Gerry Morgan	219	6	1	1
6	F	36	Bob Wallace	211	1	1	1
7	M	22	Charles Howie	15	1	1	1
8	F	23	Cyril Stocks	127	47	1	1
9	F	32	Noah Burton (88')	256	51	28	5
10	F	22	Robert Heslop	20	3	1	1
11	F	26	Bob Morton	24	4	1	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Cyril Spiers
2	D	Matt Forster
3	D	Baden Herod
4	D	Arthur Lowdell
5	D	Harry Skitt
6	M	Bert Smith
7	M	Frank Osborne
8	M	Jimmy Armstrong
9	M	Ted Harper
10	F	Jack Elkes
11	F	Jimmy Dimmock

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 30, 1929)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	6-0	Port Vale
Blackpool	3-2	Notts County
Bradford Park Avenue	4-1	Southampton
Bristol City	0-0	Hull City
Chelsea	0-3	Millwall
Clapton Orient	1-0	Preston North End
Grimsby Town	1-0	Oldham Athletic
Nottingham Forest	2-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Stoke City	3-2	Middlesbrough
Swansea Town	2-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion	5-0	Reading

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Middlesbrough	35	18	9	8	79	52	11	4	3	46	22	7	5	5	33	30	27	45	WWLDLW	Safe
2	Grimsby Town	34	20	5	9	71	50	13	2	3	43	24	7	3	6	28	26	21	45	WLWWWW	Safe
3	Notts County	35	17	8	10	64	49	11	4	3	42	21	6	4	7	22	28	15	42	LWWWLW
4	Southampton	35	13	14	8	61	49	8	6	3	37	21	5	8	5	24	28	12	40	WLLLWW
5	Chelsea	35	15	9	11	56	49	8	5	3	33	19	7	4	8	23	30	7	39	LWLLLL
6	Stoke City	35	14	10	11	61	42	9	6	2	35	14	5	4	9	26	28	19	38	DDLWWL
7	Bradford Park Avenue	34	17	3	14	69	59	14	1	1	48	17	3	2	13	21	42	10	37	WLWWLL
8	Blackpool	35	15	6	14	72	63	11	3	4	40	14	4	3	10	32	49	9	36	DWLWLW
9	Preston North End	35	15	6	14	71	63	12	3	3	53	22	3	3	11	18	41	8	36	WLWLWD
10	Millwall	33	14	7	12	63	65	9	4	5	40	29	5	3	7	23	36	-2	35	WLDLLL
11	West Bromwich Albion	33	14	6	13	59	67	9	3	4	35	21	5	3	9	24	46	-8	34	WLLWWW
12	Nottingham Forest	35	11	11	13	58	62	6	5	7	25	29	5	6	6	33	33	-4	33	DLDDLL
13	Tottenham Hotspur	34	14	5	15	60	70	13	2	2	41	24	1	3	13	19	46	-10	33	WLWWDD
14	Reading	35	12	8	15	56	74	10	3	5	43	25	2	5	10	13	49	-18	32	LLWLWW
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	12	7	15	66	65	6	6	5	30	24	6	1	10	36	41	1	31	LLWLWL
16	Hull City	33	11	9	13	50	57	7	5	3	31	18	4	4	10	19	39	-7	31	LLDDLW
17	Swansea Town	35	11	9	15	57	65	10	3	4	42	24	1	6	11	15	41	-8	31	LWDWDL
18	Bristol City	35	12	6	17	54	63	10	4	3	36	24	2	2	14	18	39	-9	30	DWLWLW
19	Oldham Athletic	35	13	4	18	46	67	12	1	4	30	22	1	3	14	16	45	-21	30	WWWLWL
20	Port Vale	35	13	2	20	64	73	12	0	6	47	25	1	2	14	17	48	-9	28	WLWDLW
21	Barnsley	35	12	4	19	53	63	9	4	5	37	26	3	0	14	16	37	-10	28	LWLWLW
22	Clapton Orient	35	9	8	18	38	61	7	4	7	24	25	2	4	11	14	36	-23	26	WWDLLL

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
1	1	Grimsby Town	35	21	5	9	72	50	14	2	3	44	24	7	3	6	28	26	22	47	LWWWWW	Safe	1-0
1	2	Middlesbrough	36	18	9	9	81	55	11	4	3	46	22	7	5	6	35	33	26	45	WLDLWL	Safe	2-3
	3	Notts County	36	17	8	11	66	52	11	4	3	42	21	6	4	8	24	31	14	42	WWWLWL	Safe	2-3
2	4	Stoke City	36	15	10	11	64	44	10	6	2	38	16	5	4	9	26	28	20	40	DLWWLW		3-2
1	5	Southampton	36	13	14	9	62	53	8	6	3	37	21	5	8	6	25	32	9	40	LLLWWL		1-4
1	6	Bradford Park Avenue	35	18	3	14	73	60	15	1	1	52	18	3	2	13	21	42	13	39	LWWLLW		4-1
2	7	Chelsea	36	15	9	12	56	52	8	5	4	33	22	7	4	8	23	30	4	39	WLLLLL		0-3
	8	Blackpool	36	16	6	14	75	65	12	3	4	43	16	4	3	10	32	49	10	38	WLWLWW		3-2
1	9	Millwall	34	15	7	12	66	65	9	4	5	40	29	6	3	7	26	36	1	37	LDLLLW		3-0
1	10	Preston North End	36	15	6	15	71	64	12	3	3	53	22	3	3	12	18	42	7	36	LWLWDL		0-1
	11	West Bromwich Albion	34	15	6	13	64	67	10	3	4	40	21	5	3	9	24	46	-3	36	LLWWWW		5-0
	12	Nottingham Forest	36	11	12	13	60	64	6	6	7	27	31	5	6	6	33	33	-4	34	LDDLLD		2-2
	13	Tottenham Hotspur	35	14	6	15	62	72	13	2	2	41	24	1	4	13	21	48	-10	34	LWWDDD		2-2
3	14	Swansea Town	36	12	9	15	59	65	11	3	4	44	24	1	6	11	15	41	-6	33	WDWDLW		2-0
1	15	Hull City	34	11	10	13	50	57	7	5	3	31	18	4	5	10	19	39	-7	32	LDDLWD		0-0
2	16	Reading	36	12	8	16	56	79	10	3	5	43	25	2	5	11	13	54	-23	32	LWLWWL		0-5
2	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	12	7	16	66	67	6	6	5	30	24	6	1	11	36	43	-1	31	LWLWLL		0-2
	18	Bristol City	36	12	7	17	54	63	10	5	3	36	24	2	2	14	18	39	-9	31	WLWLWD		0-0
2	19	Barnsley	36	13	4	19	59	63	10	4	5	43	26	3	0	14	16	37	-4	30	WLWLWW		6-0
1	20	Oldham Athletic	36	13	4	19	46	68	12	1	4	30	22	1	3	15	16	46	-22	30	WWLWLL		0-1
1	21	Port Vale	36	13	2	21	64	79	12	0	6	47	25	1	2	15	17	54	-15	28	LWDLWL		0-6
	22	Clapton Orient	36	10	8	18	39	61	8	4	7	25	25	2	4	11	14	36	-22	28	WDLLLW		1-0