The City Ground

FOREST 6 - 1 BRISTOL CITY - Sat Feb 07, 1931 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 07, 1931 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 6-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

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

Season:: 1930-31
Referee:: W Phipps
Attendance:: 7,395
League Week:: 28 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 18
Opp Before/After:: 17 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tottenham Hotspur (League Tier 2)
Bristol City:: Oct 24, 1931

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1292 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 555 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1451 (of 5829)
Total:: 2309 (of 7634)
Played:: 95 years, 7 months, 8 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Stan Hardy
Prior form: LLWLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Buster Brown (5')
Billy Dickinson (8')
William Simpson (57')
Johnny Dent (59')
Billy Dickinson (70')
William Simpson (88')

BRISTOL CITY
Manager: Joe Bradshaw
Prior form: WDLLDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Sid Elliott (69')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Arthur Dexter
2	D	31	Bill Thompson	300th appearance
3	D	29	Jimmy Barrington
4	D	26	Billy McKinlay
5	D	25	Tommy Graham
6	M	22	Harry Smith
7	F	34	Noah Burton
8	F	22	Buster Brown (5')
9	F	28	Johnny Dent (59')
10	F	24	Billy Dickinson (8') (70')
11	F		William Simpson (57') (88')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	George Newlands
2	D	Jack Walsh
3	D	Ernest Glenn
4	D	Wally Jennings
5	D	Jack Taylor
6	M	Ernie Brinton
7	M	Syd Homer
8	M	Frank Townrow
9	M	Sid Elliott
10	F	Bertie Williams
11	F	Arthur Johnson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 07, 1931)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	4-0	Cardiff City
Bradford City	3-1	Bury
Burnley	1-2	Stoke City
Charlton Athletic	0-7	Everton
Nottingham Forest	6-1	Bristol City
Port Vale	2-1	Plymouth Argyle
Preston North End	1-3	Millwall
Reading	3-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Southampton	2-3	Bradford Park Avenue
Tottenham Hotspur	4-0	Oldham Athletic
West Bromwich Albion	0-0	Swansea Town

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	Everton	27	20	4	3	87	42	12	1	1	56	20	8	3	2	31	22	45	44	WWWWWW
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	27	17	2	8	66	35	11	2	1	47	12	6	0	7	19	23	31	36	WWWLWW
	3	West Bromwich Albion	27	15	5	7	57	34	10	0	3	27	9	5	5	4	30	25	23	35	WDWLWL
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	17	0	10	64	42	12	0	2	43	14	5	0	8	21	28	22	34	WWLWWL
	5	Bradford Park Avenue	27	13	5	9	70	43	11	2	0	52	14	2	3	9	18	29	27	31	WWLWDW
	6	Burnley	27	13	5	9	58	56	9	2	2	39	21	4	3	7	19	35	2	31	LLWLLW
	7	Preston North End	27	12	6	9	61	43	9	3	1	40	17	3	3	8	21	26	18	30	WLDLDL
	8	Port Vale	27	13	3	11	50	46	9	1	3	28	14	4	2	8	22	32	4	29	LLWLLW
	9	Bury	27	13	3	11	57	53	10	3	1	36	12	3	0	10	21	41	4	29	WLWWLL
	10	Southampton	27	11	6	10	45	40	8	4	2	28	14	3	2	8	17	26	5	28	LWLDWL
	11	Stoke City	27	11	6	10	40	47	8	4	2	26	11	3	2	8	14	36	-7	28	DLLWLW
	12	Oldham Athletic	28	11	5	12	40	48	9	3	2	29	18	2	2	10	11	30	-8	27	LDWLDW
	13	Bradford City	27	9	6	12	38	48	7	3	4	24	21	2	3	8	14	27	-10	24	DLWWLW
	14	Charlton Athletic	27	9	6	12	38	56	7	3	4	25	19	2	3	8	13	37	-18	24	WWLLDW
	15	Swansea Town	27	9	5	13	39	50	9	2	2	32	20	0	3	11	7	30	-11	23	LLLLWL
	16	Plymouth Argyle	27	9	4	14	49	61	6	2	5	31	22	3	2	9	18	39	-12	22	LWLDLW
	17	Bristol City	27	8	6	13	31	54	8	4	3	22	18	0	2	10	9	36	-23	22	WDLLDW
	18	Millwall	27	9	3	15	53	63	7	2	4	35	20	2	1	11	18	43	-10	21	LWWWLL
	19	Barnsley	27	7	7	13	30	47	7	2	5	22	17	0	5	8	8	30	-17	21	WLLWDL
	20	Nottingham Forest	27	6	8	13	48	62	5	5	2	28	23	1	3	11	20	39	-14	20	LLWLWL
	21	Reading	28	7	5	16	41	71	7	1	6	25	22	0	4	10	16	49	-30	19	LDDWLW
	22	Cardiff City	27	7	4	16	40	61	6	3	4	28	21	1	1	12	12	40	-21	18	LWLWLL

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	Everton	28	21	4	3	94	42	12	1	1	56	20	9	3	2	38	22	52	46	WWWWWW		7-0
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	28	18	2	8	70	35	12	2	1	51	12	6	0	7	19	23	35	38	WWLWWW		4-0
	3	West Bromwich Albion	28	15	6	7	57	34	10	1	3	27	9	5	5	4	30	25	23	36	DWLWLD		0-0
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	17	0	11	64	45	12	0	2	43	14	5	0	9	21	31	19	34	WLWWLL		0-3
	5	Bradford Park Avenue	28	14	5	9	73	45	11	2	0	52	14	3	3	9	21	31	28	33	WLWDWW		3-2
2	6	Port Vale	28	14	3	11	52	47	10	1	3	30	15	4	2	8	22	32	5	31	LWLLWW		2-1
1	7	Burnley	28	13	5	10	59	58	9	2	3	40	23	4	3	7	19	35	1	31	LWLLWL		1-2
1	8	Preston North End	28	12	6	10	62	46	9	3	2	41	20	3	3	8	21	26	16	30	LDLDLL		1-3
2	9	Stoke City	28	12	6	10	42	48	8	4	2	26	11	4	2	8	16	37	-6	30	LLWLWW		2-1
1	10	Bury	28	13	3	12	58	56	10	3	1	36	12	3	0	11	22	44	2	29	LWWLLL		1-3
1	11	Southampton	28	11	6	11	47	43	8	4	3	30	17	3	2	8	17	26	4	28	WLDWLL		2-3
	12	Oldham Athletic	29	11	5	13	40	52	9	3	2	29	18	2	2	11	11	34	-12	27	DWLDWL		0-4
	13	Bradford City	28	10	6	12	41	49	8	3	4	27	22	2	3	8	14	27	-8	26	LWWLWW		3-1
1	14	Swansea Town	28	9	6	13	39	50	9	2	2	32	20	0	4	11	7	30	-11	24	LLLWLD		0-0
1	15	Charlton Athletic	28	9	6	13	38	63	7	3	5	25	26	2	3	8	13	37	-25	24	WLLDWL		0-7
2	16	Millwall	28	10	3	15	56	64	7	2	4	35	20	3	1	11	21	44	-8	23	WWWLLW		3-1
2	17	Barnsley	28	8	7	13	34	47	8	2	5	26	17	0	5	8	8	30	-13	23	LLWDLW		4-0
2	18	Nottingham Forest	28	7	8	13	54	63	6	5	2	34	24	1	3	11	20	39	-9	22	LWLWLW		6-1
3	19	Plymouth Argyle	28	9	4	15	50	63	6	2	5	31	22	3	2	10	19	41	-13	22	WLDLWL		1-2
3	20	Bristol City	28	8	6	14	32	60	8	4	3	22	18	0	2	11	10	42	-28	22	DLLDWL		1-6
	21	Reading	29	8	5	16	44	71	8	1	6	28	22	0	4	10	16	49	-27	21	DDWLWW		3-0
	22	Cardiff City	28	7	4	17	40	65	6	3	4	28	21	1	1	13	12	44	-25	18	WLWLLL		0-4