The City Ground

EVERTON 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Feb 21, 1931 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 21, 1931 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Everton
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Goodison Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 21 February 1931

Season:: 1930-31
Referee:: R Cartlidge
Attendance:: 32,328
League Week:: 30 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 19
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Cardiff City (League Tier 2)
Everton:: Sep 05, 1951

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1294 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 557 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1453 (of 5824)
Total:: 2311 (of 7629)
Played:: 95 years, 6 months, 0 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

EVERTON
Manager: Thomas McIntosh
Prior form: WWWWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Tommy Johnson (53')
Jimmy Dunn (66')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Arthur Dexter
2	M	22	Harry Smith
3	D	29	Jimmy Barrington
4	D	26	Billy McKinlay
5	D	25	Tommy Graham
6	F	21	Robert Pugh
7	F	34	Noah Burton
8	M		John Forrest	Debut
9	F	28	Johnny Dent
10	F	25	Billy Dickinson
11	F		William Simpson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Billy Coggins
2	D	Ben Williams
3	D	Warney Cresswell
4	D	Joe McClure
5	D	Charlie Gee
6	M	Jock Thomson
7	M	Ted Critchley
8	M	Jimmy Dunn
9	M	Bill 'Dixie' Dean
10	F	Tommy Johnson
11	F	Jimmy Stein

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 21, 1931)

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

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	29	22	4	3	99	44	13	1	1	61	22	9	3	2	38	22	55	48	WWWWWW	Safe
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	29	18	3	8	72	37	12	2	1	51	12	6	1	7	21	25	35	39	WLWWWD
	3	West Bromwich Albion	29	16	6	7	61	35	10	1	3	27	9	6	5	4	34	26	26	38	WLWLDW
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	17	0	12	65	49	12	0	3	44	18	5	0	9	21	31	16	34	LWWLLL
	5	Bradford Park Avenue	29	14	5	10	74	48	11	2	1	53	17	3	3	9	21	31	26	33	LWDWWL
	6	Port Vale	29	14	3	12	53	49	10	1	3	30	15	4	2	9	23	34	4	31	WLLWWL
	7	Burnley	29	13	5	11	60	60	9	2	3	40	23	4	3	8	20	37	0	31	WLLWLL
	8	Preston North End	29	12	6	11	62	48	9	3	2	41	20	3	3	9	21	28	14	30	DLDLLL
	9	Southampton	29	12	6	11	50	44	8	4	3	30	17	4	2	8	20	27	6	30	LDWLLW
	10	Stoke City	29	12	6	11	43	51	8	4	3	27	14	4	2	8	16	37	-8	30	LWLWWL
	11	Bury	29	13	3	13	58	57	10	3	2	36	13	3	0	11	22	44	1	29	WWLLLL
	12	Oldham Athletic	30	12	5	13	42	52	10	3	2	31	18	2	2	11	11	34	-10	29	WLDWLW
	13	Bradford City	29	11	6	12	43	49	8	3	4	27	22	3	3	8	16	27	-6	28	WWLWWW
	14	Swansea Town	29	10	6	13	41	51	10	2	2	34	21	0	4	11	7	30	-10	26	LLWLDW
	15	Charlton Athletic	29	10	6	13	39	63	7	3	5	25	26	3	3	8	14	37	-24	26	LLDWLW
	16	Millwall	29	11	3	15	58	65	8	2	4	37	21	3	1	11	21	44	-7	25	WWLLWW
	17	Bristol City	29	9	6	14	33	60	8	4	3	22	18	1	2	11	11	42	-27	24	LLDWLW
	18	Nottingham Forest	29	7	9	13	56	65	6	6	2	36	26	1	3	11	20	39	-9	23	WLWLWD
	19	Barnsley	29	8	7	14	36	52	8	2	5	26	17	0	5	9	10	35	-16	23	LWDLWL
	20	Reading	30	9	5	16	47	72	8	1	6	28	22	1	4	10	19	50	-25	23	DWLWWW
	21	Plymouth Argyle	29	9	4	16	50	65	6	2	6	31	24	3	2	10	19	41	-15	22	LDLWLL
	22	Cardiff City	29	7	4	18	40	66	6	3	5	28	22	1	1	13	12	44	-26	18	LWLLLL

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	30	23	4	3	101	44	14	1	1	63	22	9	3	2	38	22	57	50	WWWWWW	Safe	2-0
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	30	18	3	9	72	39	12	2	1	51	12	6	1	8	21	27	33	39	LWWWDL		0-2
	3	West Bromwich Albion	30	16	6	8	62	37	10	1	4	28	11	6	5	4	34	26	25	38	LWLDWL		1-2
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	17	0	13	66	53	12	0	3	44	18	5	0	10	22	35	13	34	WWLLLL		1-4
	5	Bradford Park Avenue	30	14	5	11	75	51	11	2	1	53	17	3	3	10	22	34	24	33	WDWWLL		1-3
	6	Port Vale	30	15	3	12	55	50	11	1	3	32	16	4	2	9	23	34	5	33	LLWWLW		2-1
1	7	Preston North End	30	13	6	11	64	49	9	3	2	41	20	4	3	9	23	29	15	32	LDLLLW		2-1
1	8	Southampton	30	13	6	11	52	45	8	4	3	30	17	5	2	8	22	28	7	32	DWLLWW		2-1
2	9	Burnley	30	13	6	11	61	61	9	2	3	40	23	4	4	8	21	38	0	32	LLWLLD		1-1
1	10	Bury	30	14	3	13	60	57	11	3	2	38	13	3	0	11	22	44	3	31	WLLLLW		2-0
2	11	Bradford City	30	12	6	12	47	50	9	3	4	31	23	3	3	8	16	27	-3	30	WLWWWW		4-1
2	12	Stoke City	30	12	6	12	45	55	8	4	3	27	14	4	2	9	18	41	-10	30	WLWWLL		2-4
1	13	Oldham Athletic	31	12	6	13	42	52	10	3	2	31	18	2	3	11	11	34	-10	30	LDWLWD		0-0
1	14	Charlton Athletic	30	11	6	13	42	64	8	3	5	28	27	3	3	8	14	37	-22	28	LDWLWW		3-1
1	15	Millwall	30	12	3	15	60	66	8	2	4	37	21	4	1	11	23	45	-6	27	WLLWWW		2-1
2	16	Swansea Town	30	10	7	13	42	52	10	3	2	35	22	0	4	11	7	30	-10	27	LWLDWD		1-1
2	17	Barnsley	30	9	7	14	40	54	9	2	5	30	19	0	5	9	10	35	-14	25	WDLWLW		4-2
1	18	Bristol City	30	9	6	15	34	62	8	4	4	23	20	1	2	11	11	42	-28	24	LDWLWL		1-2
1	19	Nottingham Forest	30	7	9	14	56	67	6	6	2	36	26	1	3	12	20	41	-11	23	LWLWDL		0-2
	20	Reading	31	9	5	17	48	74	8	1	6	28	22	1	4	11	20	52	-26	23	WLWWWL		1-2
	21	Plymouth Argyle	30	9	4	17	51	67	6	2	7	32	26	3	2	10	19	41	-16	22	DLWLLL		1-2
	22	Cardiff City	30	7	5	18	40	66	6	4	5	28	22	1	1	13	12	44	-26	19	WLLLLD		0-0