The City Ground

BRADFORD CITY 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 07, 1931 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 07, 1931 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bradford City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Valley Parade
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1930-31
Referee:: RH Woodward
Attendance:: 10,422
League Week:: 32 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 19
Opp Before/After:: 10 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Port Vale (League Tier 2)
Bradford City:: Nov 28, 1931

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1296 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 559 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1455 (of 5827)
Total:: 2314 (of 7632)
Played:: 95 years, 5 months, 29 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

BRADFORD CITY
Manager: Jack Peart
Prior form: LWWWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Aubrey Scriven (1')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Arthur Dexter
2	D	31	Bill Thompson
3	D	29	Jimmy Barrington
4	D	26	Billy McKinlay
5	M	22	Harry Smith
6	F	21	Robert Pugh
7	F	34	Noah Burton
8	F	25	Billy Dickinson
9	F	28	Johnny Dent
10	F	25	Leo Loftus
11	F		William Simpson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Gill
2	D	Charlie Bicknell
3	D	Sam Barkas
4	D	Adam Mitchell
5	D	Alf Peachey
6	M	Bertie Bumford
7	M	Ben Woolhouse
8	M	Charlie Moore
9	M	Jack Hallows
10	F	Harold Peel
11	F	Aubrey Scriven

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

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

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	30	23	4	3	101	44	14	1	1	63	22	9	3	2	38	22	57	50	WWWWWW	Safe
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	30	18	3	9	72	39	12	2	1	51	12	6	1	8	21	27	33	39	LWWWDL
	3	West Bromwich Albion	30	16	6	8	62	37	10	1	4	28	11	6	5	4	34	26	25	38	LWLDWL
	4	Preston North End	31	14	6	11	67	49	10	3	2	44	20	4	3	9	23	29	18	34	DLLLWW
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	17	0	13	66	53	12	0	3	44	18	5	0	10	22	35	13	34	WWLLLL
	6	Bradford Park Avenue	31	14	5	12	76	53	11	2	2	54	19	3	3	10	22	34	23	33	DWWLLL
	7	Port Vale	30	15	3	12	55	50	11	1	3	32	16	4	2	9	23	34	5	33	LLWWLW
	8	Burnley	31	13	7	11	63	63	9	3	3	42	25	4	4	8	21	38	0	33	LWLLDD
	9	Southampton	31	13	6	12	53	47	8	4	4	31	19	5	2	8	22	28	6	32	WLLWWL
	10	Bradford City	31	13	6	12	49	51	9	3	4	31	23	4	3	8	18	28	-2	32	LWWWWW
	11	Bury	31	14	3	14	60	60	11	3	2	38	13	3	0	12	22	47	0	31	LLLLWL
	12	Stoke City	31	12	7	12	45	55	8	5	3	27	14	4	2	9	18	41	-10	31	LWWLLD
	13	Oldham Athletic	32	12	6	14	43	55	10	3	3	32	21	2	3	11	11	34	-12	30	DWLWDL
	14	Millwall	31	13	3	15	64	67	9	2	4	41	22	4	1	11	23	45	-3	29	LLWWWW
	15	Swansea Town	31	11	7	13	44	53	10	3	2	35	22	1	4	11	9	31	-9	29	WLDWDW
	16	Charlton Athletic	31	11	7	13	42	64	8	3	5	28	27	3	4	8	14	37	-22	29	DWLWWD
	17	Bristol City	31	10	6	15	37	63	8	4	4	23	20	2	2	11	14	43	-26	26	DWLWLW
	18	Nottingham Forest	31	8	9	14	59	68	7	6	2	39	27	1	3	12	20	41	-9	25	WLWDLW
	19	Barnsley	31	9	7	15	41	58	9	2	5	30	19	0	5	10	11	39	-17	25	DLWLWL
	20	Plymouth Argyle	31	9	5	17	53	69	6	2	7	32	26	3	3	10	21	43	-16	23	LWLLLD
	21	Reading	31	9	5	17	48	74	8	1	6	28	22	1	4	11	20	52	-26	23	WLWWWL
	22	Cardiff City	31	7	5	19	41	69	6	4	5	28	22	1	1	14	13	47	-28	19	LLLLDL

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	31	24	4	3	104	46	15	1	1	66	24	9	3	2	38	22	58	52	WWWWWW	Safe	3-2
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	31	18	3	10	72	40	12	2	1	51	12	6	1	9	21	28	32	39	WWWDLL		0-1
	3	West Bromwich Albion	31	16	7	8	62	37	10	2	4	28	11	6	5	4	34	26	25	39	WLDWLD		0-0
	4	Preston North End	32	14	7	11	68	50	10	3	2	44	20	4	4	9	24	30	18	35	LLLWWD		1-1
2	5	Port Vale	31	16	3	12	57	50	12	1	3	34	16	4	2	9	23	34	7	35	LWWLWW		2-0
	6	Bradford Park Avenue	32	14	6	12	76	53	11	2	2	54	19	3	4	10	22	34	23	34	WWLLLD		0-0
2	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	17	0	14	66	54	12	0	3	44	18	5	0	11	22	36	12	34	WLLLLL		0-1
1	8	Southampton	32	14	6	12	54	47	8	4	4	31	19	6	2	8	23	28	7	34	LLWWLW		1-0
1	9	Burnley	32	13	8	11	64	64	9	3	3	42	25	4	5	8	22	39	0	34	WLLDDD		1-1
	10	Bradford City	32	14	6	12	50	51	10	3	4	32	23	4	3	8	18	28	-1	34	WWWWWW		1-0
	11	Bury	32	15	3	14	61	60	12	3	2	39	13	3	0	12	22	47	1	33	LLLWLW		1-0
	12	Stoke City	32	13	7	12	47	56	8	5	3	27	14	5	2	9	20	42	-9	33	WWLLDW		2-1
3	13	Charlton Athletic	32	12	7	13	43	64	9	3	5	29	27	3	4	8	14	37	-21	31	WLWWDW		1-0
	14	Millwall	32	13	4	15	64	67	9	2	4	41	22	4	2	11	23	45	-3	30	LWWWWD		0-0
2	15	Oldham Athletic	33	12	6	15	43	57	10	3	3	32	21	2	3	12	11	36	-14	30	WLWDLL		0-2
1	16	Swansea Town	32	11	7	14	45	55	10	3	3	36	24	1	4	11	9	31	-10	29	LDWDWL		1-2
	17	Bristol City	32	10	7	15	38	64	8	5	4	24	21	2	2	11	14	43	-26	27	WLWLWD		1-1
1	18	Barnsley	32	9	8	15	42	59	9	3	5	31	20	0	5	10	11	39	-17	26	LWLWLD		1-1
1	19	Nottingham Forest	32	8	9	15	59	69	7	6	2	39	27	1	3	13	20	42	-10	25	LWDLWL		0-1
	20	Plymouth Argyle	32	9	6	17	53	69	6	3	7	32	26	3	3	10	21	43	-16	24	WLLLDD		0-0
	21	Reading	32	9	5	18	50	77	8	1	6	28	22	1	4	12	22	55	-27	23	LWWWLL		2-3
	22	Cardiff City	32	7	5	20	41	70	6	4	6	28	23	1	1	14	13	47	-29	19	LLLDLL		0-1