The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 PORT VALE - Sat Mar 14, 1931 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 14, 1931 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Port Vale
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1930-31
Referee:: WB Bristow
Attendance:: 9,281
League Week:: 33 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 17
Opp Before/After:: 6 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Plymouth Argyle (League Tier 2)
Port Vale:: Nov 14, 1931

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1297 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 560 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1456 (of 5824)
Total:: 2315 (of 7629)
Played:: 95 years, 5 months, 5 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
William Simpson (56')

PORT VALE
Manager: Tom Morgan
Prior form: WWLWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

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	26	Tommy Graham
6	F	21	Robert Pugh
7	F	34	Noah Burton
8	F	22	Buster Brown	Last game
9	F	28	Johnny Dent
10	F	25	Billy Dickinson
11	F		William Simpson (56')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ben Davies
2	D	George Shenton
3	D	Jimmy Oakes
4	D	John Cope
5	D	Jack Round
6	M	Reginald Jones
7	M	Philip Griffiths
8	M	Harry Roberts
9	M	Stewart Littlewood
10	F	Harry Marshall
11	F	Jack Simms

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 14, 1931)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford Park Avenue	5-1	Bury
Burnley	2-2	Barnsley
Millwall	3-1	Swansea Town
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Port Vale
Preston North End	4-1	Charlton Athletic
Reading	3-0	Cardiff City
Southampton	5-1	Bristol City
Stoke City	0-0	Plymouth Argyle
Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	Bradford City

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

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
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	32	19	3	10	75	41	13	2	1	54	13	6	1	9	21	28	34	41	WWDLLW		3-1
	3	West Bromwich Albion	31	16	7	8	62	37	10	2	4	28	11	6	5	4	34	26	25	39	WLDWLD
1	4	Preston North End	33	15	7	11	72	51	11	3	2	48	21	4	4	9	24	30	21	37	LLWWDW		4-1
2	5	Bradford Park Avenue	33	15	6	12	81	54	12	2	2	59	20	3	4	10	22	34	27	36	WLLLDW		5-1
2	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	18	0	14	69	54	13	0	3	47	18	5	0	11	22	36	15	36	LLLLLW
1	7	Southampton	33	15	6	12	59	48	9	4	4	36	20	6	2	8	23	28	11	36	LWWLWW		5-1
2	8	Port Vale	33	16	3	14	57	54	12	1	3	34	16	4	2	11	23	38	3	35	WLWWLL		0-1
	9	Burnley	33	13	9	11	66	66	9	4	3	44	27	4	5	8	22	39	0	35	LLDDDD		2-2
	10	Bradford City	33	14	6	13	51	54	10	3	4	32	23	4	3	9	19	31	-3	34	WWWWWL		1-3
1	11	Stoke City	33	13	8	12	47	56	8	6	3	27	14	5	2	9	20	42	-9	34	WLLDWD		0-0
1	12	Bury	33	15	3	15	62	65	12	3	2	39	13	3	0	13	23	52	-3	33	LLWLWL		1-5
1	13	Millwall	33	14	4	15	67	68	10	2	4	44	23	4	2	11	23	45	-1	32	WWWWDW		3-1
1	14	Charlton Athletic	33	12	7	14	44	68	9	3	5	29	27	3	4	9	15	41	-24	31	LWWDWL		1-4
	15	Oldham Athletic	33	12	6	15	43	57	10	3	3	32	21	2	3	12	11	36	-14	30	WLWDLL
	16	Swansea Town	33	11	7	15	46	58	10	3	3	36	24	1	4	12	10	34	-12	29	DWDWLL		1-3
2	17	Nottingham Forest	33	9	9	15	60	69	8	6	2	40	27	1	3	13	20	42	-9	27	WDLWLW		1-0
	18	Barnsley	33	9	9	15	44	61	9	3	5	31	20	0	6	10	13	41	-17	27	WLWLDD		2-2
2	19	Bristol City	33	10	7	16	39	69	8	5	4	24	21	2	2	12	15	48	-30	27	LWLWDL		1-5
	20	Plymouth Argyle	33	9	7	17	53	69	6	3	7	32	26	3	4	10	21	43	-16	25	LLLDDD		0-0
	21	Reading	33	10	5	18	53	77	9	1	6	31	22	1	4	12	22	55	-24	25	WWWLLW		3-0
	22	Cardiff City	33	7	5	21	41	73	6	4	6	28	23	1	1	15	13	50	-32	19	LLDLLL		0-3