The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 SWANSEA TOWN - Sat Mar 28, 1931 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 28, 1931 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Swansea Town
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

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

Season:: 1930-31
Referee:: TR Fardell
Attendance:: 6,609
League Week:: 35 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 17
Opp Before/After:: 16 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Preston North End (League Tier 2)
Swansea Town:: Dec 12, 1931

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1299 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 562 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1458 (of 5829)
Total:: 2317 (of 7634)
Played:: 95 years, 5 months, 20 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Billy Dickinson (30')
Cyril Stocks (42')
Billy Dickinson (85')

SWANSEA TOWN
Manager: Jimmy Thomson
Prior form: WDWLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Arthur Dexter
2	D	31	Bill Thompson
3	D	29	Jimmy Barrington
4	F	21	Dick Armstrong
5	D	26	Tommy Graham
6	M	22	Harry Smith
7	F	34	Noah Burton
8	F	25	Cyril Stocks (42')
9	F	28	Johnny Dent
10	F	25	Billy Dickinson (30') (85')
11	F		William Simpson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Alec Ferguson
2	D	Sid Lawrence
3	D	Wilf Milne
4	D	Harry Deacon
5	D	Harry Hanford
6	M	Joe Sykes
7	M	Billy Hole
8	M	Bill Easton
9	M	Ron Williams
10	F	Jack Armand
11	F	Dai Lewis

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 28, 1931)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford Park Avenue	3-0	Cardiff City
Burnley	1-1	Bradford City
Millwall	1-0	Bury
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Swansea Town
Oldham Athletic	2-1	Plymouth Argyle
Preston North End	1-3	Port Vale
Reading	6-1	Barnsley
Southampton	3-0	Charlton Athletic
Stoke City	2-0	Everton
Tottenham Hotspur	2-2	West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-1	Bristol 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	34	25	4	5	107	50	16	1	1	68	24	9	3	4	39	26	57	54	WWWLWL	Safe
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	34	21	3	10	78	42	14	2	1	55	13	7	1	9	23	29	36	45	DLLWWW	Safe
	3	West Bromwich Albion	33	17	8	8	66	39	11	2	4	30	11	6	6	4	36	28	27	42	DWLDWD	Safe
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	19	0	15	72	58	14	0	3	50	19	5	0	12	22	39	14	38	LLLWLW
	5	Preston North End	34	15	7	12	72	53	11	3	2	48	21	4	4	10	24	32	19	37	LWWDWL
	6	Bradford Park Avenue	34	15	6	13	81	56	12	2	2	59	20	3	4	11	22	36	25	36	LLLDWL
	7	Southampton	34	15	6	13	62	52	9	4	4	36	20	6	2	9	26	32	10	36	WWLWWL
	8	Port Vale	34	16	4	14	57	54	12	2	3	34	16	4	2	11	23	38	3	36	LWWLLD
	9	Burnley	34	13	10	11	66	66	9	4	3	44	27	4	6	8	22	39	0	36	LDDDDD
	10	Bradford City	34	15	6	13	55	57	11	3	4	36	26	4	3	9	19	31	-2	36	WWWWLW
	11	Stoke City	34	13	8	13	49	59	8	6	3	27	14	5	2	10	22	45	-10	34	LLDWDL
	12	Bury	34	15	3	16	63	68	12	3	3	40	16	3	0	13	23	52	-5	33	LWLWLL
	13	Oldham Athletic	35	13	7	15	48	60	10	4	3	34	23	3	3	12	14	37	-12	33	WDLLWD
	14	Charlton Athletic	34	13	7	14	46	69	10	3	5	31	28	3	4	9	15	41	-23	33	WWDWLW
	15	Millwall	34	14	4	16	67	70	10	2	4	44	23	4	2	12	23	47	-3	32	WWWDWL
	16	Swansea Town	34	11	7	16	47	60	10	3	4	37	26	1	4	12	10	34	-13	29	WDWLLL
	17	Barnsley	34	10	9	15	47	61	10	3	5	34	20	0	6	10	13	41	-14	29	LWLDDW
	18	Bristol City	34	11	7	16	41	69	9	5	4	26	21	2	2	12	15	48	-28	29	WLWDLW
	19	Nottingham Forest	34	9	9	16	60	70	8	6	2	40	27	1	3	14	20	43	-10	27	DLWLWL
	20	Plymouth Argyle	34	10	7	17	54	69	7	3	7	33	26	3	4	10	21	43	-15	27	LLDDDW
	21	Reading	34	10	5	19	54	79	9	1	6	31	22	1	4	13	23	57	-25	25	WWLLWL
	22	Cardiff City	34	8	5	21	44	75	7	4	6	31	25	1	1	15	13	50	-31	21	LDLLLW

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	35	25	4	6	107	52	16	1	1	68	24	9	3	5	39	28	55	54	WWLWLL	Safe	0-2
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	35	21	4	10	80	44	14	3	1	57	15	7	1	9	23	29	36	46	LLWWWD	Safe	2-2
	3	West Bromwich Albion	34	17	9	8	68	41	11	2	4	30	11	6	7	4	38	30	27	43	WLDWDD	Safe	2-2
2	4	Bradford Park Avenue	35	16	6	13	84	56	13	2	2	62	20	3	4	11	22	36	28	38	LLDWLW		3-0
2	5	Southampton	35	16	6	13	65	52	10	4	4	39	20	6	2	9	26	32	13	38	WLWWLW		3-0
2	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	19	0	16	72	59	14	0	4	50	20	5	0	12	22	39	13	38	LLWLWL		0-1
1	7	Port Vale	35	17	4	14	60	55	12	2	3	34	16	5	2	11	26	39	5	38	WWLLDW		3-1
3	8	Preston North End	35	15	7	13	73	56	11	3	3	49	24	4	4	10	24	32	17	37	WWDWLL		1-3
	9	Burnley	35	13	11	11	67	67	9	5	3	45	28	4	6	8	22	39	0	37	DDDDDD		1-1
	10	Bradford City	35	15	7	13	56	58	11	3	4	36	26	4	4	9	20	32	-2	37	WWWLWD		1-1
	11	Stoke City	35	14	8	13	51	59	9	6	3	29	14	5	2	10	22	45	-8	36	LDWDLW		2-0
1	12	Oldham Athletic	36	14	7	15	50	61	11	4	3	36	24	3	3	12	14	37	-11	35	DLLWDW		2-1
2	13	Millwall	35	15	4	16	68	70	11	2	4	45	23	4	2	12	23	47	-2	34	WWDWLW		1-0
2	14	Bury	35	15	3	17	63	69	12	3	3	40	16	3	0	14	23	53	-6	33	WLWLLL		0-1
1	15	Charlton Athletic	35	13	7	15	46	72	10	3	5	31	28	3	4	10	15	44	-26	33	WDWLWL		0-3
2	16	Bristol City	35	12	7	16	42	69	9	5	4	26	21	3	2	12	16	48	-27	31	LWDLWW		1-0
2	17	Nottingham Forest	35	10	9	16	63	70	9	6	2	43	27	1	3	14	20	43	-7	29	LWLWLW		3-0
2	18	Swansea Town	35	11	7	17	47	63	10	3	4	37	26	1	4	13	10	37	-16	29	DWLLLL		0-3
2	19	Barnsley	35	10	9	16	48	67	10	3	5	34	20	0	6	11	14	47	-19	29	WLDDWL		1-6
	20	Plymouth Argyle	35	10	7	18	55	71	7	3	7	33	26	3	4	11	22	45	-16	27	LDDDWL		1-2
	21	Reading	35	11	5	19	60	80	10	1	6	37	23	1	4	13	23	57	-20	27	WLLWLW		6-1
	22	Cardiff City	35	8	5	22	44	78	7	4	6	31	25	1	1	16	13	53	-34	21	DLLLWL		0-3