The City Ground

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 04, 1931 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 04, 1931 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Hawthorns
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: Albion Till We Die (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1930-31
Referee:: HE Hull
Attendance:: 18,898
Pos Before/After:: 16 17
Opp Before/After:: 3 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Preston North End (League Tier 2)
West Bromwich Albion:: Apr 07, 1939

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1301 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 564 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1460 (of 5768)
Total:: 2319 (of 7556)
Played:: 94 years, 3 months, 4 days ago

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

Goals
Billy Dickinson (69') (Pen)

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Fred Everiss
Prior form: LDWDDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Stan Wood (25')
Stan Wood (27')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Arthur Dexter
2	D	31	Bill Thompson
3	D	29	Jimmy Barrington
4	F	21	Richard Armstrong
5	M	22	Harry Smith
6	M	22	Alec Farmer
7	F	34	Noah Burton
8	F	25	Cyril Stocks
9	F	28	Johnny Dent
10	F	25	Billy Dickinson (69')
11	F		William Simpson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harold Pearson
2	D	George Shaw
3	D	Bert Trentham
4	D	Tommy Magee
5	D	Bill Richardson
6	M	Jimmy Edwards
7	M	Tommy Glidden
8	M	Joe Carter
9	M	Billy 'Ginger' Richardson
10	F	Teddy Sandford
11	F	Stan Wood

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 04, 1931)

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

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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Everton	36	26	4	6	108	52	16	1	1	68	24	10	3	5	40	28	2.07692	56	WLWLLW	Safe
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	36	21	5	10	82	46	14	4	1	59	17	7	1	9	23	29	1.78261	47	LWWWDD	Safe
	3	West Bromwich Albion	35	17	9	9	68	42	11	2	4	30	11	6	7	5	38	31	1.61905	43	LDWDDL	Safe
	4	Port Vale	36	18	4	14	61	55	13	2	3	35	16	5	2	11	26	39	1.10909	40	WLLDWW	Safe
	5	Burnley	36	14	11	11	73	68	10	5	3	51	29	4	6	8	22	39	1.07353	39	DDDDDW
	6	Bradford Park Avenue	35	16	6	13	84	56	13	2	2	62	20	3	4	11	22	36	1.50000	38	LLDWLW
	7	Southampton	36	16	6	14	65	53	10	4	4	39	20	6	2	10	26	33	1.22642	38	LWWLWL
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	19	0	16	72	59	14	0	4	50	20	5	0	12	22	39	1.22034	38	LLWLWL
	9	Preston North End	36	15	7	14	75	60	11	3	4	51	28	4	4	10	24	32	1.25000	37	WDWLLL
	10	Bradford City	35	15	7	13	56	58	11	3	4	36	26	4	4	9	20	32	.96552	37	WWWLWD
	11	Millwall	36	16	4	16	69	70	12	2	4	46	23	4	2	12	23	47	.98571	36	WDWLWW
	12	Stoke City	36	14	8	14	54	66	9	6	3	29	14	5	2	11	25	52	.81818	36	DWDLWL
	13	Bury	36	16	3	17	66	70	13	3	3	43	17	3	0	14	23	53	.94286	35	LWLLLW
	14	Oldham Athletic	37	14	7	16	51	67	11	4	3	36	24	3	3	13	15	43	.76119	35	LLWDWL
	15	Charlton Athletic	36	14	7	15	49	73	10	3	5	31	28	4	4	10	18	45	.67123	35	DWLWLW
	16	Nottingham Forest	36	11	9	16	67	72	9	6	2	43	27	2	3	14	24	45	.93056	31	WLWLWW
	17	Bristol City	36	12	7	17	42	70	9	5	5	26	22	3	2	12	16	48	.60000	31	WDLWWL
	18	Reading	36	12	5	19	67	83	11	1	6	44	26	1	4	13	23	57	.80723	29	LLWLWW
	19	Swansea Town	35	11	7	17	47	63	10	3	4	37	26	1	4	13	10	37	.74603	29	DWLLLL
	20	Barnsley	36	10	9	17	49	70	10	3	5	34	20	0	6	12	15	50	.70000	29	LDDWLL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	36	10	7	19	56	74	7	3	8	34	29	3	4	11	22	45	.75676	27	DDDWLL
	22	Cardiff City	36	8	6	22	46	80	7	4	6	31	25	1	2	16	15	55	.57500	22	LLLWLD

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Everton	37	27	4	6	112	54	17	1	1	72	26	10	3	5	40	28	2.07407	58	LWLLWW	Champions	4-2
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	37	21	5	11	82	49	14	4	1	59	17	7	1	10	23	32	1.67347	47	WWWDDL	Safe	0-3
	3	West Bromwich Albion	36	18	9	9	70	43	12	2	4	32	12	6	7	5	38	31	1.62791	45	DWDDLW	Safe	2-1
	4	Port Vale	37	19	4	14	64	55	14	2	3	38	16	5	2	11	26	39	1.16364	42	LLDWWW	Safe	3-0
3	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	20	0	16	75	59	14	0	4	50	20	6	0	12	25	39	1.27119	40	LWLWLW	Safe	3-0
1	6	Burnley	37	14	11	12	74	70	10	5	3	51	29	4	6	9	23	41	1.05714	39	DDDDWL		1-2
1	7	Bradford Park Avenue	36	16	6	14	86	60	13	2	2	62	20	3	4	12	24	40	1.43333	38	LDWLWL		2-4
1	8	Preston North End	37	15	8	14	75	60	11	3	4	51	28	4	5	10	24	32	1.25000	38	DWLLLD		0-0
2	9	Southampton	37	16	6	15	66	56	10	4	4	39	20	6	2	11	27	36	1.17857	38	WWLWLL		1-3
	10	Bradford City	36	15	8	13	56	58	11	4	4	36	26	4	4	9	20	32	.96552	38	WWLWDD		0-0
1	11	Stoke City	37	15	8	14	57	66	9	6	3	29	14	6	2	11	28	52	.86364	38	WDLWLW		3-0
3	12	Charlton Athletic	37	15	7	15	51	74	11	3	5	33	29	4	4	10	18	45	.68919	37	WLWLWW		2-1
2	13	Millwall	37	16	4	17	69	75	12	2	4	46	23	4	2	13	23	52	.92000	36	DWLWWL		0-5
	14	Oldham Athletic	38	14	8	16	51	67	11	4	3	36	24	3	4	13	15	43	.76119	36	LWDWLD		0-0
2	15	Bury	37	16	3	18	66	73	13	3	4	43	20	3	0	14	23	53	.90411	35	WLLLWL		0-3
1	16	Bristol City	37	13	7	17	43	70	10	5	5	27	22	3	2	12	16	48	.61429	33	DLWWLW		1-0
1	17	Nottingham Forest	37	11	9	17	68	74	9	6	2	43	27	2	3	15	25	47	.91892	31	LWLWWL		1-2
2	18	Barnsley	37	11	9	17	52	71	11	3	5	37	21	0	6	12	15	50	.73239	31	DDWLLW		3-1
	19	Swansea Town	36	11	8	17	47	63	10	4	4	37	26	1	4	13	10	37	.74603	30	WLLLLD		0-0
1	20	Plymouth Argyle	37	11	7	19	61	74	8	3	8	39	29	3	4	11	22	45	.82432	29	DDWLLW		5-0
3	21	Reading	37	12	5	20	67	84	11	1	6	44	26	1	4	14	23	58	.79762	29	LWLWWL		0-1
	22	Cardiff City	37	8	6	23	46	83	7	4	7	31	28	1	2	16	15	55	.55422	22	LLWLDL		0-3