The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 SOUTHAMPTON - Sat May 02, 1931 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat May 02, 1931 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Southampton
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 (Won)

Season:: 1930-31
Referee:: AJ Spittle
Attendance:: 5,343
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 7 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Charlton Athletic (League Tier 2)
Southampton:: Mar 25, 1932

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1306 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 569 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1465 (of 5679)
Total:: 2322 (of 7451)

Notes:: Stan Hardy's last game as manager

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:
Johnny Dent
Johnny Dent
Billy Dickinson

SOUTHAMPTON
Manager: Arthur Chadwick
Prior form: LLWWLW (Old to recent)

Goals:
?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Arthur Dexter
2	D	William 'Bill' Thompson
3	D	Jimmy Barrington
4	D	Billy McKinlay
5	D	Tommy Graham
6	M	Harry Smith
7	F	Alf Quantrill
8	F	Tom McKay
9	F	Johnny Dent
10	F	Billy Dickinson
11	F	William Simpson

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat May 02, 1931)

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

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
	1	Everton	41	28	5	8	120	64	18	1	2	76	31	10	4	6	44	33	1.875	61	WWLDWL
	2	West Bromwich Albion	41	21	10	10	80	47	13	3	4	37	14	8	7	6	43	33	1.702	52	WWLWDW
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	41	22	7	12	88	54	15	5	1	64	20	7	2	11	24	34	1.630	51	DLDDLW
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	21	4	16	83	66	15	2	4	56	25	6	2	12	27	41	1.258	46	WDDDDW
	5	Bradford Park Avenue	41	18	9	14	95	64	15	3	2	69	22	3	6	12	26	42	1.484	45	LDDWDW
	6	Port Vale	41	20	5	16	66	61	14	3	3	38	16	6	2	13	28	45	1.082	45	WWLLDW
	7	Southampton	41	19	6	16	73	59	13	4	4	46	22	6	2	12	27	37	1.237	44	LLWWLW
	8	Bradford City	41	17	10	14	61	62	12	5	4	39	26	5	5	10	22	36	.984	44	DWWDDL
	9	Preston North End	41	16	11	14	81	63	11	5	4	53	30	5	6	10	28	33	1.286	43	LDWDDD
	10	Burnley	41	16	11	14	80	77	12	5	3	54	30	4	6	11	26	47	1.039	43	WLLWLW
	11	Stoke City	41	17	9	15	62	69	11	6	4	34	17	6	3	11	28	52	.899	43	LWWWDL
	12	Oldham Athletic	42	16	10	16	61	72	13	5	3	45	28	3	5	13	16	44	.847	42	LDWDDW
	13	Bury	41	18	3	20	72	81	14	3	4	44	20	4	0	16	28	61	.889	39	WLLLWW
	14	Charlton Athletic	41	15	9	17	57	83	11	4	6	35	33	4	5	11	22	50	.687	39	WWLDDL
	15	Millwall	41	16	6	19	70	79	12	3	5	46	24	4	3	14	24	55	.886	38	WLLDDL
	16	Bristol City	41	15	8	18	51	77	11	5	5	29	23	4	3	13	22	54	.662	38	LWWLWD
	17	Nottingham Forest	41	13	9	19	77	84	11	6	3	51	34	2	3	16	26	50	.917	35	WLLWLW
	18	Barnsley	41	13	9	19	59	78	13	3	5	42	23	0	6	14	17	55	.756	35	LWWLWL
	19	Plymouth Argyle	41	13	8	20	71	81	9	3	8	42	30	4	5	12	29	51	.877	34	LWWDWL
	20	Swansea Town	41	11	10	20	50	74	10	5	5	39	29	1	5	15	11	45	.676	32	DLLDDL
	21	Reading	42	12	6	24	72	96	11	2	8	47	33	1	4	16	25	63	.750	30	LLDLLL
	22	Cardiff City	41	8	9	24	46	84	7	6	7	31	28	1	3	17	15	56	.548	25	DLDDDL

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	Result(s)
	1	Everton	42	28	5	9	121	66	18	1	2	76	31	10	4	7	45	35	1.833	61	WLDWLL	1-2
	2	West Bromwich Albion	42	22	10	10	83	49	14	3	4	40	16	8	7	6	43	33	1.694	54	WLWDWW	3-2
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	22	7	13	88	55	15	5	1	64	20	7	2	12	24	35	1.600	51	LDDLWL	0-1
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	21	5	16	84	67	15	2	4	56	25	6	3	12	28	42	1.254	47	DDDDWD	1-1
1	5	Port Vale	42	21	5	16	67	61	15	3	3	39	16	6	2	13	28	45	1.098	47	WLLDWW	1-0
1	6	Bradford Park Avenue	42	18	10	14	97	66	15	4	2	71	24	3	6	12	26	42	1.470	46	DDWDWD	2-2
2	7	Preston North End	42	17	11	14	83	64	12	5	4	55	31	5	6	10	28	33	1.297	45	DWDDDW	2-1
2	8	Burnley	42	17	11	14	81	77	13	5	3	55	30	4	6	11	26	47	1.052	45	LLWLWW	1-0
2	9	Southampton	42	19	6	17	74	62	13	4	4	46	22	6	2	13	28	40	1.194	44	LWWLWL	1-3
2	10	Bradford City	42	17	10	15	61	63	12	5	4	39	26	5	5	11	22	37	.968	44	WWDDLL	0-1
	11	Stoke City	42	17	10	15	64	71	11	6	4	34	17	6	4	11	30	54	.901	44	WWWDLD	2-2
	12	Oldham Athletic	42	16	10	16	61	72	13	5	3	45	28	3	5	13	16	44	.847	42	LDWDDW
	13	Bury	42	19	3	20	75	82	14	3	4	44	20	5	0	16	31	62	.915	41	LLLWWW	3-1
1	14	Millwall	42	16	7	19	71	80	12	4	5	47	25	4	3	14	24	55	.888	39	LLDDLD	1-1
1	15	Charlton Athletic	42	15	9	18	59	86	11	4	6	35	33	4	5	12	24	53	.686	39	WLDDLL	2-3
	16	Bristol City	42	15	8	19	54	82	11	5	5	29	23	4	3	14	25	59	.659	38	WWLWDL	3-5
	17	Nottingham Forest	42	14	9	19	80	85	12	6	3	54	35	2	3	16	26	50	.941	37	LLWLWW	3-1
1	18	Plymouth Argyle	42	14	8	20	76	84	10	3	8	47	33	4	5	12	29	51	.905	36	WWDWLW	5-3
1	19	Barnsley	42	13	9	20	59	79	13	3	5	42	23	0	6	15	17	56	.747	35	WWLWLL	0-1
	20	Swansea Town	42	12	10	20	51	74	11	5	5	40	29	1	5	15	11	45	.689	34	LLDDLW	1-0
	21	Reading	42	12	6	24	72	96	11	2	8	47	33	1	4	16	25	63	.750	30	LLDLLL
	22	Cardiff City	42	8	9	25	47	87	7	6	8	32	31	1	3	17	15	56	.540	25	LDDDLL	1-3