The City Ground

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

Date:: Sat Nov 14, 1931 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Port Vale
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Old Recreation Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Birmingham Mail - Saturday 14 November 1931

Season:: 1931-32
Referee:: EC Carnwell
Attendance:: 7,055
League Week:: 15 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 7 9
Opp Before/After:: 13 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Millwall (League Tier 2)
Port Vale:: Mar 26, 1932

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1321 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 584 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1480 (of 5828)
Total:: 2339 (of 7633)
Played:: 94 years, 9 months, 26 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

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

Goal Scorers
Jim Henshall (49')
Dicky York (85')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Arthur Dexter
2	D	32	Bill Thompson
3	D	34	Matt Bell
4	M	23	Harry Smith
5	D	26	Tommy Graham
6	F	22	Robert Pugh
7	M		John Forrest
8	F	26	Cyril Stocks
9	F	28	Johnny Dent
10	F	25	Billy Dickinson
11	F		William Simpson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Arthur Slater
2	D	George Shenton
3	D	Jimmy Oakes
4	D	Jack Sherlock
5	D	Arnold Bliss
6	M	Harry Marshall
7	M	Jim Henshall
8	M	Dicky York
9	M	Tommy Nolan
10	F	Tommy Tippett
11	F	Arthur Dorrell

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

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-0	Stoke City
Bradford City	1-2	Burnley
Bristol City	0-0	Bradford Park Avenue
Bury	1-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Leeds United	4-1	Preston North End
Millwall	5-0	Chesterfield
Notts County	2-2	Charlton Athletic
Oldham Athletic	1-5	Manchester United
Plymouth Argyle	3-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Port Vale	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Swansea Town	3-4	Southampton

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	Leeds United	14	10	2	2	29	10	3	1	2	9	3	7	1	0	20	7	19	22	WWWWWW
	2	Bradford Park Avenue	14	9	2	3	27	14	8	0	0	18	4	1	2	3	9	10	13	20	LWLWWW
	3	Plymouth Argyle	14	8	4	2	30	18	4	1	2	21	15	4	3	0	9	3	12	20	DLWWWD
	4	Stoke City	14	9	1	4	28	15	7	0	0	23	5	2	1	4	5	10	13	19	WWLWLW
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13	8	2	3	34	14	6	0	1	23	4	2	2	2	11	10	20	18	WLLWDW
	6	Bury	14	8	2	4	31	19	5	0	2	18	9	3	2	2	13	10	12	18	WLWDLL
	7	Nottingham Forest	14	7	2	5	28	25	5	1	2	17	9	2	1	3	11	16	3	16	WWLWWL
	8	Oldham Athletic	14	5	4	5	23	22	4	2	1	18	10	1	2	4	5	12	1	14	LWWWLD
	9	Millwall	14	6	2	6	25	24	3	2	2	16	10	3	0	4	9	14	1	14	DWWLWL
	10	Burnley	13	5	4	4	19	19	2	3	1	11	8	3	1	3	8	11	0	14	WDLDWD
	11	Notts County	14	6	2	6	28	29	3	1	2	9	7	3	1	4	19	22	-1	14	LWWDLW
	12	Southampton	14	6	2	6	25	27	4	1	2	13	9	2	1	4	12	18	-2	14	LLDWLD
	13	Port Vale	14	5	3	6	22	27	2	2	3	9	12	3	1	3	13	15	-5	13	DWDWLL
	14	Tottenham Hotspur	14	4	4	6	30	29	4	2	2	24	14	0	2	4	6	15	1	12	LDLLDW
	15	Swansea Town	14	6	0	8	25	26	4	0	2	12	6	2	0	6	13	20	-1	12	WLWLWL
	16	Barnsley	14	4	3	7	17	28	1	3	3	8	9	3	0	4	9	19	-11	11	DLDLDW
	17	Bradford City	14	3	4	7	21	30	2	2	2	12	10	1	2	5	9	20	-9	10	LLDLWL
	18	Manchester United	14	3	4	7	20	30	3	3	2	17	17	0	1	5	3	13	-10	10	LWDDLL
	19	Preston North End	14	3	4	7	20	35	3	2	1	9	9	0	2	6	11	26	-15	10	WLLLLD
	20	Chesterfield	13	4	2	7	18	32	3	0	3	12	14	1	2	4	6	18	-14	10	WLDLWL
	21	Bristol City	14	2	3	9	16	30	2	2	4	11	15	0	1	5	5	15	-14	7	LWDLDD
	22	Charlton Athletic	13	2	2	9	15	28	2	1	4	10	12	0	1	5	5	16	-13	6	LLDLLW

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	Leeds United	15	11	2	2	33	11	4	1	2	13	4	7	1	0	20	7	22	24	WWWWWW		4-1
	2	Bradford Park Avenue	15	9	3	3	27	14	8	0	0	18	4	1	3	3	9	10	13	21	WLWWWD		0-0
	3	Plymouth Argyle	15	8	5	2	33	21	4	2	2	24	18	4	3	0	9	3	12	21	LWWWDD		3-3
1	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14	8	3	3	37	17	6	0	1	23	4	2	3	2	14	13	20	19	LLWDWD		3-3
1	5	Stoke City	15	9	1	5	28	16	7	0	0	23	5	2	1	5	5	11	12	19	WLWLWL		0-1
	6	Bury	15	8	3	4	32	20	5	1	2	19	10	3	2	2	13	10	12	19	LWDLLD		1-1
2	7	Millwall	15	7	2	6	30	24	4	2	2	21	10	3	0	4	9	14	6	16	WWLWLW		5-0
2	8	Burnley	14	6	4	4	21	20	2	3	1	11	8	4	1	3	10	12	1	16	DLDWDW		2-1
2	9	Nottingham Forest	15	7	2	6	28	27	5	1	2	17	9	2	1	4	11	18	1	16	WLWWLL		0-2
2	10	Southampton	15	7	2	6	29	30	4	1	2	13	9	3	1	4	16	21	-1	16	LDWLDW		4-3
	11	Notts County	15	6	3	6	30	31	3	2	2	11	9	3	1	4	19	22	-1	15	WWDLWD		2-2
1	12	Port Vale	15	6	3	6	24	27	3	2	3	11	12	3	1	3	13	15	-3	15	WDWLLW		2-0
5	13	Oldham Athletic	15	5	4	6	24	27	4	2	2	19	15	1	2	4	5	12	-3	14	WWWLDL		1-5
	14	Tottenham Hotspur	15	4	5	6	31	30	4	2	2	24	14	0	3	4	7	16	1	13	DLLDWD		1-1
1	15	Barnsley	15	5	3	7	18	28	2	3	3	9	9	3	0	4	9	19	-10	13	LDLDWW		1-0
1	16	Swansea Town	15	6	0	9	28	30	4	0	3	15	10	2	0	6	13	20	-2	12	LWLWLL		3-4
1	17	Manchester United	15	4	4	7	25	31	3	3	2	17	17	1	1	5	8	14	-6	12	WDDLLW		5-1
1	18	Bradford City	15	3	4	8	22	32	2	2	3	13	12	1	2	5	9	20	-10	10	LDLWLL		1-2
	19	Preston North End	15	3	4	8	21	39	3	2	1	9	9	0	2	7	12	30	-18	10	LLLLDL		1-4
	20	Chesterfield	14	4	2	8	18	37	3	0	3	12	14	1	2	5	6	23	-19	10	LDLWLL		0-5
	21	Bristol City	15	2	4	9	16	30	2	3	4	11	15	0	1	5	5	15	-14	8	WDLDDD		0-0
	22	Charlton Athletic	14	2	3	9	17	30	2	1	4	10	12	0	2	5	7	18	-13	7	LDLLWD		2-2