The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 STOKE CITY - Sat Dec 26, 1931 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 26, 1931 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1931-32
Referee:: WE Rycroft
Attendance:: 21,018
League Week:: 22 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 13 12
Opp Before/After:: 4 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Charlton Athletic (League Tier 2)
Stoke City:: Dec 26, 1932

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1328 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 591 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1487 (of 5827)
Total:: 2346 (of 7632)
Played:: 94 years, 8 months, 6 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Johnny Dent (63')

STOKE CITY
Manager: Tom Mather
Prior form: DDDWDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Walter Bussey (85')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Arthur Dexter
2	D	34	Matt Bell
3	D	30	Jimmy Barrington
4	D	27	Billy McKinlay
5	M	23	Harry Smith
6	D	26	Tommy Graham
7	F	25	Billy Dickinson
8	F	26	Cyril Stocks
9	F	28	Johnny Dent (63')
10	F	22	Robert Pugh
11	F		William Simpson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Norman Lewis
2	D	Bob McGrory
3	D	Arthur Beachill
4	D	Billy Robertson
5	D	Arthur Turner
6	M	Harry Sellars
7	M	Harry Taylor
8	M	Walter Bussey
9	M	Joe Mawson
10	F	Tommy Sale
11	F	Tim Maloney

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 26, 1931)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-1	Millwall
Bradford City	5-1	Swansea Town
Charlton Athletic	2-5	Tottenham Hotspur
Leeds United	3-2	Bradford Park Avenue
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Stoke City
Oldham Athletic	2-1	Bristol City
Plymouth Argyle	5-1	Bury
Port Vale	2-0	Notts County
Preston North End	2-1	Burnley
Southampton	1-2	Chesterfield
Wolverhampton Wanderers	7-0	Manchester United

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	21	13	4	4	46	22	5	2	2	17	7	8	2	2	29	15	24	30	WDDWLL
	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	12	4	4	58	23	8	1	1	33	6	4	3	3	25	17	35	28	WWWWDL
	3	Bradford Park Avenue	21	12	4	5	41	23	11	1	0	30	6	1	3	5	11	17	18	28	WLDLWW
	4	Stoke City	21	11	5	5	37	22	8	3	0	28	9	3	2	5	9	13	15	27	DDDWDW
	5	Bury	20	12	3	5	46	29	7	1	2	29	12	5	2	3	17	17	17	27	DWWLWW
	6	Plymouth Argyle	20	10	6	4	42	27	5	3	2	27	20	5	3	2	15	7	15	26	DLDWWL
	7	Notts County	21	9	6	6	46	35	6	2	2	25	11	3	4	4	21	24	11	24	DWDWDW
	8	Millwall	21	9	4	8	38	30	6	2	3	27	12	3	2	5	11	18	8	22	DLLWDW
	9	Southampton	21	10	2	9	34	43	6	1	3	17	16	4	1	6	17	27	-9	22	WLLWWL
	10	Burnley	20	7	6	7	30	41	3	5	2	19	19	4	1	5	11	22	-11	20	LLWLDD
	11	Swansea Town	21	9	1	11	39	35	6	0	4	24	13	3	1	7	15	22	4	19	LWWWDL
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	21	7	5	9	46	43	6	2	4	37	25	1	3	5	9	18	3	19	WWLLWL
	13	Nottingham Forest	21	7	5	9	36	41	5	3	3	21	15	2	2	6	15	26	-5	19	DDDLLL
	14	Manchester United	21	7	4	10	36	41	5	3	4	23	22	2	1	6	13	19	-5	18	LWWLLW
	15	Bradford City	21	6	6	9	38	45	3	3	3	19	17	3	3	6	19	28	-7	18	DDWWLW
	16	Barnsley	20	7	3	10	28	40	4	3	3	16	12	3	0	7	12	28	-12	17	WLWLWL
	17	Oldham Athletic	21	5	6	10	30	43	4	2	4	20	20	1	4	6	10	23	-13	16	LLDLLD
	18	Preston North End	21	5	6	10	32	49	5	3	1	15	11	0	3	9	17	38	-17	16	WLDLWD
	19	Chesterfield	20	6	4	10	30	47	5	1	4	20	18	1	3	6	10	29	-17	16	DDLLWW
	20	Port Vale	21	6	4	11	33	55	3	2	5	13	21	3	2	6	20	34	-22	16	LLDLLL
	21	Charlton Athletic	19	5	4	10	24	39	3	2	4	14	14	2	2	6	10	25	-15	14	DWWDLW
	22	Bristol City	21	3	6	12	22	39	2	4	6	13	19	1	2	6	9	20	-17	12	LLDLWD

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	22	14	4	4	49	24	6	2	2	20	9	8	2	2	29	15	25	32	DDWLLW		3-2
	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	13	4	4	65	23	9	1	1	40	6	4	3	3	25	17	42	30	WWWDLW		7-0
3	3	Plymouth Argyle	21	11	6	4	47	28	6	3	2	32	21	5	3	2	15	7	19	28	LDWWLW		5-1
1	4	Bradford Park Avenue	22	12	4	6	43	26	11	1	0	30	6	1	3	6	13	20	17	28	LDLWWL		2-3
1	5	Stoke City	22	11	6	5	38	23	8	3	0	28	9	3	3	5	10	14	15	28	DDWDWD		1-1
1	6	Bury	21	12	3	6	47	34	7	1	2	29	12	5	2	4	18	22	13	27	WWLWWL		1-5
	7	Notts County	22	9	6	7	46	37	6	2	2	25	11	3	4	5	21	26	9	24	WDWDWL		0-2
	8	Millwall	22	9	4	9	39	32	6	2	3	27	12	3	2	6	12	20	7	22	LLWDWL		1-2
	9	Southampton	22	10	2	10	35	45	6	1	4	18	18	4	1	6	17	27	-10	22	LLWWLL		1-2
2	10	Tottenham Hotspur	22	8	5	9	51	45	6	2	4	37	25	2	3	5	14	20	6	21	WLLWLW		5-2
4	11	Bradford City	22	7	6	9	43	46	4	3	3	24	18	3	3	6	19	28	-3	20	DWWLWW		5-1
1	12	Nottingham Forest	22	7	6	9	37	42	5	4	3	22	16	2	2	6	15	26	-5	20	DDLLLD		1-1
3	13	Burnley	21	7	6	8	31	43	3	5	2	19	19	4	1	6	12	24	-12	20	LWLDDL		1-2
3	14	Swansea Town	22	9	1	12	40	40	6	0	4	24	13	3	1	8	16	27	0	19	WWWDLL		1-5
1	15	Barnsley	21	8	3	10	30	41	5	3	3	18	13	3	0	7	12	28	-11	19	LWLWLW		2-1
2	16	Manchester United	22	7	4	11	36	48	5	3	4	23	22	2	1	7	13	26	-12	18	WWLLWL		0-7
	17	Oldham Athletic	22	6	6	10	32	44	5	2	4	22	21	1	4	6	10	23	-12	18	LDLLDW		2-1
	18	Preston North End	22	6	6	10	34	50	6	3	1	17	12	0	3	9	17	38	-16	18	LDLWDW		2-1
	19	Chesterfield	21	7	4	10	32	48	5	1	4	20	18	2	3	6	12	30	-16	18	DLLWWW		2-1
	20	Port Vale	22	7	4	11	35	55	4	2	5	15	21	3	2	6	20	34	-20	18	LDLLLW		2-0
	21	Charlton Athletic	20	5	4	11	26	44	3	2	5	16	19	2	2	6	10	25	-18	14	WWDLWL		2-5
	22	Bristol City	22	3	6	13	23	41	2	4	6	13	19	1	2	7	10	22	-18	12	LDLWDL		1-2