The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 2 NORWICH CITY - Tue Dec 25, 1934 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue Dec 25, 1934 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Norwich City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-2 WON

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

Season:: 1934-35
Referee:: GT Gould
Attendance:: 21,553
League Week:: 21 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 5
Opp Before/After:: 18 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Norwich City (League Tier 2)
Norwich City:: Dec 26, 1934

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1453 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 716 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1618 (of 5829)
Total:: 2483 (of 7634)
Played:: 91 years, 8 months, 23 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Noel Watson
Prior form: WLWWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
George Burditt
George Burditt
George Burditt
William Simpson
Henry Race

NORWICH CITY
Manager: Tom Parker
Prior form: WWLLLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Alf Kirchen
Rod Williams

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Percy Ashton
2	M	26	Harry Smith
3	D	33	Jimmy Barrington
4	D	30	Billy McKinlay
5	D	29	Tommy Graham
6	F	25	Robert Pugh
7	M	24	Arthur Masters
8	F	28	Henry Race
9	M	24	George Burditt
10	F	22	Tom Peacock
11	F		William Simpson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Dukes
2	D	Tom Halliday
3	D	Teddy Bowen
4	D	Bernard Robinson
5	D	Jack Scott
6	M	Doug Lochhead
7	M	Alf Kirchen
8	M	Jack Vinall
9	M	Rod Williams
10	F	Jack Russell
11	F	Bill Hinton

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Tue Dec 25, 1934)

Home	Score	Away
Blackpool	4-0	Oldham Athletic
Bradford Park Avenue	0-0	Fulham
Brentford	0-0	Plymouth Argyle
Burnley	2-1	Bolton Wanderers
Bury	2-4	West Ham United
Manchester United	2-1	Notts County
Newcastle United	6-2	Hull City
Nottingham Forest	5-2	Norwich City
Port Vale	1-0	Bradford City
Swansea Town	0-1	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	Brentford	20	13	4	3	53	26	9	1	0	32	8	4	3	3	21	18	27	30	WWWDWW
	2	Bolton Wanderers	20	15	0	5	54	27	9	0	1	34	8	6	0	4	20	19	27	30	LWWWLW
	3	Manchester United	20	14	0	6	44	27	10	0	1	29	9	4	0	5	15	18	17	28	LWLWWW
	4	West Ham United	20	13	2	5	42	31	9	0	1	26	9	4	2	4	16	22	11	28	WWWDWW
	5	Nottingham Forest	20	10	5	5	38	28	7	3	0	22	7	3	2	5	16	21	10	25	WLWWWL
	6	Blackpool	20	10	4	6	39	31	8	1	1	22	9	2	3	5	17	22	8	24	WDWLWL
	7	Newcastle United	20	11	0	9	42	39	6	0	3	21	13	5	0	6	21	26	3	22	WWWLWW
	8	Bury	20	10	2	8	26	28	9	0	1	18	9	1	2	7	8	19	-2	22	WLWDWL
	9	Fulham	20	8	5	7	35	28	8	2	0	31	11	0	3	7	4	17	7	21	WLWLWL
	10	Plymouth Argyle	20	9	3	8	40	37	6	1	2	25	15	3	2	6	15	22	3	21	WLWWWL
	11	Burnley	20	9	3	8	35	33	6	1	3	24	15	3	2	5	11	18	2	21	LWDLWL
	12	Barnsley	20	7	4	9	30	45	6	3	1	18	6	1	1	8	12	39	-15	18	LWDLLW
	13	Bradford City	20	7	3	10	28	33	5	3	2	18	10	2	0	8	10	23	-5	17	LLLDLW
	14	Bradford Park Avenue	20	4	9	7	24	30	3	4	3	15	14	1	5	4	9	16	-6	17	WDDDLD
	15	Hull City	20	7	3	10	29	40	5	2	3	15	11	2	1	7	14	29	-11	17	WWDWWD
	16	Sheffield United	20	6	4	10	38	35	4	2	4	24	16	2	2	6	14	19	3	16	LDLLLL
	17	Southampton	20	4	8	8	25	40	4	5	1	17	12	0	3	7	8	28	-15	16	LLLDLW
	18	Norwich City	20	5	5	10	34	34	4	2	3	22	12	1	3	7	12	22	0	15	WWLLLD
	19	Swansea Town	20	5	5	10	27	34	5	4	2	20	14	0	1	8	7	20	-7	15	LLLDLD
	20	Port Vale	20	4	7	9	25	34	4	4	3	22	19	0	3	6	3	15	-9	15	LLLDLD
	21	Oldham Athletic	20	5	3	12	27	48	5	2	3	21	16	0	1	9	6	32	-21	13	LDLWLL
	22	Notts County	20	2	5	13	19	46	2	2	6	13	22	0	3	7	6	24	-27	9	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Brentford	21	13	5	3	53	26	9	2	0	32	8	4	3	3	21	18	27	31	WWDWWD		0-0
	2	Bolton Wanderers	21	15	0	6	55	29	9	0	1	34	8	6	0	5	21	21	26	30	WWWLWL		1-2
	3	Manchester United	21	15	0	6	46	28	11	0	1	31	10	4	0	5	15	18	18	30	WLWWWW		2-1
	4	West Ham United	21	14	2	5	46	33	9	0	1	26	9	5	2	4	20	24	13	30	WWDWWW		4-2
	5	Nottingham Forest	21	11	5	5	43	30	8	3	0	27	9	3	2	5	16	21	13	27	LWWWLW		5-2
	6	Blackpool	21	11	4	6	43	31	9	1	1	26	9	2	3	5	17	22	12	26	DWLWLW		4-0
	7	Newcastle United	21	12	0	9	48	41	7	0	3	27	15	5	0	6	21	26	7	24	WWLWWW		6-2
3	8	Burnley	21	10	3	8	37	34	7	1	3	26	16	3	2	5	11	18	3	23	WDLWLW		2-1
	9	Fulham	21	8	6	7	35	28	8	2	0	31	11	0	4	7	4	17	7	22	LWLWLD		0-0
	10	Plymouth Argyle	21	9	4	8	40	37	6	1	2	25	15	3	3	6	15	22	3	22	LWWWLD		0-0
3	11	Bury	21	10	2	9	28	32	9	0	2	20	13	1	2	7	8	19	-4	22	LWDWLL		2-4
2	12	Bradford Park Avenue	21	4	10	7	24	30	3	5	3	15	14	1	5	4	9	16	-6	18	DDDLDD		0-0
1	13	Barnsley	20	7	4	9	30	45	6	3	1	18	6	1	1	8	12	39	-15	18	LWDLLW
3	14	Southampton	21	5	8	8	26	40	4	5	1	17	12	1	3	7	9	28	-14	18	LLDLWW		1-0
2	15	Bradford City	21	7	3	11	28	34	5	3	2	18	10	2	0	9	10	24	-6	17	LLDLWL		0-1
4	16	Port Vale	21	5	7	9	26	34	5	4	3	23	19	0	3	6	3	15	-8	17	LLDLDW		1-0
2	17	Hull City	21	7	3	11	31	46	5	2	3	15	11	2	1	8	16	35	-15	17	WDWWDL		2-6
2	18	Sheffield United	20	6	4	10	38	35	4	2	4	24	16	2	2	6	14	19	3	16	LDLLLL
1	19	Norwich City	21	5	5	11	36	39	4	2	3	22	12	1	3	8	14	27	-3	15	WLLLDL		2-5
1	20	Swansea Town	21	5	5	11	27	35	5	4	3	20	15	0	1	8	7	20	-8	15	LLDLDL		0-1
	21	Oldham Athletic	21	5	3	13	27	52	5	2	3	21	16	0	1	10	6	36	-25	13	DLWLLL		0-4
	22	Notts County	21	2	5	14	20	48	2	2	6	13	22	0	3	8	7	26	-28	9	LLWLDL		1-2