The City Ground

SEASON: 1924-25

Total Season: 60Prev Season: 1923-24
League Season: 29This Season: 2025-26
Next Season: 1925-26

DIVISION: English First Division (Tier 1)

MANAGER(s):: Bob Masters
FA Cup:: 2nd Round (West Ham United (H) 0-2)

Top Goalscorer:: Duncan Walker (8 goals)

Competitive Games:: 44
Competitive Goals:: 30
Goals per game:: .7
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 24 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 28.6%

Highest League Attendance:: 20,000 (Arsenal)
Lowest League Attendance:: 5,000 (Preston North End)
Average League Attendance:: 11,238
Highest Cup Attendance:: 16,400 (Clapton Orient)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 10,590 (West Ham United)

Champions:: Huddersfield Town
FA Cup:: Sheffield United
Community Shield:: English Professionals

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 4
4-0 (Sat Apr 04, 1925, Leeds United, Home, League Tier 1)

Biggest Winning Margin: 4
4-0 (Sat Apr 04, 1925, Leeds United, Home, League Tier 1)

Most Goals Conceded: 5
1-5 (Sat Dec 13, 1924, West Bromwich Albion, Away, League Tier 1)

Biggest Losing Margin: 4
1-5 (Sat Dec 13, 1924, West Bromwich Albion, Away, League Tier 1)

Clean Sheets:: 10
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 4
Penalties conceded:: 3
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1924-25

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Huddersfield Town	42	21	16	5	69	28	10	8	3	31	10	11	8	2	38	18	2.464	58	Champions	0-1	0-3
2	West Bromwich Albion	42	23	10	9	58	34	13	6	2	40	17	10	4	7	18	17	1.706	56		0-1	1-5
3	Bolton Wanderers	42	22	11	9	76	34	18	2	1	61	13	4	9	8	15	21	2.235	55		1-1	0-1
4	Liverpool	42	20	10	12	63	55	13	5	3	43	20	7	5	9	20	35	1.145	50		0-1	0-3
5	Bury	42	17	15	10	54	51	13	4	4	35	20	4	11	6	19	31	1.059	49		2-0	0-3
6	Newcastle United	42	16	16	10	61	42	11	6	4	43	18	5	10	6	18	24	1.452	48		1-1	1-4
7	Sunderland	42	19	10	13	64	51	13	6	2	39	14	6	4	11	25	37	1.255	48		1-1	1-3
8	Birmingham City	42	17	12	13	49	53	10	8	3	27	17	7	4	10	22	36	.925	46		1-1	1-1
9	Notts County	42	16	13	13	42	31	11	6	4	29	12	5	7	9	13	19	1.355	45		0-0	0-0
10	Manchester City	42	17	9	16	76	68	11	7	3	44	29	6	2	13	32	39	1.118	43		0-3	2-4
11	Cardiff City	42	16	11	15	56	51	11	5	5	35	19	5	6	10	21	32	1.098	43		2-1	0-2
12	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	12	15	52	43	9	8	4	32	16	6	4	11	20	27	1.209	42		1-0	0-1
13	West Ham United	42	15	12	15	62	60	12	7	2	37	12	3	5	13	25	48	1.033	42		2-1	0-0
14	Sheffield United	42	13	13	16	55	63	10	5	6	34	25	3	8	10	21	38	.873	39		2-3	2-1
15	Aston Villa	42	13	13	16	58	71	10	7	4	34	25	3	6	12	24	46	.817	39		0-2	0-2
16	Blackburn Rovers	42	11	13	18	53	66	7	6	8	31	26	4	7	10	22	40	.803	35		0-2	0-0
17	Everton	42	12	11	19	40	60	11	4	6	25	20	1	7	13	15	40	.667	35		0-1	1-3
18	Leeds United	42	11	12	19	46	59	9	8	4	29	17	2	4	15	17	42	.780	34		4-0	1-1
19	Burnley	42	11	12	19	46	75	7	8	6	28	31	4	4	13	18	44	.613	34		0-0	0-0
20	Arsenal	42	14	5	23	46	58	12	3	6	33	17	2	2	17	13	41	.793	33		0-2	1-2
21	Preston North End	42	10	6	26	37	74	8	2	11	29	35	2	4	15	8	39	.500	26	Relegated	0-1	1-3
22	Nottingham Forest	42	6	12	24	29	65	5	6	10	17	23	1	6	14	12	42	.446	24	Relegated

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	14 times	6 times		1 time
Conceded	16 times	7 times	8 times	2 times	1 time
Won By	5 times	1 time		1 time
Lost By	9 times	10 times	5 times	1 time

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2		2	2	-	-	2	0	2	0	Huddersfield Town (0-1), West Bromwich Albion (0-1)
3		3	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Birmingham City (1-1)
4		4	2	-	1	1	2	6	1	West Bromwich Albion (1-5), Bolton Wanderers (1-1)
5		5	3	-	-	3	2	8	0	Sunderland (1-3), Liverpool (0-1), Newcastle United (1-4)
6		6	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Bolton Wanderers (0-1), Sunderland (1-1)
7		7	1	-	-	1	0	3	0	Huddersfield Town (0-3)
8		8	3	-	2	1	2	5	2	Newcastle United (1-1), Bury (0-3), Birmingham City (1-1)
9		9	1	-	-	1	2	4	0	Manchester City (2-4)
10		10	3	1	2	-	1	0	4	Notts County (0-0), Tottenham Hotspur (1-0), Notts County (0-0)
11		11	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	West Ham United (2-1)
12		12	5	-	1	4	1	8	1	Arsenal (1-2), Manchester City (0-3), Cardiff City (0-2), West Ham United (0-0), Tottenham Hotspur (0-1)
13		13	2	1	-	1	2	2	2	Bury (2-0), Aston Villa (0-2)
14		14	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Leeds United (1-1)
15		15	3	-	1	2	0	4	1	Blackburn Rovers (0-2), Blackburn Rovers (0-0), Aston Villa (0-2)
16		16	2	1	-	1	4	4	2	Cardiff City (2-1), Sheffield United (2-3)
17		17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
18	7	18	2	1	1	-	4	0	3	Burnley (0-0), Leeds United (4-0)
19	14	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	14	20	5	1	1	3	3	8	3	Liverpool (0-3), Sheffield United (2-1), Everton (0-1), Burnley (0-0), Everton (1-3)
21	167	21	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Preston North End (0-1)
22	43	22	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Preston North End (1-3)

Not included: Week 1 game against Arsenal (0-2) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

Manager for all games: Bob Masters
League

Week	Date	Time	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 30, 1924	3:00 pm	Arsenal	H	0-2	20,000	21
2	Tue Sep 02, 1924	7:45 pm	Huddersfield Town	A	0-3	13,500	21
3	Sat Sep 06, 1924	3:00 pm	Manchester City	A	2-4	31,000	21	Flood (46'), Walker (87')
4	Mon Sep 08, 1924	7:45 pm	Huddersfield Town	H	0-1	10,000	21
5	Sat Sep 13, 1924	3:00 pm	Bury	H	2-0	10,000	21	Flood (49'), Walker (77')
6	Sat Sep 20, 1924	3:00 pm	Notts County	A	0-0	25,000	21
7	Sat Sep 27, 1924	3:00 pm	Liverpool	A	0-3	33,000	21
8	Thu Oct 02, 1924	7:45 pm	Aston Villa	H	0-2	12,000	21
9	Sat Oct 04, 1924	3:00 pm	Newcastle United	H	1-1	15,000	21	Flood (41')
10	Sat Oct 11, 1924	3:00 pm	Sheffield United	A	2-1	15,000	20	Nelis (25'), Flood (75')
11	Sat Oct 18, 1924	3:00 pm	West Ham United	H	2-1	13,000	18	Morgan (12'), Flood (57')
12	Sat Oct 25, 1924	3:00 pm	Everton	H	0-1	8,000	19
13	Sat Nov 01, 1924	3:00 pm	Sunderland	A	1-3	18,000	21	Martin (75' pen)
14	Sat Nov 08, 1924	3:00 pm	Cardiff City	H	2-1	10,000	19	Burton (37'), Flood (43')
15	Sat Nov 15, 1924	3:00 pm	Preston North End	A	1-3	19,000	21	Morgan (88')
16	Sat Nov 22, 1924	3:00 pm	Burnley	H	0-0	15,000	21
17	Sat Nov 29, 1924	3:00 pm	Leeds United	A	1-1	20,000	21	Galloway (79')
18	Sat Dec 06, 1924	3:00 pm	Birmingham City	H	1-1	10,000	20	Martin (89' pen)
19	Sat Dec 13, 1924	3:00 pm	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-5	16,227	21	Nelis (31')
20	Sat Dec 20, 1924	3:00 pm	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-0	15,000	21	Martin (46')
21	Thu Dec 25, 1924	7:45 pm	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-1	31,000	21
22	Fri Dec 26, 1924	7:45 pm	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-1	12,000	21	Martin (60' pen)
23	Sat Dec 27, 1924	3:00 pm	Arsenal	A	1-2	12,000	21	Galloway (40')
24	Sat Jan 03, 1925	3:00 pm	Manchester City	H	0-3	8,000	21
25	Sat Jan 17, 1925	3:00 pm	Bury	A	0-3	15,000	21
26	Sat Jan 24, 1925	3:00 pm	Notts County	H	0-0	15,000	21
27	Wed Feb 04, 1925	7:45 pm	Liverpool	H	0-1	20,000	21
28	Sat Feb 07, 1925	3:00 pm	Newcastle United	A	1-4	21,000	21	Walker (34')
29	Sat Feb 14, 1925	3:00 pm	Sheffield United	H	2-3	8,000	21	Morris (26'), Walker (41')
30	Sat Feb 28, 1925	3:00 pm	Everton	A	1-3	25,000	21	Walker (3')
31	Sat Mar 07, 1925	3:00 pm	Sunderland	H	1-1	8,000	21	Walker (59' pen)
32	Sat Mar 14, 1925	3:00 pm	Cardiff City	A	0-2	15,000	22
33	Sat Mar 21, 1925	3:00 pm	Preston North End	H	0-1	5,000	22
34	Sat Mar 28, 1925	3:00 pm	Burnley	A	0-0	20,000	22
35	Thu Apr 02, 1925	7:45 pm	West Ham United	A	0-0	8,000	22
36	Sat Apr 04, 1925	3:00 pm	Leeds United	H	4-0	5,000	21	Morgan (17'), Gibson (30'), Walker (44'), Martin (71')
37	Fri Apr 10, 1925	7:45 pm	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-2	11,000	22
38	Sat Apr 11, 1925	3:00 pm	Birmingham City	A	1-1	15,000	22	Spaven (42')
39	Mon Apr 13, 1925	7:45 pm	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-0	8,000	22
40	Sat Apr 18, 1925	3:00 pm	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-1	6,000	22		Relegated
41	Sat Apr 25, 1925	3:00 pm	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-1	19,000	22		Relegated
42	Sat May 02, 1925	3:00 pm	Aston Villa	A	0-2	15,000	22		Relegated

FA Cup

Date	Time	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 10, 1925	3:00 pm	Clapton Orient	1		H	1-0	16,400	Walker (68')
Sat Jan 31, 1925	3:00 pm	West Ham United	2		H	0-2	10,590

Friendly

Date	Time	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Mon Sep 22, 1924	3:00 pm	Newark	England	A	5-0	1,200	Flood (?), Parker (?), Gibson (?, ?), Spaven (6')
Mon May 04, 1925	3:00 pm	Northampton Town	England	A	2-1	-	Walker (?, ?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Bob Masters
Sat Aug 30, 1924	League Tier 1	Arsenal		H	0-2	20,000
Tue Sep 02, 1924	League Tier 1	Huddersfield Town		A	0-3	13,500
Sat Sep 06, 1924	League Tier 1	Manchester City		A	2-4	31,000	Flood (46'), Walker (87')
Mon Sep 08, 1924	League Tier 1	Huddersfield Town		H	0-1	10,000
Sat Sep 13, 1924	League Tier 1	Bury		H	2-0	10,000	Flood (49'), Walker (77')
Sat Sep 20, 1924	League Tier 1	Notts County		A	0-0	25,000
Mon Sep 22, 1924	Friendly	Newark		A	5-0	1,200	Flood (?), Parker (?), Gibson (?, ?), Spaven (6')
Sat Sep 27, 1924	League Tier 1	Liverpool		A	0-3	33,000
Thu Oct 02, 1924	League Tier 1	Aston Villa		H	0-2	12,000
Sat Oct 04, 1924	League Tier 1	Newcastle United		H	1-1	15,000	Flood (41')
Sat Oct 11, 1924	League Tier 1	Sheffield United		A	2-1	15,000	Nelis (25'), Flood (75')
Sat Oct 18, 1924	League Tier 1	West Ham United		H	2-1	13,000	Morgan (12'), Flood (57')
Sat Oct 25, 1924	League Tier 1	Everton		H	0-1	8,000
Sat Nov 01, 1924	League Tier 1	Sunderland		A	1-3	18,000	Martin (75' pen)
Sat Nov 08, 1924	League Tier 1	Cardiff City		H	2-1	10,000	Burton (37'), Flood (43')
Sat Nov 15, 1924	League Tier 1	Preston North End		A	1-3	19,000	Morgan (88')
Sat Nov 22, 1924	League Tier 1	Burnley		H	0-0	15,000
Sat Nov 29, 1924	League Tier 1	Leeds United		A	1-1	20,000	Galloway (79')
Sat Dec 06, 1924	League Tier 1	Birmingham City		H	1-1	10,000	Martin (89' pen)
Sat Dec 13, 1924	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion		A	1-5	16,227	Nelis (31')
Sat Dec 20, 1924	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur		H	1-0	15,000	Martin (46')
Thu Dec 25, 1924	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers		A	0-1	31,000
Fri Dec 26, 1924	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers		H	1-1	12,000	Martin (60' pen)
Sat Dec 27, 1924	League Tier 1	Arsenal		A	1-2	12,000	Galloway (40')
Sat Jan 03, 1925	League Tier 1	Manchester City		H	0-3	8,000
Sat Jan 10, 1925	FA Cup	Clapton Orient	1	H	1-0	16,400	Walker (68')
Sat Jan 17, 1925	League Tier 1	Bury		A	0-3	15,000
Sat Jan 24, 1925	League Tier 1	Notts County		H	0-0	15,000
Sat Jan 31, 1925	FA Cup	West Ham United	2	H	0-2	10,590
Wed Feb 04, 1925	League Tier 1	Liverpool		H	0-1	20,000
Sat Feb 07, 1925	League Tier 1	Newcastle United		A	1-4	21,000	Walker (34')
Sat Feb 14, 1925	League Tier 1	Sheffield United		H	2-3	8,000	Morris (26'), Walker (41')
Sat Feb 28, 1925	League Tier 1	Everton		A	1-3	25,000	Walker (3')
Sat Mar 07, 1925	League Tier 1	Sunderland		H	1-1	8,000	Walker (59' pen)
Sat Mar 14, 1925	League Tier 1	Cardiff City		A	0-2	15,000
Sat Mar 21, 1925	League Tier 1	Preston North End		H	0-1	5,000
Sat Mar 28, 1925	League Tier 1	Burnley		A	0-0	20,000
Thu Apr 02, 1925	League Tier 1	West Ham United		A	0-0	8,000
Sat Apr 04, 1925	League Tier 1	Leeds United		H	4-0	5,000	Morgan (17'), Gibson (30'), Walker (44'), Martin (71')
Fri Apr 10, 1925	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers		H	0-2	11,000
Sat Apr 11, 1925	League Tier 1	Birmingham City		A	1-1	15,000	Spaven (42')
Mon Apr 13, 1925	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers		A	0-0	8,000
Sat Apr 18, 1925	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion		H	0-1	6,000		Relegated
Sat Apr 25, 1925	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur		A	0-1	19,000		Relegated
Sat May 02, 1925	League Tier 1	Aston Villa		A	0-2	15,000		Relegated
Mon May 04, 1925	Friendly	Northampton Town		A	2-1	-	Walker (?, ?)

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Jan 10, 1925	Clapton Orient	1		H	1-0	16,400
Sat Jan 31, 1925	West Ham United	2		H	0-2	10,590

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Mon Sep 22, 1924	Newark	England	A	5-0	1,200
Mon May 04, 1925	Northampton Town	England	A	2-1	-

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (8) - £0				Out (6) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Andrew Miller	Bought			Andrew Miller	Sold
	Arthur Hewitt	Bought			Arthur Hewitt	Sold
	Cyril Stocks	Bought			Fred Parker	Sold
	John Saxton	Bought			Harold Bulling	Retired
	Len Langford	Bought		1925	Patrick Nelis	Sold
	Norman Thompson	Bought		Summer 1925	Hugh Morris	Sold
	Randolph Galloway	Bought
Summer 1924	Hugh Morris	Bought

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Alfred Bennett	England	25	33	6	10	17
GK		Len Langford	England	25	2			2
GK		Sam Hardy	England	41	9	1	2	6
Defenders
D		Arthur Hewitt	England	24	5		2	3
D		Bill Thompson	England	24	29	6	6	17
D		Fred Parker	England	30	6		3	3
D		Harold Bulling	England	33	22	3	6	13
Midfielders
M		Arthur Tilford	England	21	1		1
M		Gerry Morgan	N. Ireland	25	36	7	8	21	3
M		John Saxton	England	21
M		Sid Gibson	England	25	34	6	10	18	1
Forwards
F		Andrew Miller	Scotland	25	5	2		3
F		Bob Wallace	Scotland	31	44	7	12	25
F		Charlie Flood	England	28	24	4	6	14	6
F		Cyril Stocks	England	19	3		2	1
F		Duncan Walker	Scotland	24	37	5	10	22	8
F		Harry Marshall	England	19	9	1	3	5
F		Henry Martin	England	32	33	6	11	16	5
F		Hugh Morris	Scotland	30	23	3	4	16	1
F		Jack Spaven	England	32	14	2	5	7	1
F		Jackie Belton	England	29	30	5	8	17
F		Noah Burton	England	27	30	5	7	18	1
F		Norman Thompson	England	19	1			1
F		Patrick Nelis	N. Ireland	25	11	2	2	7	2
F		Percy Barratt	England	25	32	5	10	17
F		Randolph Galloway	England	27	11	1	4	6	2

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 10

Goals (Pens)	Player	Num Games
8	Duncan Walker	37
6	Charlie Flood	24
5 (1)	Henry Martin	33
3	Gerry Morgan	36
2	Patrick Nelis	11
2	Randolph Galloway	11
1	Hugh Morris	23
1	Jack Spaven	14
1	Noah Burton	30
1	Sid Gibson	34

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Arsenal	Sat Aug 30, 1924	Home	0-2	Sat Dec 27, 1924	Away	1-2
Aston Villa	Thu Oct 02, 1924	Home	0-2	Sat May 02, 1925	Away	0-2
Everton	Sat Oct 25, 1924	Home	0-1	Sat Feb 28, 1925	Away	1-3
Huddersfield Town	Tue Sep 02, 1924	Away	0-3	Mon Sep 08, 1924	Home	0-1
Liverpool	Sat Sep 27, 1924	Away	0-3	Wed Feb 04, 1925	Home	0-1
Manchester City	Sat Sep 06, 1924	Away	2-4	Sat Jan 03, 1925	Home	0-3
Preston North End	Sat Nov 15, 1924	Away	1-3	Sat Mar 21, 1925	Home	0-1
West Bromwich Albion	Sat Dec 13, 1924	Away	1-5	Sat Apr 18, 1925	Home	0-1