The City Ground

SEASON: 1931-32

Prev Season: 1930-31
This Season: 1931-32
Next Season: 1932-33

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Noel Watson
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Chesterfield (A) 2-5)
League Cup:: Not started

Top Goalscorer:: Billy Dickinson (22 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1931-32								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	24	8	10	115	49	17	3	1	71	11	7	5	9	44	38	2.347	56	Promoted as Champions	2-0	0-0
2	Leeds United	42	22	10	10	78	54	12	5	4	36	22	10	5	6	42	32	1.444	54	Promoted	3-3	1-1
3	Stoke City	42	19	14	9	69	48	14	6	1	47	19	5	8	8	22	29	1.438	52		1-1	1-2
4	Plymouth Argyle	42	20	9	13	100	66	14	4	3	69	29	6	5	10	31	37	1.515	49		3-2	1-5
5	Bury	42	21	7	14	70	58	13	4	4	44	21	8	3	10	26	37	1.207	49		0-2	2-2
6	Bradford Park Avenue	42	21	7	14	72	63	17	2	2	44	18	4	5	12	28	45	1.143	49		6-1	1-4
7	Bradford City	42	16	13	13	80	61	10	7	4	53	26	6	6	9	27	35	1.311	45		2-1	2-2
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	11	15	87	78	11	6	4	58	37	5	5	11	29	41	1.115	43		1-3	3-1
9	Millwall	42	17	9	16	61	61	13	3	5	43	21	4	6	11	18	40	1.000	43		1-1	0-1
10	Charlton Athletic	42	17	9	16	61	66	11	5	5	38	28	6	4	11	23	38	.924	43		3-2	1-3
11	Nottingham Forest	42	16	10	16	77	72	13	4	4	49	27	3	6	12	28	45	1.069	42
12	Manchester United	42	17	8	17	71	72	12	3	6	44	31	5	5	11	27	41	.986	42		2-1	2-3
13	Preston North End	42	16	10	16	75	77	11	6	4	37	25	5	4	12	38	52	.974	42		2-2	1-1
14	Southampton	42	17	7	18	66	77	10	5	6	39	30	7	2	12	27	47	.857	41		2-0	0-4
15	Swansea Town	42	16	7	19	73	75	12	4	5	45	22	4	3	14	28	53	.973	39		6-1	1-4
16	Notts County	42	13	12	17	75	75	10	4	7	43	30	3	8	10	32	45	1.000	38		2-1	6-2
17	Chesterfield	42	13	11	18	64	86	11	3	7	43	33	2	8	11	21	53	.744	37		4-0	0-1
18	Oldham Athletic	42	13	10	19	62	84	10	4	7	41	34	3	6	12	21	50	.738	36		2-0	4-2
19	Burnley	42	13	9	20	59	87	7	8	6	36	36	6	1	14	23	51	.678	35		1-2	0-1
20	Port Vale	42	13	7	22	58	89	8	4	9	30	33	5	3	13	28	56	.652	33		2-1	0-2
21	Barnsley	42	12	9	21	55	91	8	7	6	35	30	4	2	15	20	61	.604	33	Relegated	1-2	1-3
22	Bristol City	42	6	11	25	39	78	4	7	10	22	37	2	4	15	17	41	.500	23	Relegated	3-1	1-1

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Competitive Games:: 43
Competitive Goals:: 79
Goals per game:: 1.8
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 42 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 50.0%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	14 times	12 times	5 times	2 times	3 times
Conceded	16 times	12 times	5 times	3 times	2 times
Won By	6 times	6 times		2 times	2 times
Lost By	7 times	5 times	3 times	2 times

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	1	-	1	-	3	3	1	Leeds United (3-3)
2		2	2	-	2	-	1	1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-0), Leeds United (1-1)
3		3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4		4	5	2	1	2	11	10	5	Bradford Park Avenue (1-4), Bury (0-2), Stoke City (1-1), Bradford Park Avenue (6-1), Plymouth Argyle (3-2)<
5		5	2	1	1	-	4	2	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers (2-0), Bury (2-2)
6		6	2	-	-	2	2	7	0	Plymouth Argyle (1-5), Stoke City (1-2)
7	28	7	3	2	1	-	6	3	5	Tottenham Hotspur (3-1), Millwall (1-1), Bradford City (2-1)
8	35	8	1	1	-	-	4	2	2	Oldham Athletic (4-2)
9	53	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	28	10	2	1	1	-	7	3	3	Preston North End (1-1), Notts County (6-2)
11	14	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	54	12	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Millwall (0-1)
13	14	13	4	1	-	3	4	10	2	Notts County (2-1), Port Vale (0-2), Swansea Town (1-4), Tottenham Hotspur (1-3)
14	2	14	1	1	-	-	6	1	2	Swansea Town (6-1)
15	13	15	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	Oldham Athletic (2-0)
16		16	4	2	1	1	6	7	5	Preston North End (2-2), Manchester United (2-1), Southampton (2-0), Southampton (0-4)
17	2	17	1	1	-	-	4	0	2	Chesterfield (4-0)
18	4	18	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Chesterfield (0-1)
19		19	4	1	1	2	5	6	3	Burnley (1-2), Bradford City (2-2), Port Vale (2-1), Burnley (0-1)
20	5	20	2	-	-	2	3	5	0	Barnsley (1-2), Manchester United (2-3)
21		21	3	2	-	1	7	6	4	Bristol City (3-1), Charlton Athletic (3-2), Barnsley (1-3)
22		22	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Bristol City (1-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Charlton Athletic (1-3) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 21,018 (Stoke City)
Lowest League Attendance:: 4,550 (Bradford Park Avenue)
Average League Attendance:: 9,752
Highest Cup Attendance:: -
Lowest Cup Attendance:: -

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 5
Yellow cards:: 0
Red cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 1 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 2
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Noel Watson
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 29, 1931	Charlton Athletic	A	1-3	Loss	16,767	17	Dickinson (?)
2	Sat Sep 05, 1931	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-0	Win	9,188	15	Clark (?), Simpson (?)
3	Mon Sep 07, 1931	Preston North End	A	1-1	Draw	10,201	15	Dickinson (?)
4	Sat Sep 12, 1931	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1-4	Loss	13,161	18	Dent (?)
5	Wed Sep 16, 1931	Preston North End	H	2-2	Draw	6,481	15	Dent (?), Pugh (?)
6	Sat Sep 19, 1931	Manchester United	H	2-1	Win	10,166	13	Dickinson (?), Dent (12)
7	Sat Sep 26, 1931	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3-1	Win	25,128	9	Dickinson (?, ?), Simpson (?)
8	Thu Oct 01, 1931	Burnley	H	1-2	Loss	7,175	9	Dent (?)
9	Sat Oct 03, 1931	Notts County	H	2-1	Win	20,703	8	Simpson (?), Forrest (?)
10	Sat Oct 10, 1931	Chesterfield	H	4-0	Win	15,570	7	Stocks (?), Dickinson (?), Dent (?, ?)
11	Sat Oct 17, 1931	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-5	Loss	20,425	8	Dickinson (?)
12	Sat Oct 24, 1931	Bristol City	H	3-1	Win	7,888	7	Forrest (?), Dickinson (?, ? pen)
13	Sat Oct 31, 1931	Oldham Athletic	A	4-2	Win	8,703	7	Dickinson (?), Chambers (?), Dent (?), Stocks (?)
14	Sat Nov 07, 1931	Barnsley	H	1-2	Loss	8,573	7	Dickinson (?)
15	Sat Nov 14, 1931	Port Vale	A	0-2	Loss	7,055	9
16	Sat Nov 21, 1931	Millwall	H	1-1	Draw	9,009	9	Dickinson (?)
17	Sat Nov 28, 1931	Bradford City	A	2-2	Draw	10,936	8	Dickinson (?), Loftus (?)
18	Sat Dec 05, 1931	Leeds United	H	3-3	Draw	12,214	8	Dent (?), Dickinson (?), Milburn (? OG)
19	Sat Dec 12, 1931	Swansea Town	A	1-4	Loss	9,497	10	Dent (?)
20	Sat Dec 19, 1931	Bury	H	0-2	Loss	6,957	12
21	Fri Dec 25, 1931	Stoke City	A	1-2	Loss	15,437	13	Dickinson (?)
22	Sat Dec 26, 1931	Stoke City	H	1-1	Draw	21,018	12	Dent (?)
23	Sat Jan 02, 1932	Charlton Athletic	H	3-2	Win	5,887	12	Dent (?), Dickinson (?), Stocks (?)
24	Sat Jan 16, 1932	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-0	Draw	16,427	11
25	Wed Jan 27, 1932	Bradford Park Avenue	H	6-1	Win	4,550	9	Dent (?, ?, ?), Dickinson (?), Stocks (?, ?)
26	Sat Jan 30, 1932	Manchester United	A	2-3	Loss	11,152	11	Stocks (10), Loftus (42)
27	Sat Feb 06, 1932	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-3	Loss	10,487	13	Dickinson (?)
28	Sat Feb 13, 1932	Notts County	A	6-2	Win	17,199	12	Heslop (?), Stocks (?, ?, ?), Dent (?), Simpson (?)
29	Sat Feb 20, 1932	Chesterfield	A	0-1	Loss	9,248	12
30	Sat Feb 27, 1932	Plymouth Argyle	H	3-2	Win	9,823	12	Dent (?), Stocks (?, ?)
31	Sat Mar 05, 1932	Bristol City	A	1-1	Draw	5,365	10	Stocks (?)
32	Sat Mar 12, 1932	Oldham Athletic	H	2-0	Win	7,568	10	Heslop (?), Clark (?)
33	Sat Mar 19, 1932	Barnsley	A	1-3	Loss	4,206	12	Pugh (?)
34	Fri Mar 25, 1932	Southampton	H	2-0	Win	11,639	9	Dent (?), Dickinson (?)
35	Sat Mar 26, 1932	Port Vale	H	2-1	Win	8,486	8	Graham (?), Smith (?)
36	Mon Mar 28, 1932	Southampton	A	0-4	Loss	11,409	8
37	Sat Apr 02, 1932	Millwall	A	0-1	Loss	11,711	10
38	Sat Apr 09, 1932	Bradford City	H	2-1	Win	5,944	9	Stocks (?), Dent (?)
39	Sat Apr 16, 1932	Leeds United	A	1-1	Draw	12,195	9	Dickinson (?)
40	Sat Apr 23, 1932	Swansea Town	H	6-1	Win	5,472	9	Heslop (?), Dent (?), Simpson (?, ?), Dulson (?, ?)
41	Sat Apr 30, 1932	Bury	A	2-2	Draw	4,216	9	Dent (?), Dickinson (?)
42	Sat May 07, 1932	Burnley	A	0-1	Loss	6,533	11

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 09, 1932	Chesterfield	3			A	2-5	Loss	21,284	Simpson (?), Dickinson (? pen)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Apr 18, 1932	Peterborough and Fletton United	England	?	2-1	Win	-	Chambers (?), Dent (?)
Mon Apr 25, 1932	Peterborough and Fletton United	England	A	2-1	Win	-	Dickinson (27), Jones (47)
Wed Apr 27, 1932	Wolverhampton Wanderers	England	A	3-1	Win	-	? (?, ?, ?)
Mon May 02, 1932	Chesterfield	England	A	4-2	Win	-	Dent (?), Dickinson (?, 4), Heslop (44)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Noel Watson
Sat Aug 29, 1931	League Tier 2	Charlton Athletic		A	1-3	16,767	Dickinson (?)
Sat Sep 05, 1931	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers		H	2-0	9,188	Clark (?), Simpson (?)
Mon Sep 07, 1931	League Tier 2	Preston North End		A	1-1	10,201	Dickinson (?)
Sat Sep 12, 1931	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue		A	1-4	13,161	Dent (?)
Wed Sep 16, 1931	League Tier 2	Preston North End		H	2-2	6,481	Dent (?), Pugh (?)
Sat Sep 19, 1931	League Tier 2	Manchester United		H	2-1	10,166	Dickinson (?), Dent (12)
Sat Sep 26, 1931	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur		A	3-1	25,128	Dickinson (?, ?), Simpson (?)
Thu Oct 01, 1931	League Tier 2	Burnley		H	1-2	7,175	Dent (?)
Sat Oct 03, 1931	League Tier 2	Notts County		H	2-1	20,703	Simpson (?), Forrest (?)
Sat Oct 10, 1931	League Tier 2	Chesterfield		H	4-0	15,570	Stocks (?), Dickinson (?), Dent (?, ?)
Sat Oct 17, 1931	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle		A	1-5	20,425	Dickinson (?)
Sat Oct 24, 1931	League Tier 2	Bristol City		H	3-1	7,888	Forrest (?), Dickinson (?, ? pen)
Sat Oct 31, 1931	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic		A	4-2	8,703	Dickinson (?), Chambers (?), Dent (?), Stocks (?)
Sat Nov 07, 1931	League Tier 2	Barnsley		H	1-2	8,573	Dickinson (?)
Sat Nov 14, 1931	League Tier 2	Port Vale		A	0-2	7,055
Sat Nov 21, 1931	League Tier 2	Millwall		H	1-1	9,009	Dickinson (?)
Sat Nov 28, 1931	League Tier 2	Bradford City		A	2-2	10,936	Dickinson (?), Loftus (?)
Sat Dec 05, 1931	League Tier 2	Leeds United		H	3-3	12,214	Dent (?), Dickinson (?), Milburn (? OG)
Sat Dec 12, 1931	League Tier 2	Swansea Town		A	1-4	9,497	Dent (?)
Sat Dec 19, 1931	League Tier 2	Bury		H	0-2	6,957
Fri Dec 25, 1931	League Tier 2	Stoke City		A	1-2	15,437	Dickinson (?)
Sat Dec 26, 1931	League Tier 2	Stoke City		H	1-1	21,018	Dent (?)
Sat Jan 02, 1932	League Tier 2	Charlton Athletic		H	3-2	5,887	Dent (?), Dickinson (?), Stocks (?)
Sat Jan 09, 1932	FA Cup	Chesterfield	3	A	2-5	21,284	Simpson (?), Dickinson (? pen)
Sat Jan 16, 1932	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers		A	0-0	16,427
Wed Jan 27, 1932	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue		H	6-1	4,550	Dent (?, ?, ?), Dickinson (?), Stocks (?, ?)
Sat Jan 30, 1932	League Tier 2	Manchester United		A	2-3	11,152	Stocks (10), Loftus (42)
Sat Feb 06, 1932	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur		H	1-3	10,487	Dickinson (?)
Sat Feb 13, 1932	League Tier 2	Notts County		A	6-2	17,199	Heslop (?), Stocks (?, ?, ?), Dent (?), Simpson (?)
Sat Feb 20, 1932	League Tier 2	Chesterfield		A	0-1	9,248
Sat Feb 27, 1932	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle		H	3-2	9,823	Dent (?), Stocks (?, ?)
Sat Mar 05, 1932	League Tier 2	Bristol City		A	1-1	5,365	Stocks (?)
Sat Mar 12, 1932	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic		H	2-0	7,568	Heslop (?), Clark (?)
Sat Mar 19, 1932	League Tier 2	Barnsley		A	1-3	4,206	Pugh (?)
Fri Mar 25, 1932	League Tier 2	Southampton		H	2-0	11,639	Dent (?), Dickinson (?)
Sat Mar 26, 1932	League Tier 2	Port Vale		H	2-1	8,486	Graham (?), Smith (?)
Mon Mar 28, 1932	League Tier 2	Southampton		A	0-4	11,409
Sat Apr 02, 1932	League Tier 2	Millwall		A	0-1	11,711
Sat Apr 09, 1932	League Tier 2	Bradford City		H	2-1	5,944	Stocks (?), Dent (?)
Sat Apr 16, 1932	League Tier 2	Leeds United		A	1-1	12,195	Dickinson (?)
Mon Apr 18, 1932	Friendly	Peterborough and Fletton United		?	2-1	-	Chambers (?), Dent (?)
Sat Apr 23, 1932	League Tier 2	Swansea Town		H	6-1	5,472	Heslop (?), Dent (?), Simpson (?, ?), Dulson (?, ?)
Mon Apr 25, 1932	Friendly	Peterborough and Fletton United		A	2-1	-	Dickinson (27), Jones (47)
Wed Apr 27, 1932	Friendly	Wolverhampton Wanderers		A	3-1	-	? (?, ?, ?)
Sat Apr 30, 1932	League Tier 2	Bury		A	2-2	4,216	Dent (?), Dickinson (?)
Mon May 02, 1932	Friendly	Chesterfield		A	4-2	-	Dent (?), Dickinson (?, 4), Heslop (44)
Sat May 07, 1932	League Tier 2	Burnley		A	0-1	6,533

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7)				Out (8)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	James Chambers	Bought		1931	Alec Farmer	Sold
	John Burton	Bought			James Chambers	Sold
	Joseph Dulson	Bought			Joseph Dulson	Sold
	Matthew Bell	Bought			Leo Loftus	Sold
	Robert Vasey	Bought		Dec 1931	Noah Burton	Sold
	William Porter	Bought			Tom McKay	Sold
Aug 29, 1931	Robert Clark	Bought		Mar 12, 1932	Robert Clark	Sold
				May 30, 1932	Alf Quantrill	Retired

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Arthur Dexter	42	15	10	17
GK		Percy Ashton	1	1
Defenders
D		Billy McKinlay	34	11	9	14
D		Jimmy Barrington	31	12	8	11
D		John Burton	1			1
D		Matthew Bell	31	10	9	12
D		Tommy Graham	32	12	9	11	1
D		William 'Bill' Thompson	22	10	3	9
Midfielders
M		Alec Farmer	1		1
M		Harry Smith	31	15	5	11	1
M		John Forrest	11	5	3	3	2
M		Robert Clark	5	2	2	1	2
M		Robert Vasey
Forwards
F		Alf Quantrill	6		4	2
F		Billy Dickinson	40	16	8	16	22
F		Cyril Stocks	36	14	8	14	13
F		James Chambers	9	3	2	4	1
F		Johnny Dent	38	15	8	15	20
F		Joseph Dulson	1	1			2
F		Leo Loftus	12	4	3	5	2
F		Noah Burton	1			1
F		Richard Armstrong	4	2		2
F		Robert Heslop	12	4	3	5	3
F		Robert Pugh	32	9	8	15	2
F		Tom McKay	2			2
F		William Porter	2			2
F		William Simpson	36	15	7	14	7

		Jones

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
22 (2)	Billy Dickinson	40
20	Johnny Dent	38
13	Cyril Stocks	36
7	William Simpson	36
3	Robert Heslop	12
2	John Forrest	11
2	Joseph Dulson	1
2	Leo Loftus	12
2	Robert Clark	5
2	Robert Pugh	32
1	Harry Smith	31
1	James Chambers	9
1	Own Goals	43
1	Tommy Graham	32

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Notts County	Sat Oct 03, 1931	Home	2-1	Sat Feb 13, 1932	Away	6-2
Oldham Athletic	Sat Oct 31, 1931	Away	4-2	Sat Mar 12, 1932	Home	2-0