The City Ground

SEASON: 1933-34

Season count: 42Prev Season: 1932-33
This Season: 1933-34
Next Season: 1934-35

DIVISION: English Second Division (Tier 2)

MANAGER(s):: Noel Watson
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Chelsea (H) 0-3)

Top Goalscorer:: Johnny Dent (27 goals)

Competitive Games:: 45
Competitive Goals:: 78
Goals per game:: 1.7
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 35 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 41.7%

Highest League Attendance:: 23,828 (Notts County)
Lowest League Attendance:: 4,208 (Bradford City)
Average League Attendance:: 10,192
Highest Cup Attendance:: 37,187 (Chelsea)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 21,170 (Queens Park Rangers)

Champions:: Arsenal
FA Cup:: Manchester City
Community Shield:: Arsenal

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 7
7-2 (Sat Nov 11, 1933, Bury, Home, League Tier 2)

Biggest Winning Margin: 5
7-2 (Sat Nov 11, 1933, Bury, Home, League Tier 2)
6-1 (Sat Dec 23, 1933, Port Vale, Home, League Tier 2)

Most Goals Conceded: 6
2-6 (Sat Feb 03, 1934, Bradford Park Avenue, Away, League Tier 2)

Biggest Losing Margin: 4
0-4 (Sat Sep 16, 1933, Preston North End, Away, League Tier 2)
2-6 (Sat Feb 03, 1934, Bradford Park Avenue, Away, League Tier 2)

Clean Sheets:: 9
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:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 3
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1933-34

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	Grimsby Town	42	27	5	10	103	59	15	3	3	62	28	12	2	7	41	31	1.746	59	Promoted as Champions	4-2	1-2
2	Preston North End	42	23	6	13	71	52	15	3	3	47	20	8	3	10	24	32	1.365	52	Promoted	2-3	0-4
3	Bolton Wanderers	42	21	9	12	79	55	14	2	5	45	22	7	7	7	34	33	1.436	51		2-2	1-1
4	Brentford	42	22	7	13	85	60	15	2	4	52	24	7	5	9	33	36	1.417	51		1-1	1-2
5	Bradford Park Avenue	42	23	3	16	86	67	16	2	3	63	27	7	1	13	23	40	1.284	49		3-0	2-6
6	Bradford City	42	20	6	16	73	67	14	4	3	46	25	6	2	13	27	42	1.090	46		1-2	2-3
7	West Ham United	42	17	11	14	78	70	13	3	5	51	28	4	8	9	27	42	1.114	45		0-1	1-2
8	Port Vale	42	19	7	16	60	55	14	4	3	39	14	5	3	13	21	41	1.091	45		6-1	1-3
9	Oldham Athletic	42	17	10	15	72	60	12	5	4	48	28	5	5	11	24	32	1.200	44		1-3	1-4
10	Plymouth Argyle	42	15	13	14	69	70	12	7	2	43	20	3	6	12	26	50	.986	43		2-1	3-4
11	Blackpool	42	15	13	14	62	64	10	8	3	39	27	5	5	11	23	37	.969	43		0-0	3-2
12	Bury	42	17	9	16	70	73	12	4	5	43	31	5	5	11	27	42	.959	43		7-2	2-4
13	Burnley	42	18	6	18	60	72	14	2	5	40	29	4	4	13	20	43	.833	42		0-2	0-1
14	Southampton	42	15	8	19	54	58	15	2	4	40	21	0	6	15	14	37	.931	38		4-1	0-2
15	Hull City	42	13	12	17	52	68	11	4	6	33	20	2	8	11	19	48	.765	38		0-1	2-2
16	Fulham	42	15	7	20	48	67	13	3	5	29	17	2	4	15	19	50	.716	37		2-0	1-3
17	Nottingham Forest	42	13	9	20	73	74	11	4	6	50	27	2	5	14	23	47	.986	35
18	Notts County	42	12	11	19	53	62	9	7	5	32	22	3	4	14	21	40	.855	35		2-0	0-1
19	Swansea Town	42	10	15	17	51	60	10	9	2	36	19	0	6	15	15	41	.850	35		4-2	1-1
20	Manchester United	42	14	6	22	59	85	9	3	9	29	33	5	3	13	30	52	.694	34		1-1	1-0
21	Millwall	42	11	11	20	39	68	8	8	5	21	17	3	3	15	18	51	.574	33	Relegated	2-0	0-0
22	Lincoln City	42	9	8	25	44	75	7	7	7	31	23	2	1	18	13	52	.587	26	Relegated	6-2	0-0

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	10 times	3 times	4 times	3 times
Conceded	12 times	13 times	6 times	4 times	1 time
Won By	3 times	5 times	2 times	2 times	2 times
Lost By	11 times	6 times	2 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	-	-	4	2	2	Grimsby Town (4-2)
2		2	4	1	3	-	5	3	5	Notts County (2-0), Blackpool (0-0), Bolton Wanderers (1-1), Bolton Wanderers (2-2)
3		3	1	-	-	1	0	4	0	Preston North End (0-4)
4		4	2	1	-	1	7	3	2	Port Vale (6-1), Brentford (1-2)
5	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	2	6	3	2	-	1	7	4	4	Bradford Park Avenue (3-0), Grimsby Town (1-2), Blackpool (3-2)
7	7	7	3	1	-	2	4	5	2	West Ham United (0-1), Plymouth Argyle (2-1), Preston North End (2-3)
8		8	3	-	1	2	4	7	1	Hull City (2-2), Bradford City (1-2), Port Vale (1-3)
9	4	9	1	-	-	1	3	4	0	Plymouth Argyle (3-4)
10	30	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	3	11	1	-	-	1	2	4	0	Bury (2-4)
12	4	12	1	-	-	1	2	6	0	Bradford Park Avenue (2-6)
13	5	13	1	-	-	1	2	3	0	Bradford City (2-3)
14	42	14	3	1	-	2	3	4	2	Fulham (2-0), Southampton (0-2), West Ham United (1-2)
15	21	15	2	-	-	2	1	4	0	Hull City (0-1), Fulham (1-3)
16	21	16	3	1	1	1	5	3	3	Swansea Town (1-1), Notts County (0-1), Southampton (4-1)
17	37	17	3	1	-	2	3	5	2	Burnley (0-1), Millwall (2-0), Oldham Athletic (1-4)
18	61	18	2	1	-	1	4	4	2	Burnley (0-2), Swansea Town (4-2)
19	7	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	7	20	2	1	1	-	7	2	3	Bury (7-2), Millwall (0-0)
21		21	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Oldham Athletic (1-3)
22		22	4	2	2	-	8	3	6	Manchester United (1-0), Manchester United (1-1), Lincoln City (0-0), Lincoln City (6-2)

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

GAMES

Manager for all games: Noel Watson
League

Week	Date	Time	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 26, 1933	3:00 pm	Brentford	H	1-1	12,702	12	Dickinson (77')
2	Wed Aug 30, 1933	6:30 pm	Manchester United	A	1-0	16,934	5	Graham (40')
3	Sat Sep 02, 1933	3:00 pm	Burnley	A	0-1	11,219	13
4	Thu Sep 07, 1933	7:45 pm	Manchester United	H	1-1	10,650	11	Graham (25')
5	Sat Sep 09, 1933	3:00 pm	Oldham Athletic	H	1-3	10,154	16	Peacock (61')
6	Sat Sep 16, 1933	3:00 pm	Preston North End	A	0-4	14,281	20
7	Sat Sep 23, 1933	3:00 pm	Bradford Park Avenue	H	3-0	8,157	16	Dent (35', 72'), Race (73')
8	Sat Sep 30, 1933	3:00 pm	Grimsby Town	A	1-2	9,103	18	Dent (3')
9	Sat Oct 07, 1933	3:00 pm	Notts County	H	2-0	23,828	14	Dent (21'), Masters (55')
10	Sat Oct 14, 1933	3:00 pm	West Ham United	H	0-1	9,450	15
11	Sat Oct 21, 1933	3:00 pm	Swansea Town	A	1-1	8,314	15	Race (30')
12	Sat Oct 28, 1933	3:00 pm	Millwall	H	2-0	7,422	14	Race (21'), Dickinson (69')
13	Sat Nov 04, 1933	3:00 pm	Lincoln City	A	0-0	6,203	14
14	Sat Nov 11, 1933	3:00 pm	Bury	H	7-2	8,815	10	Dickinson (3', 75'), Barry (33'), Dent (53', 74'), Race (61'), Graham (88')
15	Sat Nov 18, 1933	3:00 pm	Hull City	A	2-2	8,115	10	Dent (13', 82')
16	Sat Nov 25, 1933	3:00 pm	Fulham	H	2-0	9,597	7	Race (50'), Dickinson (72')
17	Sat Dec 02, 1933	2:30 pm	Southampton	A	0-2	8,247	10
18	Sat Dec 09, 1933	3:00 pm	Blackpool	H	0-0	10,282	10
19	Sat Dec 16, 1933	3:00 pm	Bradford City	A	2-3	9,664	15	Dent (54', 75')
20	Sat Dec 23, 1933	3:00 pm	Port Vale	H	6-1	9,239	10	Peacock (28', 39', 41', 81'), Race (48'), Dent (58')
21	Mon Dec 25, 1933	7:45 pm	Plymouth Argyle	A	3-4	21,446	11	Masters (?), Dent (6', 12')
22	Tue Dec 26, 1933	7:45 pm	Plymouth Argyle	H	2-1	17,293	9	Pugh (62'), Masters (70')
23	Sat Dec 30, 1933	3:00 pm	Brentford	A	1-2	12,795	12	Dent (60')
24	Sat Jan 06, 1934	3:00 pm	Burnley	H	0-2	8,452	14
25	Sat Jan 20, 1934	3:00 pm	Oldham Athletic	A	1-4	7,517	17	Heslop (25')
26	Sat Feb 03, 1934	3:00 pm	Bradford Park Avenue	A	2-6	7,126	18	Race (18'), Peacock (83')
27	Wed Feb 07, 1934	3:00 pm	Preston North End	H	2-3	5,271	18	Pugh (18'), McKinlay (60')
28	Sat Feb 10, 1934	3:00 pm	Grimsby Town	H	4-2	12,230	17	Dent (6', 68'), Simpson (76'), Masters (85')
29	Sat Feb 17, 1934	3:00 pm	Notts County	A	0-1	19,643	18
30	Sat Feb 24, 1934	3:00 pm	West Ham United	A	1-2	14,594	19	Pugh (65')
31	Sat Mar 03, 1934	3:00 pm	Swansea Town	H	4-2	8,140	18	McKinlay (15'), Race (22'), Simpson (31'), Dent (79')
32	Sat Mar 10, 1934	3:00 pm	Millwall	A	0-0	11,565	18
33	Sat Mar 17, 1934	3:00 pm	Lincoln City	H	6-2	8,101	16	Race (12', 77'), McKinlay (18'), Dent (42', 89'), Masters (76')
34	Sat Mar 24, 1934	3:00 pm	Bury	A	2-4	6,028	18	Barrington (86'), Masters (90')
35	Fri Mar 30, 1934	7:45 pm	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-1	16,526	18	Dent (85')
36	Sat Mar 31, 1934	3:00 pm	Hull City	H	0-1	10,105	18
37	Mon Apr 02, 1934	7:45 pm	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-2	13,444	18	Peacock (13'), Dent (70')
38	Sat Apr 07, 1934	3:00 pm	Fulham	A	1-3	11,668	18	Dent (83')
39	Sat Apr 14, 1934	3:00 pm	Southampton	H	4-1	6,496	17	Pugh (6'), Dent (17', 62'), Masters (55')
40	Sat Apr 21, 1934	3:00 pm	Blackpool	A	3-2	10,396	17	Dent (16', 71'), Masters (41')
41	Sat Apr 28, 1934	3:00 pm	Bradford City	H	1-2	4,208	17	Race (4')	Safe
42	Sat May 05, 1934	3:00 pm	Port Vale	A	1-3	2,990	17	Dent (28')	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Time	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 13, 1934	3:00 pm	Queens Park Rangers	3		H	4-0	21,170	Simpson (10'), Peacock (37', 41', 80')
Sat Jan 27, 1934	3:00 pm	Chelsea	4		A	1-1	53,269	Peacock (55')
Wed Jan 31, 1934	7:45 pm	Chelsea	4	1	H	0-3	37,187

Friendly

Date	Time	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Thu May 03, 1934	6:30 pm	Gorleston	England	A	5-2	2,500	Dent (?, ?), Pugh (?, ?), Simpson (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Noel Watson
Sat Aug 26, 1933	League Tier 2	Brentford			H	1-1	12,702	Dickinson (77')
Wed Aug 30, 1933	League Tier 2	Manchester United			A	1-0	16,934	Graham (40')
Sat Sep 02, 1933	League Tier 2	Burnley			A	0-1	11,219
Thu Sep 07, 1933	League Tier 2	Manchester United			H	1-1	10,650	Graham (25')
Sat Sep 09, 1933	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic			H	1-3	10,154	Peacock (61')
Sat Sep 16, 1933	League Tier 2	Preston North End			A	0-4	14,281
Sat Sep 23, 1933	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue			H	3-0	8,157	Dent (35', 72'), Race (73')
Sat Sep 30, 1933	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town			A	1-2	9,103	Dent (3')
Sat Oct 07, 1933	League Tier 2	Notts County			H	2-0	23,828	Dent (21'), Masters (55')
Sat Oct 14, 1933	League Tier 2	West Ham United			H	0-1	9,450
Sat Oct 21, 1933	League Tier 2	Swansea Town			A	1-1	8,314	Race (30')
Sat Oct 28, 1933	League Tier 2	Millwall			H	2-0	7,422	Race (21'), Dickinson (69')
Sat Nov 04, 1933	League Tier 2	Lincoln City			A	0-0	6,203
Sat Nov 11, 1933	League Tier 2	Bury			H	7-2	8,815	Dickinson (3', 75'), Barry (33'), Dent (53', 74'), Race (61'), Graham (88')
Sat Nov 18, 1933	League Tier 2	Hull City			A	2-2	8,115	Dent (13', 82')
Sat Nov 25, 1933	League Tier 2	Fulham			H	2-0	9,597	Race (50'), Dickinson (72')
Sat Dec 02, 1933	League Tier 2	Southampton			A	0-2	8,247
Sat Dec 09, 1933	League Tier 2	Blackpool			H	0-0	10,282
Sat Dec 16, 1933	League Tier 2	Bradford City			A	2-3	9,664	Dent (54', 75')
Sat Dec 23, 1933	League Tier 2	Port Vale			H	6-1	9,239	Peacock (28', 39', 41', 81'), Race (48'), Dent (58')
Mon Dec 25, 1933	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle			A	3-4	21,446	Masters (?), Dent (6', 12')
Tue Dec 26, 1933	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle			H	2-1	17,293	Pugh (62'), Masters (70')
Sat Dec 30, 1933	League Tier 2	Brentford			A	1-2	12,795	Dent (60')
Sat Jan 06, 1934	League Tier 2	Burnley			H	0-2	8,452
Sat Jan 13, 1934	FA Cup	Queens Park Rangers	3		H	4-0	21,170	Simpson (10'), Peacock (37', 41', 80')
Sat Jan 20, 1934	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic			A	1-4	7,517	Heslop (25')
Sat Jan 27, 1934	FA Cup	Chelsea	4		A	1-1	53,269	Peacock (55')
Wed Jan 31, 1934	FA Cup	Chelsea	4	1	H	0-3	37,187
Sat Feb 03, 1934	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue			A	2-6	7,126	Race (18'), Peacock (83')
Wed Feb 07, 1934	League Tier 2	Preston North End			H	2-3	5,271	Pugh (18'), McKinlay (60')
Sat Feb 10, 1934	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town			H	4-2	12,230	Dent (6', 68'), Simpson (76'), Masters (85')
Sat Feb 17, 1934	League Tier 2	Notts County			A	0-1	19,643
Sat Feb 24, 1934	League Tier 2	West Ham United			A	1-2	14,594	Pugh (65')
Sat Mar 03, 1934	League Tier 2	Swansea Town			H	4-2	8,140	McKinlay (15'), Race (22'), Simpson (31'), Dent (79')
Sat Mar 10, 1934	League Tier 2	Millwall			A	0-0	11,565
Sat Mar 17, 1934	League Tier 2	Lincoln City			H	6-2	8,101	Race (12', 77'), McKinlay (18'), Dent (42', 89'), Masters (76')
Sat Mar 24, 1934	League Tier 2	Bury			A	2-4	6,028	Barrington (86'), Masters (90')
Fri Mar 30, 1934	League Tier 2	Bolton Wanderers			A	1-1	16,526	Dent (85')
Sat Mar 31, 1934	League Tier 2	Hull City			H	0-1	10,105
Mon Apr 02, 1934	League Tier 2	Bolton Wanderers			H	2-2	13,444	Peacock (13'), Dent (70')
Sat Apr 07, 1934	League Tier 2	Fulham			A	1-3	11,668	Dent (83')
Sat Apr 14, 1934	League Tier 2	Southampton			H	4-1	6,496	Pugh (6'), Dent (17', 62'), Masters (55')
Sat Apr 21, 1934	League Tier 2	Blackpool			A	3-2	10,396	Dent (16', 71'), Masters (41')
Sat Apr 28, 1934	League Tier 2	Bradford City			H	1-2	4,208	Race (4')	Safe
Thu May 03, 1934	Friendly	Gorleston			A	5-2	2,500	Dent (?, ?), Pugh (?, ?), Simpson (?)
Sat May 05, 1934	League Tier 2	Port Vale			A	1-3	2,990	Dent (28')	Safe

	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 13, 1934	Queens Park Rangers	3		H	4-0	21,170
Sat Jan 27, 1934	Chelsea	4		A	1-1	53,269
Wed Jan 31, 1934	Chelsea	4	1	H	0-3	37,187

	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
Thu May 03, 1934	Gorleston	England	A	5-2	2,500

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (3) - £0				Out (4) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Len Barry	Bought			Cyril Stocks	Sold
	Tom Peacock	Bought			Len Barry	Retired
Jun 26, 1933	Henry Race	Bought			Robert Heslop	Sold
				Mar 24, 1934	Billy Dickinson	Sold

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		Arthur Dexter	England	28	18	5	4	9
GK		Percy Ashton	England	24	27	9	6	12
Defenders
D		Bill Thompson	England	33	17	5	3	9
D		Billy McKinlay	Scotland	28	45	14	10	21	3
D		Jimmy Barrington	England	31	27	9	5	13	1
D		John Burton	England	25	1			1
D		Matt Bell	England	36	20	5	6	9
D		Tommy Graham	England	28	42	13	9	20	1
Midfielders
M		Arthur Masters	England	22	40	13	8	19	8
M		Harry Smith	England	24	33	11	9	13
M		Robert Vasey	England	25	7	2	1	4
Forwards
F		Billy Dickinson	England	27	17	6	5	6	5
F		Cyril Stocks	England	28	7	1	2	4
F		Henry Race	England	27	36	13	8	15	11
F		James Graham	England	22	8	1	3	4	2
F		Johnny Dent	England	30	38	13	8	17	27
F		Len Barry	England	31	17	5	6	6	1
F		Richard Armstrong	England	23	3		1	2
F		Robert Heslop	England	26	7	1	2	4	1
F		Robert Pugh	England	23	35	12	7	16	4
F		Tom Peacock	England	20	18	5	2	11	11
F		William Porter	England	25	3	1	1	1
F		William Simpson	England		29	10	4	15	3

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 13

Goals (Pens)	Player	Num Games
27	Johnny Dent	38
11	Henry Race	36
11	Tom Peacock	18
8	Arthur Masters	40
5	Billy Dickinson	17
4	Robert Pugh	35
3	Billy McKinlay	45
3	William Simpson	29
2	James Graham	8
1	Jimmy Barrington	27
1	Len Barry	17
1	Robert Heslop	7
1	Tommy Graham	42

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
Bradford City	Sat Dec 16, 1933	Away	2-3	Sat Apr 28, 1934	Home	1-2
Burnley	Sat Sep 02, 1933	Away	0-1	Sat Jan 06, 1934	Home	0-2
Oldham Athletic	Sat Sep 09, 1933	Home	1-3	Sat Jan 20, 1934	Away	1-4
Preston North End	Sat Sep 16, 1933	Away	0-4	Wed Feb 07, 1934	Home	2-3
West Ham United	Sat Oct 14, 1933	Home	0-1	Sat Feb 24, 1934	Away	1-2