FOREST 3 - 0 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Sat Sep 28, 1901 (League Tier 1)
- Date:
- Sat Sep 28, 1901 (3:00 PM)
- Opponent:
- Blackburn Rovers
- Home/Away:
- Home
- Ground:
- City Ground
- Game Type:
- League Tier 1
- Score:
- 3-0 (Won)
- Attendance:
- 5,000
- Position Before:
- 15
- Position After:
- 7
- Referee:
- RS Carr
- Season:
- 1901-02
- NEXT GAMES:
- League Tier 1:
- Stoke City
- GAME COUNT:
- League:
- 289 (of 4780)
- League Tier 1
- 289 (of 2183)
- Competitive:
- 377 (of 5470)
- Total:
- 1015 (of 7203)
- Sources:
- AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
- Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
Review:
Blackburn played with 10 men after Ball went off with a foot injury on 20 minutes
Blackburn Rovers Goals:
Forest:
Manager: Harry Haslam
| Num | Pos | Player | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Harry Linacre | |
| 2 | M | Frank Forman | |
| 3 | D | James Iremonger | |
| 4 | M | George Robinson | |
| 5 | F | George Henderson | |
| 6 | F | Sam Timmins | |
| 7 | F | Fred Forman  | |
| 8 | F | Patrick Murray | |
| 9 | M | John Calvey | |
| 10 | F | Grenville Morris | |
| 11 | F | Alf Spouncer |
TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME
Other league games on this day (Sat Sep 28, 1901)
Table before:
| Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Everton | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Birmingham City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 4 | Derby County | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |
| 5 | Sunderland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 6 | Newcastle United | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 7 | Notts County | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 9 | Sheffield Wednesday | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | |
| 10 | Aston Villa | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 11 | Sheffield United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 4 | |
| 12 | Bury | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 | |
| 13 | Stoke City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 | |
| 14 | Liverpool | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 | |
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 | |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 3 | |
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 2 | |
| 18 | Manchester City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 0 | |
Table after:
| Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Everton | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | |
| ⇧ | 2 | Sunderland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| ⇩ | 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Derby County | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| ⇧ | 5 | Notts County | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| ⇩ | 6 | Birmingham City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| ⇧ | 7 | Liverpool | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| ⇧ | 7 | Nottingham Forest | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| ⇧ | 9 | Aston Villa | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| ⇧ | 10 | Sheffield United | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 5 |
| ⇧ | 11 | Grimsby Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
| ⇧ | 12 | Stoke City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| ⇩ | 13 | Newcastle United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| ⇩ | 14 | Sheffield Wednesday | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| ⇩ | 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| ⇩ | 16 | Bury | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 3 | |
| 18 | Manchester City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 0 | |