The City Ground

STOKE CITY 3 - 2 FOREST - Sat Feb 14, 1903 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 14, 1903 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Victoria Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-3 (Lost)

Attendance:: 6,000
Position Before:: 5
Position After:: 7
Referee:: JH Strawson
Season:: 1902-03

NEXT GAMES:
FA Cup:: Stoke City
League:: The Wednesday
League Tier 1:: The Wednesday

GAME COUNT:
League:: 344 (of 4764)
League Tier 1: 344 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 438 (of 5452)
Total:: 1079 (of 7185)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Forest Goals:
Sam Timmins
Sam Timmins

Stoke City Goals:

Forest:
Manager: Harry Haslam

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Linacre
2	D	John White	Last game
3	D	James Iremonger
4	M	George Robinson	Last game
5	D	Fred Warren
6	F	George Henderson
7	F	Alf Turner	Debut
8	M	Ross Fielding
9	F	Sam Timmins
10	F	Grenville Morris
11	F	Alf Spouncer
Subs
12		-
13		-
14		-
15		-
16		-
17		-
18		-

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Games on this day (Sat Feb 14, 1903)

Home	F	A	Away
Bolton Wanderers	4	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Derby County	1	0	Blackburn Rovers
Everton	0	1	Aston Villa
Middlesbrough	1	0	Newcastle United
Notts County	1	2	Liverpool
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Grimsby Town
Stoke City	3	2	Nottingham Forest
Sunderland	3	1	Bury
West Bromwich Albion	3	3	Sheffield United

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	West Bromwich Albion	24	15	3	6	44	28	9	1	2	29	16	6	2	4	15	12	16	33
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	25	15	1	9	46	28	9	1	2	25	5	6	0	7	21	23	18	31
	3	Sunderland	23	11	7	5	35	23	7	4	1	20	7	4	3	4	15	16	12	29
	4	Derby County	24	13	2	9	39	30	10	1	1	28	8	3	1	8	11	22	9	28
	5	Sheffield United	24	12	3	9	36	29	7	0	5	23	17	5	3	4	13	12	7	27
	6	Stoke City	24	11	5	8	35	27	7	2	4	19	9	4	3	4	16	18	8	27
	7	Nottingham Forest	25	10	7	8	33	32	6	3	3	20	15	4	4	5	13	17	1	27
	8	Notts County	24	10	7	7	30	32	6	5	2	17	13	4	2	5	13	19	-2	27
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	10	5	10	35	38	9	2	2	27	14	1	3	8	8	24	-3	25
	10	Everton	24	10	4	10	38	34	8	1	2	22	10	2	3	8	16	24	4	24
	11	Bury	23	11	2	10	35	29	10	0	2	26	11	1	2	8	9	18	6	24
	12	Aston Villa	23	10	3	10	38	31	6	3	3	27	14	4	0	7	11	17	7	23
	13	Liverpool	22	10	2	10	48	37	7	1	2	35	14	3	1	8	13	23	11	22
	14	Blackburn Rovers	25	8	3	14	32	50	6	2	6	19	21	2	1	8	13	29	-18	19
	15	Newcastle United	21	8	3	10	25	35	6	0	3	18	6	2	3	7	7	29	-10	19
	16	Middlesbrough	23	8	3	12	23	35	5	2	3	14	12	3	1	9	9	23	-12	19
	17	Grimsby Town	24	4	7	13	31	48	3	5	5	20	19	1	2	8	11	29	-17	15
	18	Bolton Wanderers	25	3	3	19	25	62	2	2	8	10	18	1	1	11	15	44	-37	9

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	West Bromwich Albion	25	15	4	6	47	31	16	2	2	32	19	6	2	4	15	12	16	34
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	26	15	2	9	47	29	5	2	2	26	6	6	0	7	21	23	18	32
	3	Sunderland	24	12	7	5	38	24	8	4	1	23	8	4	3	4	15	16	14	31
	4	Derby County	25	14	2	9	40	30	9	1	1	29	8	3	1	8	11	22	10	30
⇧	5	Stoke City	25	12	5	8	38	29	10	2	4	22	11	4	3	4	16	18	9	29
⇩	6	Sheffield United	25	12	4	9	39	32	17	0	5	23	17	5	4	4	16	15	7	28
	7	Nottingham Forest	26	10	7	9	35	35	15	3	3	20	15	4	4	6	15	20	0	27
	8	Notts County	25	10	7	8	31	34	13	5	3	18	15	4	2	5	13	19	-3	27
⇧	9	Aston Villa	24	11	3	10	39	31	14	3	3	27	14	5	0	7	12	17	8	25
⇩	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	10	5	11	36	42	14	2	2	27	14	1	3	9	9	28	-6	25
⇧	11	Liverpool	23	11	2	10	50	38	14	1	2	35	14	4	1	8	15	24	12	24
⇩	12	Everton	25	10	4	11	38	35	10	1	3	22	11	2	3	8	16	24	3	24
⇩	13	Bury	24	11	2	11	36	32	11	0	2	26	11	1	2	9	10	21	4	24
⇧	14	Middlesbrough	24	9	3	12	24	35	13	2	3	15	12	3	1	9	9	23	-11	21
⇩	15	Blackburn Rovers	26	8	3	15	32	51	21	2	6	19	21	2	1	9	13	30	-19	19
⇩	16	Newcastle United	22	8	3	11	25	36	6	0	3	18	6	2	3	8	7	30	-11	19
	17	Grimsby Town	25	4	8	13	32	49	19	5	5	20	19	1	3	8	12	30	-17	16
	18	Bolton Wanderers	26	4	3	19	29	63	19	2	8	14	19	1	1	11	15	44	-34	11