The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 LIVERPOOL - Sat Apr 18, 1903 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 18, 1903 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Liverpool
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON

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

Season:: 1902-03
Referee:: T Helme
Attendance:: 3,000
Pos Before/After:: 9 6
Opp Before/After:: 5 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tottenham Hotspur (Friendly)
League:: Liverpool
Liverpool:: Sep 05, 1903

GAME COUNT:
League:: 352 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 352 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 448 (of 5724)
Total:: 1102 (of 7505)
Played:: 121 years, 8 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Harry Hallam
Prior form: WLLWLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Alf Spouncer

LIVERPOOL
Manager: Tom Watson
Prior form: WLDLDW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	22	Harry Linacre
2	D	28	Charles Craig
3	D	27	James Iremonger
4	F		George Henderson
5	M	27	Frank Forman
6	F		Sam Timmins
7	F	23	Alf Turner
8	F	27	John Calvey
9	M	22	Sid Sugden
10	F	26	Grenville Morris
11	F	25	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Apr 18, 1903)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	4-2	Sheffield United
Blackburn Rovers	3-1	Newcastle United
Everton	2-0	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Liverpool
Stoke City	2-0	Bolton Wanderers
Sunderland	2-1	Middlesbrough
The Wednesday	3-1	West Bromwich Albion

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	The Wednesday	33	18	4	11	51	35	11	3	2	28	6	7	1	9	23	29	1.45714	40	DWWDLL	Safe
	2	Sunderland	32	15	9	8	49	34	9	5	2	25	10	6	4	6	24	24	1.44118	39	WDWDLL	Safe
	3	Sheffield United	33	17	5	11	56	40	11	0	6	36	22	6	5	5	20	18	1.40000	39	DWWWWW	Safe
	4	Aston Villa	31	16	3	12	50	38	9	3	3	34	16	7	0	9	16	22	1.31579	35	WLWLWW	Safe
	5	Liverpool	31	15	4	12	64	48	10	3	3	46	21	5	1	9	18	27	1.33333	34	WLDLDW	Safe
	6	Stoke City	32	14	6	12	43	37	10	2	4	27	11	4	4	8	16	26	1.16216	34	WLWDLL	Safe
	7	Derby County	32	16	2	14	48	42	13	1	2	32	9	3	1	12	16	33	1.14286	34	LLLLWL	Safe
	8	West Bromwich Albion	31	15	4	12	49	47	9	2	4	33	24	6	2	8	16	23	1.04255	34	LLLLLL	Safe
	9	Nottingham Forest	33	13	7	13	48	47	9	3	4	32	22	4	4	9	16	25	1.02128	33	WLLWLW	Safe
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	14	5	13	48	51	12	2	2	34	15	2	3	11	14	36	.94118	33	WLWLWW	Safe
	11	Bury	31	14	3	14	47	40	13	1	2	37	14	1	2	12	10	26	1.17500	31	WLWWDL	Safe
	12	Middlesbrough	31	14	3	14	39	42	10	2	4	26	15	4	1	10	13	27	.92857	31	WWWLWW	Safe
	13	Notts County	33	12	7	14	41	47	8	5	4	25	16	4	2	10	16	31	.87234	31	WLLWLL	Safe
	14	Everton	33	12	6	15	43	47	9	2	5	26	18	3	4	10	17	29	.91489	30	LWLDDL	Safe
	15	Newcastle United	32	13	4	15	39	48	11	1	4	30	11	2	3	11	9	37	.81250	30	WWLWWW	Safe
	16	Blackburn Rovers	33	11	5	17	41	62	8	2	6	24	23	3	3	11	17	39	.66129	27	WLWDLW
	17	Grimsby Town	32	8	8	16	41	58	6	5	5	28	20	2	3	11	13	38	.70690	24	LWLWWL
	18	Bolton Wanderers	33	8	3	22	37	71	6	2	9	18	20	2	1	13	19	51	.52113	19	LWWLWL	Relegated

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	The Wednesday	34	19	4	11	54	36	12	3	2	31	7	7	1	9	23	29	1.50000	42	WWDLLW	Safe	3-1
	2	Sunderland	33	16	9	8	51	35	10	5	2	27	11	6	4	6	24	24	1.45714	41	DWDLLW	Safe	2-1
	3	Sheffield United	34	17	5	12	58	44	11	0	6	36	22	6	5	6	22	22	1.31818	39	WWWWWL	Safe	2-4
	4	Aston Villa	32	17	3	12	54	40	10	3	3	38	18	7	0	9	16	22	1.35000	37	LWLWWW	Safe	4-2
1	5	Stoke City	33	15	6	12	45	37	11	2	4	29	11	4	4	8	16	26	1.21622	36	LWDLLW	Safe	2-0
3	6	Nottingham Forest	34	14	7	13	49	47	10	3	4	33	22	4	4	9	16	25	1.04255	35	LLWLWW	Safe	1-0
2	7	Liverpool	32	15	4	13	64	49	10	3	3	46	21	5	1	10	18	28	1.30612	34	LDLDWL	Safe	0-1
1	8	Derby County	32	16	2	14	48	42	13	1	2	32	9	3	1	12	16	33	1.14286	34	LLLLWL	Safe
1	9	West Bromwich Albion	32	15	4	13	50	50	9	2	4	33	24	6	2	9	17	26	1.00000	34	LLLLLL	Safe	1-3
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	14	5	13	48	51	12	2	2	34	15	2	3	11	14	36	.94118	33	WLWLWW	Safe
3	11	Everton	34	13	6	15	45	47	10	2	5	28	18	3	4	10	17	29	.95745	32	WLDDLW	Safe	2-0
1	12	Bury	31	14	3	14	47	40	13	1	2	37	14	1	2	12	10	26	1.17500	31	WLWWDL	Safe
1	13	Middlesbrough	32	14	3	15	40	44	10	2	4	26	15	4	1	11	14	29	.90909	31	WWLWWL	Safe	1-2
1	14	Notts County	34	12	7	15	41	49	8	5	4	25	16	4	2	11	16	33	.83673	31	LLWLLL	Safe	0-2
	15	Newcastle United	33	13	4	16	40	51	11	1	4	30	11	2	3	12	10	40	.78431	30	WLWWWL	Safe	1-3
	16	Blackburn Rovers	34	12	5	17	44	63	9	2	6	27	24	3	3	11	17	39	.69841	29	LWDLWW	Safe	3-1
	17	Grimsby Town	32	8	8	16	41	58	6	5	5	28	20	2	3	11	13	38	.70690	24	LWLWWL	Relegated
	18	Bolton Wanderers	34	8	3	23	37	73	6	2	9	18	20	2	1	14	19	53	.50685	19	WWLWLL	Relegated	0-2