The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 1 DERBY COUNTY - Sat Mar 12, 1904 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 12, 1904 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Derby County
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 5-1 (Won)

Attendance:: 10,000
Pos Before/After:: 12/10
Opp Before/After:: 14/14
Referee:: J Stott
Season:: 1903-04
Forest/Opp Tier:: 1/1

NEXT GAMES:
Friendly:: Shepherd's Bush
League:: West Bromwich Albion
League Tier 1:: West Bromwich Albion

GAME COUNT:
League:: 379 (of 4877)
League Tier 1:: 379 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 478 (of 5574)
Total:: 1130 (of 7322)

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

FOREST
Manager: Harry Haslam
Prior form: DDWLLW (Old to recent)

Goals:
William Shearman
William Shearman
Harold Griffiths - Harold Griffiths only goal
Alf Spouncer
Charles Craig - Charles Craig last goal

DERBY COUNTY
Manager:
Prior form: LDLDDD (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Linacre
2	D	Charles Craig
3	D	James Iremonger
4	D	Bob Innes
5	M	John Crawford
6	F	George Henderson
7	M	Tom Davies
8	M	William Shearman
9	M	Sid Sugden
10	F	Harold Griffiths
11	F	Alf Spouncer

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 12, 1904)

Home	F	A	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2	5	Manchester City
Liverpool	3	0	Sheffield United
Middlesbrough	1	3	Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest	5	1	Derby County
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Stoke City
Sunderland	2	0	Everton
West Bromwich Albion	0	1	Birmingham City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	2	Aston Villa

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
	1	The Wednesday	26	15	7	4	37	19	10	3	0	25	8	5	4	4	12	11	1.947	37	LWWDWW
	2	Aston Villa	26	14	5	7	57	36	11	1	2	36	12	3	4	5	21	24	1.583	33	WDLWLW
	3	Manchester City	24	14	5	5	49	34	7	3	2	25	15	7	2	3	24	19	1.441	33	DDWWWD
	4	Sheffield United	25	13	6	6	53	42	7	5	1	34	19	6	1	5	19	23	1.262	32	DLDWLL
	5	Sunderland	27	13	5	9	52	38	9	3	1	34	10	4	2	8	18	28	1.368	31	LWWDDL
	6	Newcastle United	27	13	5	9	42	40	10	2	2	24	11	3	3	7	18	29	1.050	31	LWWDWL
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	13	5	8	37	49	9	4	0	23	13	4	1	8	14	36	.755	31	DLDWWW
	8	Everton	25	13	4	8	43	26	8	0	3	22	9	5	4	5	21	17	1.654	30	WLWLDW
	9	Middlesbrough	26	8	9	9	39	33	8	3	3	28	12	0	6	6	11	21	1.182	25	DDWDLW
	10	Blackburn Rovers	26	9	6	11	36	40	6	5	2	22	12	3	1	9	14	28	.900	24	WLDLLD
	11	Bury	26	6	12	8	37	42	6	6	2	24	16	0	6	6	13	26	.881	24	DWLWDD
	12	Nottingham Forest	26	8	7	11	46	47	4	2	7	20	24	4	5	4	26	23	.979	23	DDWLLW
	13	Notts County	29	9	4	16	30	56	6	2	5	20	23	3	2	11	10	33	.536	22	LDLLLL
	14	Derby County	26	6	9	11	46	48	5	3	5	34	28	1	6	6	12	20	.958	21	LDLDDD
	15	Stoke City	27	7	5	15	48	51	7	1	6	40	24	0	4	9	8	27	.941	19	LDLLDL
	16	Small Heath	26	6	7	13	30	46	4	4	4	17	18	2	3	9	13	28	.652	19	DDWDLW
	17	West Bromwich Albion	27	5	9	13	27	46	2	7	4	12	15	3	2	9	15	31	.587	19	DDLWDL
	18	Liverpool	27	6	6	15	36	52	5	4	5	17	19	1	2	10	19	33	.692	18	WDLDWD

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
	1	The Wednesday	27	16	7	4	38	19	11	3	0	26	8	5	4	4	12	11	2.000	39	WWDWWW
1	2	Manchester City	25	15	5	5	54	36	7	3	2	25	15	8	2	3	29	21	1.500	35	DWWWDW
1	3	Aston Villa	27	14	5	8	59	39	11	1	2	36	12	3	4	6	23	27	1.513	33	DLWLWL
1	4	Sunderland	28	14	5	9	54	38	10	3	1	36	10	4	2	8	18	28	1.421	33	WWDDLW
1	5	Newcastle United	28	14	5	9	45	41	10	2	2	24	11	4	3	7	21	30	1.098	33	WWDWLW
1	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	14	5	8	40	51	10	4	0	26	15	4	1	8	14	36	.784	33	LDWWWW
3	7	Sheffield United	26	13	6	7	53	45	7	5	1	34	19	6	1	6	19	26	1.178	32	LDWLLL
	8	Everton	26	13	4	9	43	28	8	0	3	22	9	5	4	6	21	19	1.536	30	LWLDWL
	9	Middlesbrough	27	8	9	10	40	36	8	3	4	29	15	0	6	6	11	21	1.111	25	DWDLWL
2	10	Nottingham Forest	27	9	7	11	51	48	5	2	7	25	25	4	5	4	26	23	1.063	25	DWLLWW
	11	Bury	26	6	12	8	37	42	6	6	2	24	16	0	6	6	13	26	.881	24	DWLWDD
2	12	Blackburn Rovers	27	9	6	12	38	45	6	5	3	24	17	3	1	9	14	28	.844	24	LDLLDL
	13	Notts County	29	9	4	16	30	56	6	2	5	20	23	3	2	11	10	33	.536	22	LDLLLL
	14	Derby County	27	6	9	12	47	53	5	3	5	34	28	1	6	7	13	25	.887	21	DLDDDL
1	15	Small Heath	27	7	7	13	31	46	4	4	4	17	18	3	3	9	14	28	.674	21	DWDLWW
2	16	Liverpool	28	7	6	15	39	52	6	4	5	20	19	1	2	10	19	33	.750	20	DLDWDW
2	17	Stoke City	28	7	5	16	48	52	7	1	6	40	24	0	4	10	8	28	.923	19	DLLDLL
1	18	West Bromwich Albion	28	5	9	14	27	47	2	7	5	12	16	3	2	9	15	31	.574	19	DLWDLL