The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 MIDDLESBROUGH - Sat Dec 24, 1904 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 24, 1904 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Middlesbrough
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1904-05
Referee:: DG Ashworth
Attendance:: 7,000
Pos Before/After:: 15 15
Opp Before/After:: 16 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 1)
Middlesbrough:: Mar 04, 1905

GAME COUNT:
League:: 404 (of 5045)
League Tier 1:: 404 (of 2297)
Competitive:: 503 (of 5768)
Total:: 1167 (of 7556)
Played:: 120 years, 6 months, 12 days ago

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

Goals
Grenville Morris (10')

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager: Jack Robson
Prior form: DLLDDW (Old to recent)

Goals
Harry Astley (14')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Harry Linacre
2	D	30	Charles Craig
3	D	28	James Iremonger
4	D	26	John Barnsdale
5	F	31	George Henderson
6	F		Sam Timmins	100th appearance
7	M		Jack Craggs
8	M	25	Billy Shearman
9	F	21	Fred Lessons
10	F	27	Grenville Morris (10')	200th appearance
11	F	27	Tom Niblo

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tim Williamson
2	D	Donald McCallum
3	D	William Agnew
4	D	David Smith
5	D	Abraham Jones
6	M	Joe Cassidy
7	M	Arthur Davies
8	M	Jim Bell
9	M	Harry Astley
10	F	Robert Atherton
11	F	Jim Thackeray

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 24, 1904)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-0	Bury
Blackburn Rovers	3-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Derby County	1-1	Notts County
Everton	0-0	Manchester City
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Middlesbrough
Sunderland	3-1	Newcastle United
Woolwich Arsenal	1-0	Sheffield United

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	Newcastle United	16	11	2	3	34	13	7	1	0	22	6	4	1	3	12	7	2.61538	24	WWWWWW
	2	Sheffield United	17	10	2	5	31	28	7	0	1	17	8	3	2	4	14	20	1.10714	22	LLWWWW
	3	Everton	16	9	2	5	30	20	6	1	1	17	6	3	1	4	13	14	1.50000	20	WDLDWW
	4	Preston North End	18	7	6	5	23	22	4	2	2	15	10	3	4	3	8	12	1.04545	20	DDWLDL
	5	Derby County	17	8	4	5	22	23	5	3	0	16	6	3	1	5	6	17	.95652	20	LDWDWL
	6	Manchester City	16	8	3	5	36	20	6	2	0	28	8	2	1	5	8	12	1.80000	19	WDLWLW
	7	Small Heath	16	9	1	6	29	20	6	0	2	17	8	3	1	4	12	12	1.45000	19	WWWWLL
	8	Sunderland	16	8	3	5	29	22	6	1	1	20	8	2	2	4	9	14	1.31818	19	DWWLLL
	9	The Wednesday	16	8	2	6	33	30	5	1	2	20	14	3	1	4	13	16	1.10000	18	DLWDLL
	10	Woolwich Arsenal	15	6	5	4	17	13	4	2	1	6	4	2	3	3	11	9	1.30769	17	DWDLWW
	11	Aston Villa	18	7	3	8	27	26	5	2	3	15	10	2	1	5	12	16	1.03846	17	WWLWDD
	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	6	2	9	28	37	6	1	2	20	13	0	1	7	8	24	.75676	14	LDWLLD
	13	Blackburn Rovers	16	5	3	8	24	23	4	2	2	16	8	1	1	6	8	15	1.04348	13	WLLLDL
	14	Stoke City	17	6	1	10	16	33	5	1	2	11	8	1	0	8	5	25	.48485	13	LWLWLL
	15	Nottingham Forest	17	5	1	11	23	32	3	0	6	15	15	2	1	5	8	17	.71875	11	LDWLLW
	16	Middlesbrough	16	3	5	8	16	27	3	2	3	8	9	0	3	5	8	18	.59259	11	DLLDDW
	17	Bury	16	4	2	10	26	37	3	1	5	18	17	1	1	5	8	20	.70270	10	WLLDWW
	18	Notts County	16	3	3	10	17	35	1	3	4	7	15	2	0	6	10	20	.48571	9	LLWLDL

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	Newcastle United	17	11	2	4	35	16	7	1	0	22	6	4	1	4	13	10	2.18750	24	WWWWWL		1-3
	2	Sheffield United	18	10	2	6	31	29	7	0	1	17	8	3	2	5	14	21	1.06897	22	LWWWWL		0-1
	3	Everton	17	9	3	5	30	20	6	2	1	17	6	3	1	4	13	14	1.50000	21	DLDWWD		0-0
4	4	Sunderland	17	9	3	5	32	23	7	1	1	23	9	2	2	4	9	14	1.39130	21	WWLLLW		3-1
	5	Derby County	18	8	5	5	23	24	5	4	0	17	7	3	1	5	6	17	.95833	21	DWDWLD		1-1
	6	Manchester City	17	8	4	5	36	20	6	2	0	28	8	2	2	5	8	12	1.80000	20	DLWLWD		0-0
3	7	Preston North End	18	7	6	5	23	22	4	2	2	15	10	3	4	3	8	12	1.04545	20	DDWLDL
1	8	Small Heath	16	9	1	6	29	20	6	0	2	17	8	3	1	4	12	12	1.45000	19	WWWWLL
1	9	Woolwich Arsenal	16	7	5	4	18	13	5	2	1	7	4	2	3	3	11	9	1.38462	19	WDLWWW		1-0
1	10	Aston Villa	19	8	3	8	29	26	6	2	3	17	10	2	1	5	12	16	1.11538	19	WLWDDW		2-0
2	11	The Wednesday	16	8	2	6	33	30	5	1	2	20	14	3	1	4	13	16	1.10000	18	DLWDLL
1	12	Blackburn Rovers	17	6	3	8	27	23	5	2	2	19	8	1	1	6	8	15	1.17391	15	LLLDLW		3-0
1	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	6	2	10	28	40	6	1	2	20	13	0	1	8	8	27	.70000	14	DWLLDL		0-3
	14	Stoke City	17	6	1	10	16	33	5	1	2	11	8	1	0	8	5	25	.48485	13	LWLWLL
	15	Nottingham Forest	18	5	2	11	24	33	3	1	6	16	16	2	1	5	8	17	.72727	12	DWLLWD		1-1
	16	Middlesbrough	17	3	6	8	17	28	3	2	3	8	9	0	4	5	9	19	.60714	12	LLDDWD		1-1
	17	Bury	17	4	2	11	26	39	3	1	5	18	17	1	1	6	8	22	.66667	10	LLDWWL		0-2
	18	Notts County	17	3	4	10	18	36	1	3	4	7	15	2	1	6	11	21	.50000	10	LWLDLD		1-1