The City Ground

NEWCASTLE UNITED 5 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 08, 1905 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 08, 1905 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Newcastle United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. James Park (Newcastle)
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-5 LOST

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

Season:: 1904-05
Referee:: JB Brodie
Attendance:: 22,000
Pos Before/After:: 13 13
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (League Tier 1)
Newcastle United:: Oct 07, 1905

GAME COUNT:
League:: 419 (of 5045)
League Tier 1:: 419 (of 2297)
Competitive:: 520 (of 5768)
Total:: 1184 (of 7556)
Played:: 120 years, 2 months, 28 days ago

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

Goals
Tom Niblo

NEWCASTLE UNITED
Manager: Frank Watt
Prior form: WWWWLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Jimmy Howie
Jimmy Howie
Joe McClarence
Bert Gosnell
Andy Aitken

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Harry Linacre
2	D	30	Charles Craig
3	M	24	Walter Dudley
4	D	26	Bob Innes	Last game
5	F	31	George Henderson
6	M	25	Herbert Holdstock	Only appearance
7	M	23	Tom Davies
8	M	25	Billy Shearman
9	F	21	Fred Lessons
10	F	27	Tom Niblo
11	F	27	Alf Spouncer

	So Far	Last Game*
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	24	Harry Linacre	185		14	2
2	D	30	Charles Craig	100	2	7	1
3	M	24	Walter Dudley	20		7	1
4	D	26	Bob Innes	24		7	1
5	F	31	George Henderson	90	4	7	1
6	M	25	Herbert Holdstock	Debut
7	M	23	Tom Davies	40	1	7	1
8	M	25	Billy Shearman	56	32	7	1
9	F	21	Fred Lessons	14	3	7	1
10	F	27	Tom Niblo	30	7	35	5
11	F	27	Alf Spouncer	230	52	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Lawrence
2	D	Andy McCombie
3	D	Jack Carr
4	D	Alec Gardner
5	D	Andy Aitken
6	M	Peter McWilliam
7	M	Jock Rutherford
8	M	Jimmy Howie
9	M	Joe McClarence
10	F	Colin Veitch
11	F	Bert Gosnell

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 08, 1905)

Home	Score	Away
Manchester City	1-0	Woolwich Arsenal
Middlesbrough	3-1	Aston Villa
Newcastle United	5-1	Nottingham Forest
Notts County	2-2	Sunderland
Preston North End	0-0	Blackburn Rovers
Sheffield United	4-2	The Wednesday
Small Heath	2-0	Derby County
Stoke City	2-2	Everton
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-0	Bury

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	Everton	29	19	4	6	56	29	13	2	1	34	10	6	2	5	22	19	1.93103	42	WWWWWW	Safe
2	Newcastle United	29	19	2	8	56	27	12	1	1	31	7	7	1	7	25	20	2.07407	40	WWWWLW	Safe
3	Manchester City	29	17	5	7	57	33	12	2	0	42	16	5	3	7	15	17	1.72727	39	WWWWLD	Safe
4	Sheffield United	31	18	2	11	59	48	12	0	4	35	18	6	2	7	24	30	1.22917	38	LLWLWW	Safe
5	Small Heath	30	16	5	9	51	34	10	1	4	30	16	6	4	5	21	18	1.50000	37	LWLLDD	Safe
6	Aston Villa	30	16	4	10	53	36	9	2	4	26	13	7	2	6	27	23	1.47222	36	WWWWWL	Safe
7	Sunderland	31	14	7	10	53	40	10	3	3	35	18	4	4	7	18	22	1.32500	35	WDLLDD	Safe
8	The Wednesday	30	14	4	12	57	48	10	3	3	38	19	4	1	9	19	29	1.18750	32	LLLWWD	Safe
9	Derby County	33	12	8	13	37	46	9	4	4	29	19	3	4	9	8	27	.80435	32	DWLWDD	Safe
10	Woolwich Arsenal	31	11	9	11	33	36	8	5	2	16	9	3	4	9	17	27	.91667	31	WDLDDL	Safe
11	Preston North End	30	10	9	11	35	36	6	4	3	21	12	4	5	8	14	24	.97222	29	LWLWDD
12	Blackburn Rovers	31	11	4	16	40	47	9	3	4	28	16	2	1	12	12	31	.85106	26	LLLWLW
13	Nottingham Forest	32	9	7	16	39	54	5	3	8	24	26	4	4	8	15	28	.72222	25	LDWWWL
14	Stoke City	28	10	3	15	32	50	8	2	4	21	16	2	1	11	11	34	.64000	23	DWLWLW
15	Bury	30	9	4	17	43	60	7	2	6	30	23	2	2	11	13	37	.71667	22	LLLLDW
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	9	4	17	43	67	8	2	4	26	20	1	2	13	17	47	.64179	22	LWLDLL
17	Middlesbrough	30	7	8	15	29	47	6	3	5	16	15	1	5	10	13	32	.61702	22	WDLWWL
18	Notts County	30	3	7	20	27	62	1	6	9	14	31	2	1	11	13	31	.43548	13	DLLLLL	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	Everton	30	19	5	6	58	31	13	2	1	34	10	6	3	5	24	21	1.87097	43	WWWWWD	Safe	2-2
	2	Newcastle United	30	20	2	8	61	28	13	1	1	36	8	7	1	7	25	20	2.17857	42	WWWLWW	Safe	5-1
	3	Manchester City	30	18	5	7	58	33	13	2	0	43	16	5	3	7	15	17	1.75758	41	WWWLDW	Safe	1-0
	4	Sheffield United	32	19	2	11	63	50	13	0	4	39	20	6	2	7	24	30	1.26000	40	LWLWWW	Safe	4-2
	5	Small Heath	31	17	5	9	53	34	11	1	4	32	16	6	4	5	21	18	1.55882	39	WLLDDW	Safe	2-0
	6	Aston Villa	31	16	4	11	54	39	9	2	4	26	13	7	2	7	28	26	1.38462	36	WWWWLL	Safe	1-3
	7	Sunderland	32	14	8	10	55	42	10	3	3	35	18	4	5	7	20	24	1.30952	36	DLLDDD	Safe	2-2
	8	The Wednesday	31	14	4	13	59	52	10	3	3	38	19	4	1	10	21	33	1.13462	32	LLWWDL	Safe	2-4
	9	Derby County	34	12	8	14	37	48	9	4	4	29	19	3	4	10	8	29	.77083	32	WLWDDL	Safe	0-2
	10	Woolwich Arsenal	32	11	9	12	33	37	8	5	2	16	9	3	4	10	17	28	.89189	31	DLDDLL	Safe	0-1
	11	Preston North End	31	10	10	11	35	36	6	5	3	21	12	4	5	8	14	24	.97222	30	WLWDDD	Safe	0-0
	12	Blackburn Rovers	32	11	5	16	40	47	9	3	4	28	16	2	2	12	12	31	.85106	27	LLWLWD		0-0
	13	Nottingham Forest	33	9	7	17	40	59	5	3	8	24	26	4	4	9	16	33	.67797	25	DWWWLL		1-5
2	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	10	4	17	45	67	9	2	4	28	20	1	2	13	17	47	.67164	24	WLDLLW		2-0
2	15	Middlesbrough	31	8	8	15	32	48	7	3	5	19	16	1	5	10	13	32	.66667	24	DLWWLW		3-1
2	16	Stoke City	29	10	4	15	34	52	8	3	4	23	18	2	1	11	11	34	.65385	24	WLWLWD		2-2
2	17	Bury	31	9	4	18	43	62	7	2	6	30	23	2	2	12	13	39	.69355	22	LLLDWL		0-2
	18	Notts County	31	3	8	20	29	64	1	7	9	16	33	2	1	11	13	31	.45313	14	LLLLLD	Relegated	2-2