The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 3 EVERTON - Sat Dec 23, 1905 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 23, 1905 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Everton
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 4-3 WON

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

Season:: 1905-06
Referee:: J Adams
Attendance:: 9,500
Pos Before/After:: 14 12
Opp Before/After:: 9 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (League Tier 1)
Everton:: Apr 28, 1906

GAME COUNT:
League:: 438 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 438 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 539 (of 5736)
Total:: 1213 (of 7523)
Played:: 118 years, 11 months, 1 day ago

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

Goals
Grenville Morris (1')
Enoch West
Enoch West
Tom Niblo (87') - Tom Niblo last goal

EVERTON
Manager: Will Cuff
Prior form: WLLWDW (Old to recent)

Goals
H Makepeace
A Young
W Abbott

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Harry Linacre
2	D	31	Charles Craig
3	M	24	Walter Dudley
4	D		William Fullarton
5	M	27	George Wolfe
6	F	21	Jack Armstrong	Debut
7	M		Jack Craggs
8	M	23	Joe Hardstaff
9	F	19	Enoch West
10	F	28	Grenville Morris (1')
11	F	28	Tom Niblo (87')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	B Scott
2	D	R Balmer
3	D	J Crelley
4	D	J Taylor
5	D	T Booth (c)
6	M	W Abbott
7	M	J Sharp
8	M	H Makepeace
9	M	A Young
10	F	J Settle
11	F	H Hardman

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 23, 1905)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	3-0	Stoke City
Bury	3-1	Sunderland
Liverpool	2-0	Notts County
Manchester City	4-1	Birmingham City
Middlesbrough	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Newcastle United	2-1	Bolton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest	4-3	Everton
Preston North End	2-2	Woolwich Arsenal
The Wednesday	1-0	Derby County
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-1	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	Liverpool	17	11	1	5	40	27	6	1	1	22	7	5	0	4	18	20	1.48148	23	WDWWWW
	2	Aston Villa	18	10	2	6	36	20	8	0	1	30	7	2	2	5	6	13	1.80000	22	WLWLWL
	3	Birmingham City	16	9	4	3	28	17	7	1	0	20	3	2	3	3	8	14	1.64706	22	WDWWLW
	4	Preston North End	18	7	7	4	25	20	6	2	1	16	7	1	5	3	9	13	1.25000	21	WDDDWW
	5	The Wednesday	18	9	3	6	26	22	5	1	2	16	9	4	2	4	10	13	1.18182	21	LWLLWL
	6	Derby County	16	10	1	5	21	18	8	1	0	17	2	2	0	5	4	16	1.16667	21	WLWLDW
	7	Blackburn Rovers	17	8	4	5	29	19	6	2	0	20	4	2	2	5	9	15	1.52632	20	LWWDDW
	8	Newcastle United	17	8	3	6	36	24	6	2	3	28	16	2	1	3	8	8	1.50000	19	WWLLWL
	9	Everton	16	8	3	5	37	27	6	0	2	24	12	2	3	3	13	15	1.37037	19	WLLWDW
	10	Stoke City	18	8	3	7	22	21	6	3	1	17	5	2	0	6	5	16	1.04762	19	LDLDLW
	11	Manchester City	16	7	3	6	32	18	5	1	1	22	4	2	2	5	10	14	1.77778	17	WDWLDL
	12	Sheffield United	16	7	1	8	26	28	5	0	3	15	11	2	1	5	11	17	.92857	15	WWDWLL
	13	Notts County	17	4	7	6	27	38	3	6	0	17	12	1	1	6	10	26	.71053	15	LDLDLW
	14	Nottingham Forest	17	6	3	8	26	40	6	1	1	20	10	0	2	7	6	30	.65000	15	WLWDLL
	15	Bolton Wanderers	16	5	4	7	33	26	4	0	4	19	7	1	4	3	14	19	1.26923	14	WWLWDL
	16	Sunderland	16	6	1	9	23	30	5	1	2	17	11	1	0	7	6	19	.76667	13	LWLWWW
	17	Woolwich Arsenal	17	4	4	9	20	29	3	4	2	13	10	1	0	7	7	19	.68966	12	LLLWLD
	18	Middlesbrough	16	4	3	9	26	38	4	1	2	19	13	0	2	7	7	25	.68421	11	LLWDDD
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	4	3	12	21	52	3	3	3	14	14	1	0	9	7	38	.40385	11	LDLLLL
	20	Bury	17	2	4	11	22	42	2	2	4	12	14	0	2	7	10	28	.52381	8	LDWLWL

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	Liverpool	18	12	1	5	42	27	7	1	1	24	7	5	0	4	18	20	1.55556	25	DWWWWW		2-0
	2	Aston Villa	19	11	2	6	39	20	9	0	1	33	7	2	2	5	6	13	1.95000	24	LWLWLW		3-0
2	3	The Wednesday	19	10	3	6	27	22	6	1	2	17	9	4	2	4	10	13	1.22727	23	WLLWLW		1-0
1	4	Birmingham City	17	9	4	4	29	21	7	1	0	20	3	2	3	4	9	18	1.38095	22	DWWLWL		1-4
1	5	Preston North End	19	7	8	4	27	22	6	3	1	18	9	1	5	3	9	13	1.22727	22	DDDWWD		2-2
2	6	Newcastle United	18	9	3	6	38	25	7	2	3	30	17	2	1	3	8	8	1.52000	21	WLLWLW		2-1
	7	Blackburn Rovers	18	8	5	5	30	20	6	2	0	20	4	2	3	5	10	16	1.50000	21	WWDDWD		1-1
2	8	Derby County	17	10	1	6	21	19	8	1	0	17	2	2	0	6	4	17	1.10526	21	LWLDWL		0-1
2	9	Manchester City	17	8	3	6	36	19	6	1	1	26	5	2	2	5	10	14	1.89474	19	DWLDLW		4-1
1	10	Everton	17	8	3	6	40	31	6	0	2	24	12	2	3	4	16	19	1.29032	19	LLWDWL		3-4
1	11	Stoke City	19	8	3	8	22	24	6	3	1	17	5	2	0	7	5	19	.91667	19	DLDLWL		0-3
2	12	Nottingham Forest	18	7	3	8	30	43	7	1	1	24	13	0	2	7	6	30	.69767	17	LWDLLW		4-3
1	13	Sheffield United	17	7	2	8	27	29	5	0	3	15	11	2	2	5	12	18	.93103	16	WDWLLD		1-1
1	14	Notts County	18	4	7	7	27	40	3	6	0	17	12	1	1	7	10	28	.67500	15	DLDLWL		0-2
	15	Bolton Wanderers	17	5	4	8	34	28	4	0	4	19	7	1	4	4	15	21	1.21429	14	WLWDLL		1-2
	16	Sunderland	17	6	1	10	24	33	5	1	2	17	11	1	0	8	7	22	.72727	13	WLWWWL		1-3
	17	Woolwich Arsenal	18	4	5	9	22	31	3	4	2	13	10	1	1	7	9	21	.70968	13	LLWLDD		2-2
	18	Middlesbrough	17	4	4	9	27	39	4	2	2	20	14	0	2	7	7	25	.69231	12	LWDDDD		1-1
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	4	4	12	22	53	3	4	3	15	15	1	0	9	7	38	.41509	12	DLLLLD		1-1
	20	Bury	18	3	4	11	25	43	3	2	4	15	15	0	2	7	10	28	.58140	10	DWLWLW		3-1