FOREST 2 - 1 MIDDLESBROUGH - Sat Jan 27, 1906 (League Tier 1)
- Date:
- Sat Jan 27, 1906 (3:00 PM)
- Opponent:
- Middlesbrough
- Home/Away:
- Home
- Ground:
- City Ground
- Game Type:
- League Tier 1
- Score:
- 2-1 (Won)
- Attendance:
- 12,000
- Position Before:
- 16
- Position After:
- 15
- Referee:
- DG Ashworth
- Season:
- 1905-06
- NEXT GAMES:
- FA Cup:
- Fulham
- League:
- Newcastle United
- League Tier 1:
- Newcastle United
- GAME COUNT:
- League:
- 445 (of 4775)
- League Tier 1
- 445 (of 2183)
- Competitive:
- 548 (of 5465)
- Total:
- 1214 (of 7198)
- Notes:
- Alf Spouncer's benefit game
- Sources:
- AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
- Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
Review:
This game was also Alf Spouncer's benefit game
Middlesbrough Goals:
Forest:
Manager: Harry Haslam
| Num | Pos | Player | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Harry Linacre | |
| 2 | D | Charles Craig | |
| 3 | M | Walter Dudley | |
| 4 | F | Sam Timmins | |
| 5 | M | George Wolfe | |
| 6 | F | Jack Armstrong | |
| 7 | M | Jack Craggs  | |
| 8 | F | Frank Lessons | |
| 9 | F | Enoch West | |
| 10 | F | Grenville Morris | |
| 11 | F | Albert Holmes | Last game |
TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME
Games on this day (Sat Jan 27, 1906)
Table before:
| Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Liverpool | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 53 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 33 | |
| 2 | Manchester City | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 46 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 29 | |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 29 | |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 28 | |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 51 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 28 | |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 44 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 27 | |
| 7 | Preston North End | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 27 | |
| 8 | Birmingham City | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 8 | 26 | |
| 9 | Derby County | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 25 | |
| 10 | Sheffield United | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 25 | |
| 11 | Stoke City | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 25 | |
| 12 | Bolton Wanderers | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 22 | |
| 13 | Everton | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 5 | 22 | |
| 14 | Notts County | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 47 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 30 | -10 | 22 | |
| 15 | Bury | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 30 | -16 | 19 | |
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 35 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 37 | -18 | 18 | |
| 17 | Arsenal | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 47 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 33 | -14 | 17 | |
| 18 | Sunderland | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 30 | -13 | 17 | |
| 19 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 51 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 35 | -19 | 17 | |
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 66 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 47 | -39 | 14 | |
Table after:
| Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Liverpool | 25 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 53 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 33 | |
| 2 | Manchester City | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 51 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 22 | 31 | |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 30 | |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 28 | |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 52 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 28 | |
| ⇧ | 6 | Preston North End | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 28 |
| ⇧ | 7 | Birmingham City | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 9 | 28 |
| ⇩ | 8 | Aston Villa | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 46 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 27 |
| 9 | Derby County | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 27 | |
| ⇧ | 10 | Stoke City | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 27 |
| ⇩ | 11 | Sheffield United | 25 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -2 | 25 |
| 12 | Bolton Wanderers | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 54 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 30 | 13 | 24 | |
| 13 | Everton | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 50 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 24 | |
| 14 | Notts County | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 48 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 31 | -8 | 24 | |
| ⇧ | 15 | Nottingham Forest | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 37 | 54 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 37 | -17 | 20 |
| ⇧ | 16 | Sunderland | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 30 | -11 | 19 |
| ⇩ | 17 | Bury | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 36 | 55 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 35 | -19 | 19 |
| ⇩ | 18 | Arsenal | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 49 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 33 | -15 | 17 |
| 19 | Middlesbrough | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 53 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 37 | -20 | 17 | |
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 29 | 69 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 50 | -40 | 14 | |