The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 MANCHESTER CITY - Sat Apr 11, 1908 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 11, 1908 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON

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

Season:: 1907-08
Referee:: M McQueen
Attendance:: 10,000
Pos Before/After:: 15 14
Opp Before/After:: 4 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester United (League Tier 1)
Manchester City:: Dec 28, 1908

GAME COUNT:
League:: 531 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 493 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 639 (of 5736)
Total:: 1314 (of 7523)
Played:: 116 years, 7 months, 10 days ago

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

Goals
Grenville Morris
Grenville Morris
Grenville Morris

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Harry Newbould
Prior form: LWWWLW (Old to recent)

Goals
George Dorsett

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Harry Linacre
2	M	27	Walter Dudley
3	M		George Maltby
4	D	23	Edwin Hughes
5	M	29	George Wolfe
6	F	24	Jack Armstrong
7	F		Thomas Marrison
8	F	22	Enoch West
9	F	26	Arthur Green
10	F	30	Grenville Morris
11	F	30	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Walter Smith
2	D	Tommy Kelso
3	D	Bert Jackson
4	D	Jim Buchan
5	D	Bill Eadie
6	M	Jimmy Blair
7	M	Charlie Webb
8	M	Jack Wood
9	M	George Dorsett
10	F	Lot Jones
11	F	Jimmy Conlin

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 11, 1908)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-2	Woolwich Arsenal
Blackburn Rovers	4-1	Bristol City
Bolton Wanderers	2-1	The Wednesday
Chelsea	0-0	Preston North End
Everton	0-3	Sunderland
Manchester United	0-1	Notts County
Middlesbrough	0-1	Aston Villa
Newcastle United	3-1	Liverpool
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Manchester City
Sheffield United	0-2	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	Manchester United	32	22	4	6	76	40	14	1	1	40	15	8	3	5	36	25	1.90000	48	WLLWDW	Safe
	2	Newcastle United	34	13	12	9	58	47	9	4	3	35	19	4	8	6	23	28	1.23404	38	WDDLLL
	3	The Wednesday	33	18	2	13	68	56	14	0	4	49	21	4	2	9	19	35	1.21429	38	LLWLWL
	4	Manchester City	33	15	8	10	59	50	11	3	2	34	18	4	5	8	25	32	1.18000	38	LWWWLW
	5	Middlesbrough	35	15	7	13	51	43	11	2	4	30	14	4	5	9	21	29	1.18605	37	WWLWWW
	6	Aston Villa	33	13	9	11	69	54	8	6	4	46	24	5	3	7	23	30	1.27778	35	LDWLWW
	7	Preston North End	35	12	11	12	46	50	9	7	2	33	17	3	4	10	13	33	.92000	35	DLWLDL
	8	Sheffield United	35	12	10	13	51	54	8	6	4	27	20	4	4	9	24	34	.94444	34	LWWWLD
	9	Chelsea	33	14	6	13	50	54	8	2	5	28	28	6	4	8	22	26	.92593	34	WDWDWW
	10	Liverpool	33	14	5	14	63	56	10	1	5	41	22	4	4	9	22	34	1.12500	33	LLWLLW
	11	Bury	33	12	9	12	51	56	8	5	4	27	20	4	4	8	24	36	.91071	33	DLLWWL
	12	Everton	33	14	4	15	56	59	10	3	3	33	21	4	1	12	23	38	.94915	32	WWLLWL
	13	Sunderland	34	14	3	17	71	69	11	2	5	52	29	3	1	12	19	40	1.02899	31	LWLWWW
	14	Woolwich Arsenal	34	10	11	13	45	58	8	7	2	29	16	2	4	11	16	42	.77586	31	DDLWDD
	14	Woolwich Arsenal	34	10	11	13	45	58	8	7	2	29	16	2	4	11	16	42	.77586	31	DDLWDD
	15	Nottingham Forest	33	10	10	13	51	58	9	5	1	35	17	1	5	12	16	41	.87931	30	LWLWLL
	16	Blackburn Rovers	34	10	10	14	44	61	9	6	2	31	22	1	4	12	13	39	.72131	30	WLDDLL
	17	Bristol City	33	9	11	13	48	57	6	7	4	24	21	3	4	9	24	36	.84211	29	LDLDLD
	18	Bolton Wanderers	33	12	4	17	45	51	8	2	5	28	21	4	2	12	17	30	.88235	28	LWLLWD
	19	Notts County	33	10	8	15	35	47	9	3	6	24	17	1	5	9	11	30	.74468	28	LLDLLW
	20	Birmingham City	34	8	12	14	34	51	6	6	5	21	22	2	6	9	13	29	.66667	28	LLDWWL

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	Manchester United	33	22	4	7	76	41	14	1	2	40	16	8	3	5	36	25	1.85366	48	LLWDWL	Champions	0-1
	2	Newcastle United	35	14	12	9	61	48	10	4	3	38	20	4	8	6	23	28	1.27083	40	DDLLLW	Safe	3-1
	3	The Wednesday	34	18	2	14	69	58	14	0	4	49	21	4	2	10	20	37	1.18966	38	LWLWLL	Safe	1-2
	4	Manchester City	34	15	8	11	60	53	11	3	2	34	18	4	5	9	26	35	1.13208	38	WWWLWL	Safe	1-3
1	5	Aston Villa	34	14	9	11	70	54	8	6	4	46	24	6	3	7	24	30	1.29630	37	DWLWWW		1-0
1	6	Middlesbrough	36	15	7	14	51	44	11	2	5	30	15	4	5	9	21	29	1.15909	37	WLWWWL		0-1
	7	Preston North End	36	12	12	12	46	50	9	7	2	33	17	3	5	10	13	33	.92000	36	LWLDLD		0-0
3	8	Bury	34	13	9	12	53	56	8	5	4	27	20	5	4	8	26	36	.94643	35	LLWWLW		2-0
	9	Chelsea	34	14	7	13	50	54	8	3	5	28	28	6	4	8	22	26	.92593	35	DWDWWD		0-0
2	10	Sheffield United	36	12	10	14	51	56	8	6	5	27	22	4	4	9	24	34	.91071	34	WWWLDL		0-2
1	11	Liverpool	34	14	5	15	64	59	10	1	5	41	22	4	4	10	23	37	1.08475	33	LWLLWL		1-3
1	12	Sunderland	35	15	3	17	74	69	11	2	5	52	29	4	1	12	22	40	1.07246	33	WLWWWW		3-0
1	13	Woolwich Arsenal	35	11	11	13	47	59	8	7	2	29	16	3	4	11	18	43	.79661	33	DLWDDW		2-1
1	14	Nottingham Forest	34	11	10	13	54	59	10	5	1	38	18	1	5	12	16	41	.91525	32	WLWLLW		3-1
1	14	Nottingham Forest	34	11	10	13	54	59	10	5	1	38	18	1	5	12	16	41	.91525	32	WLWLLW		3-1
3	15	Everton	34	14	4	16	56	62	10	3	4	33	24	4	1	12	23	38	.90323	32	WLLWLL		0-3
	16	Blackburn Rovers	35	11	10	14	48	62	10	6	2	35	23	1	4	12	13	39	.77419	32	LDDLLW		4-1
1	17	Bolton Wanderers	34	13	4	17	47	52	9	2	5	30	22	4	2	12	17	30	.90385	30	WLLWDW		2-1
1	18	Notts County	34	11	8	15	36	47	9	3	6	24	17	2	5	9	12	30	.76596	30	LDLLWW		1-0
2	19	Bristol City	34	9	11	14	49	61	6	7	4	24	21	3	4	10	25	40	.80328	29	DLDLDL		1-4
	20	Birmingham City	35	8	12	15	35	53	6	6	6	22	24	2	6	9	13	29	.66038	28	LDWWLL		1-2