The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 CHELSEA - Sat Oct 03, 1908 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Oct 03, 1908 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON

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

Season:: 1908-09
Referee:: FH Dennis
Attendance:: 19,000
Pos Before/After:: 13 11
Opp Before/After:: 7 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackburn Rovers (League Tier 1)
Chelsea:: Oct 23, 1909

GAME COUNT:
League:: 542 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 504 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 650 (of 5736)
Total:: 1326 (of 7523)
Played:: 116 years, 1 month, 18 days ago

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

Goals
Grenville Morris
William Birch - William Birch first goal

CHELSEA
Manager: David Calderhead
Prior form: LLWWWL (Old to recent)

Goals
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Harry Linacre
2	M	27	Walter Dudley
3	M		George Maltby
4	D	23	Edwin Hughes
5	F		George Needham
6	F	24	Jack Armstrong
7	F	24	Bill Hooper
8	F		Thomas Marrison
9	F	22	Enoch West
10	F	31	Grenville Morris
11	F		William Birch

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Oct 03, 1908)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Bristol City	3-3	Newcastle United
Bury	2-2	Manchester United
Liverpool	0-1	Everton
Manchester City	5-2	Leicester Fosse
Middlesbrough	1-1	Woolwich Arsenal
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Chelsea
Preston North End	0-0	Notts County
Sheffield United	3-0	Bradford City
Sunderland	4-2	The Wednesday

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	5	5	0	0	16	7	3	0	0	11	6	2	0	0	5	1	2.28571	10	WWWWW
	2	Newcastle United	6	5	0	1	8	4	4	0	0	6	1	1	0	1	2	3	2.00000	10	WWWWWL
	3	The Wednesday	5	3	2	0	8	3	2	0	0	4	0	1	2	0	4	3	2.66667	8	DDWWW
	4	Everton	6	4	0	2	15	9	1	0	2	6	7	3	0	0	9	2	1.66667	8	WWLLWW
	5	Liverpool	7	4	0	3	14	12	3	0	0	9	3	1	0	3	5	9	1.16667	8	WLWWLL
	6	Aston Villa	5	3	1	1	9	5	1	1	0	3	1	2	0	1	6	4	1.80000	7	LDWWW
	7	Chelsea	7	3	1	3	10	13	2	1	1	6	4	1	0	2	4	9	.76923	7	LLWWWL
	8	Sunderland	6	3	0	3	10	9	2	0	0	5	2	1	0	3	5	7	1.11111	6	LLWWLW
	9	Bristol City	6	2	2	2	6	7	1	0	1	2	3	1	2	1	4	4	.85714	6	DLLDWW
	10	Preston North End	6	2	1	3	7	5	1	0	2	6	4	1	1	1	1	1	1.40000	5	DLWWLL
	11	Blackburn Rovers	5	1	3	1	6	6	1	1	1	2	2	0	2	0	4	4	1.00000	5	DDWDL
	12	Leicester Fosse	5	1	3	1	4	5	0	3	0	3	3	1	0	1	1	2	.80000	5	DLDWD
	13	Nottingham Forest	6	2	0	4	11	10	1	0	2	7	5	1	0	2	4	5	1.10000	4	WLLLLW
	14	Manchester City	5	1	2	2	8	11	1	1	1	5	5	0	1	1	3	6	.72727	4	WDDLL
	15	Woolwich Arsenal	6	2	0	4	7	10	1	0	2	2	6	1	0	2	5	4	.70000	4	LLWLLW
	16	Sheffield United	6	2	0	4	6	11	0	0	3	2	7	2	0	1	4	4	.54545	4	WLLLLW
	17	Bury	6	1	1	4	9	15	1	1	1	6	5	0	0	3	3	10	.60000	3	LWLLDL
	18	Bradford City	5	1	1	3	4	7	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	6	.57143	3	LLDLW
	19	Middlesbrough	5	1	1	3	7	13	1	0	2	3	6	0	1	1	4	7	.53846	3	WLLLD
	20	Notts County	4	1	0	3	2	5	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	3	.40000	2	WLLL

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	6	5	1	0	18	9	3	0	0	11	6	2	1	0	7	3	2.00000	11	WWWWWD		2-2
	2	Newcastle United	7	5	1	1	11	7	4	0	0	6	1	1	1	1	5	6	1.57143	11	WWWWLD		3-3
1	3	Everton	7	5	0	2	16	9	1	0	2	6	7	4	0	0	10	2	1.77778	10	WLLWWW		1-0
2	4	Aston Villa	6	3	2	1	10	6	1	2	0	4	2	2	0	1	6	4	1.66667	8	LDWWWD		1-1
2	5	The Wednesday	6	3	2	1	10	7	2	0	0	4	0	1	2	1	6	7	1.42857	8	DDWWWL		2-4
2	6	Sunderland	7	4	0	3	14	11	3	0	0	9	4	1	0	3	5	7	1.27273	8	LWWLWW		4-2
2	7	Liverpool	8	4	0	4	14	13	3	0	1	9	4	1	0	3	5	9	1.07692	8	LWWLLL		0-1
1	8	Bristol City	7	2	3	2	9	10	1	1	1	5	6	1	2	1	4	4	.90000	7	LLDWWD		3-3
2	9	Chelsea	8	3	1	4	11	15	2	1	1	6	4	1	0	3	5	11	.73333	7	LWWWLL		1-2
	10	Preston North End	7	2	2	3	7	5	1	1	2	6	4	1	1	1	1	1	1.40000	6	LWWLLD		0-0
2	11	Nottingham Forest	7	3	0	4	13	11	2	0	2	9	6	1	0	2	4	5	1.18182	6	LLLLWW		2-1
1	12	Blackburn Rovers	6	1	4	1	7	7	1	1	1	2	2	0	3	0	5	5	1.00000	6	DDWDLD		1-1
1	13	Manchester City	6	2	2	2	13	13	2	1	1	10	7	0	1	1	3	6	1.00000	6	WDDLLW		5-2
2	14	Sheffield United	7	3	0	4	9	11	1	0	3	5	7	2	0	1	4	4	.81818	6	LLLLWW		3-0
	15	Woolwich Arsenal	7	2	1	4	8	11	1	0	2	2	6	1	1	2	6	5	.72727	5	LWLLWD		1-1
4	16	Leicester Fosse	6	1	3	2	6	10	0	3	0	3	3	1	0	2	3	7	.60000	5	DLDWDL		2-5
	17	Bury	7	1	2	4	11	17	1	2	1	8	7	0	0	3	3	10	.64706	4	WLLDLD		2-2
1	18	Middlesbrough	6	1	2	3	8	14	1	1	2	4	7	0	1	1	4	7	.57143	4	WLLLDD		1-1
1	19	Bradford City	6	1	1	4	4	10	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	4	0	9	.40000	3	LLDLWL		0-3
	20	Notts County	5	1	1	3	2	5	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	2	0	3	.40000	3	WLLLD		0-0