The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 MANCHESTER CITY - Mon Dec 28, 1908 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Dec 28, 1908 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST

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

Season:: 1908-09
Referee:: JT Howcroft
Attendance:: 12,000
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 10 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield United (League Tier 1)
Manchester City:: Apr 13, 1909

GAME COUNT:
League:: 556 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 518 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 664 (of 5736)
Total:: 1340 (of 7523)
Played:: 115 years, 10 months, 25 days ago

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

Goals

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

Goals
Davie Ross
Tom Holford

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	M	30	George Wolfe
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	Last game

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Walter Smith
2	D	Bert Jackson
3	D	Frank Norgrove
4	D	Jim Buchan
5	D	Jack Wilkinson
6	M	Jimmy Blair
7	M	George Dorsett
8	M	Jack Wood
9	M	Tom Holford
10	F	Davie Ross
11	F	Jimmy Conlin

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Mon Dec 28, 1908)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	0-2	Manchester City
The Wednesday	6-2	Woolwich Arsenal

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	20	13	4	3	48	23	6	1	3	25	15	7	3	0	23	8	2.08696	30	DWWWLD
	2	Newcastle United	20	12	3	5	31	25	9	0	2	18	14	3	3	3	13	11	1.24000	27	WLWWWL
	3	Manchester United	19	12	2	5	41	31	8	1	1	25	13	4	1	4	16	18	1.32258	26	WLWWLW
	4	The Wednesday	19	9	5	5	32	26	8	0	1	20	9	1	5	4	12	17	1.23077	23	LLLWWL
	5	Bristol City	20	8	6	6	23	25	4	3	2	11	10	4	3	4	12	15	.92000	22	DWWWWL
	6	Aston Villa	19	7	7	5	27	23	3	6	1	14	10	4	1	4	13	13	1.17391	21	DLLLDW
	7	Liverpool	21	9	3	9	33	33	6	2	2	19	13	3	1	7	14	20	1.00000	21	LWLWDD
	8	Sunderland	19	10	0	9	40	25	6	0	3	20	10	4	0	6	20	15	1.60000	20	WLWLLW
	9	Notts County	18	8	4	6	22	16	5	2	2	16	8	3	2	4	6	8	1.37500	20	WWWDWD
	10	Manchester City	19	8	3	8	34	34	6	2	2	25	11	2	1	6	9	23	1.00000	19	WWLWLW
	11	Blackburn Rovers	19	6	7	6	23	25	3	3	4	10	12	3	4	2	13	13	.92000	19	WWLLDL
	12	Woolwich Arsenal	20	7	4	9	25	28	4	0	6	11	14	3	4	3	14	14	.89286	18	WLLLDW
	13	Sheffield United	20	7	4	9	27	31	4	2	4	16	16	3	2	5	11	15	.87097	18	WWWLLW
	14	Preston North End	19	7	3	9	23	22	6	1	3	17	9	1	2	6	6	13	1.04545	17	LLWDWW
	15	Middlesbrough	19	5	6	8	27	29	4	2	3	14	11	1	4	5	13	18	.93103	16	LLWWDL
	16	Chelsea	21	6	4	11	27	39	3	4	4	17	16	3	0	7	10	23	.69231	16	LLLLWL
	17	Nottingham Forest	20	6	3	11	29	35	3	1	5	13	15	3	2	6	16	20	.82857	15	LLDLLD
	18	Bury	20	6	3	11	31	50	5	3	2	21	16	1	0	9	10	34	.62000	15	WLWLWL
	19	Bradford City	19	4	6	9	18	25	2	4	3	10	9	2	2	6	8	16	.72000	14	DWWDLW
	20	Leicester Fosse	19	3	7	9	24	40	2	5	3	14	18	1	2	6	10	22	.60000	13	LLLLDL

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	20	13	4	3	48	23	6	1	3	25	15	7	3	0	23	8	2.08696	30	DWWWLD
	2	Newcastle United	20	12	3	5	31	25	9	0	2	18	14	3	3	3	13	11	1.24000	27	WLWWWL
	3	Manchester United	19	12	2	5	41	31	8	1	1	25	13	4	1	4	16	18	1.32258	26	WLWWLW
	4	The Wednesday	20	10	5	5	38	28	9	0	1	26	11	1	5	4	12	17	1.35714	25	LLWWLW		6-2
	5	Bristol City	20	8	6	6	23	25	4	3	2	11	10	4	3	4	12	15	.92000	22	DWWWWL
	6	Aston Villa	19	7	7	5	27	23	3	6	1	14	10	4	1	4	13	13	1.17391	21	DLLLDW
3	7	Manchester City	20	9	3	8	36	34	6	2	2	25	11	3	1	6	11	23	1.05882	21	WLWLWW		2-0
1	8	Liverpool	21	9	3	9	33	33	6	2	2	19	13	3	1	7	14	20	1.00000	21	LWLWDD
1	9	Sunderland	19	10	0	9	40	25	6	0	3	20	10	4	0	6	20	15	1.60000	20	WLWLLW
1	10	Notts County	18	8	4	6	22	16	5	2	2	16	8	3	2	4	6	8	1.37500	20	WWWDWD
	11	Blackburn Rovers	19	6	7	6	23	25	3	3	4	10	12	3	4	2	13	13	.92000	19	WWLLDL
1	12	Sheffield United	20	7	4	9	27	31	4	2	4	16	16	3	2	5	11	15	.87097	18	WWWLLW
1	13	Woolwich Arsenal	21	7	4	10	27	34	4	0	6	11	14	3	4	4	16	20	.79412	18	LLLDWL		2-6
	14	Preston North End	19	7	3	9	23	22	6	1	3	17	9	1	2	6	6	13	1.04545	17	LLWDWW
	15	Middlesbrough	19	5	6	8	27	29	4	2	3	14	11	1	4	5	13	18	.93103	16	LLWWDL
	16	Chelsea	21	6	4	11	27	39	3	4	4	17	16	3	0	7	10	23	.69231	16	LLLLWL
	17	Nottingham Forest	21	6	3	12	29	37	3	1	6	13	17	3	2	6	16	20	.78378	15	LDLLDL		0-2
	18	Bury	20	6	3	11	31	50	5	3	2	21	16	1	0	9	10	34	.62000	15	WLWLWL
	19	Bradford City	19	4	6	9	18	25	2	4	3	10	9	2	2	6	8	16	.72000	14	DWWDLW
	20	Leicester Fosse	19	3	7	9	24	40	2	5	3	14	18	1	2	6	10	22	.60000	13	LLLLDL