The City Ground

FOREST 12 - 0 LEICESTER FOSSE - Wed Apr 21, 1909 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Apr 21, 1909 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester Fosse
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 12-0 WON

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

Season:: 1908-09
Referee:: AW McQue
Attendance:: 5,000
Pos Before/After:: 18 13
Opp Before/After:: 20 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Middlesbrough (League Tier 1)
Leicester Fosse:: Sep 16, 1911

GAME COUNT:
League:: 572 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 534 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 684 (of 5724)
Total:: 1360 (of 7505)
Played:: 114 years, 11 months, 29 days ago

Review
This is our record League win (beaten only by the 14-0 crushing of Clapton in the FA Cup a few years earlier). Leicester were already relegated by this time in the season (just two games left) but after our recent form of no win in 6 games, we needed the points for safety (which we achieved after the final game by beating Middlesbrough 4-1). Three players got hat-tricks which is also a record for us and we've not come close to scoring 12 goals since then.

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

Goals
Edwin Hughes
Bill Hooper
Bill Hooper
Bill Hooper
Enoch West
Grenville Morris
Grenville Morris
Enoch West
Enoch West
Alf Spouncer
Alf Spouncer
Alf Spouncer - Alf Spouncer last goal

LEICESTER FOSSE
Manager: George Johnson
Prior form: WLWLLW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	D	33	James Iremonger
2	M		Walter Dudley
3	M		George Maltby
4	D	24	Edwin Hughes
5	F		George Needham
6	F	25	Jack Armstrong
7	F	25	Bill Hooper
8	F		Thomas Marrison
9	F	23	Enoch West
10	F	32	Grenville Morris
11	F	31	Alf Spouncer

	Totals	Last Game
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	D	33	James Iremonger	305	3	4	2
2	M		Walter Dudley	300		4	2
3	M		George Maltby	231	3	4	2
4	D	24	Edwin Hughes	175	6	4	2
5	F		George Needham	290	10	4	2
6	F	25	Jack Armstrong	458	10	4	2
7	F	25	Bill Hooper	156	24	4	2
8	F		Thomas Marrison	174	38	4	2
9	F	23	Enoch West	185	104	4	2
10	F	32	Grenville Morris	461	218	8	3
11	F	31	Alf Spouncer	341	54	4	2

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 the games in Division 1 on this day (Wed Apr 21, 1909)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	12-0	Leicester Fosse

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	Newcastle United	35	23	5	7	61	35	14	1	3	32	19	9	4	4	29	16	1.74286	51	WWDLWL	Champions
2	Everton	37	17	10	10	78	55	10	3	5	47	26	7	7	5	31	29	1.41818	44	DLWDLL	Safe
3	Sunderland	37	20	2	15	76	62	13	0	5	39	22	7	2	10	37	40	1.22581	42	WDWWLW	Safe
4	Blackburn Rovers	37	14	13	10	59	46	6	6	6	27	22	8	7	4	32	24	1.28261	41	WLLWWW	Safe
5	The Wednesday	37	17	6	14	65	57	15	0	4	48	24	2	6	10	17	33	1.14035	40	LWWLWL	Safe
6	Middlesbrough	37	14	9	14	58	49	11	2	6	38	21	3	7	8	20	28	1.18367	37	LLLLWW	Safe
7	Preston North End	37	13	11	13	47	42	8	7	4	29	17	5	4	9	18	25	1.11905	37	WDDWLD	Safe
8	Manchester United	36	15	7	14	57	63	10	3	5	36	29	5	4	9	21	34	.90476	37	LLDDWL	Safe
9	Sheffield United	38	14	9	15	51	59	9	5	5	31	25	5	4	10	20	34	.86441	37	LDWLWW	Safe
10	Woolwich Arsenal	37	13	10	14	48	48	9	3	7	24	18	4	7	7	24	30	1.00000	36	LWDWWW	Safe
11	Bristol City	36	12	12	12	43	55	6	7	5	23	25	6	5	7	20	30	.78182	36	LWDDLL	Safe
12	Notts County	37	14	7	16	49	46	9	4	6	31	23	5	3	10	18	23	1.06522	35	DLLWLL
13	Manchester City	36	15	4	17	66	66	12	3	4	50	23	3	1	13	16	43	1.00000	34	WWLLWL
14	Aston Villa	36	12	10	14	53	55	6	7	4	26	21	6	3	10	27	34	.96364	34	LWDWLL
15	Liverpool	37	14	6	17	56	65	9	5	5	36	25	5	1	12	20	40	.86154	34	LLLLWD
16	Bury	37	13	8	16	59	75	8	6	4	31	25	5	2	12	28	50	.78667	34	LWWWWD
17	Chelsea	36	12	9	15	52	60	6	7	4	29	21	6	2	11	23	39	.86667	33	LDWWWL
18	Nottingham Forest	36	12	8	16	50	56	7	2	8	23	23	5	6	8	27	33	.89286	32	DDDLLD
19	Bradford City	36	11	9	16	44	45	6	5	6	24	18	5	4	10	20	27	.97778	31	WDWWLW
20	Leicester Fosse	35	8	9	18	52	85	6	6	7	32	41	2	3	11	20	44	.61176	25	WLWLLW	Relegated

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	Newcastle United	35	23	5	7	61	35	14	1	3	32	19	9	4	4	29	16	1.74286	51	WWDLWL	Champions
	2	Everton	37	17	10	10	78	55	10	3	5	47	26	7	7	5	31	29	1.41818	44	DLWDLL	Safe
	3	Sunderland	37	20	2	15	76	62	13	0	5	39	22	7	2	10	37	40	1.22581	42	WDWWLW	Safe
	4	Blackburn Rovers	37	14	13	10	59	46	6	6	6	27	22	8	7	4	32	24	1.28261	41	WLLWWW	Safe
	5	The Wednesday	37	17	6	14	65	57	15	0	4	48	24	2	6	10	17	33	1.14035	40	LWWLWL	Safe
	6	Middlesbrough	37	14	9	14	58	49	11	2	6	38	21	3	7	8	20	28	1.18367	37	LLLLWW	Safe
	7	Preston North End	37	13	11	13	47	42	8	7	4	29	17	5	4	9	18	25	1.11905	37	WDDWLD	Safe
	8	Manchester United	36	15	7	14	57	63	10	3	5	36	29	5	4	9	21	34	.90476	37	LLDDWL	Safe
	9	Sheffield United	38	14	9	15	51	59	9	5	5	31	25	5	4	10	20	34	.86441	37	LDWLWW	Safe
	10	Woolwich Arsenal	37	13	10	14	48	48	9	3	7	24	18	4	7	7	24	30	1.00000	36	LWDWWW	Safe
	11	Bristol City	36	12	12	12	43	55	6	7	5	23	25	6	5	7	20	30	.78182	36	LWDDLL	Safe
	12	Notts County	37	14	7	16	49	46	9	4	6	31	23	5	3	10	18	23	1.06522	35	DLLWLL
5	13	Nottingham Forest	37	13	8	16	62	56	8	2	8	35	23	5	6	8	27	33	1.10714	34	DDLLDW		12-0
1	14	Manchester City	36	15	4	17	66	66	12	3	4	50	23	3	1	13	16	43	1.00000	34	WWLLWL
1	15	Aston Villa	36	12	10	14	53	55	6	7	4	26	21	6	3	10	27	34	.96364	34	LWDWLL
1	16	Liverpool	37	14	6	17	56	65	9	5	5	36	25	5	1	12	20	40	.86154	34	LLLLWD
1	17	Bury	37	13	8	16	59	75	8	6	4	31	25	5	2	12	28	50	.78667	34	LWWWWD
1	18	Chelsea	36	12	9	15	52	60	6	7	4	29	21	6	2	11	23	39	.86667	33	LDWWWL
	19	Bradford City	36	11	9	16	44	45	6	5	6	24	18	5	4	10	20	27	.97778	31	WDWWLW
	20	Leicester Fosse	36	8	9	19	52	97	6	6	7	32	41	2	3	12	20	56	.53608	25	LWLLWL	Relegated	0-12