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
: Half-time: 8-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

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 5045)
League Tier 1:: 534 (of 2297)
Competitive:: 684 (of 5768)
Total:: 1360 (of 7556)
Played:: 116 years, 2 months, 11 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
Grenville Morris (6')
Alf Spouncer (8')
Alf Spouncer (10')
Bill Hooper (12')
Alf Spouncer (20') (Pen) - Alf Spouncer last goal
Enoch West (25')
Bill Hooper (30')
Edwin Hughes (35')
Grenville Morris (51')
Enoch West (70')
Enoch West (80')
Bill Hooper (85')

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	28	Walter Dudley
3	M	22	George Maltby
4	D	24	Edwin Hughes (35')
5	F		George Needham
6	F	25	Jack Armstrong
7	F	25	Bill Hooper (12') (30') (85')
8	F		Thomas Marrison
9	F	23	Enoch West (25') (70') (80')
10	F	32	Grenville Morris (6') (51')
11	F	31	Alf Spouncer (8') (10') (20')

	So Far	Last Game*
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	D	33	James Iremonger	297	7	4	1
2	M	28	Walter Dudley	176		4	1
3	M	22	George Maltby	102		4	1
4	D	24	Edwin Hughes (35')	117	3	4	1
5	F		George Needham	62	2	4	1
6	F	25	Jack Armstrong	141	2	4	1
7	F	25	Bill Hooper (12') (30') (85')	72	9	4	1
8	F		Thomas Marrison	101	23	4	1
9	F	23	Enoch West (25') (70') (80')	147	82	4	1
10	F	32	Grenville Morris (6') (51')	347	168	8	2
11	F	31	Alf Spouncer (8') (10') (20')	334	70	4	1

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 (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