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SEASON: 1900-01

Prev Season: 1899-00
This Season: 1900-01
Next Season: 1901-02

DIVISION: English First Division (Tier 1)

MANAGER(s):: Harry Hallam
FA Cup:: 2nd Round (Aston Villa (H) 1-3)

Top Goalscorer:: John Calvey (16 goals)

Competitive Games:: 38
Competitive Goals:: 60
Goals per game:: 1.6
League Games:: 34
League Points:: 39 out of 68 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 57.4%

Highest League Attendance:: 18,000 (Notts County)
Lowest League Attendance:: 2,000 (Preston North End)
Average League Attendance:: 9,588
Highest Cup Attendance:: 30,000 (Aston Villa)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 9,000 (Leicester Fosse)

FA Cup:: Tottenham Hotspur
League Cup:
League Trophy:
Community Shield:

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 6
6-1 (Sat Oct 20, 1900, West Bromwich Albion, Away, League Tier 1)

Biggest Winning Margin: 5
6-1 (Sat Oct 20, 1900, West Bromwich Albion, Away, League Tier 1)
5-0 (Sat Nov 24, 1900, Notts County, Home, League Tier 1)

Most Goals Conceded: 4
2-4 (Tue Jan 01, 1901, Bolton Wanderers, Away, League Tier 1)
1-4 (Sat Mar 02, 1901, Everton, Away, League Tier 1)
1-4 (Tue Apr 09, 1901, The Wednesday, Away, League Tier 1)

Biggest Losing Margin: 3
1-4 (Sat Mar 02, 1901, Everton, Away, League Tier 1)
1-4 (Tue Apr 09, 1901, The Wednesday, Away, League Tier 1)

Clean Sheets:: 14
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 1
Penalties conceded:: 2
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1900-01

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Liverpool	34	19	7	8	59	35	12	2	3	36	13	7	5	5	23	22	1.686	45		0-0	0-2
2	Sunderland	34	15	13	6	57	26	12	3	2	43	11	3	10	4	14	15	2.192	43		0-0	1-0
3	Notts County	34	18	4	12	54	46	13	2	2	39	18	5	2	10	15	28	1.174	40		5-0	0-1
4	Nottingham Forest	34	16	7	11	53	36	10	4	3	32	14	6	3	8	21	22	1.472	39
5	Bury	34	16	7	11	53	37	11	3	3	31	10	5	4	8	22	27	1.432	39		1-1	1-0
6	Newcastle United	34	14	10	10	42	37	10	5	2	27	13	4	5	8	15	24	1.135	38		1-2	0-0
7	Everton	34	16	5	13	55	42	10	4	3	37	17	6	1	10	18	25	1.310	37		2-1	1-4
8	The Wednesday	34	13	10	11	52	42	13	2	2	38	16	0	8	9	14	26	1.238	36		1-0	1-4
9	Blackburn Rovers	34	12	9	13	39	47	9	4	4	24	18	3	5	9	15	29	.830	33		0-1	3-1
10	Bolton Wanderers	34	13	7	14	39	55	10	5	2	21	12	3	2	12	18	43	.709	33		3-0	2-4
11	Manchester City	34	13	6	15	48	58	12	3	2	32	16	1	3	13	16	42	.828	32		4-2	0-1
12	Derby County	34	12	7	15	55	42	10	4	3	43	18	2	3	12	12	24	1.310	31		1-0	0-0
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	9	13	12	39	55	6	10	1	21	15	3	3	11	18	40	.709	31		2-1	0-1
14	Sheffield United	34	12	7	15	35	52	8	4	5	22	23	4	3	10	13	29	.673	31		2-0	1-0
15	Aston Villa	34	10	10	14	45	51	8	5	4	32	18	2	5	10	13	33	.882	30		3-1	1-2
16	Stoke City	34	11	5	18	46	57	8	3	6	23	15	3	2	12	23	42	.807	27		1-1	3-0
17	Preston North End	34	9	7	18	49	75	6	4	7	29	30	3	3	11	20	45	.653	25	Relegated	4-1	1-1
18	West Bromwich Albion	34	7	8	19	35	62	4	4	9	21	27	3	4	10	14	35	.565	22	Relegated	2-3	6-1

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	14 times	5 times	4 times	2 times	3 times
Conceded	15 times	4 times	2 times	3 times
Won By	7 times	4 times	3 times	1 time	2 times
Lost By	7 times	3 times	2 times

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1	133	1	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Sunderland (0-0)
2	42	2	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Liverpool (0-2)
3	18	3	2	1	1	-	2	1	3	Bury (1-1), Bury (1-0)
4	15	4	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Liverpool (0-0)
5		5	2	-	-	2	2	4	0	Aston Villa (1-2), Newcastle United (1-2)
6	7	6	1	-	-	1	1	4	0	Everton (1-4)
7		7	2	1	-	1	1	1	2	Sunderland (1-0), Notts County (0-1)
8	5	8	4	4	-	-	8	3	8	The Wednesday (1-0), Everton (2-1), Sheffield United (1-0), Manchester City (4-2)
9		9	2	1	-	1	6	4	2	Notts County (5-0), The Wednesday (1-4)
10	14	10	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Blackburn Rovers (0-1)
11	2	11	4	3	-	1	6	3	6	Derby County (1-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (2-1), Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-1), Aston Villa (3-1)
12		12	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Derby County (0-0)
13	5	13	1	1	-	-	3	1	2	Blackburn Rovers (3-1)
14		14	2	1	-	1	3	1	2	Manchester City (0-1), Stoke City (3-0)
15		15	2	2	-	-	7	1	4	Preston North End (4-1), Bolton Wanderers (3-0)
16		16	1	1	-	-	6	1	2	West Bromwich Albion (6-1)
17		17	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	Sheffield United (2-0)
18		18	4	-	2	2	6	9	2	Stoke City (1-1), Preston North End (1-1), Bolton Wanderers (2-4), West Bromwich Albion (2-3)

Not included: Week 1 game against Newcastle United (0-0) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

Manager for all games: Harry Hallam
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Sep 01, 1900	Newcastle United	A	0-0	2,000	11
2	Sat Sep 08, 1900	Sheffield United	H	2-0	12,000	6	Forman (? pen), Calvey (?)
3	Sat Sep 15, 1900	Manchester City	A	0-1	18,000	10
4	Sat Sep 22, 1900	Bury	H	1-1	12,000	10	Norris (?)
5	Sat Sep 29, 1900	The Wednesday	H	1-0	5,000	8	Morris (?)
6	Thu Oct 04, 1900	Preston North End	H	4-1	2,000	3	Calvey (10'), Forman (27', 79'), Capes (69')
7	Sat Oct 06, 1900	Blackburn Rovers	A	3-1	5,000	2	Morris (?, ?), Calvey (?)
8	Sat Oct 13, 1900	Stoke City	H	1-1	11,000	3	Capes (?)
9	Sat Oct 20, 1900	West Bromwich Albion	A	6-1	12,000	1	Spouncer (?, ?), Morris (?, ?, ?), Calvey (?)
10	Sat Oct 27, 1900	Everton	H	2-1	13,000	1	Capes (?), Morris (?)
11	Sat Nov 03, 1900	Sunderland	A	1-0	18,000	1	Spouncer (?)
12	Sat Nov 10, 1900	Derby County	H	1-0	16,000	1	Calvey (?)
13	Sat Nov 24, 1900	Notts County	H	5-0	18,000	1	Norris (9'), Forman (50'), Calvey (65'), Morris (75'), Spouncer (80')
14	Sat Dec 01, 1900	Preston North End	A	1-1	4,000	1	Capes (?)
15	Sat Dec 08, 1900	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-1	9,000	1	Capes (?, ?)
16	Sat Dec 15, 1900	Aston Villa	A	1-2	2,000	1	Forman (87')
17	Sat Dec 22, 1900	Liverpool	H	0-0	8,000	1
18	Tue Dec 25, 1900	Bolton Wanderers	H	3-0	7,000	1	Forman (?, ?), Morris (?)
19	Wed Dec 26, 1900	Notts County	A	0-1	25,000	1
20	Sat Dec 29, 1900	Newcastle United	H	1-2	15,000	1	Morris (?)
21	Tue Jan 01, 1901	Bolton Wanderers	A	2-4	15,000	1	McPherson (7'), Spouncer (20')
22	Sat Jan 05, 1901	Sheffield United	A	1-0	18,000	1	Spouncer (18')
23	Sat Jan 12, 1901	Manchester City	H	4-2	8,000	1	Calvey (8', 16', 70'), Morris (10')
	Sat Jan 19, 1901	Bury	A	1-1	-		Murray (?)
24	Sat Feb 16, 1901	Stoke City	A	3-0	6,000	1	Morris (?), Calvey (?, ?)
25	Sat Mar 02, 1901	Everton	A	1-4	12,000	2	Murray (?)
26	Sat Mar 09, 1901	Sunderland	H	0-0	7,000	2
27	Wed Mar 13, 1901	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-3	3,000	2	Morris (?), Murray (?)
28	Sat Mar 16, 1901	Derby County	A	0-0	14,000	2		Safe
29	Wed Mar 27, 1901	Bury	A	1-0	5,000	2	Calvey (?)	Safe
30	Mon Apr 08, 1901	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-1	12,000	3		Safe
31	Tue Apr 09, 1901	The Wednesday	A	1-4	18,000	3	Morris (?)	Safe
32	Sat Apr 13, 1901	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	3,000	4		Safe
33	Sat Apr 20, 1901	Aston Villa	H	3-1	5,000	3	Capes (28', 76'), Calvey (75')	Safe
34	Sat Apr 27, 1901	Liverpool	A	0-2	16,000	4		Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Feb 09, 1901	Leicester Fosse	1		H	5-1	9,000	Morris (?), Calvey (4', 15', 21'), Forman (62')
Sat Feb 23, 1901	Aston Villa	2		A	0-0	4,000
Wed Feb 27, 1901	Aston Villa	2	1	H	1-3	30,000	Spouncer (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Nov 17, 1900	Gainsborough Trinity	England	A	4-2	1,000	Morris (?, ?), Calvey (?, ?)
Fri Apr 05, 1901	Woolwich Arsenal	England	A	1-1	-	Murray (2')
Sat Apr 06, 1901	Corinthians	England	A	1-2	4,000	Capes (?)
Tue Apr 30, 1901	Small Heath	England	A	1-3	900	Calvey (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Harry Hallam
Sat Sep 01, 1900	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			A	0-0	2,000
Sat Sep 08, 1900	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			H	2-0	12,000	Forman (? pen), Calvey (?)
Sat Sep 15, 1900	League Tier 1	Manchester City			A	0-1	18,000
Sat Sep 22, 1900	League Tier 1	Bury			H	1-1	12,000	Norris (?)
Sat Sep 29, 1900	League Tier 1	The Wednesday			H	1-0	5,000	Morris (?)
Thu Oct 04, 1900	League Tier 1	Preston North End			H	4-1	2,000	Calvey (10'), Forman (27', 79'), Capes (69')
Sat Oct 06, 1900	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			A	3-1	5,000	Morris (?, ?), Calvey (?)
Sat Oct 13, 1900	League Tier 1	Stoke City			H	1-1	11,000	Capes (?)
Sat Oct 20, 1900	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			A	6-1	12,000	Spouncer (?, ?), Morris (?, ?, ?), Calvey (?)
Sat Oct 27, 1900	League Tier 1	Everton			H	2-1	13,000	Capes (?), Morris (?)
Sat Nov 03, 1900	League Tier 1	Sunderland			A	1-0	18,000	Spouncer (?)
Sat Nov 10, 1900	League Tier 1	Derby County			H	1-0	16,000	Calvey (?)
Sat Nov 17, 1900	Friendly	Gainsborough Trinity			A	4-2	1,000	Morris (?, ?), Calvey (?, ?)
Sat Nov 24, 1900	League Tier 1	Notts County			H	5-0	18,000	Norris (9'), Forman (50'), Calvey (65'), Morris (75'), Spouncer (80')
Sat Dec 01, 1900	League Tier 1	Preston North End			A	1-1	4,000	Capes (?)
Sat Dec 08, 1900	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	2-1	9,000	Capes (?, ?)
Sat Dec 15, 1900	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	1-2	2,000	Forman (87')
Sat Dec 22, 1900	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	0-0	8,000
Tue Dec 25, 1900	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			H	3-0	7,000	Forman (?, ?), Morris (?)
Wed Dec 26, 1900	League Tier 1	Notts County			A	0-1	25,000
Sat Dec 29, 1900	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			H	1-2	15,000	Morris (?)
Tue Jan 01, 1901	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			A	2-4	15,000	McPherson (7'), Spouncer (20')
Sat Jan 05, 1901	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			A	1-0	18,000	Spouncer (18')
Sat Jan 12, 1901	League Tier 1	Manchester City			H	4-2	8,000	Calvey (8', 16', 70'), Morris (10')
Sat Jan 19, 1901	League Tier 1	Bury			A	1-1	-	Murray (?)
Sat Feb 09, 1901	FA Cup	Leicester Fosse	1		H	5-1	9,000	Morris (?), Calvey (4', 15', 21'), Forman (62')
Sat Feb 16, 1901	League Tier 1	Stoke City			A	3-0	6,000	Morris (?), Calvey (?, ?)
Sat Feb 23, 1901	FA Cup	Aston Villa	2		A	0-0	4,000
Wed Feb 27, 1901	FA Cup	Aston Villa	2	1	H	1-3	30,000	Spouncer (?)
Sat Mar 02, 1901	League Tier 1	Everton			A	1-4	12,000	Murray (?)
Sat Mar 09, 1901	League Tier 1	Sunderland			H	0-0	7,000
Wed Mar 13, 1901	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			H	2-3	3,000	Morris (?), Murray (?)
Sat Mar 16, 1901	League Tier 1	Derby County			A	0-0	14,000		Safe
Wed Mar 27, 1901	League Tier 1	Bury			A	1-0	5,000	Calvey (?)	Safe
Fri Apr 05, 1901	Friendly	Woolwich Arsenal			A	1-1	-	Murray (2')	Safe
Sat Apr 06, 1901	Friendly	Corinthians			A	1-2	4,000	Capes (?)	Safe
Mon Apr 08, 1901	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			H	0-1	12,000		Safe
Tue Apr 09, 1901	League Tier 1	The Wednesday			A	1-4	18,000	Morris (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 13, 1901	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	0-1	3,000		Safe
Sat Apr 20, 1901	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			H	3-1	5,000	Capes (28', 76'), Calvey (75')	Safe
Sat Apr 27, 1901	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	0-2	16,000		Safe
Tue Apr 30, 1901	Friendly	Small Heath			A	1-3	900	Calvey (?)	Safe

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Feb 09, 1901	Leicester Fosse	1		H	5-1	9,000
Sat Feb 23, 1901	Aston Villa	2		A	0-0	4,000
Wed Feb 27, 1901	Aston Villa	2	1	H	1-3	30,000

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (6) - £120				Out (6) - £100
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Morgan Morgan-Owen	Bought			Morgan Morgan-Owen	Sold
	Thomas Barnett	Bought		1900	Rabbie Beveridge	Sold
1900	George McDiarmid	Bought		1901	Edward Peers	Sold
1900	Sam Timmins	Bought		1901	George McDiarmid	Sold
Feb 01, 1901	William McCurdy	Bought		May 30, 1901	Alf Dean	Sold	£100
Mar 01, 1901	Alf Dean	Bought	£120	May 31, 1902	John McPherson	Sold

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Harry Linacre	England	20	38	17	8	12
Defenders
D		Edward Peers	England	27	28	16	7	4
D		George McDiarmid			4		1	3
D		James Iremonger	England	24	38	17	8	12
D		William McCurdy	Scotland	23	7	1	1	5
Midfielders
M		Alf Dean	England	23	7	1	2	4
M		Bob Norris	England	25	25	15	5	4	2
M		Frank Forman	England	25	31	15	6	9	1
M		George Robinson	England	25	37	16	8	12
M		John McPherson	Scotland	33	11	3	3	5	1
M		Morgan Morgan-Owen	Wales	23	1			1
M		Thomas Barnett	England	23	1		1
Forwards
F		Alf Spouncer	England	23	32	14	7	10	7
F		Arthur Capes	England	25	32	14	7	11	8
F		Fred Forman	England	26	31	15	8	7	7
F		Grenville Morris	Wales	23	36	17	7	11	15
F		John Calvey	England	25	31	17	5	8	16
F		Patrick Murray		26	17	6	3	7	3
F		Rabbie Beveridge	Scotland	23	1			1
F		Sam Timmins	England		8	2	1	5
F		Tom Forman	England	20	2	1		1

		George Toyne	England	19
		Rivers
		Robertson (1901)

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Num Games
16	John Calvey	31
15	Grenville Morris	36
8	Arthur Capes	32
7	Alf Spouncer	32
7	Fred Forman	31
3	Patrick Murray	17
2	Bob Norris	25
1	Frank Forman	31
1	John McPherson	11

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Sheffield United	Sat Sep 08, 1900	Home	2-0		Sat Jan 05, 1901	Away	1-0

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score