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SEASON: 1901-02

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This Season: 1901-02
Next Season: 1902-03

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Harry Haslam
FA Cup:: Semi Final (Southampton (N) 1-3)
League Cup:: Did not exist

Top Goalscorer:: John Calvey (14 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1901-02

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Sunderland	34	19	6	9	50	35	12	3	2	32	14	7	3	7	18	21	1.42857	44		2-1	0-4
2	Everton	34	17	7	10	53	35	11	2	4	31	11	6	5	6	22	24	1.51429	41		4-0	0-1
3	Newcastle United	34	14	9	11	48	34	11	3	3	41	14	3	6	8	7	20	1.41176	37		0-2	0-3
4	Blackburn Rovers	34	15	6	13	52	48	12	2	3	36	16	3	4	10	16	32	1.08333	36		3-0	0-1
5	Nottingham Forest	34	13	9	12	43	43	11	4	2	32	13	2	5	10	11	30	1.00000	35
6	Derby County	34	13	9	12	39	41	11	5	1	26	10	2	4	11	13	31	.95122	35		3-1	1-1
7	Bury	34	13	8	13	44	38	11	5	1	31	9	2	3	12	13	29	1.15789	34		2-1	1-1
8	Aston Villa	34	13	8	13	42	40	9	5	3	27	13	4	3	10	15	27	1.05000	34		1-1	0-3
9	The Wednesday	34	13	8	13	48	52	9	5	3	30	14	4	3	10	18	38	.92308	34		1-1	2-0
10	Sheffield United	34	13	7	14	53	48	10	5	2	38	13	3	2	12	15	35	1.10417	33		2-1	2-2
11	Liverpool	34	10	12	12	42	38	8	3	6	28	16	2	9	6	14	22	1.10526	32		1-1	2-0
12	Bolton Wanderers	34	12	8	14	51	56	10	6	1	38	17	2	2	13	13	39	.91071	32		4-1	0-3
13	Notts County	34	14	4	16	51	57	12	2	3	44	19	2	2	13	7	38	.89474	32		1-0	0-3
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	13	6	15	46	57	12	3	2	32	13	1	3	13	14	44	.80702	32		2-0	0-2
15	Grimsby Town	34	13	6	15	44	60	11	3	3	33	16	2	3	12	11	44	.73333	32		0-1	0-1
16	Stoke City	34	11	9	14	45	55	10	4	3	31	12	1	5	11	14	43	.81818	31		2-0	1-1
17	Small Heath	34	11	8	15	47	45	8	5	4	31	14	3	3	11	16	31	1.04444	30	Relegated	1-1	1-1
18	Manchester City	34	11	6	17	42	58	10	3	4	28	17	1	3	13	14	41	.72414	28	Relegated	3-1	1-3

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Competitive Games:: 38
Competitive Goals:: 51
Goals per game:: 1.3
League Games:: 34
League Points:: 35 out of 68 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 51.5%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals
Scored	11 times	10 times	4 times	2 times
Conceded	19 times	3 times	6 times	1 time
Won By	4 times	9 times	2 times	1 time
Lost By	4 times	4 times	4 times	1 time

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		1	3	2	-	1	6	5	4	Everton (4-0), Sunderland (0-4), Sunderland (2-1)
2		2	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Everton (0-1)
3		3	2	-	-	2	0	6	0	Aston Villa (0-3), Newcastle United (0-3)
4	18	4	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Derby County (1-1)
5	28	5	2	-	2	-	2	2	2	Small Heath (1-1), Aston Villa (1-1)
6	39	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	21	7	2	-	-	2	0	3	0	Blackburn Rovers (0-1), Newcastle United (0-2)
8	40	8	3	2	1	-	7	2	5	Blackburn Rovers (3-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (2-0), Sheffield United (2-2)
9	43	9	3	2	1	-	5	2	5	Bury (1-1), Bury (2-1), Stoke City (2-0)
10	4	10	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	The Wednesday (1-1)
11	14	11	2	1	-	1	2	2	2	Sheffield United (2-1), Grimsby Town (0-1)
12	12	12	2	2	-	-	4	0	4	Liverpool (2-0), The Wednesday (2-0)
13		13	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Stoke City (1-1)
14		14	3	1	1	1	4	5	3	Bolton Wanderers (0-3), Derby County (3-1), Liverpool (1-1)
15	7	15	1	1	-	-	4	1	2	Bolton Wanderers (4-1)
16	12	16	2	1	-	1	1	3	2	Notts County (0-3), Notts County (1-0)
17		17	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Grimsby Town (0-1), Small Heath (1-1)
18		18	2	1	-	1	4	4	2	Manchester City (1-3), Manchester City (3-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-2) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 15,000 (Notts County)
Lowest League Attendance:: 1,000 (Everton)
Average League Attendance:: 7,384
Highest Cup Attendance:: -
Lowest Cup Attendance:: -

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 9
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0 ()
Own goals (for):: 1 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Own goals (for):: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Harry Haslam
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Mon Sep 02, 1901	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-2	Loss	6,000	16
2	Sat Sep 07, 1901	Sheffield United	H	2-1	Win	12,000	8	Morris (?, ?)
3	Sat Sep 14, 1901	Grimsby Town	A	0-1	Loss	8,000	16
4	Sat Sep 21, 1901	Bury	A	1-1	Draw	5,000	15	Calvey (?)
5	Sat Sep 28, 1901	Blackburn Rovers	H	3-0	Win	5,000	8	Forman (?), Morris (?), Spouncer (?)
6	Sat Oct 05, 1901	Stoke City	A	1-1	Draw	7,000	9	Forman (?)
7	Sat Oct 12, 1901	Everton	H	4-0	Win	1,000	5	Henderson (?), Forman (?), Morris (?), Spouncer (?)
8	Sat Oct 19, 1901	Sunderland	A	0-4	Loss	15,000	9
9	Sat Oct 26, 1901	Small Heath	H	1-1	Draw	12,000	9	Calvey (?)
10	Sat Nov 02, 1901	Derby County	A	1-1	Draw	13,000	8	Morris (?)
11	Sat Nov 09, 1901	The Wednesday	H	1-1	Draw	-	10	Hitch (?)
12	Sat Nov 16, 1901	Notts County	A	0-3	Loss	12,000	12
13	Sat Nov 23, 1901	Bolton Wanderers	H	4-1	Win	7,000	9	Forman (?), Calvey (?), Spouncer (?, ?)
14	Sat Nov 30, 1901	Manchester City	A	1-3	Loss	1,000	11	Calvey (?)
15	Sat Dec 07, 1901	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-0	Win	7,000	8	Calvey (?), Morris (?)
16	Sat Dec 14, 1901	Liverpool	A	2-0	Win	12,000	6	Capes (?), Calvey (?)
17	Thu Dec 26, 1901	Notts County	H	1-0	Win	15,000	5	Hitch (?)
18	Sat Dec 28, 1901	Aston Villa	A	0-3	Loss	14,000	8
19	Wed Jan 01, 1902	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-1	Loss	2,000	9
20	Thu Jan 02, 1902	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-3	Loss	11,000	10
21	Sat Jan 04, 1902	Sheffield United	A	2-2	Draw	5,000	9	Calvey (?), Spouncer (?)
22	Sat Jan 11, 1902	Grimsby Town	H	0-1	Loss	8,000	11
23	Sat Jan 18, 1902	Bury	H	2-1	Win	-	8	Calvey (?), Spouncer (?)
24	Sat Feb 01, 1902	Stoke City	H	2-0	Win	-	7	Broughton (?), Morris (?)
25	Sat Feb 15, 1902	Sunderland	H	2-1	Win	-	6	Henderson (?), Broughton (?)
26	Sat Mar 01, 1902	Derby County	H	3-1	Win	11,000	6	Forman (?), Calvey (?), Spouncer (?)
27	Sat Mar 08, 1902	The Wednesday	A	2-0	Win	1,000	4	Forman (?), ? (? OG)
28	Wed Mar 19, 1902	Newcastle United	H	0-2	Loss	2,000	5
29	Sat Mar 29, 1902	Manchester City	H	3-1	Win	5,000	6	Broughton (?), Calvey (?, ?)
30	Mon Mar 31, 1902	Everton	A	0-1	Loss	2,000	6
31	Tue Apr 01, 1902	Aston Villa	H	1-1	Draw	8,000	6	Broughton (?)
32	Sat Apr 05, 1902	Small Heath	A	1-1	Draw	6,000	5	Robinson (?)
33	Sat Apr 12, 1902	Liverpool	H	1-1	Draw	3,000	4	Calvey (?)
34	Sat Apr 19, 1902	Newcastle United	A	0-3	Loss	8,000	5

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 25, 1902	Glossop North End	1	A	3-1	Win	-	Forman (?), Morris (?, ?)
Sat Feb 08, 1902	Manchester City	2	A	2-0	Win	16,000	Forman (?), Calvey (?)
Sat Feb 22, 1902	Stoke City	Quarter	H	2-0	Win	-	Forman (?, ?)
Sat Mar 15, 1902	Southampton	Semi	N	1-3	Loss	3,000	Calvey (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Apr 26, 1902	Plymouth Argyle	England	A	10-1	Win	-	Morris (?, ?, ?, ?, ?), Calvey (?, ?), Iremonger (?), Capes (?), Forman (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Harry Haslam
Mon Sep 02, 1901	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers		A	0-2	6,000
Sat Sep 07, 1901	League Tier 1	Sheffield United		H	2-1	12,000	Morris (?, ?)
Sat Sep 14, 1901	League Tier 1	Grimsby Town		A	0-1	8,000
Sat Sep 21, 1901	League Tier 1	Bury		A	1-1	5,000	Calvey (?)
Sat Sep 28, 1901	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers		H	3-0	5,000	Forman (?), Morris (?), Spouncer (?)
Sat Oct 05, 1901	League Tier 1	Stoke City		A	1-1	7,000	Forman (?)
Sat Oct 12, 1901	League Tier 1	Everton		H	4-0	1,000	Henderson (?), Forman (?), Morris (?), Spouncer (?)
Sat Oct 19, 1901	League Tier 1	Sunderland		A	0-4	15,000
Sat Oct 26, 1901	League Tier 1	Small Heath		H	1-1	12,000	Calvey (?)
Sat Nov 02, 1901	League Tier 1	Derby County		A	1-1	13,000	Morris (?)
Sat Nov 09, 1901	League Tier 1	The Wednesday		H	1-1	-	Hitch (?)
Sat Nov 16, 1901	League Tier 1	Notts County		A	0-3	12,000
Sat Nov 23, 1901	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers		H	4-1	7,000	Forman (?), Calvey (?), Spouncer (?, ?)
Sat Nov 30, 1901	League Tier 1	Manchester City		A	1-3	1,000	Calvey (?)
Sat Dec 07, 1901	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers		H	2-0	7,000	Calvey (?), Morris (?)
Sat Dec 14, 1901	League Tier 1	Liverpool		A	2-0	12,000	Capes (?), Calvey (?)
Thu Dec 26, 1901	League Tier 1	Notts County		H	1-0	15,000	Hitch (?)
Sat Dec 28, 1901	League Tier 1	Aston Villa		A	0-3	14,000
Wed Jan 01, 1902	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers		A	0-1	2,000
Thu Jan 02, 1902	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers		A	0-3	11,000
Sat Jan 04, 1902	League Tier 1	Sheffield United		A	2-2	5,000	Calvey (?), Spouncer (?)
Sat Jan 11, 1902	League Tier 1	Grimsby Town		H	0-1	8,000
Sat Jan 18, 1902	League Tier 1	Bury		H	2-1	-	Calvey (?), Spouncer (?)
Sat Jan 25, 1902	FA Cup	Glossop North End	1	A	3-1	-	Forman (?), Morris (?, ?)
Sat Feb 01, 1902	League Tier 1	Stoke City		H	2-0	-	Broughton (?), Morris (?)
Sat Feb 08, 1902	FA Cup	Manchester City	2	A	2-0	16,000	Forman (?), Calvey (?)
Sat Feb 15, 1902	League Tier 1	Sunderland		H	2-1	-	Henderson (?), Broughton (?)
Sat Feb 22, 1902	FA Cup	Stoke City	Quarter	H	2-0	-	Forman (?, ?)
Sat Mar 01, 1902	League Tier 1	Derby County		H	3-1	11,000	Forman (?), Calvey (?), Spouncer (?)
Sat Mar 08, 1902	League Tier 1	The Wednesday		A	2-0	1,000	Forman (?), ? (? OG)
Sat Mar 15, 1902	FA Cup	Southampton	Semi	N	1-3	3,000	Calvey (?)
Wed Mar 19, 1902	League Tier 1	Newcastle United		H	0-2	2,000
Sat Mar 29, 1902	League Tier 1	Manchester City		H	3-1	5,000	Broughton (?), Calvey (?, ?)
Mon Mar 31, 1902	League Tier 1	Everton		A	0-1	2,000
Tue Apr 01, 1902	League Tier 1	Aston Villa		H	1-1	8,000	Broughton (?)
Sat Apr 05, 1902	League Tier 1	Small Heath		A	1-1	6,000	Robinson (?)
Sat Apr 12, 1902	League Tier 1	Liverpool		H	1-1	3,000	Calvey (?)
Sat Apr 19, 1902	League Tier 1	Newcastle United		A	0-3	8,000
Sat Apr 26, 1902	Friendly	Plymouth Argyle		A	10-1	-	Morris (?, ?, ?, ?, ?), Calvey (?, ?), Iremonger (?), Capes (?), Forman (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7) - £0				Out (6) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Alexander Newbigging	Bought			Alfred Hitch	Sold
	Alfred Hitch	Bought			George Saxton	Sold
	George Henderson	Bought			Patrick Murray	Sold
	George Saxton	Bought			Thomas Barnett	Sold
	John White	Bought			William McCurdy	Sold
	Matthew Broughton	Bought		Apr 19, 1902	Arthur Capes	Sold
	Thomas Roberts	Bought

SQUAD

				Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Country	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Scotland	Alexander Newbigging	4	2	1	1
GK		England	Harry Linacre	35	15	8	12
Defenders
D		England	Alfred Hitch	13	5	3	5	2
D		England	James Iremonger	36	15	8	13
D			John White	25	12	5	8
D			William McCurdy	4	2	1	1
Midfielders
M		England	Frank Forman	32	14	6	12	6
M		England	George Robinson	27	11	9	7	1
M			George Saxton	1			1
M		England	John Calvey	38	16	9	13	14
M		England	Matthew Broughton	16	7	2	7	4
M			Robert Norris	4		3	1
M		England	Thomas Barnett	1			1
M			Thomas Roberts	2		2
Forwards
F		England	Alf Spouncer	36	16	9	11	7
F		England	Arthur Capes	29	13	6	10	1
F		England	Fred Forman	19	9	7	3	4
F			George Henderson	27	12	6	9	2
F		Wales	Grenville Morris	30	12	6	12	9
F			Patrick Murray	14	5	4	5
F		England	Sam Timmins	23	10	4	9
F		England	Tom Forman	2			2

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
14	John Calvey	38
9	Grenville Morris	30
7	Alf Spouncer	36
6	Frank Forman	32
4	Fred Forman	19
4	Matthew Broughton	16
2	Alfred Hitch	13
2	George Henderson	27
1	Arthur Capes	29
1	George Robinson	27
1	Own Goals	38

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

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

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

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Grimsby Town	Sat Sep 14, 1901	Away	0-1	Sat Jan 11, 1902	Home	0-1
Newcastle United	Wed Mar 19, 1902	Home	0-2	Sat Apr 19, 1902	Away	0-3