The City Ground

SEASON: 1906-07

Prev Season: 1905-06
This Season: 1906-07
Next Season: 1907-08

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Harry Haslam
FA Cup:: 1st Round (Barnsley (A) 1-2)
League Cup:: Did not exist

Top Goalscorer:: Grenville Morris (22 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1906-07								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	Nottingham Forest	38	28	4	6	74	36	16	2	1	43	13	12	2	5	31	23	2.05556	60	Promoted as Champions
2	Chelsea	38	26	5	7	80	34	18	0	1	55	10	8	5	6	25	24	2.35294	57	Promoted	3-1	2-0
3	Leicester Fosse	38	20	8	10	62	39	15	3	1	44	12	5	5	9	18	27	1.58974	48		2-1	2-1
4	West Bromwich Albion	38	21	5	12	83	45	15	2	2	62	15	6	3	10	21	30	1.84444	47		3-1	1-3
5	Bradford City	38	21	5	12	70	53	14	2	3	46	21	7	3	9	24	32	1.32075	47		3-0	2-1
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	17	7	14	66	53	13	4	2	49	16	4	3	12	17	37	1.24528	41		1-0	0-2
7	Burnley	38	17	6	15	62	47	12	4	3	45	13	5	2	12	17	34	1.31915	40		2-0	1-2
8	Barnsley	38	15	8	15	73	55	14	2	3	56	21	1	6	12	17	34	1.32727	38		0-0	1-0
9	Hull City	38	15	7	16	65	57	11	2	6	41	20	4	5	10	24	37	1.14035	37		2-1	2-1
10	Leeds City	38	13	10	15	55	63	10	5	4	38	26	3	5	11	17	37	.87302	36		3-0	4-1
11	Grimsby Town	38	16	3	19	57	62	13	2	4	34	16	3	1	15	23	46	.91935	35		0-3	1-3
12	Stockport County	38	12	11	15	42	52	8	8	3	26	12	4	3	12	16	40	.80769	35		2-1	0-0
13	Blackpool	38	11	11	16	33	51	9	4	6	25	19	2	7	10	8	32	.64706	33		3-0	2-1
14	Gainsborough Trinity	38	14	5	19	45	72	12	3	4	33	20	2	2	15	12	52	.62500	33		3-1	3-2
15	Glossop North End	38	13	6	19	53	79	10	4	5	32	21	3	2	14	21	58	.67089	32		2-0	2-0
16	Burslem Port Vale	38	12	7	19	60	83	11	5	3	45	26	1	2	16	15	57	.72289	31	Failed re-election and resigned from Football League	2-2	2-4
17	Clapton Orient	38	11	8	19	45	67	9	7	3	25	13	2	1	16	20	54	.67164	30		4-0	1-0
18	Chesterfield	38	11	7	20	50	66	10	3	6	36	26	1	4	14	14	40	.75758	29		3-1	1-1
19	Lincoln City	38	12	4	22	46	73	10	2	7	29	24	2	2	15	17	49	.63014	28		3-1	2-1
20	Burton United	38	8	7	23	34	68	7	3	9	24	23	1	4	14	10	45	.50000	23	Failed re-election	2-0	2-0

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Competitive Games:: 40
Competitive Goals:: 76
Goals per game:: 1.9
League Games:: 38
League Points:: 60 out of 76 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 78.9%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals
Scored	9 times	16 times	9 times	2 times
Conceded	16 times	5 times	3 times	1 time
Won By	12 times	11 times	4 times	1 time
Lost By	2 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	44	1	2	2	-	-	5	1	4	Chelsea (3-1), Chelsea (2-0)
2	79	2	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	West Bromwich Albion (1-3)
3	24	3	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Leicester Fosse (2-1)
4	35	4	3	3	-	-	7	3	6	Leicester Fosse (2-1), Bradford City (2-1), West Bromwich Albion (3-1)
5	23	5	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-0)
6		6	1	1	-	-	3	0	2	Bradford City (3-0)
7		7	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Hull City (2-1)
8		8	5	4	1	-	10	4	9	Gainsborough Trinity (3-2), Stockport County (2-1), Burnley (2-0), Gainsborough Trinity (3-1), Barnsley
9		9	2	2	-	-	6	1	4	Clapton Orient (4-0), Hull City (2-1)
10		10	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Stockport County (0-0)
11		11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	5	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13		13	2	1	-	1	5	4	2	Leeds City (3-0), Burslem Port Vale (2-4)
14	7	14	2	1	-	1	3	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-2), Blackpool (3-0)
15		15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16	2	16	5	3	1	1	9	7	7	Burslem Port Vale (2-2), Grimsby Town (0-3), Leeds City (4-1), Clapton Orient (1-0), Lincoln City (2-1)
17	12	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
18		18	5	4	1	-	9	3	9	Barnsley (1-0), Chesterfield (3-1), Blackpool (2-1), Chesterfield (1-1), Glossop North End (2-0)
19		19	1	1	-	-	3	1	2	Lincoln City (3-1)
20	7	20	4	3	-	1	7	2	6	Burnley (1-2), Glossop North End (2-0), Burton United (2-0), Burton United (2-0)

Not included: Week 1 game against Grimsby Town (1-3) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 24,000 (Chelsea)
Lowest League Attendance:: 5,000 (Leeds City)
Average League Attendance:: 10,011
Highest Cup Attendance:: 7,000 (Barnsley)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 7,000 (Barnsley)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 15
Yellow cards:: 0
Red cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 1 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
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	Sat Sep 01, 1906	Grimsby Town	A	1-3	Loss	7,000	17	Morris (?)
2	Sat Sep 08, 1906	Burslem Port Vale	H	2-2	Draw	-	16	Shearman (?), West (?)
3	Sat Sep 15, 1906	Burnley	A	1-2	Loss	-	20	West (?)
4	Sat Sep 22, 1906	Leeds City	H	3-0	Win	5,000	14	Shearman (?), Morris (?, ?)
5	Sat Sep 29, 1906	Barnsley	A	1-0	Win	-	12	Shearman (?)
6	Thu Oct 04, 1906	Chesterfield	H	3-1	Win	-	5	Whitchurch (?, ?), Morris (?)
7	Sat Oct 06, 1906	Chelsea	H	3-1	Win	24,000	5	Hadley (?), Morris (?), Welton (? OG)
8	Sat Oct 13, 1906	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-2	Loss	3,000	5
9	Sat Oct 20, 1906	Clapton Orient	H	4-0	Win	-	5	Shearman (?), West (?), Whitchurch (?), Morris (?)
10	Sat Oct 27, 1906	Gainsborough Trinity	A	3-2	Win	4,000	4	Shearman (?), Whitchurch (?), Morris (?)
11	Sat Nov 03, 1906	Stockport County	H	2-1	Win	7,000	3	Spouncer (?, ?)
12	Sat Nov 10, 1906	Hull City	A	2-1	Win	8,000	2	West (?, ?)
13	Sat Nov 17, 1906	Glossop North End	H	2-0	Win	8,000	2	Whitchurch (?), Spouncer (?)
14	Sat Nov 24, 1906	Blackpool	A	2-1	Win	-	2	Whitchurch (?), Spouncer (?)
15	Sat Dec 01, 1906	Bradford City	H	3-0	Win	8,000	1	Marrison (?), Morris (?), Spouncer (?)
16	Sat Dec 08, 1906	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-3	Loss	-	2	West (?)
17	Sat Dec 15, 1906	Leicester Fosse	H	2-1	Win	20,000	1	West (?), Morris (?)
18	Sat Dec 22, 1906	Chesterfield	A	1-1	Draw	-	1	Shearman (?)
19	Tue Dec 25, 1906	Burton United	H	2-0	Win	9,000	1	West (?), Spouncer (?)
20	Sat Dec 29, 1906	Grimsby Town	H	0-3	Loss	6,000	4
21	Sat Jan 05, 1907	Burslem Port Vale	A	2-4	Loss	-	4	West (?), Morris (?)
22	Sat Jan 19, 1907	Burnley	H	2-0	Win	8,000	4	Marrison (?), Spouncer (?)
23	Sat Jan 26, 1907	Leeds City	A	4-1	Win	9,000	3	Marrison (?), Green (?), Morris (?, ?)
24	Sat Feb 09, 1907	Chelsea	A	2-0	Win	25,000	2	Green (?), Morris (?)
25	Sat Feb 16, 1907	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-0	Win	12,000	2	West (?)
26	Sat Feb 23, 1907	Clapton Orient	A	1-0	Win	6,000	2	Armstrong (?)
27	Sat Mar 02, 1907	Gainsborough Trinity	H	3-1	Win	8,000	2	Morris (?, ?), West (?)
28	Sat Mar 09, 1907	Stockport County	A	0-0	Draw	-	2
29	Sat Mar 16, 1907	Hull City	H	2-1	Win	12,000	2	Hooper (?), Marrison (?)
30	Sat Mar 23, 1907	Glossop North End	A	2-0	Win	-	2	Hooper (?), Morris (?)
31	Fri Mar 29, 1907	Lincoln City	A	2-1	Win	-	2	Green (?), Morris (?)
32	Sat Mar 30, 1907	Blackpool	H	3-0	Win	11,000	2	Armstrong (?), Green (?), West (?)
33	Mon Apr 01, 1907	Burton United	A	2-0	Win	5,000	1	Morris (?, ?)
34	Tue Apr 02, 1907	Barnsley	H	0-0	Draw	-	1
35	Sat Apr 06, 1907	Bradford City	A	2-1	Win	18,800	1	Shearman (?, ?)
36	Sat Apr 13, 1907	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-1	Win	7,174	1	Marrison (?), Green (?), West (?)
37	Sat Apr 20, 1907	Leicester Fosse	A	2-1	Win	12,000	1	Morris (?), West (?)
38	Wed Apr 24, 1907	Lincoln City	H	3-1	Win	5,000	1	Green (?), Morris (?), Woodland (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 12, 1907	Barnsley	1			H	1-1	Draw	7,000	Morris (?)
Thu Jan 17, 1907	Barnsley	1	Y	1	A	1-2	Loss	10,000	Hughes (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Feb 02, 1907	Northampton Town	England	A	4-3	Win	2,000	Green (? pen), Shearman (?), Marrison (?, ?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Harry Haslam
Sat Sep 01, 1906	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town			A	1-3	7,000	Morris (?)
Sat Sep 08, 1906	League Tier 2	Burslem Port Vale			H	2-2	-	Shearman (?), West (?)
Sat Sep 15, 1906	League Tier 2	Burnley			A	1-2	-	West (?)
Sat Sep 22, 1906	League Tier 2	Leeds City			H	3-0	5,000	Shearman (?), Morris (?, ?)
Sat Sep 29, 1906	League Tier 2	Barnsley			A	1-0	-	Shearman (?)
Thu Oct 04, 1906	League Tier 2	Chesterfield			H	3-1	-	Whitchurch (?, ?), Morris (?)
Sat Oct 06, 1906	League Tier 2	Chelsea			H	3-1	24,000	Hadley (?), Morris (?), Welton (? OG)
Sat Oct 13, 1906	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	0-2	3,000
Sat Oct 20, 1906	League Tier 2	Clapton Orient			H	4-0	-	Shearman (?), West (?), Whitchurch (?), Morris (?)
Sat Oct 27, 1906	League Tier 2	Gainsborough Trinity			A	3-2	4,000	Shearman (?), Whitchurch (?), Morris (?)
Sat Nov 03, 1906	League Tier 2	Stockport County			H	2-1	7,000	Spouncer (?, ?)
Sat Nov 10, 1906	League Tier 2	Hull City			A	2-1	8,000	West (?, ?)
Sat Nov 17, 1906	League Tier 2	Glossop North End			H	2-0	8,000	Whitchurch (?), Spouncer (?)
Sat Nov 24, 1906	League Tier 2	Blackpool			A	2-1	-	Whitchurch (?), Spouncer (?)
Sat Dec 01, 1906	League Tier 2	Bradford City			H	3-0	8,000	Marrison (?), Morris (?), Spouncer (?)
Sat Dec 08, 1906	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion			A	1-3	-	West (?)
Sat Dec 15, 1906	League Tier 2	Leicester Fosse			H	2-1	20,000	West (?), Morris (?)
Sat Dec 22, 1906	League Tier 2	Chesterfield			A	1-1	-	Shearman (?)
Tue Dec 25, 1906	League Tier 2	Burton United			H	2-0	9,000	West (?), Spouncer (?)
Sat Dec 29, 1906	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town			H	0-3	6,000
Sat Jan 05, 1907	League Tier 2	Burslem Port Vale			A	2-4	-	West (?), Morris (?)
Sat Jan 12, 1907	FA Cup	Barnsley	1		H	1-1	7,000	Morris (?)
Thu Jan 17, 1907	FA Cup	Barnsley	1	1	A	1-2	10,000	Hughes (?)
Sat Jan 19, 1907	League Tier 2	Burnley			H	2-0	8,000	Marrison (?), Spouncer (?)
Sat Jan 26, 1907	League Tier 2	Leeds City			A	4-1	9,000	Marrison (?), Green (?), Morris (?, ?)
Sat Feb 02, 1907	Friendly	Northampton Town			A	4-3	2,000	Green (? pen), Shearman (?), Marrison (?, ?)
Sat Feb 09, 1907	League Tier 2	Chelsea			A	2-0	25,000	Green (?), Morris (?)
Sat Feb 16, 1907	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	1-0	12,000	West (?)
Sat Feb 23, 1907	League Tier 2	Clapton Orient			A	1-0	6,000	Armstrong (?)
Sat Mar 02, 1907	League Tier 2	Gainsborough Trinity			H	3-1	8,000	Morris (?, ?), West (?)
Sat Mar 09, 1907	League Tier 2	Stockport County			A	0-0	-
Sat Mar 16, 1907	League Tier 2	Hull City			H	2-1	12,000	Hooper (?), Marrison (?)
Sat Mar 23, 1907	League Tier 2	Glossop North End			A	2-0	-	Hooper (?), Morris (?)
Fri Mar 29, 1907	League Tier 2	Lincoln City			A	2-1	-	Green (?), Morris (?)
Sat Mar 30, 1907	League Tier 2	Blackpool			H	3-0	11,000	Armstrong (?), Green (?), West (?)
Mon Apr 01, 1907	League Tier 2	Burton United			A	2-0	5,000	Morris (?, ?)
Tue Apr 02, 1907	League Tier 2	Barnsley			H	0-0	-
Sat Apr 06, 1907	League Tier 2	Bradford City			A	2-1	18,800	Shearman (?, ?)
Sat Apr 13, 1907	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion			H	3-1	7,174	Marrison (?), Green (?), West (?)
Sat Apr 20, 1907	League Tier 2	Leicester Fosse			A	2-1	12,000	Morris (?), West (?)
Wed Apr 24, 1907	League Tier 2	Lincoln City			H	3-1	5,000	Green (?), Morris (?), Woodland (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (6) - £0				Out (7) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Richard Butler	Bought			Charles Craig	Sold
	Tom Woodland	Bought			Charles Radnell	Sold
Aug 1905	George Maltby	Bought			Fred Lessons	Sold
1906	Thomas Marrison	Bought			Frederick Chapman	Sold
May 30, 1906	Charles Radnell	Bought			Harry Hadley	Sold
Feb 1907	Bill Hooper	Bought			Harry Rothery	Sold
					Jack Craggs	Sold

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		England	Charles Radnell	1	1
GK		England	Harry Linacre	34	23	4	7
Defenders
D		Scotland	Charles Craig	8	5	2	1
D		Wales	Edwin Hughes	38	28	4	6	1
D		England	Frederick Chapman	1			1
D		England	James Iremonger	5	4	1
Midfielders
M		England	George Maltby	31	23	3	5
M			George Wolfe	15	12	2	1
M		England	Harry Hadley	5	1	1	3	1
M		England	Jack Craggs	8	4	1	3
M			Richard Butler	2	1		1
M		England	Walter Dudley	40	28	5	7
M			William Shearman	23	16	3	4	8
Forwards
F		England	Alf Spouncer	23	15	3	5	7
F		Wales	Arthur Green	13	12	1		6
F		England	Bill Hooper	13	11	2		2
F		England	Enoch West	35	24	5	6	14
F		England	Fred Lessons	3		1	2
F		England	George Needham	24	16	3	5
F		Wales	Grenville Morris	38	27	4	7	22
F			Harry Rothery	4	1	1	2
F			Herbert Whitchurch	8	7	1		6
F		England	Jack Armstrong	40	28	5	7	2
F		England	Thomas Marrison	25	19	3	3	5
F			Tom Woodland	3	2		1	1

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
22	Grenville Morris	38
14	Enoch West	35
8	William Shearman	23
7	Alf Spouncer	23
6	Arthur Green	13
6	Herbert Whitchurch	8
5	Thomas Marrison	25
2	Bill Hooper	13
2	Jack Armstrong	40
1	Edwin Hughes	38
1	Harry Hadley	5
1	Own Goals	40
1	Tom Woodland	3

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

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Blackpool	Sat Nov 24, 1906	Away	2-1	Sat Mar 30, 1907	Home	3-0
Bradford City	Sat Dec 01, 1906	Home	3-0	Sat Apr 06, 1907	Away	2-1
Burton United	Tue Dec 25, 1906	Home	2-0	Mon Apr 01, 1907	Away	2-0
Chelsea	Sat Oct 06, 1906	Home	3-1	Sat Feb 09, 1907	Away	2-0
Clapton Orient	Sat Oct 20, 1906	Home	4-0	Sat Feb 23, 1907	Away	1-0
Gainsborough Trinity	Sat Oct 27, 1906	Away	3-2	Sat Mar 02, 1907	Home	3-1
Glossop North End	Sat Nov 17, 1906	Home	2-0	Sat Mar 23, 1907	Away	2-0
Hull City	Sat Nov 10, 1906	Away	2-1	Sat Mar 16, 1907	Home	2-1
Leeds City	Sat Sep 22, 1906	Home	3-0	Sat Jan 26, 1907	Away	4-1
Leicester Fosse	Sat Dec 15, 1906	Home	2-1	Sat Apr 20, 1907	Away	2-1
Lincoln City	Fri Mar 29, 1907	Away	2-1	Wed Apr 24, 1907	Home	3-1

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 01, 1906	Away	1-3		Sat Dec 29, 1906	Home	0-3