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 Hallam
FA Cup:: 1st Round (Barnsley (A) 1-2)

Top Goalscorer:: Grenville Morris (22 goals)

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%

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)

Champions:: Newcastle United
FA Cup:: The Wednesday

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 4
4-0 (Sat Oct 20, 1906, Clapton Orient, Home, League Tier 2)
4-1 (Sat Jan 26, 1907, Leeds City, Away, League Tier 2)

Biggest Winning Margin: 4
4-0 (Sat Oct 20, 1906, Clapton Orient, Home, League Tier 2)

Most Goals Conceded: 4
2-4 (Sat Jan 05, 1907, Burslem Port Vale, Away, League Tier 2)

Biggest Losing Margin: 3
0-3 (Sat Dec 29, 1906, Grimsby Town, Home, League Tier 2)

Clean Sheets:: 15
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

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1906-07

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	Nottingham Forest	38	28	4	6	74	36	16	2	1	43	13	12	2	5	31	23	2.056	60	Promoted as Champions
2	Chelsea	38	26	5	7	80	34	18	0	1	55	10	8	5	6	25	24	2.353	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	1.590	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	1.844	47		3-1	1-3
5	Bradford City	38	21	5	12	70	53	14	2	3	46	21	7	3	9	24	32	1.321	47		3-0	2-1
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	17	7	14	66	53	13	4	2	49	16	4	3	12	17	37	1.245	41		1-0	0-2
7	Burnley	38	17	6	15	62	47	12	4	3	45	13	5	2	12	17	34	1.319	40		2-0	1-2
8	Barnsley	38	15	8	15	73	55	14	2	3	56	21	1	6	12	17	34	1.327	38		0-0	1-0
9	Hull City	38	15	7	16	65	57	11	2	6	41	20	4	5	10	24	37	1.140	37		2-1	2-1
10	Leeds City	38	13	10	15	55	63	10	5	4	38	26	3	5	11	17	37	.873	36		3-0	4-1
11	Grimsby Town	38	16	3	19	57	62	13	2	4	34	16	3	1	15	23	46	.919	35		0-3	1-3
12	Stockport County	38	12	11	15	42	52	8	8	3	26	12	4	3	12	16	40	.808	35		2-1	0-0
13	Blackpool	38	11	11	16	33	51	9	4	6	25	19	2	7	10	8	32	.647	33		3-0	2-1
14	Gainsborough Trinity	38	14	5	19	45	72	12	3	4	33	20	2	2	15	12	52	.625	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	.671	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	.723	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	.672	30		4-0	1-0
18	Chesterfield	38	11	7	20	50	66	10	3	6	36	26	1	4	14	14	40	.758	29		3-1	1-1
19	Lincoln City	38	12	4	22	46	73	10	2	7	29	24	2	2	15	17	49	.630	28		3-1	2-1
20	Burton United	38	8	7	23	34	68	7	3	9	24	23	1	4	14	10	45	.500	23	Failed re-election	2-0	2-0

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
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

GAMES

Manager for all games: Harry Hallam
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Sep 01, 1906	Grimsby Town	A	1-3	7,000	17	Morris (30')
2	Sat Sep 08, 1906	Burslem Port Vale	H	2-2	-	16	Shearman (?), West (?)
3	Sat Sep 15, 1906	Burnley	A	1-2	-	20	West (?)
4	Sat Sep 22, 1906	Leeds City	H	3-0	5,000	14	Morris (11', 82'), Shearman (49')
5	Sat Sep 29, 1906	Barnsley	A	1-0	-	12	Shearman (?)
6	Thu Oct 04, 1906	Chesterfield	H	3-1	-	5	Morris (?), Whitchurch (?, ?)
7	Sat Oct 06, 1906	Chelsea	H	3-1	24,000	5	Joe Walton (? OG), Morris (?), Hadley (?)
8	Sat Oct 13, 1906	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-2	3,000	5
9	Sat Oct 20, 1906	Clapton Orient	H	4-0	-	5	Shearman (?), West (?), Morris (?), Whitchurch (?)
10	Sat Oct 27, 1906	Gainsborough Trinity	A	3-2	4,000	4	Shearman (?), Morris (?), Whitchurch (?)
11	Sat Nov 03, 1906	Stockport County	H	2-1	7,000	3	Spouncer (?, ?)
12	Sat Nov 10, 1906	Hull City	A	2-1	8,000	2	West (?, ?)
13	Sat Nov 17, 1906	Glossop North End	H	2-0	8,000	2	Spouncer (?), Whitchurch (?)
14	Sat Nov 24, 1906	Blackpool	A	2-1	-	2	Spouncer (?), Whitchurch (?)
15	Sat Dec 01, 1906	Bradford City	H	3-0	8,000	1	Spouncer (?), Morris (?), Marrison (?)
16	Sat Dec 08, 1906	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-3	-	2	West (?)
17	Sat Dec 15, 1906	Leicester Fosse	H	2-1	20,000	1	West (?), Morris (?)
18	Sat Dec 22, 1906	Chesterfield	A	1-1	-	1	Shearman (8')
19	Tue Dec 25, 1906	Burton United	H	2-0	9,000	1	Spouncer (?), West (?)
20	Sat Dec 29, 1906	Grimsby Town	H	0-3	6,000	4
21	Sat Jan 05, 1907	Burslem Port Vale	A	2-4	-	4	West (?), Morris (?)
22	Sat Jan 19, 1907	Burnley	H	2-0	8,000	4	Spouncer (?), Marrison (?)
23	Sat Jan 26, 1907	Leeds City	A	4-1	9,000	3	Morris (5', 40'), Green (7' pen), Marrison (80')
24	Sat Feb 09, 1907	Chelsea	A	2-0	25,000	2	Green (?), Morris (?)
25	Sat Feb 16, 1907	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-0	12,000	2	West (?)
26	Sat Feb 23, 1907	Clapton Orient	A	1-0	6,000	2	Armstrong (?)
27	Sat Mar 02, 1907	Gainsborough Trinity	H	3-1	8,000	2	West (?), Morris (?, ?)
28	Sat Mar 09, 1907	Stockport County	A	0-0	-	2		Safe
29	Sat Mar 16, 1907	Hull City	H	2-1	12,000	2	Hooper (?), Marrison (?)	Safe
30	Sat Mar 23, 1907	Glossop North End	A	2-0	-	2	Hooper (?), Morris (?)	Safe
31	Fri Mar 29, 1907	Lincoln City	A	2-1	-	2	Morris (19'), Green (53')	Safe
32	Sat Mar 30, 1907	Blackpool	H	3-0	11,000	2	Green (?), West (?), Armstrong (?)	Safe
33	Mon Apr 01, 1907	Burton United	A	2-0	5,000	1	Morris (?, ?)	Safe
34	Tue Apr 02, 1907	Barnsley	H	0-0	-	1		Safe
35	Sat Apr 06, 1907	Bradford City	A	2-1	18,800	1	Shearman (11', 13')	Safe
36	Sat Apr 13, 1907	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-1	7,174	1	Green (?), West (?), Marrison (?)	Promoted
37	Sat Apr 20, 1907	Leicester Fosse	A	2-1	12,000	1	Morris (17'), West (22')	Champion
38	Wed Apr 24, 1907	Lincoln City	H	3-1	5,000	1	Morris (30'), Woodland (55'), Green (90')	Champion

FA Cup

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

Friendly

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

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Harry Hallam
Sat Sep 01, 1906	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town			A	1-3	7,000	Morris (30')
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	Morris (11', 82'), Shearman (49')
Sat Sep 29, 1906	League Tier 2	Barnsley			A	1-0	-	Shearman (?)
Thu Oct 04, 1906	League Tier 2	Chesterfield			H	3-1	-	Morris (?), Whitchurch (?, ?)
Sat Oct 06, 1906	League Tier 2	Chelsea			H	3-1	24,000	Joe Walton (? OG), Morris (?), Hadley (?)
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 (?), Morris (?), Whitchurch (?)
Sat Oct 27, 1906	League Tier 2	Gainsborough Trinity			A	3-2	4,000	Shearman (?), Morris (?), Whitchurch (?)
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	Spouncer (?), Whitchurch (?)
Sat Nov 24, 1906	League Tier 2	Blackpool			A	2-1	-	Spouncer (?), Whitchurch (?)
Sat Dec 01, 1906	League Tier 2	Bradford City			H	3-0	8,000	Spouncer (?), Morris (?), Marrison (?)
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 (8')
Tue Dec 25, 1906	League Tier 2	Burton United			H	2-0	9,000	Spouncer (?), West (?)
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	Spouncer (?), Marrison (?)
Sat Jan 26, 1907	League Tier 2	Leeds City			A	4-1	9,000	Morris (5', 40'), Green (7' pen), Marrison (80')
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	West (?), Morris (?, ?)
Sat Mar 09, 1907	League Tier 2	Stockport County			A	0-0	-		Safe
Sat Mar 16, 1907	League Tier 2	Hull City			H	2-1	12,000	Hooper (?), Marrison (?)	Safe
Sat Mar 23, 1907	League Tier 2	Glossop North End			A	2-0	-	Hooper (?), Morris (?)	Safe
Fri Mar 29, 1907	League Tier 2	Lincoln City			A	2-1	-	Morris (19'), Green (53')	Safe
Sat Mar 30, 1907	League Tier 2	Blackpool			H	3-0	11,000	Green (?), West (?), Armstrong (?)	Safe
Mon Apr 01, 1907	League Tier 2	Burton United			A	2-0	5,000	Morris (?, ?)	Safe
Tue Apr 02, 1907	League Tier 2	Barnsley			H	0-0	-		Safe
Sat Apr 06, 1907	League Tier 2	Bradford City			A	2-1	18,800	Shearman (11', 13')	Safe
Sat Apr 13, 1907	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion			H	3-1	7,174	Green (?), West (?), Marrison (?)	Promoted
Sat Apr 20, 1907	League Tier 2	Leicester Fosse			A	2-1	12,000	Morris (17'), West (22')	Champion
Wed Apr 24, 1907	League Tier 2	Lincoln City			H	3-1	5,000	Morris (30'), Woodland (55'), Green (90')	Champion

	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 Jan 12, 1907	Barnsley	1		H	1-1	7,000
Thu Jan 17, 1907	Barnsley	1	1	A	1-2	10,000

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Feb 02, 1907	Northampton Town	England	A	4-3	2,000

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

*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		Charles Radnell	England	20	1	1
GK		Harry Linacre	England	26	34	23	4	7
Defenders
D		Charles Craig	Scotland	32	8	5	2	1
D		Edwin Hughes	Wales	21	38	28	4	6	1
D		Frederick Chapman	England	23	1			1
D		James Iremonger	England	30	5	4	1
Midfielders
M		Billy Shearman	England	27	23	16	3	4	8
M		George Maltby	England	19	31	23	3	5
M		George Wolfe	England	27	15	12	2	1
M		Harry Hadley	England	28	5	1	1	3	1
M		Jack Craggs	England		8	4	1	3
M		Richard Butler	England	21	2	1		1
M		Walter Dudley	England	25	40	28	5	7
Forwards
F		Alf Spouncer	England	29	23	15	3	5	7
F		Arthur Green	Wales	24	13	12	1		6
F		Bill Hooper	England	22	13	11	2		2
F		Enoch West	England	20	35	24	5	6	14
F		Fred Lessons	England	22	3		1	2
F		George Needham	England		24	16	3	5
F		Grenville Morris	Wales	29	38	27	4	7	22
F		Harry Rothery	England	25	4	1	1	2
F		Herbert Whitchurch	England	20	8	7	1		6
F		Jack Armstrong	England	22	40	28	5	7	2
F		Thomas Marrison	England		25	19	3	3	5
F		Tom Woodland	England	24	3	2		1	1

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Num Games
22	Grenville Morris	38
14	Enoch West	35
8	Billy 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