The City Ground

SEASON: 1907-08

Prev Season: 1906-07
Next Season: 1908-09

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Harry Haslam
FA Cup:: 1st Round (Newcastle United (A) 0-2)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Enoch West (29 goal)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	10 times	8 times	5 times	2 times	2 times
Conceded	11 times	10 times	5 times	3 times	1 time
Won By	4 times	5 times	2 times	1 time	1 time
Lost By	5 times	4 times	3 times	2 times	1 time

ATTENDANCES

Highest League Attendance:: 25,000 (League - Newcastle United)
Lowest League Attendance:: 4,000 (League - Bury)
Average League Attendance:: 12,631
Highest Cup Attendance:: -
Lowest Cup Attendance:: -

MISC

Clean Sheets:: 10
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION ONE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Manchester United	38	23	6	9	81	48	15	1	3	43	19	8	5	6	38	29	1.688	52		2-0	0-4
2	Aston Villa	38	17	9	12	77	59	9	6	4	47	24	8	3	8	30	35	1.305	43		2-2	0-4
3	Manchester City	38	16	11	11	62	54	12	5	2	36	19	4	6	9	26	35	1.148	43		3-1	2-4
4	Newcastle United	38	15	12	11	65	54	11	4	4	41	24	4	8	7	24	30	1.204	42		0-0	0-3
5	The Wednesday	38	19	4	15	73	64	14	0	5	50	25	5	4	10	23	39	1.141	42		2-2	1-2
6	Middlesbrough	38	17	7	14	54	45	12	2	5	32	16	5	5	9	22	29	1.200	41		0-3	1-1
7	Bury	38	14	11	13	58	61	8	7	4	29	22	6	4	9	29	39	.951	39		1-2	0-0
8	Liverpool	38	16	6	16	68	61	11	2	6	43	24	5	4	10	25	37	1.115	38		3-1	0-0
9	Nottingham Forest	38	13	11	14	59	62	11	6	2	42	21	2	5	12	17	41	.952	37
10	Bristol City	38	12	12	14	58	61	8	7	4	29	21	4	5	10	29	40	.951	36		3-1	0-3
11	Everton	38	15	6	17	58	64	11	4	4	34	24	4	2	13	24	40	.906	36		5-2	0-1
12	Preston North End	38	12	12	14	47	53	9	7	3	33	18	3	5	11	14	35	.887	36		2-2	1-0
13	Chelsea	38	14	8	16	53	62	8	3	8	30	35	6	5	8	23	27	.855	36		6-0	4-0
14	Woolwich Arsenal	38	12	12	14	48	58	9	8	2	32	18	3	4	12	16	40	.828	36		1-0	1-3
14	Blackburn Rovers	38	12	12	14	51	63	10	7	2	35	23	2	5	12	16	40	.810	36		3-2	3-3
16	Sunderland	38	16	3	19	78	75	11	2	6	53	31	5	1	13	25	44	1.040	35		4-1	2-7
17	Sheffield United	38	12	11	15	52	58	8	6	5	27	22	4	5	10	25	36	.897	35		1-1	2-2
18	Notts County	38	13	8	17	39	51	9	3	7	24	19	4	5	10	15	32	.765	34		2-0	0-2
19	Bolton Wanderers	38	14	5	19	52	58	10	3	6	35	26	4	2	13	17	32	.897	33	Relegated	1-0	0-1
20	Birmingham City	38	9	12	17	40	60	6	6	7	22	28	3	6	10	18	32	.667	30	Relegated	1-1	1-1
20	Birmingham City	38	9	12	17	40	60	6	6	7	22	28	3	6	10	18	32	.667	30	Relegated	1-1	0-1

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Ground	Notes
1	Mon Sep 02, 1907	Liverpool	H	3-1	Win	10,000	3
2	Sat Sep 07, 1907	Middlesbrough	H	0-3	Loss	12,000	12
3	Sat Sep 14, 1907	Sheffield United	A	2-2	Draw	15,000	12	Bramall Lane
4	Sat Sep 21, 1907	Chelsea	H	6-0	Win	16,000	8
5	Sat Sep 28, 1907	Newcastle United	A	0-3	Loss	25,000	12	St. James Park (Newcastle)
6	Sat Oct 05, 1907	Manchester United	A	0-4	Loss	30,000	15	Bank Street
7	Sat Oct 12, 1907	Blackburn Rovers	H	3-2	Win	12,000	13
8	Sat Oct 19, 1907	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-1	Loss	10,000	17	Burnden Park
9	Sat Oct 26, 1907	Birmingham City	H	1-1	Draw	11,000	15
10	Sat Nov 02, 1907	Everton	A	0-1	Loss	-	17	Goodison Park
11	Sat Nov 09, 1907	Sunderland	H	4-1	Win	10,000	12
12	Sat Nov 16, 1907	Woolwich Arsenal	A	1-3	Loss	6,000	15	Manor Ground
13	Sat Nov 23, 1907	The Wednesday	H	2-2	Draw	12,000	15
14	Sat Nov 30, 1907	Bristol City	A	0-3	Loss	7,000	17	Ashton Gate
15	Sat Dec 07, 1907	Notts County	H	2-0	Win	20,000	16
16	Sat Dec 14, 1907	Manchester City	A	2-4	Loss	18,000	17	Hyde Road
17	Sat Dec 21, 1907	Preston North End	H	2-2	Draw	8,000	17
18	Wed Dec 25, 1907	Aston Villa	A	0-4	Loss	20,000	18	Villa Park
19	Thu Dec 26, 1907	Aston Villa	H	2-2	Draw	20,000	18
20	Sat Dec 28, 1907	Bury	A	0-0	Draw	12,000	18	Gigg Lane
21	Wed Jan 01, 1908	Liverpool	A	0-0	Draw	20,000	19	Anfield
22	Sat Jan 04, 1908	Middlesbrough	A	1-1	Draw	15,000	18	Ayresome Park
23	Sat Jan 18, 1908	Chelsea	A	4-0	Win	35,000	17	Stamford Bridge
24	Sat Jan 25, 1908	Newcastle United	H	0-0	Draw	12,000	16
25	Sat Feb 08, 1908	Blackburn Rovers	A	3-3	Draw	-	17	Ewood Park
26	Sat Feb 15, 1908	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-0	Win	5,000	14
	Sat Feb 22, 1908	Birmingham City	A	1-1	Aba	200	14	St. Andrews	Abandoned due to ground issues
27	Sat Feb 29, 1908	Everton	H	5-2	Win	8,000	12
28	Sat Mar 07, 1908	Sunderland	A	2-7	Loss	12,000	15	Roker Park
29	Sat Mar 14, 1908	Woolwich Arsenal	H	1-0	Win	14,000	12
30	Sat Mar 21, 1908	The Wednesday	A	1-2	Loss	14,000	14	Hillsborough
31	Sat Mar 28, 1908	Bristol City	H	3-1	Win	15,000	12
32	Mon Mar 30, 1908	Birmingham City	A	0-1	Loss	2,000	12	St. Andrews
33	Sat Apr 04, 1908	Notts County	A	0-2	Loss	15,000	15	Trent Bridge
34	Sat Apr 11, 1908	Manchester City	H	3-1	Win	10,000	14
35	Fri Apr 17, 1908	Manchester United	H	2-0	Win	25,000	11
36	Sat Apr 18, 1908	Preston North End	A	1-0	Win	5,000	8	Deepdale
37	Mon Apr 20, 1908	Sheffield United	H	1-1	Draw	16,000	7
38	Sat Apr 25, 1908	Bury	H	1-2	Loss	4,000	8

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Sat Jan 11, 1908	Newcastle United	1			A	0-2	Loss	41,637	St. James Park (Newcastle)

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Harry Linacre	37	12	10	14
D		Edwin Hughes	38	13	11	13	1
D		James Iremonger	4	1	1	2
M		George Maltby	37	12	10	14
M		George Wolfe	18	7	5	5
M		Thomas Gibson	10	2	5	3
M		Walter Dudley	32	12	7	12
M		William Shearman	23	6	8	8	1
F		Alf Spouncer	29	9	9	10	2
F		Arthur Green	19	7	3	9	8
F		Enoch West	37	11	11	14	29
F		George Needham	23	6	6	11	1
F		Grenville Morris	25	10	5	9	7
F		Herbert Whitchurch	7	2	4	1	3
F		Jack Armstrong	40	13	11	15
F		Thomas Marrison	38	13	10	14	6
F		Tom Woodland	2	1		1	1
F		William Hooper	20	6	5	9
		Fred Stanley (1907)	1			1

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
29	Enoch West	37
8	Arthur Green	19
7	Grenville Morris	25
6	Thomas Marrison	38
3	Herbert Whitchurch	7
2	Alf Spouncer	29
1	Edwin Hughes	38
1	George Needham	23
1	Tom Woodland	2
1	William Shearman	23

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1907-08

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Chelsea	Sat Sep 21, 1907	H	6-0	Sat Jan 18, 1908	A	4-0