The City Ground

SEASON: 1907-08

Prev Season: 1906-07
This Season: 1907-08
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 goals)

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 (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 25,000
Lowest League Attendance:: 4,000
Average League Attendance:: 12,631
Highest Cup Attendance:: 0
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 0

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 10
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1)								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	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	Blackburn Rovers	38	12	12	14	51	63	10	7	2	35	23	2	5	12	16	40	.810	36		3-2	3-3
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
15	Woolwich Arsenal	38	12	12	14	51	63	9	8	2	32	18	3	4	12	19	45	.810	36		1-0	1-3
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

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Mon Sep 02, 1907	Liverpool	H	3-1	Win	10,000	3	Hughes (?), Green (?), West (?)
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	Green (?), West (?)
4	Sat Sep 21, 1907	Chelsea	H	6-0	Win	16,000	8	Green (?, ?), Morris (?), West (?, ?, ?)
5	Sat Sep 28, 1907	Newcastle United	A	0-3	Loss	25,000	12
6	Sat Oct 05, 1907	Manchester United	A	0-4	Loss	30,000	15
7	Sat Oct 12, 1907	Blackburn Rovers	H	3-2	Win	12,000	13	Marrison (?), Green (?), West (?)
8	Sat Oct 19, 1907	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-1	Loss	10,000	17
9	Sat Oct 26, 1907	Birmingham City	H	1-1	Draw	11,000	15	West (?)
10	Sat Nov 02, 1907	Everton	A	0-1	Loss	-	17
11	Sat Nov 09, 1907	Sunderland	H	4-1	Win	10,000	12	West (?, ?, ?, ?)
12	Sat Nov 16, 1907	Woolwich Arsenal	A	1-3	Loss	6,000	15	West (?)
13	Sat Nov 23, 1907	The Wednesday	H	2-2	Draw	12,000	15	Shearman (?), West (?)
14	Sat Nov 30, 1907	Bristol City	A	0-3	Loss	7,000	17
15	Sat Dec 07, 1907	Notts County	H	2-0	Win	20,000	16	Needham (?), West (?)
16	Sat Dec 14, 1907	Manchester City	A	2-4	Loss	18,000	17	Marrison (?), West (?)
17	Sat Dec 21, 1907	Preston North End	H	2-2	Draw	8,000	17	West (?), Rodway (? OG)
18	Wed Dec 25, 1907	Aston Villa	A	0-4	Loss	20,000	18
19	Thu Dec 26, 1907	Aston Villa	H	2-2	Draw	20,000	18	West (?, ?)
20	Sat Dec 28, 1907	Bury	A	0-0	Draw	12,000	18
21	Wed Jan 01, 1908	Liverpool	A	0-0	Draw	20,000	19
22	Sat Jan 04, 1908	Middlesbrough	A	1-1	Draw	15,000	18	Whitchurch (?)
23	Sat Jan 18, 1908	Chelsea	A	4-0	Win	35,000	17	Marrison (?), West (?), Whitchurch (?), Spouncer (?)
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	West (?, ?, ?)
26	Sat Feb 15, 1908	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-0	Win	5,000	14	Marrison (?)
	Sat Feb 22, 1908	Birmingham City	A	1-1	Aba	200	15	West (?)
27	Sat Feb 29, 1908	Everton	H	5-2	Win	8,000	12	Green (?, ?, ?), Morris (?), Spouncer (?)
28	Sat Mar 07, 1908	Sunderland	A	2-7	Loss	12,000	15	Marrison (?), West (?)
29	Sat Mar 14, 1908	Woolwich Arsenal	H	1-0	Win	14,000	12	West (?)
30	Sat Mar 21, 1908	The Wednesday	A	1-2	Loss	14,000	14	Morris (?)
31	Sat Mar 28, 1908	Bristol City	H	3-1	Win	15,000	12	West (?, ?), Morris (?)
32	Mon Mar 30, 1908	Birmingham City	A	0-1	Loss	2,000	12
33	Sat Apr 04, 1908	Notts County	A	0-2	Loss	15,000	15
34	Sat Apr 11, 1908	Manchester City	H	3-1	Win	10,000	14	Morris (?, ?, ?)
35	Fri Apr 17, 1908	Manchester United	H	2-0	Win	25,000	11	Marrison (?), West (?)
36	Sat Apr 18, 1908	Preston North End	A	1-0	Win	5,000	8	Whitchurch (?)
37	Mon Apr 20, 1908	Sheffield United	H	1-1	Draw	16,000	7	West (?)
38	Sat Apr 25, 1908	Bury	H	1-2	Loss	4,000	8	Woodland (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 11, 1908	Newcastle United	1			A	0-2	Loss	41,637

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and after the season.

In (1)					In (1)
Date	Player	Details	Fee		Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Thomas Gibson	Bought				Tom Woodland	Sold

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