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SEASON: 1910-11

Prev Season: 1909-10
This Season: 1910-11
Next Season: 1911-12

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Fred Earp
FA Cup:: 1st Round (West Ham United (A) 1-2)
League Cup:: Not started

Top Goalscorer:: Grenville Morris (12 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1910-11								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	22	8	8	72	40	14	4	1	47	18	8	4	7	25	22	1.800	52	Champions	2-1	2-4
2	Aston Villa	38	22	7	9	69	41	15	3	1	50	18	7	4	8	19	23	1.683	51		3-1	1-3
3	Sunderland	38	15	15	8	67	48	10	6	3	44	22	5	9	5	23	26	1.396	45		1-3	2-2
4	Everton	38	19	7	12	50	36	12	3	4	34	17	7	4	8	16	19	1.389	45		1-1	1-2
5	Bradford City	38	20	5	13	51	42	13	1	5	33	16	7	4	8	18	26	1.214	45		0-2	1-2
6	The Wednesday	38	17	8	13	47	48	10	5	4	24	15	7	3	9	23	33	.979	42		0-1	2-5
7	Oldham Athletic	38	16	9	13	44	41	13	4	2	30	12	3	5	11	14	29	1.073	41		4-1	0-2
8	Newcastle United	38	15	10	13	61	43	8	7	4	37	18	7	3	9	24	25	1.419	40		0-1	1-4
9	Sheffield United	38	15	8	15	49	43	8	3	8	27	21	7	5	7	22	22	1.140	38		1-2	1-0
10	Woolwich Arsenal	38	13	12	13	41	49	9	6	4	24	14	4	6	9	17	35	.837	38		2-3	2-3
11	Notts County	38	14	10	14	37	45	9	6	4	21	16	5	4	10	16	29	.822	38		0-2	1-1
12	Blackburn Rovers	38	13	11	14	62	54	12	2	5	40	14	1	9	9	22	40	1.148	37		5-2	1-4
13	Liverpool	38	15	7	16	53	53	11	3	5	38	19	4	4	11	15	34	1.000	37		2-0	3-2
14	Preston North End	38	12	11	15	40	49	8	5	6	25	19	4	6	9	15	30	.816	35		1-3	2-0
15	Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	6	19	52	63	10	5	4	40	23	3	1	15	12	40	.825	32		1-2	4-1
16	Middlesbrough	38	11	10	17	49	63	9	5	5	31	21	2	5	12	18	42	.778	32		1-1	2-2
17	Manchester City	38	9	13	16	43	58	7	5	7	26	26	2	8	9	17	32	.741	31		0-0	0-1
18	Bury	38	9	11	18	43	71	8	9	2	27	18	1	2	16	16	53	.606	29		1-2	0-1
19	Bristol City	38	11	5	22	43	66	8	4	7	23	21	3	1	15	20	45	.652	27	Relegated	3-3	1-5
20	Nottingham Forest	38	9	7	22	55	75	5	4	10	28	31	4	3	12	27	44	.733	25	Relegated

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Competitive Games:: 39
Competitive Goals:: 56
Goals per game:: 1.4
League Games:: 38
League Points:: 25 out of 76 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 32.9%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	16 times	9 times	3 times	2 times	1 time
Conceded	11 times	13 times	6 times	3 times	2 times
Won By	3 times	3 times	3 times
Lost By	12 times	7 times	3 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	2	-	1	1	4	6	1	Sunderland (2-2), Manchester United (2-4)
2	16	2	2	1	-	1	3	4	2	Manchester United (2-1), Aston Villa (1-3)
3	14	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	35	4	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Sunderland (1-3)
5	21	5	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Middlesbrough (1-1), Newcastle United (0-1)
6	7	6	3	-	1	2	4	6	1	Middlesbrough (2-2), Sheffield United (1-2), Everton (1-2)
7	14	7	3	-	2	1	2	4	2	Notts County (1-1), Everton (1-1), Bradford City (0-2)
8	12	8	2	1	-	1	3	3	2	Aston Villa (3-1), Oldham Athletic (0-2)
9	44	9	3	1	-	2	2	5	2	Sheffield United (1-0), Newcastle United (1-4), The Wednesday (0-1)
10		10	3	2	-	1	8	5	4	Liverpool (3-2), Bradford City (1-2), Oldham Athletic (4-1)
11	7	11	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Notts County (0-2)
12	7	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	2	13	2	1	-	1	5	5	2	Tottenham Hotspur (4-1), Blackburn Rovers (1-4)
14	5	14	2	1	-	1	3	2	2	Bury (1-2), Liverpool (2-0)
15	7	15	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Preston North End (1-3)
16	7	16	2	1	-	1	7	5	2	Woolwich Arsenal (2-3), Blackburn Rovers (5-2)
17	7	17	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur (1-2)
18	7	18	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Manchester City (0-0)
19	21	19	2	-	-	2	2	6	0	The Wednesday (2-5), Bury (0-1)
20	7	20	4	-	1	3	6	12	1	Manchester City (0-1), Bristol City (3-3), Woolwich Arsenal (2-3), Bristol City (1-5)

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

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 20,000 (Manchester United)
Lowest League Attendance:: 6,000 (The Wednesday)
Average League Attendance:: 10,947
Highest Cup Attendance:: -
Lowest Cup Attendance:: -

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 4
Yellow cards:: 0
Red cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 1 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Fred Earp
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Thu Sep 01, 1910	Preston North End	A	2-0	Win	10,000	2	Hooper (?), Ford (?)
2	Sat Sep 03, 1910	Notts County	A	1-1	Draw	27,000	4	Morris (?)
3	Sat Sep 10, 1910	Manchester United	H	2-1	Win	20,000	2	Derrick (?), Morris (?)
4	Sat Sep 17, 1910	Liverpool	A	3-2	Win	28,000	2	Lockett (?), Morris (?), Ford (?)
5	Sat Sep 24, 1910	Bury	H	1-2	Loss	12,000	4	Derrick (?)
6	Sat Oct 01, 1910	Sheffield United	A	1-0	Win	15,000	4	Wolfe (?)
7	Thu Oct 06, 1910	Preston North End	H	1-3	Loss	8,000	4	Maltby (?)
8	Sat Oct 08, 1910	Aston Villa	H	3-1	Win	20,000	3	Marrison (?, ?), Ford (?)
9	Sat Oct 15, 1910	Sunderland	A	2-2	Draw	20,000	3	Hooper (?), Marrison (?)
10	Sat Oct 22, 1910	Woolwich Arsenal	H	2-3	Loss	10,000	4	Lockett (?), Marrison (?)
11	Sat Oct 29, 1910	Bradford City	A	1-2	Loss	17,000	5	Morris (?)
12	Sat Nov 05, 1910	Blackburn Rovers	H	5-2	Win	7,000	5	Hooper (?), Marrison (?, ?, ?), Morris (?)
13	Sat Nov 12, 1910	Oldham Athletic	H	4-1	Win	7,000	4	Lockett (?, ?), Morris (?), Ford (?)
14	Sat Nov 19, 1910	Manchester City	A	0-1	Loss	16,000	6
15	Sat Nov 26, 1910	Everton	H	1-1	Draw	7,000	5	Needham (?)
16	Sat Dec 03, 1910	The Wednesday	A	2-5	Loss	5,000	7	Fisher (?), Morris (?)
17	Sat Dec 10, 1910	Bristol City	H	3-3	Draw	8,000	7	Needham (?), Hooper (?), Morris (?)
18	Sat Dec 17, 1910	Newcastle United	A	1-4	Loss	12,000	8	Lockett (?)
19	Sat Dec 24, 1910	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-2	Loss	10,000	9	Morris (?)
20	Mon Dec 26, 1910	Tottenham Hotspur	A	4-1	Win	35,000	8	Hooper (?, ?), Bailey (?), Armstrong (?)
21	Tue Dec 27, 1910	Middlesbrough	H	1-1	Draw	20,000	8	Marrison (?)
22	Sat Dec 31, 1910	Notts County	H	0-2	Loss	15,000	9
23	Mon Jan 02, 1911	Middlesbrough	A	2-2	Draw	15,000	9	Marrison (?), Derrick (?)
24	Sat Jan 07, 1911	Manchester United	A	2-4	Loss	18,000	9	Hughes (?), Marrison (?)
25	Sat Jan 21, 1911	Liverpool	H	2-0	Win	7,000	9	Morris (?), Armstrong (?)
26	Sat Jan 28, 1911	Bury	A	0-1	Loss	10,000	9
27	Sat Feb 04, 1911	Sheffield United	H	1-2	Loss	10,000	9	Maltby (?)
28	Sat Feb 11, 1911	Aston Villa	A	1-3	Loss	18,400	11	Derrick (?)
29	Sat Feb 18, 1911	Sunderland	H	1-3	Loss	9,000	12	Derrick (?)
30	Sat Feb 25, 1911	Woolwich Arsenal	A	2-3	Loss	6,000	13	Morris (?), Ridley (?)
31	Sat Mar 04, 1911	Bradford City	H	0-2	Loss	17,000	15
32	Sat Mar 18, 1911	Oldham Athletic	A	0-2	Loss	8,000	17
33	Sat Mar 25, 1911	Manchester City	H	0-0	Draw	8,000	18
34	Mon Mar 27, 1911	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-4	Loss	10,000	18	Smith (?)
35	Wed Apr 05, 1911	Newcastle United	H	0-1	Loss	7,000	19
36	Sat Apr 08, 1911	The Wednesday	H	0-1	Loss	6,000	19
37	Fri Apr 14, 1911	Everton	A	1-2	Loss	-	19	Ford (?)
38	Sat Apr 15, 1911	Bristol City	A	1-5	Loss	6,000	19	Derrick (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 14, 1911	West Ham United	1			A	1-2	Loss	12,000	Morris (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Sep 26, 1910	Northampton Town	England	A	0-1	Loss	-
Mon Apr 17, 1911	Queen's Park	Scotland	H	1-2	Loss	4,000	Derrick (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Fred Earp
Thu Sep 01, 1910	League Tier 1	Preston North End		A	2-0	10,000	Hooper (?), Ford (?)
Sat Sep 03, 1910	League Tier 1	Notts County		A	1-1	27,000	Morris (?)
Sat Sep 10, 1910	League Tier 1	Manchester United		H	2-1	20,000	Derrick (?), Morris (?)
Sat Sep 17, 1910	League Tier 1	Liverpool		A	3-2	28,000	Lockett (?), Morris (?), Ford (?)
Sat Sep 24, 1910	League Tier 1	Bury		H	1-2	12,000	Derrick (?)
Mon Sep 26, 1910	Friendly	Northampton Town		A	0-1	-
Sat Oct 01, 1910	League Tier 1	Sheffield United		A	1-0	15,000	Wolfe (?)
Thu Oct 06, 1910	League Tier 1	Preston North End		H	1-3	8,000	Maltby (?)
Sat Oct 08, 1910	League Tier 1	Aston Villa		H	3-1	20,000	Marrison (?, ?), Ford (?)
Sat Oct 15, 1910	League Tier 1	Sunderland		A	2-2	20,000	Hooper (?), Marrison (?)
Sat Oct 22, 1910	League Tier 1	Woolwich Arsenal		H	2-3	10,000	Lockett (?), Marrison (?)
Sat Oct 29, 1910	League Tier 1	Bradford City		A	1-2	17,000	Morris (?)
Sat Nov 05, 1910	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers		H	5-2	7,000	Hooper (?), Marrison (?, ?, ?), Morris (?)
Sat Nov 12, 1910	League Tier 1	Oldham Athletic		H	4-1	7,000	Lockett (?, ?), Morris (?), Ford (?)
Sat Nov 19, 1910	League Tier 1	Manchester City		A	0-1	16,000
Sat Nov 26, 1910	League Tier 1	Everton		H	1-1	7,000	Needham (?)
Sat Dec 03, 1910	League Tier 1	The Wednesday		A	2-5	5,000	Fisher (?), Morris (?)
Sat Dec 10, 1910	League Tier 1	Bristol City		H	3-3	8,000	Needham (?), Hooper (?), Morris (?)
Sat Dec 17, 1910	League Tier 1	Newcastle United		A	1-4	12,000	Lockett (?)
Sat Dec 24, 1910	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur		H	1-2	10,000	Morris (?)
Mon Dec 26, 1910	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur		A	4-1	35,000	Hooper (?, ?), Bailey (?), Armstrong (?)
Tue Dec 27, 1910	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough		H	1-1	20,000	Marrison (?)
Sat Dec 31, 1910	League Tier 1	Notts County		H	0-2	15,000
Mon Jan 02, 1911	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough		A	2-2	15,000	Marrison (?), Derrick (?)
Sat Jan 07, 1911	League Tier 1	Manchester United		A	2-4	18,000	Hughes (?), Marrison (?)
Sat Jan 14, 1911	FA Cup	West Ham United	1	A	1-2	12,000	Morris (?)
Sat Jan 21, 1911	League Tier 1	Liverpool		H	2-0	7,000	Morris (?), Armstrong (?)
Sat Jan 28, 1911	League Tier 1	Bury		A	0-1	10,000
Sat Feb 04, 1911	League Tier 1	Sheffield United		H	1-2	10,000	Maltby (?)
Sat Feb 11, 1911	League Tier 1	Aston Villa		A	1-3	18,400	Derrick (?)
Sat Feb 18, 1911	League Tier 1	Sunderland		H	1-3	9,000	Derrick (?)
Sat Feb 25, 1911	League Tier 1	Woolwich Arsenal		A	2-3	6,000	Morris (?), Ridley (?)
Sat Mar 04, 1911	League Tier 1	Bradford City		H	0-2	17,000
Sat Mar 18, 1911	League Tier 1	Oldham Athletic		A	0-2	8,000
Sat Mar 25, 1911	League Tier 1	Manchester City		H	0-0	8,000
Mon Mar 27, 1911	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers		A	1-4	10,000	Smith (?)
Wed Apr 05, 1911	League Tier 1	Newcastle United		H	0-1	7,000
Sat Apr 08, 1911	League Tier 1	The Wednesday		H	0-1	6,000
Fri Apr 14, 1911	League Tier 1	Everton		A	1-2	-	Ford (?)
Sat Apr 15, 1911	League Tier 1	Bristol City		A	1-5	6,000	Derrick (?)
Mon Apr 17, 1911	Friendly	Queen's Park		H	1-2	4,000	Derrick (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (10) - £350				Out (12) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Alf Rowlands	Bought			Alf Rowlands	Sold
	Alfred Fisher	Bought			George Wolfe	Sold
	Harold Lockett	Bought			Harold Lockett	Sold
	Herbert Slater	Bought			Herbert Slater	Sold
	Joe Mercer	Bought			Jacky Smith	Released
1910	James Ridley	Bought			John Horrocks	Sold
1910	Joe Bailey	Bought		1911	Albert Hasell	Sold
Sep 01, 1910	Joe Ford	Bought		1911	Edwin Hughes	Sold
Feb 11, 1911	Frank Drabble	Bought		1911	James Ridley	Sold
Mar 16, 1911	Jacky Smith	Bought	£350	1911	Joe Bailey	Sold
				1911	Thomas Marrison	Sold
				Apr 15, 1911	Frank Drabble	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	Albert Hasell	17	7	4	6
GK		England	Frank Drabble	9		1	8
Defenders
D		Wales	Edwin Hughes	16	2	3	11	1
D		England	Joe Mercer	14	2	1	11
Midfielders
M			Alfred Fisher	7			7	1
M		England	George Maltby	37	8	7	22	2
M			George Wolfe	23	7	6	10	1
M			Herbert Slater	2	1	1
M		Scotland	Thomas Gibson	18	4	4	10
M		England	Walter Dudley	25	7	4	14
Forwards
F			Alf Rowlands	1			1
F		England	Bill Hooper	38	9	7	22	6
F		England	George Needham	32	9	6	17	2
F		Wales	Grenville Morris	27	7	5	15	12
F		England	Harold Lockett	23	7	4	12	5
F		England	Jack Armstrong	38	9	7	22	2
F			Jacky Smith	3		1	2	1
F			James Ridley	4			4	1
F		England	Joe Bailey	4	1		3	1
F		England	Joe Ford	24	7	4	13	5
F		England	John Derrick	20	4	3	13	6
F		England	John Horrocks	3		1	2
F		England	Thomas Marrison	31	6	6	19	10

			J Smith (1909-1911)	13	2	2	9

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
12	Grenville Morris	27
10	Thomas Marrison	31
6	Bill Hooper	38
6	John Derrick	20
5	Harold Lockett	23
5	Joe Ford	24
2	George Maltby	37
2	George Needham	32
2	Jack Armstrong	38
1	Alfred Fisher	7
1	Edwin Hughes	16
1	George Wolfe	23
1	Jacky Smith	3
1	James Ridley	4
1	Joe Bailey	4

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Liverpool	Sat Sep 17, 1910	Away	3-2		Sat Jan 21, 1911	Home	2-0