The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Mon Apr 08, 1901 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Apr 08, 1901 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1900-01
Referee:
Attendance:: 12,000
League Week:: 30 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 3 3
Opp Before/After:: 10 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 1)
Blackburn Rovers:: Sep 28, 1901

GAME COUNT:
League:: 280 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 280 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 368 (of 5824)
Total:: 1014 (of 7629)
Played:: 125 years, 4 months, 17 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Harry Hallam
Prior form: WLDLDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Joseph Warmlsey
Prior form: DWLWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Arnie Whittaker (1')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	20	Harry Linacre
2	D	27	Edward Peers	Last game
3	D	25	James Iremonger
4	M	25	George Robinson
5	M	25	Frank Forman
6	F		Sam Timmins
7	M	24	Alf Dean
8	F	26	Arthur Capes
9	M	24	Morgan Morgan-Owen	Only appearance
10	F	23	Grenville Morris
11	F	23	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Walter Whittaker
2	D	Joe O'Brien
3	D	Allen Hardy
4	D	Sammy McClure
5	D	Jack Dewhurst
6	M	Albert 'Kelly' Houlker
7	M	Arnie Whittaker
8	M	Peter Somers
9	M	John Blackshaw
10	F	Hugh Morgan
11	F	Fred Blackburn

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Mon Apr 08, 1901)

Home	Score	Away
Everton	0-1	Newcastle United
Liverpool	1-0	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	0-1	Blackburn Rovers
Sunderland	5-1	Bolton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-0	Aston Villa

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Sunderland	31	13	13	5	50	24	11	3	2	38	10	2	10	3	12	14	26	39	WDWDWL	Safe
	2	Notts County	31	17	4	10	49	39	12	2	1	34	12	5	2	9	15	27	10	38	LDLWWW	Safe
	3	Nottingham Forest	29	15	7	7	49	27	9	4	2	29	12	6	3	5	20	15	22	37	WLDLDW	Safe
	4	Bury	31	15	5	11	51	37	11	2	3	31	10	4	3	8	20	27	14	35	LWLLWL	Safe
	5	Liverpool	28	14	6	8	50	34	9	2	3	30	12	5	4	5	20	22	16	34	WDWWDW	Safe
	6	Everton	29	14	5	10	48	34	10	4	1	35	13	4	1	9	13	21	14	33	WWLWLW	Safe
	7	Newcastle United	28	11	9	8	34	33	8	4	1	21	11	3	5	7	13	22	1	31	LLLWLD	Safe
	8	The Wednesday	30	10	10	10	45	38	10	2	2	32	15	0	8	8	13	23	7	30	LWDWLD	Safe
	9	Aston Villa	29	10	9	10	44	38	8	5	4	32	18	2	4	6	12	20	6	29	LDLWLD	Safe
	10	Blackburn Rovers	31	10	9	12	36	45	8	4	3	22	16	2	5	9	14	29	-9	29	DWLWLL	Safe
	11	Sheffield United	30	11	7	12	33	46	8	4	4	22	21	3	3	8	11	25	-13	29	DWWLDD	Safe
	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	8	12	9	38	50	5	9	0	20	13	3	3	9	18	37	-12	28	DLWDWW	Safe
	13	Manchester City	31	11	6	14	41	54	10	3	2	26	15	1	3	12	15	39	-13	28	WLDDLW	Safe
	14	Derby County	31	10	7	14	49	40	8	4	2	37	16	2	3	12	12	24	9	27	WLLDLW
	15	Bolton Wanderers	30	10	7	13	31	46	8	5	2	17	10	2	2	11	14	36	-15	27	DWWLWL
	16	Preston North End	33	9	7	17	47	72	6	4	6	27	27	3	3	11	20	45	-25	25	WWLLWW
	17	Stoke	32	9	5	18	40	55	8	3	6	23	15	1	2	12	17	40	-15	23	LWLDLL
	18	West Bromwich Albion	29	6	8	15	29	52	4	4	6	20	22	2	4	9	9	30	-23	20	DLWLLL

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Sunderland	32	14	13	5	55	25	12	3	2	43	11	2	10	3	12	14	30	41	DWDWLW	Safe	5-1
	2	Notts County	32	17	4	11	49	40	12	2	1	34	12	5	2	10	15	28	9	38	DLWWWL	Safe	0-1
	3	Nottingham Forest	30	15	7	8	49	28	9	4	3	29	13	6	3	5	20	15	21	37	LDLDWL	Safe	0-1
1	4	Liverpool	29	15	6	8	51	34	10	2	3	31	12	5	4	5	20	22	17	36	DWWDWW	Safe	1-0
1	5	Bury	31	15	5	11	51	37	11	2	3	31	10	4	3	8	20	27	14	35	LWLLWL	Safe
	6	Everton	30	14	5	11	48	35	10	4	2	35	14	4	1	9	13	21	13	33	WLWLWL	Safe	0-1
	7	Newcastle United	29	12	9	8	35	33	8	4	1	21	11	4	5	7	14	22	2	33	LLWLDW	Safe	1-0
2	8	Blackburn Rovers	32	11	9	12	37	45	8	4	3	22	16	3	5	9	15	29	-8	31	WLWLLW	Safe	1-0
1	9	The Wednesday	30	10	10	10	45	38	10	2	2	32	15	0	8	8	13	23	7	30	LWDWLD	Safe
1	10	Aston Villa	30	10	10	10	44	38	8	5	4	32	18	2	5	6	12	20	6	30	DLWLDD	Safe	0-0
1	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	8	13	9	38	50	5	10	0	20	13	3	3	9	18	37	-12	29	LWDWWD	Safe	0-0
1	12	Sheffield United	30	11	7	12	33	46	8	4	4	22	21	3	3	8	11	25	-13	29	DWWLDD	Safe
	13	Manchester City	31	11	6	14	41	54	10	3	2	26	15	1	3	12	15	39	-13	28	WLDDLW	Safe
	14	Derby County	31	10	7	14	49	40	8	4	2	37	16	2	3	12	12	24	9	27	WLLDLW
	15	Bolton Wanderers	31	10	7	14	32	51	8	5	2	17	10	2	2	12	15	41	-19	27	WWLWLL		1-5
	16	Preston North End	33	9	7	17	47	72	6	4	6	27	27	3	3	11	20	45	-25	25	WWLLWW
	17	Stoke	32	9	5	18	40	55	8	3	6	23	15	1	2	12	17	40	-15	23	LWLDLL
	18	West Bromwich Albion	29	6	8	15	29	52	4	4	6	20	22	2	4	9	9	30	-23	20	DLWLLL