The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 SHEFFIELD UNITED - Sat Dec 27, 1902 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 27, 1902 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN

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

Season:: 1902-03
Referee:: A Milward
Attendance:: 16,000
League Week:: 20 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 9 11
Opp Before/After:: 3 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Grimsby Town (League Tier 1)
Sheffield United:: Dec 05, 1903

GAME COUNT:
League:: 338 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 338 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 430 (of 5824)
Total:: 1080 (of 7629)
Played:: 123 years, 7 months, 27 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Grenville Morris
Grenville Morris

SHEFFIELD UNITED
Manager: John Nicholson
Prior form: WWLWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Walter Bennett
Alf Common

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	22	Harry Linacre
2	D	28	Charles Craig
3	D	26	James Iremonger
4	M	27	George Robinson
5	M	27	Frank Forman
6	M	21	Walter Dudley	Debut
7	M	22	Ross Fielding
8	F	27	John Calvey
9	F		Sam Timmins
10	F	25	Grenville Morris
11	F	29	Fred Forman

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Willie Foulke
2	D	Harry Thickett
3	D	Fred Priest
4	D	Bernard Wilkinson
5	D	Tom Morren
6	M	Billy Parker
7	M	Walter Bennett
8	M	Herbert Chapman
9	M	Alf Common
10	F	Billy Wilkinson
11	F	Bert Lipsham

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 27, 1902)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-2	Grimsby Town
Bury	3-1	Liverpool
Derby County	1-0	West Bromwich Albion
Everton	3-1	Bolton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest	2-2	Sheffield United
Stoke	0-2	Middlesbrough
Sunderland	0-0	Newcastle United
The Wednesday	2-0	Notts County
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-0	Blackburn Rovers

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	West Bromwich Albion	17	11	2	4	35	22	7	0	2	23	12	4	2	2	12	10	13	24	WWDWLL
	2	Notts County	18	9	6	3	22	19	5	4	1	12	7	4	2	2	10	12	3	24	DWWDWD
	3	Sheffield United	18	11	1	6	30	19	6	0	4	20	13	5	1	2	10	6	11	23	WWLWLW
	4	Liverpool	17	10	2	5	45	25	7	1	1	35	12	3	1	4	10	13	20	22	LLWWWW
	5	Derby County	17	10	2	5	33	23	7	1	0	23	7	3	1	5	10	16	10	22	LWLWWL
	6	The Wednesday	18	10	1	7	29	23	4	1	2	10	4	6	0	5	19	19	6	21	WLWLWL
	7	Stoke	18	8	4	6	25	22	5	1	3	12	6	3	3	3	13	16	3	20	WWLWLL
	8	Sunderland	17	7	5	5	25	21	4	2	1	14	7	3	3	4	11	14	4	19	LDDWWW
	9	Nottingham Forest	19	7	5	7	22	24	4	2	3	13	12	3	3	4	9	12	-2	19	DWWWLD
	10	Bury	16	8	2	6	24	17	7	0	1	16	6	1	2	5	8	11	7	18	LWDWLW
	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	7	4	7	27	29	6	2	2	22	13	1	2	5	5	16	-2	18	LWWLWW
	12	Aston Villa	16	7	2	7	27	21	4	2	3	17	11	3	0	4	10	10	6	16	WWLLWW
	13	Everton	19	6	4	9	27	28	4	1	2	13	8	2	3	7	14	20	-1	16	LWLWLD
	14	Newcastle United	16	7	1	8	22	25	5	0	3	17	6	2	1	5	5	19	-3	15	LWLLLW
	15	Middlesbrough	17	5	3	9	16	27	3	2	3	10	10	2	1	6	6	17	-11	13	DLLDLL
	16	Blackburn Rovers	18	5	2	11	23	38	3	1	6	11	18	2	1	5	12	20	-15	12	LLWLLW
	17	Grimsby Town	17	2	5	10	22	36	2	5	4	16	14	0	0	6	6	22	-14	9	LLLLWD
	18	Bolton Wanderers	18	0	3	15	17	52	0	2	6	6	15	0	1	9	11	37	-35	3	LLLLLL

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)
2	1	Sheffield United	19	11	2	6	32	21	6	0	4	20	13	5	2	2	12	8	11	24	WLWLWD		2-2
1	2	West Bromwich Albion	18	11	2	5	35	23	7	0	2	23	12	4	2	3	12	11	12	24	WDWLLL		0-1
2	3	Derby County	18	11	2	5	34	23	8	1	0	24	7	3	1	5	10	16	11	24	WLWWLW		1-0
2	4	Notts County	19	9	6	4	22	21	5	4	1	12	7	4	2	3	10	14	1	24	WWDWDL		0-2
1	5	The Wednesday	19	11	1	7	31	23	5	1	2	12	4	6	0	5	19	19	8	23	LWLWLW		2-0
2	6	Liverpool	18	10	2	6	46	28	7	1	1	35	12	3	1	5	11	16	18	22	LWWWWL		1-3
3	7	Bury	17	9	2	6	27	18	8	0	1	19	7	1	2	5	8	11	9	20	WDWLWW		3-1
	8	Sunderland	18	7	6	5	25	21	4	3	1	14	7	3	3	4	11	14	4	20	DDWWWD		0-0
2	9	Stoke	19	8	4	7	25	24	5	1	4	12	8	3	3	3	13	16	1	20	WLWLLL		0-2
1	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	8	4	7	29	29	7	2	2	24	13	1	2	5	5	16	0	20	WWLWWW		2-0
2	11	Nottingham Forest	20	7	6	7	24	26	4	3	3	15	14	3	3	4	9	12	-2	20	WWWLDD		2-2
1	12	Everton	20	7	4	9	30	29	5	1	2	16	9	2	3	7	14	20	1	18	WLWLDW		3-1
1	13	Aston Villa	17	7	3	7	29	23	4	3	3	19	13	3	0	4	10	10	6	17	WLLWWD		2-2
	14	Newcastle United	17	7	2	8	22	25	5	0	3	17	6	2	2	5	5	19	-3	16	WLLLWD		0-0
	15	Middlesbrough	18	6	3	9	18	27	3	2	3	10	10	3	1	6	8	17	-9	15	LLDLLW		2-0
	16	Blackburn Rovers	19	5	2	12	23	40	3	1	6	11	18	2	1	6	12	22	-17	12	LWLLWL		0-2
	17	Grimsby Town	18	2	6	10	24	38	2	5	4	16	14	0	1	6	8	24	-14	10	LLLWDD		2-2
	18	Bolton Wanderers	19	0	3	16	18	55	0	2	6	6	15	0	1	10	12	40	-37	3	LLLLLL		1-3