The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 WEST BROMWICH ALBION - Sat Mar 07, 1903 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 07, 1903 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Albion Till We Die (Link)
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1902-03
Referee:: Fred Kirkham
Attendance:: 6,000
League Week:: 28 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 8 6
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Cliftonville (Friendly)
League:: Bolton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion:: Oct 17, 1903

GAME COUNT:
League:: 346 (of 5085)
League Tier 1:: 346 (of 2337)
Competitive:: 442 (of 5827)
Total:: 1092 (of 7632)
Played:: 123 years, 5 months, 28 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Sid Sugden - Sid Sugden first goal
Grenville Morris
Grenville Morris

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Fred Everiss
Prior form: WWLDDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Fred Buck

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	22	Harry Linacre
2	D	28	Charles Craig
3	D	27	James Iremonger
4	M	27	Frank Forman
5	D	24	Fred Warren
6	M	23	John Crawford
7	F	23	Alf Turner
8	F		Sam Timmins
9	M	22	Sid Sugden
10	F	25	Grenville Morris
11	F	25	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ike Webb
2	D	Jackie Kifford
3	D	Amos Adams
4	D	Dan Nurse
5	D	Jim Stevenson
6	M	Arthur Randle
7	M	Fred Buck
8	M	Charlie 'Chippy' Simmons
9	M	Billy Lee
10	F	Tommy Worton
11	F	George Dorsett

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 07, 1903)

Home	Score	Away
Liverpool	3-0	Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest	3-1	West Bromwich Albion
Sheffield United	1-3	Middlesbrough

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	The Wednesday	27	16	2	9	48	29	10	2	2	27	6	6	0	7	21	23	19	34	LWLWDW
	2	West Bromwich Albion	26	15	4	7	48	33	9	2	3	33	21	6	2	4	15	12	15	34	WWLDDL
	3	Sunderland	24	12	7	5	38	24	8	4	1	23	8	4	3	4	15	16	14	31	WWDWWW
	4	Derby County	25	14	2	9	40	30	11	1	1	29	8	3	1	8	11	22	10	30	WLLLWW
	5	Stoke	25	12	5	8	38	29	8	2	4	22	11	4	3	4	16	18	9	29	WLWWDW
	6	Sheffield United	26	12	4	10	39	33	7	0	5	23	17	5	4	5	16	16	6	28	WDLLDL
	7	Aston Villa	25	12	3	10	41	32	6	3	3	27	14	6	0	7	14	18	9	27	WWWLWW
	8	Nottingham Forest	27	10	7	10	35	36	6	3	3	20	15	4	4	7	15	21	-1	27	LWWDLL
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	11	5	11	40	44	9	2	2	27	14	2	3	9	13	30	-4	27	WLWDLW
	10	Notts County	26	10	7	9	31	35	6	5	4	18	16	4	2	5	13	19	-4	27	WLLDLL
	11	Liverpool	24	12	2	10	52	38	7	1	2	35	14	5	1	8	17	24	14	26	LLLLWW
	12	Everton	26	11	4	11	41	35	9	1	3	25	11	2	3	8	16	24	6	26	LWWWLW
	13	Bury	25	11	2	12	36	35	10	0	2	26	11	1	2	10	10	24	1	24	LLLLLL
	14	Middlesbrough	25	9	3	13	24	37	6	2	4	15	14	3	1	9	9	23	-13	21	WLWLWL
	15	Newcastle United	23	8	3	12	27	40	6	0	4	20	10	2	3	8	7	30	-13	19	LLWDLL
	16	Blackburn Rovers	26	8	3	15	32	51	6	2	6	19	21	2	1	9	13	30	-19	19	WLWLDL
	17	Grimsby Town	26	5	8	13	33	49	3	5	5	20	19	2	3	8	13	30	-16	18	WLLDDW
	18	Bolton Wanderers	27	5	3	19	30	63	4	2	8	15	19	1	1	11	15	44	-33	13	LWWWWW

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	The Wednesday	27	16	2	9	48	29	10	2	2	27	6	6	0	7	21	23	19	34	LWLWDW
	2	West Bromwich Albion	27	15	4	8	49	36	9	2	3	33	21	6	2	5	16	15	13	34	WLDDLL		1-3
	3	Sunderland	24	12	7	5	38	24	8	4	1	23	8	4	3	4	15	16	14	31	WWDWWW
	4	Derby County	25	14	2	9	40	30	11	1	1	29	8	3	1	8	11	22	10	30	WLLLWW
	5	Stoke	25	12	5	8	38	29	8	2	4	22	11	4	3	4	16	18	9	29	WLWWDW
2	6	Nottingham Forest	28	11	7	10	38	37	7	3	3	23	16	4	4	7	15	21	1	29	WWDLLW		3-1
4	7	Liverpool	25	13	2	10	55	38	8	1	2	38	14	5	1	8	17	24	17	28	LLLWWW		3-0
2	8	Sheffield United	27	12	4	11	40	36	7	0	6	24	20	5	4	5	16	16	4	28	DLLDLL		1-3
2	9	Aston Villa	25	12	3	10	41	32	6	3	3	27	14	6	0	7	14	18	9	27	WWWLWW
1	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	11	5	11	40	44	9	2	2	27	14	2	3	9	13	30	-4	27	WLWDLW
1	11	Notts County	26	10	7	9	31	35	6	5	4	18	16	4	2	5	13	19	-4	27	WLLDLL
	12	Everton	26	11	4	11	41	35	9	1	3	25	11	2	3	8	16	24	6	26	LWWWLW
	13	Bury	25	11	2	12	36	35	10	0	2	26	11	1	2	10	10	24	1	24	LLLLLL
	14	Middlesbrough	26	10	3	13	27	38	6	2	4	15	14	4	1	9	12	24	-11	23	LWLWLW		3-1
	15	Newcastle United	24	8	3	13	27	43	6	0	4	20	10	2	3	9	7	33	-16	19	LWDLLL		0-3
	16	Blackburn Rovers	26	8	3	15	32	51	6	2	6	19	21	2	1	9	13	30	-19	19	WLWLDL
	17	Grimsby Town	26	5	8	13	33	49	3	5	5	20	19	2	3	8	13	30	-16	18	WLLDDW
	18	Bolton Wanderers	27	5	3	19	30	63	4	2	8	15	19	1	1	11	15	44	-33	13	LWWWWW