The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 BOLTON WANDERERS - Sat Mar 21, 1903 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 21, 1903 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bolton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST

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

Season:: 1902-03
Referee:: R Atherton
Attendance:: 5,000
League Week:: 29 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 8 8
Opp Before/After:: 18 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Barrow (Friendly)
League:: Middlesbrough
Bolton Wanderers:: Nov 18, 1905

GAME COUNT:
League:: 347 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 347 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 443 (of 5828)
Total:: 1095 (of 7633)
Played:: 123 years, 5 months, 18 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Alf Spouncer

BOLTON WANDERERS
Manager: John Somerville
Prior form: WWWWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Wattie White
Sam Marsh

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Alexander Newbigging
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	M	22	Matthew Broughton	Last game
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	Dai Davies
2	D	William Brown
3	D	Bob Struthers
4	D	Billy Morgan
5	D	Sam Greenhalgh
6	M	John Boyd
7	M	Laurie Bell
8	M	Wattie White
9	M	Sam Marsh
10	F	Jocky Wright
11	F	Bob Taylor

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 21, 1903)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	1-0	West Bromwich Albion
Grimsby Town	1-0	Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Bolton Wanderers
Sheffield United	3-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Stoke	2-0	Everton
Sunderland	0-1	The Wednesday

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	28	16	3	9	48	29	10	3	2	27	6	6	0	7	21	23	19	35	WLWDWD	Safe
	2	West Bromwich Albion	27	15	4	8	49	36	9	2	3	33	21	6	2	5	16	15	13	34	WLDDLL	Safe
	3	Sunderland	25	13	7	5	41	24	8	4	1	23	8	5	3	4	18	16	17	33	WDWWWW	Safe
	4	Derby County	26	15	2	9	42	30	12	1	1	31	8	3	1	8	11	22	12	32	LLLWWW
	5	Aston Villa	26	13	3	10	42	32	6	3	3	27	14	7	0	7	15	18	10	29	WWLWWW
	6	Stoke	26	12	5	9	38	31	8	2	4	22	11	4	3	5	16	20	7	29	LWWDWL
	7	Sheffield United	28	12	5	11	40	36	7	0	6	24	20	5	5	5	16	16	4	29	LLDLLD
	8	Nottingham Forest	28	11	7	10	38	37	7	3	3	23	16	4	4	7	15	21	1	29	WWDLLW
	9	Liverpool	25	13	2	10	55	38	8	1	2	38	14	5	1	8	17	24	17	28	LLLWWW
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	11	5	11	40	44	9	2	2	27	14	2	3	9	13	30	-4	27	WLWDLW
	11	Notts County	26	10	7	9	31	35	6	5	4	18	16	4	2	5	13	19	-4	27	WLLDLL
	12	Everton	27	11	4	12	41	38	9	1	4	25	14	2	3	8	16	24	3	26	WWWLWL
	13	Middlesbrough	27	11	3	13	29	38	7	2	4	17	14	4	1	9	12	24	-9	25	WLWLWW
	14	Bury	25	11	2	12	36	35	10	0	2	26	11	1	2	10	10	24	1	24	LLLLLL
	15	Newcastle United	25	8	4	13	27	43	6	1	4	20	10	2	3	9	7	33	-16	20	WDLLLD
	16	Blackburn Rovers	27	8	4	15	32	51	6	2	6	19	21	2	2	9	13	30	-19	20	LWLDLD
	17	Grimsby Town	27	5	8	14	33	51	3	5	5	20	19	2	3	9	13	32	-18	18	LLDDWL
	18	Bolton Wanderers	28	5	3	20	30	64	4	2	9	15	20	1	1	11	15	44	-34	13	WWWWWL

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	29	17	3	9	49	29	10	3	2	27	6	7	0	7	22	23	20	37	LWDWDW	Safe	1-0
	2	West Bromwich Albion	28	15	4	9	49	37	9	2	3	33	21	6	2	6	16	16	12	34	LDDLLL	Safe	0-1
	3	Sunderland	26	13	7	6	41	25	8	4	2	23	9	5	3	4	18	16	16	33	DWWWWL	Safe	0-1
	4	Derby County	26	15	2	9	42	30	12	1	1	31	8	3	1	8	11	22	12	32	LLLWWW
1	5	Stoke	27	13	5	9	40	31	9	2	4	24	11	4	3	5	16	20	9	31	WWDWLW		2-0
1	6	Sheffield United	29	13	5	11	43	36	8	0	6	27	20	5	5	5	16	16	7	31	LDLLDW		3-0
2	7	Aston Villa	26	13	3	10	42	32	6	3	3	27	14	7	0	7	15	18	10	29	WWLWWW
	8	Nottingham Forest	29	11	7	11	39	39	7	3	4	24	18	4	4	7	15	21	0	29	WDLLWL		1-2
	9	Liverpool	25	13	2	10	55	38	8	1	2	38	14	5	1	8	17	24	17	28	LLLWWW
1	10	Notts County	26	10	7	9	31	35	6	5	4	18	16	4	2	5	13	19	-4	27	WLLDLL
1	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	11	5	12	40	47	9	2	2	27	14	2	3	10	13	33	-7	27	LWDLWL		0-3
	12	Everton	28	11	4	13	41	40	9	1	4	25	14	2	3	9	16	26	1	26	WWLWLL		0-2
	13	Middlesbrough	27	11	3	13	29	38	7	2	4	17	14	4	1	9	12	24	-9	25	WLWLWW
	14	Bury	25	11	2	12	36	35	10	0	2	26	11	1	2	10	10	24	1	24	LLLLLL
1	15	Blackburn Rovers	28	9	4	15	33	51	7	2	6	20	21	2	2	9	13	30	-18	22	WLDLDW		1-0
1	16	Grimsby Town	28	6	8	14	34	51	4	5	5	21	19	2	3	9	13	32	-17	20	LDDWLW		1-0
2	17	Newcastle United	26	8	4	14	27	44	6	1	4	20	10	2	3	10	7	34	-17	20	DLLLDL		0-1
	18	Bolton Wanderers	29	6	3	20	32	65	4	2	9	15	20	2	1	11	17	45	-33	15	WWWWLW		2-1