The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 2 SUNDERLAND - Mon Apr 13, 1903 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Apr 13, 1903 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Sunderland
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 5-2 WON
: Half-time: 3-0

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

Season:: 1902-03
Referee:
Attendance:: 15,000
League Week:: 33 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 10 9
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Liverpool (League Tier 1)
Sunderland:: Oct 10, 1903

GAME COUNT:
League:: 351 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 351 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 447 (of 5824)
Total:: 1101 (of 7629)
Played:: 123 years, 4 months, 5 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
James Iremonger (78') (Pen)
Grenville Morris (13')
Grenville Morris (70')
Alf Spouncer (26')
Alf Spouncer (38')

SUNDERLAND
Manager: Alex Mackie
Prior form: LWDWDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Joe Hewitt (84')
Robbie Robinson (88')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	22	Harry Linacre
2	D	28	Charles Craig
3	D	27	James Iremonger (78')
4	F	29	George Henderson
5	M	27	Frank Forman
6	M	28	Bob Norris
7	F	23	Alf Turner
8	F	27	John Calvey
9	M	22	Sid Sugden
10	F	26	Grenville Morris (13') (70')
11	F	25	Alf Spouncer (26') (38')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ned Doig
2	D	Andy McCombie
3	D	Ephraim 'Dusty' Rhodes
4	D	Billy Farquhar
5	D	Sandy McAllister
6	M	Dicky Jackson
7	M	Billy Hogg
8	M	Robbie Robinson
9	M	Jimmy Millar
10	F	Joe Hewitt
11	F	Arthur Bridgett

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Mon Apr 13, 1903)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-0	Stoke
Everton	0-3	Blackburn Rovers
Middlesbrough	3-1	Derby County
Newcastle United	2-0	Bolton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest	5-2	Sunderland
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-0	Notts County

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	33	18	4	11	51	35	11	3	2	28	6	7	1	9	23	29	16	40	DWWDLL	Safe
	2	Sunderland	31	15	9	7	47	29	9	5	2	25	10	6	4	5	22	19	18	39	LWDWDL	Safe
	3	Sheffield United	33	17	5	11	56	40	11	0	6	36	22	6	5	5	20	18	16	39	DWWWWW	Safe
	4	Liverpool	31	15	4	12	64	48	10	3	3	46	21	5	1	9	18	27	16	34	WLDLDW	Safe
	5	Stoke	31	14	6	11	43	35	10	2	4	27	11	4	4	7	16	24	8	34	LWLWDL	Safe
	6	Derby County	31	16	2	13	47	39	13	1	2	32	9	3	1	11	15	30	8	34	WLLLLW	Safe
	7	West Bromwich Albion	31	15	4	12	49	47	9	2	4	33	24	6	2	8	16	23	2	34	LLLLLL	Safe
	8	Aston Villa	29	14	3	12	46	37	7	3	3	30	15	7	0	9	16	22	9	31	WWWLWL	Safe
	9	Bury	31	14	3	14	47	40	13	1	2	37	14	1	2	12	10	26	7	31	WLWWDL	Safe
	10	Nottingham Forest	32	12	7	13	43	45	8	3	4	27	20	4	4	9	16	25	-2	31	LWLLWL	Safe
	11	Notts County	31	12	7	12	40	43	8	5	4	25	16	4	2	8	15	27	-3	31	LLWLLW	Safe
	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	13	5	13	46	51	11	2	2	32	15	2	3	11	14	36	-5	31	LWLWLW	Safe
	13	Everton	32	12	6	14	43	44	9	2	4	26	15	3	4	10	17	29	-1	30	LLWLDD	Safe
	14	Middlesbrough	30	13	3	14	36	41	9	2	4	23	14	4	1	10	13	27	-5	29	LWWWLW	Safe
	15	Newcastle United	31	12	4	15	37	48	10	1	4	28	11	2	3	11	9	37	-11	28	LWWLWW
	16	Blackburn Rovers	32	10	5	17	38	62	8	2	6	24	23	2	3	11	14	39	-24	25	DWLWDL
	17	Grimsby Town	32	8	8	16	41	58	6	5	5	28	20	2	3	11	13	38	-17	24	LWLWWL
	18	Bolton Wanderers	32	8	3	21	37	69	6	2	9	18	20	2	1	12	19	49	-32	19	WLWWLW	Relegated

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	33	18	4	11	51	35	11	3	2	28	6	7	1	9	23	29	16	40	DWWDLL	Safe
	2	Sunderland	32	15	9	8	49	34	9	5	2	25	10	6	4	6	24	24	15	39	WDWDLL	Safe	2-5
	3	Sheffield United	33	17	5	11	56	40	11	0	6	36	22	6	5	5	20	18	16	39	DWWWWW	Safe
	4	Liverpool	31	15	4	12	64	48	10	3	3	46	21	5	1	9	18	27	16	34	WLDLDW	Safe
	5	Stoke	32	14	6	12	43	37	10	2	4	27	11	4	4	8	16	26	6	34	WLWDLL	Safe	0-2
	6	Derby County	32	16	2	14	48	42	13	1	2	32	9	3	1	12	16	33	6	34	LLLLWL	Safe	1-3
	7	West Bromwich Albion	31	15	4	12	49	47	9	2	4	33	24	6	2	8	16	23	2	34	LLLLLL	Safe
	8	Aston Villa	30	15	3	12	48	37	8	3	3	32	15	7	0	9	16	22	11	33	WWLWLW	Safe	2-0
1	9	Nottingham Forest	33	13	7	13	48	47	9	3	4	32	22	4	4	9	16	25	1	33	WLLWLW	Safe	5-2
2	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	14	5	13	48	51	12	2	2	34	15	2	3	11	14	36	-3	33	WLWLWW	Safe	2-0
2	11	Bury	31	14	3	14	47	40	13	1	2	37	14	1	2	12	10	26	7	31	WLWWDL	Safe
2	12	Middlesbrough	31	14	3	14	39	42	10	2	4	26	15	4	1	10	13	27	-3	31	WWWLWW	Safe	3-1
2	13	Notts County	32	12	7	13	40	45	8	5	4	25	16	4	2	9	15	29	-5	31	LWLLWL	Safe	0-2
1	14	Everton	33	12	6	15	43	47	9	2	5	26	18	3	4	10	17	29	-4	30	LWLDDL	Safe	0-3
	15	Newcastle United	32	13	4	15	39	48	11	1	4	30	11	2	3	11	9	37	-9	30	WWLWWW	Safe	2-0
	16	Blackburn Rovers	33	11	5	17	41	62	8	2	6	24	23	3	3	11	17	39	-21	27	WLWDLW		3-0
	17	Grimsby Town	32	8	8	16	41	58	6	5	5	28	20	2	3	11	13	38	-17	24	LWLWWL
	18	Bolton Wanderers	33	8	3	22	37	71	6	2	9	18	20	2	1	13	19	51	-34	19	LWWLWL	Relegated	0-2