The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 LIVERPOOL - Sat Sep 05, 1903 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Sep 05, 1903 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Liverpool
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

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

Season:: 1903-04
Referee:: R Atherton
Attendance:: 12,000
League Week:: 1 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 15 8
Opp Before/After:: 12 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (League Tier 1)
Liverpool:: Jan 02, 1904

GAME COUNT:
League:: 353 (of 5085)
League Tier 1:: 353 (of 2337)
Competitive:: 449 (of 5827)
Total:: 1105 (of 7632)
Played:: 122 years, 11 months, 30 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Harry Hallam

Goal Scorers
Grenville Morris (8')
Alf Spouncer (37')

LIVERPOOL
Manager: Tom Watson

Goal Scorers
Syd Smith (75')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Harry Linacre
2	D	29	Charles Craig
3	D	27	James Iremonger
4	F	29	George Henderson
5	F		Sam Timmins
6	M	28	Bob Norris
7	F	24	Alf Turner
8	F	28	John Calvey
9	M	22	Sid Sugden
10	F	26	Grenville Morris (8')
11	F	26	Alf Spouncer (37')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Platt
2	D	John Chadburn
3	D	Billy Dunlop
4	D	Maurice Parry
5	D	Alex Raisbeck
6	M	George Fleming
7	M	Arthur Goddard
8	M	Fred Buck
9	M	Syd Smith
10	F	Edgar Chadwick
11	F	Jack Cox

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Sep 05, 1903)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2-2	Bury
Derby County	2-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Everton	3-1	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Liverpool
Small Heath	1-3	Sheffield United
Stoke	1-2	Manchester City
Sunderland	6-1	Aston Villa
The Wednesday	4-1	Middlesbrough
West Bromwich Albion	1-2	Newcastle United

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	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W
	2	Derby County	1	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W
	3	Stoke	1	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W
	4	Sunderland	1	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W
	5	Everton	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W
	6	Aston Villa	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D
	7	Newcastle United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	8	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L
	9	Bury	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	-3	0	L
	10	Notts County	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	-3	0	L
	11	Small Heath	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	-3	0	L
	12	Liverpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	13	Manchester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	14	Middlesbrough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	15	Nottingham Forest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	16	Sheffield United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	17	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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)
3	1	Sunderland	2	2	0	0	10	2	2	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	4	WW		6-1
1	2	The Wednesday	2	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	4	WW		4-1
1	3	Derby County	2	2	0	0	6	2	2	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	WW		2-1
1	4	Everton	2	2	0	0	6	2	2	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	WW		3-1
2	5	Newcastle United	2	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	DW		2-1
10	6	Sheffield United	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	W		3-1
6	7	Manchester City	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	W		2-1
7	8	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W		2-1
6	9	Stoke	2	1	0	1	5	3	1	0	1	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	WL		1-2
2	10	Blackburn Rovers	2	0	1	1	3	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	3	-2	1	LD		2-2
2	11	Bury	2	0	1	1	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	6	-3	1	LD		2-2
6	12	Aston Villa	2	0	1	1	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	7	-5	1	DL		1-6
1	13	Liverpool	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L		1-2
4	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L		1-2
2	15	West Bromwich Albion	2	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	LL		1-2
6	16	Notts County	2	0	0	2	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	7	-5	0	LL		1-3
6	17	Small Heath	2	0	0	2	2	7	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	4	-5	0	LL		1-3
4	18	Middlesbrough	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	-3	0	L		1-4