The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 NOTTS COUNTY - Fri Dec 25, 1903 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Fri Dec 25, 1903 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Notts County
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST

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

Season:: 1903-04
Referee:: J Lewis
Attendance:: 14,000
League Week:: 18 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 9 10
Opp Before/After:: 13 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Middlesbrough (League Tier 1)
Notts County:: Nov 26, 1904

GAME COUNT:
League:: 370 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 370 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 466 (of 5828)
Total:: 1124 (of 7633)
Played:: 122 years, 8 months, 12 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

NOTTS COUNTY
Manager: Tom Harris
Prior form: LDLLWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
William Ross

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Harry Linacre
2	D	29	Charles Craig
3	D	20	Albert Jones
4	F		Sam Timmins
5	M	23	John Crawford
6	M	28	Bob Norris
7	M	21	Tom Davies
8	M		Ernest Wright	Debut
9	M	23	Sid Sugden
10	F	26	Grenville Morris
11	F	18	Harold Comery	Only appearance

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Pennington
2	D	Tom Prescott
3	D	Jack Montgomery
4	D	Harry Mainman
5	D	Walter Bull
6	M	Herbert Dainty
7	M	Percy Humphreys
8	M	Arthur Green
9	M	William Ross
10	F	Alex Glen
11	F	Ellis Gee

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Fri Dec 25, 1903)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2-0	Stoke
Derby County	2-0	Liverpool
Nottingham Forest	0-1	Notts County
Sheffield United	2-2	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	Manchester City	16	11	2	3	33	19	6	1	1	18	9	5	1	2	15	10	14	24	WWDDWW
	2	Sheffield United	16	10	3	3	34	23	5	2	1	21	12	5	1	2	13	11	11	23	WWDDDL
	3	The Wednesday	16	8	6	2	20	12	5	2	0	11	4	3	4	2	9	8	8	22	WLWDDD
	4	Aston Villa	17	9	3	5	38	27	7	0	1	22	7	2	3	4	16	20	11	21	WLWDLW
	5	Sunderland	17	9	2	6	33	27	7	1	1	23	7	2	1	5	10	20	6	20	WWLDLW
	6	Newcastle United	17	9	2	6	27	25	7	1	1	17	7	2	1	5	10	18	2	20	WLWLWD
	7	Everton	17	8	3	6	30	21	6	0	3	19	9	2	3	3	11	12	9	19	LDWDWL
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	9	1	6	23	31	6	1	0	12	6	3	0	6	11	25	-8	19	LWWDWL
	9	Nottingham Forest	17	6	4	7	34	33	3	1	4	13	16	3	3	3	21	17	1	16	LWWDLL
	10	Blackburn Rovers	17	6	4	7	24	25	4	3	1	14	6	2	1	6	10	19	-1	16	LWDWWD
	11	Stoke	17	7	1	9	40	30	7	0	3	36	16	0	1	6	4	14	10	15	LLWLLW
	12	Middlesbrough	15	6	3	6	28	22	6	0	2	21	8	0	3	4	7	14	6	15	WLWLWD
	13	Notts County	17	6	2	9	19	34	5	1	3	14	15	1	1	6	5	19	-15	14	LDLLWD
	14	Bury	17	2	8	7	24	31	2	4	2	13	13	0	4	5	11	18	-7	12	DLLDLD
	15	West Bromwich Albion	17	3	6	8	14	26	1	6	2	6	7	2	0	6	8	19	-12	12	WDLLDD
	16	Derby County	16	4	3	9	26	32	3	2	3	20	18	1	1	6	6	14	-6	11	LLLWDW
	17	Liverpool	16	4	2	10	25	35	3	1	3	11	12	1	1	7	14	23	-10	10	WLWLLD
	18	Small Heath	17	3	3	11	16	35	2	3	4	10	15	1	0	7	6	20	-19	9	LLLLWL

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	Manchester City	16	11	2	3	33	19	6	1	1	18	9	5	1	2	15	10	14	24	WWDDWW
	2	Sheffield United	17	10	4	3	36	25	5	3	1	23	14	5	1	2	13	11	11	24	WDDDLD		2-2
	3	The Wednesday	16	8	6	2	20	12	5	2	0	11	4	3	4	2	9	8	8	22	WLWDDD
	4	Aston Villa	17	9	3	5	38	27	7	0	1	22	7	2	3	4	16	20	11	21	WLWDLW
1	5	Newcastle United	18	9	3	6	29	27	7	1	1	17	7	2	2	5	12	20	2	21	LWLWDD		2-2
1	6	Sunderland	17	9	2	6	33	27	7	1	1	23	7	2	1	5	10	20	6	20	WWLDLW
	7	Everton	17	8	3	6	30	21	6	0	3	19	9	2	3	3	11	12	9	19	LDWDWL
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	9	1	6	23	31	6	1	0	12	6	3	0	6	11	25	-8	19	LWWDWL
1	9	Blackburn Rovers	18	7	4	7	26	25	5	3	1	16	6	2	1	6	10	19	1	18	WDWWDW		2-0
1	10	Nottingham Forest	18	6	4	8	34	34	3	1	5	13	17	3	3	3	21	17	0	16	WWDLLL		0-1
2	11	Notts County	18	7	2	9	20	34	5	1	3	14	15	2	1	6	6	19	-14	16	DLLWDW		1-0
	12	Middlesbrough	15	6	3	6	28	22	6	0	2	21	8	0	3	4	7	14	6	15	WLWLWD
2	13	Stoke	18	7	1	10	40	32	7	0	3	36	16	0	1	7	4	16	8	15	LWLLWL		0-2
2	14	Derby County	17	5	3	9	28	32	4	2	3	22	18	1	1	6	6	14	-4	13	LLWDWW		2-0
1	15	Bury	17	2	8	7	24	31	2	4	2	13	13	0	4	5	11	18	-7	12	DLLDLD
1	16	West Bromwich Albion	17	3	6	8	14	26	1	6	2	6	7	2	0	6	8	19	-12	12	WDLLDD
	17	Liverpool	17	4	2	11	25	37	3	1	3	11	12	1	1	8	14	25	-12	10	LWLLDL		0-2
	18	Small Heath	17	3	3	11	16	35	2	3	4	10	15	1	0	7	6	20	-19	9	LLLLWL