The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 1 DERBY COUNTY - Sat Mar 12, 1904 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 12, 1904 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Derby County
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 5-1 WON

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

Season:: 1903-04
Referee:
Attendance:: 10,000
League Week:: 27 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 12 10
Opp Before/After:: 14 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Shepherd's Bush (Friendly)
League:: West Bromwich Albion
Derby County:: Oct 29, 1904

GAME COUNT:
League:: 379 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 379 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 478 (of 5824)
Total:: 1136 (of 7629)
Played:: 122 years, 5 months, 12 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Billy Shearman
Billy Shearman
Harold Griffiths - Harold Griffiths only goal
Alf Spouncer
Charles Craig - Charles Craig last goal

DERBY COUNTY
Manager: Harry Newbould
Prior form: LDLDDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Frederick Barker

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Harry Linacre
2	D	29	Charles Craig
3	D	28	James Iremonger
4	D	25	Bob Innes
5	M	24	John Crawford
6	F	30	George Henderson
7	M	21	Tom Davies
8	M	24	Billy Shearman
9	M	23	Sid Sugden
10	F	28	Harold Griffiths
11	F	26	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Maskrey
2	D	Jimmy Methven
3	D	Charlie Morris
4	D	Ben Warren
5	D	Ben Hall
6	M	Johnny May
7	M	Fred Parnell
8	M	Frederick Barker
9	M	Joe Warrington
10	F	George Richards
11	F	Frank Middleton

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 12, 1904)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2-5	Manchester City
Liverpool	3-0	Sheffield United
Middlesbrough	1-3	Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest	5-1	Derby County
Sunderland	2-0	Everton
The Wednesday	1-0	Stoke
West Bromwich Albion	0-1	Small Heath
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-2	Aston Villa

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	26	15	7	4	37	19	10	3	0	25	8	5	4	4	12	11	18	37	LWWDWW	Safe
	2	Aston Villa	26	14	5	7	57	36	11	1	2	36	12	3	4	5	21	24	21	33	WDLWLW	Safe
	3	Manchester City	24	14	5	5	49	34	7	3	2	25	15	7	2	3	24	19	15	33	DDWWWD	Safe
	4	Sheffield United	25	13	6	6	53	42	7	5	1	34	19	6	1	5	19	23	11	32	DLDWLL
	5	Sunderland	27	13	5	9	52	38	9	3	1	34	10	4	2	8	18	28	14	31	LWWDDL
	6	Newcastle United	27	13	5	9	42	40	10	2	2	24	11	3	3	7	18	29	2	31	LWWDWL
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	13	5	8	37	49	9	4	0	23	13	4	1	8	14	36	-12	31	DLDWWW
	8	Everton	25	13	4	8	43	26	8	0	3	22	9	5	4	5	21	17	17	30	WLWLDW
	9	Middlesbrough	26	8	9	9	39	33	8	3	3	28	12	0	6	6	11	21	6	25	DDWDLW
	10	Blackburn Rovers	26	9	6	11	36	40	6	5	2	22	12	3	1	9	14	28	-4	24	WLDLLD
	11	Bury	26	6	12	8	37	42	6	6	2	24	16	0	6	6	13	26	-5	24	DWLWDD
	12	Nottingham Forest	26	8	7	11	46	47	4	2	7	20	24	4	5	4	26	23	-1	23	DDWLLW
	13	Notts County	29	9	4	16	30	56	6	2	5	20	23	3	2	11	10	33	-26	22	LDLLLL
	14	Derby County	26	6	9	11	46	48	5	3	5	34	28	1	6	6	12	20	-2	21	LDLDDD
	15	Stoke	27	7	5	15	48	51	7	1	6	40	24	0	4	9	8	27	-3	19	LDLLDL
	16	Small Heath	26	6	7	13	30	46	4	4	4	17	18	2	3	9	13	28	-16	19	DDWDLW
	17	West Bromwich Albion	27	5	9	13	27	46	2	7	4	12	15	3	2	9	15	31	-19	19	DDLWDL
	18	Liverpool	27	6	6	15	36	52	5	4	5	17	19	1	2	10	19	33	-16	18	WDLDWD

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	7	4	38	19	11	3	0	26	8	5	4	4	12	11	19	39	WWDWWW	Safe	1-0
1	2	Manchester City	25	15	5	5	54	36	7	3	2	25	15	8	2	3	29	21	18	35	DWWWDW	Safe	5-2
1	3	Aston Villa	27	14	5	8	59	39	11	1	2	36	12	3	4	6	23	27	20	33	DLWLWL	Safe	2-3
1	4	Sunderland	28	14	5	9	54	38	10	3	1	36	10	4	2	8	18	28	16	33	WWDDLW	Safe	2-0
1	5	Newcastle United	28	14	5	9	45	41	10	2	2	24	11	4	3	7	21	30	4	33	WWDWLW	Safe	3-1
1	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	14	5	8	40	51	10	4	0	26	15	4	1	8	14	36	-11	33	LDWWWW	Safe	3-2
3	7	Sheffield United	26	13	6	7	53	45	7	5	1	34	19	6	1	6	19	26	8	32	LDWLLL	Safe	0-3
	8	Everton	26	13	4	9	43	28	8	0	3	22	9	5	4	6	21	19	15	30	LWLDWL		0-2
	9	Middlesbrough	27	8	9	10	40	36	8	3	4	29	15	0	6	6	11	21	4	25	DWDLWL		1-3
2	10	Nottingham Forest	27	9	7	11	51	48	5	2	7	25	25	4	5	4	26	23	3	25	DWLLWW		5-1
	11	Bury	26	6	12	8	37	42	6	6	2	24	16	0	6	6	13	26	-5	24	DWLWDD
2	12	Blackburn Rovers	27	9	6	12	38	45	6	5	3	24	17	3	1	9	14	28	-7	24	LDLLDL		2-5
	13	Notts County	29	9	4	16	30	56	6	2	5	20	23	3	2	11	10	33	-26	22	LDLLLL
	14	Derby County	27	6	9	12	47	53	5	3	5	34	28	1	6	7	13	25	-6	21	DLDDDL		1-5
1	15	Small Heath	27	7	7	13	31	46	4	4	4	17	18	3	3	9	14	28	-15	21	DWDLWW		1-0
2	16	Liverpool	28	7	6	15	39	52	6	4	5	20	19	1	2	10	19	33	-13	20	DLDWDW		3-0
2	17	Stoke	28	7	5	16	48	52	7	1	6	40	24	0	4	10	8	28	-4	19	DLLDLL		0-1
1	18	West Bromwich Albion	28	5	9	14	27	47	2	7	5	12	16	3	2	9	15	31	-20	19	DLWDLL		0-1