The City Ground

PRESTON NORTH END 0 - 1 FOREST - Sat Dec 17, 1904 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 17, 1904 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Preston North End
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Deepdale
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON

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

Season:: 1904-05
Referee:: J Lewis
Attendance:: 1,000
League Week:: 17 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 15 15
Opp Before/After:: 3 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Middlesbrough (League Tier 1)
Preston North End:: Sep 04, 1905

GAME COUNT:
League:: 403 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 403 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 502 (of 5824)
Total:: 1166 (of 7629)
Played:: 121 years, 8 months, 13 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Fred Lessons - Fred Lessons first goal

PRESTON NORTH END
Manager: EH Barr
Prior form: DDDWLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Harry Linacre
2	D	30	Charles Craig
3	D	28	James Iremonger
4	D	26	John Barnsdale
5	F	31	George Henderson
6	F		Sam Timmins
7	M		Jack Craggs
8	M	25	Billy Shearman
9	F	21	Fred Lessons
10	F	27	Grenville Morris
11	F	27	Tom Niblo

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter McBride
2	D	Tommy Rodway
3	D	Richard Orrell
4	D	Jimmy McLean
5	D	John Hunter
6	M	Billy Lyon
7	M	Dickie Bond
8	M	Percy Smith
9	M	Jack Bell
10	F	James Wilson
11	F	Dickie Bourne

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 17, 1904)

Home	Score	Away
Bury	3-1	Stoke
Manchester City	6-0	Derby County
Middlesbrough	2-1	Blackburn Rovers
Newcastle United	6-2	The Wednesday
Notts County	1-5	Woolwich Arsenal
Preston North End	0-1	Nottingham Forest
Sheffield United	1-0	Sunderland
Small Heath	1-2	Everton
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-1	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	Newcastle United	15	10	2	3	28	11	6	1	0	16	4	4	1	3	12	7	17	22	WWWWWW
	2	Derby County	16	8	4	4	22	17	5	3	0	16	6	3	1	4	6	11	5	20	WLDWDW
	3	Preston North End	17	7	6	4	23	21	4	2	1	15	9	3	4	3	8	12	2	20	DDDWLD
	4	Sheffield United	16	9	2	5	30	28	6	0	1	16	8	3	2	4	14	20	2	20	WLLWWW
	5	Small Heath	15	9	1	5	28	18	6	0	1	16	6	3	1	4	12	12	10	19	WWWWWL
	6	Sunderland	15	8	3	4	29	21	6	1	1	20	8	2	2	3	9	13	8	19	WDWWLL
	7	Everton	15	8	2	5	28	19	6	1	1	17	6	2	1	4	11	13	9	18	LWDLDW
	8	The Wednesday	15	8	2	5	31	24	5	1	2	20	14	3	1	3	11	10	7	18	LDLWDL
	9	Manchester City	15	7	3	5	30	20	5	2	0	22	8	2	1	5	8	12	10	17	LWDLWL
	10	Aston Villa	17	7	2	8	26	25	5	2	3	15	10	2	0	5	11	15	1	16	LWWLWD
	11	Woolwich Arsenal	14	5	5	4	12	12	4	2	1	6	4	1	3	3	6	8	0	15	WDWDLW
	12	Blackburn Rovers	15	5	3	7	23	21	4	2	2	16	8	1	1	5	7	13	2	13	LWLLLD
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	6	1	9	27	36	6	0	2	19	12	0	1	7	8	24	-9	13	LLDWLL
	14	Stoke	16	6	1	9	15	30	5	1	2	11	8	1	0	7	4	22	-15	13	DLWLWL
	15	Nottingham Forest	16	4	1	11	22	32	3	0	6	15	15	1	1	5	7	17	-10	9	LLDWLL
	16	Middlesbrough	15	2	5	8	14	26	2	2	3	6	8	0	3	5	8	18	-12	9	LDLLDD
	17	Notts County	15	3	3	9	16	30	1	3	3	6	10	2	0	6	10	20	-14	9	LLLWLD
	18	Bury	15	3	2	10	23	36	2	1	5	15	16	1	1	5	8	20	-13	8	WWLLDW

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	Newcastle United	16	11	2	3	34	13	7	1	0	22	6	4	1	3	12	7	21	24	WWWWWW		6-2
2	2	Sheffield United	17	10	2	5	31	28	7	0	1	17	8	3	2	4	14	20	3	22	LLWWWW		1-0
4	3	Everton	16	9	2	5	30	20	6	1	1	17	6	3	1	4	13	14	10	20	WDLDWW		2-1
1	4	Preston North End	18	7	6	5	23	22	4	2	2	15	10	3	4	3	8	12	1	20	DDWLDL		0-1
3	5	Derby County	17	8	4	5	22	23	5	3	0	16	6	3	1	5	6	17	-1	20	LDWDWL		0-6
3	6	Manchester City	16	8	3	5	36	20	6	2	0	28	8	2	1	5	8	12	16	19	WDLWLW		6-0
2	7	Small Heath	16	9	1	6	29	20	6	0	2	17	8	3	1	4	12	12	9	19	WWWWLL		1-2
2	8	Sunderland	16	8	3	5	29	22	6	1	1	20	8	2	2	4	9	14	7	19	DWWLLL		0-1
1	9	The Wednesday	16	8	2	6	33	30	5	1	2	20	14	3	1	4	13	16	3	18	DLWDLL		2-6
1	10	Woolwich Arsenal	15	6	5	4	17	13	4	2	1	6	4	2	3	3	11	9	4	17	DWDLWW		5-1
1	11	Aston Villa	18	7	3	8	27	26	5	2	3	15	10	2	1	5	12	16	1	17	WWLWDD		1-1
1	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	6	2	9	28	37	6	1	2	20	13	0	1	7	8	24	-9	14	LDWLLD		1-1
1	13	Blackburn Rovers	16	5	3	8	24	23	4	2	2	16	8	1	1	6	8	15	1	13	WLLLDL		1-2
	14	Stoke	17	6	1	10	16	33	5	1	2	11	8	1	0	8	5	25	-17	13	LWLWLL		1-3
	15	Nottingham Forest	17	5	1	11	23	32	3	0	6	15	15	2	1	5	8	17	-9	11	LDWLLW		1-0
	16	Middlesbrough	16	3	5	8	16	27	3	2	3	8	9	0	3	5	8	18	-11	11	DLLDDW		2-1
1	17	Bury	16	4	2	10	26	37	3	1	5	18	17	1	1	5	8	20	-11	10	WLLDWW		3-1
1	18	Notts County	16	3	3	10	17	35	1	3	4	7	15	2	0	6	10	20	-18	9	LLWLDL		1-5