The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 MANCHESTER CITY - Sat Mar 18, 1905 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 18, 1905 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: StatCity.co.uk (Link)
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1904-05
Referee:: T Armitt
Attendance:: 6,000
League Week:: 30 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 13 13
Opp Before/After:: 2 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (League Tier 1)
Manchester City:: Sep 09, 1905

GAME COUNT:
League:: 416 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 416 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 517 (of 5824)
Total:: 1181 (of 7629)
Played:: 121 years, 5 months, 0 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Billy Shearman
Fred Lessons

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Tom Maley
Prior form: WWWWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Billy Meredith

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Harry Linacre
2	D	30	Charles Craig
3	M	24	Walter Dudley
4	D	26	Bob Innes
5	F	31	George Henderson
6	F		Sam Timmins
7	M	22	Tom Davies
8	M	25	Billy Shearman
9	F	21	Fred Lessons
10	F	27	Grenville Morris
11	F	27	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Hillman
2	D	Johnny McMahon
3	D	Herbert Burgess
4	D	Sammy Frost
5	D	Tommy Hynds
6	M	James Buchan
7	M	Billy Meredith
8	M	Geordie Livingstone
9	M	Lot Jones
10	F	Sandy Turnbull
11	F	Frank Booth

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 18, 1905)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	3-0	Sheffield United
Blackburn Rovers	1-0	Notts County
Bury	2-4	Newcastle United
Middlesbrough	2-1	Stoke
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Manchester City
Sunderland	2-3	Everton
The Wednesday	3-1	Small Heath
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-0	Preston North End
Woolwich Arsenal	0-0	Derby 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	Everton	27	17	4	6	52	27	12	2	1	33	10	5	2	5	19	17	25	38	WDWWWW	Safe
	2	Manchester City	27	17	4	6	56	31	12	2	0	42	16	5	2	6	14	15	25	38	WWWWWW	Safe
	3	Newcastle United	26	17	2	7	50	23	11	1	1	29	7	6	1	6	21	16	27	36	LLLWWW	Safe
	4	Small Heath	27	16	3	8	48	29	10	0	4	29	15	6	3	4	19	14	19	35	WWWLWL	Safe
	5	Aston Villa	28	15	4	9	50	34	8	2	4	23	13	7	2	5	27	21	16	34	DLWWWW	Safe
	6	Sheffield United	28	16	2	10	54	43	11	0	4	32	17	5	2	6	22	26	11	34	LLWLLW	Safe
	7	Sunderland	28	14	5	9	50	36	10	2	2	33	15	4	3	7	17	21	14	33	WLLWDL	Safe
	8	Derby County	31	12	6	13	36	45	9	4	4	29	19	3	2	9	7	26	-9	30	WLDWLW
	9	Woolwich Arsenal	28	11	7	10	32	34	8	3	2	15	8	3	4	8	17	26	-2	29	LWWWDL
	10	The Wednesday	27	12	3	12	52	46	8	2	3	33	17	4	1	9	19	29	6	27	WWLLLL
	11	Preston North End	28	10	7	11	35	36	6	3	3	21	12	4	4	8	14	24	-1	27	LDLWLW
	12	Blackburn Rovers	28	9	4	15	36	44	7	3	4	25	16	2	1	11	11	28	-8	22	DWLLLL
	13	Nottingham Forest	29	7	7	15	34	50	4	3	7	21	23	3	4	8	13	27	-16	21	DDDLDW
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	9	3	15	41	61	8	1	3	25	17	1	2	12	16	44	-20	21	LWLLWL
	15	Stoke	26	9	3	14	28	47	8	2	4	21	16	1	1	10	7	31	-19	21	WDDWLW
	16	Bury	27	8	3	16	40	56	6	2	5	27	19	2	1	11	13	37	-16	19	LWLLLL
	17	Middlesbrough	27	5	8	14	24	44	4	3	5	11	13	1	5	9	13	31	-20	18	WLLWDL
	18	Notts County	27	3	7	17	26	58	1	6	8	13	29	2	1	9	13	29	-32	13	DLLDLL

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	Everton	28	18	4	6	55	29	12	2	1	33	10	6	2	5	22	19	26	40	DWWWWW	Safe	3-2
1	2	Newcastle United	27	18	2	7	54	25	11	1	1	29	7	7	1	6	25	18	29	38	LLWWWW	Safe	4-2
1	3	Manchester City	28	17	4	7	57	33	12	2	0	42	16	5	2	7	15	17	24	38	WWWWWL	Safe	1-2
1	4	Aston Villa	29	16	4	9	53	34	9	2	4	26	13	7	2	5	27	21	19	36	LWWWWW	Safe	3-0
1	5	Small Heath	28	16	3	9	49	32	10	0	4	29	15	6	3	5	20	17	17	35	WWLWLL	Safe	1-3
	6	Sheffield United	29	16	2	11	54	46	11	0	4	32	17	5	2	7	22	29	8	34	LWLLWL	Safe	0-3
	7	Sunderland	29	14	5	10	52	39	10	2	3	35	18	4	3	7	17	21	13	33	LLWDLL	Safe	2-3
	8	Derby County	32	12	7	13	36	45	9	4	4	29	19	3	3	9	7	26	-9	31	LDWLWD		0-0
	9	Woolwich Arsenal	29	11	8	10	32	34	8	4	2	15	8	3	4	8	17	26	-2	30	WWWDLD		0-0
	10	The Wednesday	28	13	3	12	55	47	9	2	3	36	18	4	1	9	19	29	8	29	WLLLLW		3-1
	11	Preston North End	29	10	8	11	35	36	6	3	3	21	12	4	5	8	14	24	-1	28	DLWLWD		0-0
	12	Blackburn Rovers	29	10	4	15	37	44	8	3	4	26	16	2	1	11	11	28	-7	24	WLLLLW		1-0
	13	Nottingham Forest	30	8	7	15	36	51	5	3	7	23	24	3	4	8	13	27	-15	23	DDLDWW		2-1
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	9	4	15	41	61	8	2	3	25	17	1	2	12	16	44	-20	22	WLLWLD		0-0
	15	Stoke	27	9	3	15	29	49	8	2	4	21	16	1	1	11	8	33	-20	21	DDWLWL		1-2
1	16	Middlesbrough	28	6	8	14	26	45	5	3	5	13	14	1	5	9	13	31	-19	20	LLWDLW		2-1
1	17	Bury	28	8	3	17	42	60	6	2	6	29	23	2	1	11	13	37	-18	19	WLLLLL		2-4
	18	Notts County	28	3	7	18	26	59	1	6	8	13	29	2	1	10	13	30	-33	13	LLDLLL		0-1