The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 SHEFFIELD UNITED - Sat Apr 01, 1905 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 01, 1905 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST

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

Season:: 1904-05
Referee:
Attendance:: 9,000
League Week:: 32 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 12 13
Opp Before/After:: 6 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Newcastle United (League Tier 1)
Sheffield United:: Oct 28, 1905

GAME COUNT:
League:: 418 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 418 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 519 (of 5824)
Total:: 1183 (of 7629)
Played:: 121 years, 4 months, 18 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Billy Shearman

SHEFFIELD UNITED
Manager: John Nicholson
Prior form: WLLWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Arthur Brown
Alonzo Drake

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Alexander Newbigging	Last game
2	D	30	Charles Craig	100th appearance
3	M	24	Walter Dudley
4	D	26	Bob Innes
5	F	31	George Henderson
6	M	29	Peter Robertson	Last game
7	M	23	Tom Davies
8	M	25	Billy Shearman
9	F	21	Fred Lessons
10	F	20	Thomas Jones	Last game
11	F	27	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Joe Lievesley
2	D	Albert Groves
3	D	Fred Priest
4	D	Harry Johnson
5	D	Bernard Wilkinson
6	M	Ernest Needham
7	M	Johnny Lang
8	M	Jimmy Donnelly
9	M	Arthur Brown
10	F	Alonzo Drake
11	F	Bert Lipsham

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 01, 1905)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2-0	Newcastle United
Bury	1-0	Middlesbrough
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Sheffield United
Sunderland	0-0	Manchester City
The Wednesday	1-0	Notts County
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-3	Stoke
Woolwich Arsenal	1-1	Small Heath

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	28	18	4	6	55	29	12	2	1	33	10	6	2	5	22	19	26	40	DWWWWW	Safe
	2	Newcastle United	27	18	2	7	54	25	11	1	1	29	7	7	1	6	25	18	29	38	LLWWWW	Safe
	3	Manchester City	28	17	4	7	57	33	12	2	0	42	16	5	2	7	15	17	24	38	WWWWWL	Safe
	4	Aston Villa	29	16	4	9	53	34	9	2	4	26	13	7	2	5	27	21	19	36	LWWWWW	Safe
	5	Small Heath	29	16	4	9	50	33	10	1	4	30	16	6	3	5	20	17	17	36	WLWLLD	Safe
	6	Sheffield United	30	17	2	11	57	47	12	0	4	35	18	5	2	7	22	29	10	36	WLLWLW	Safe
	7	Sunderland	30	14	6	10	53	40	10	2	3	35	18	4	4	7	18	22	13	34	LWDLLD	Safe
	8	Derby County	32	12	7	13	36	45	9	4	4	29	19	3	3	9	7	26	-9	31	LDWLWD	Safe
	9	Woolwich Arsenal	29	11	8	10	32	34	8	4	2	15	8	3	4	8	17	26	-2	30	WWWDLD
	10	The Wednesday	28	13	3	12	55	47	9	2	3	36	18	4	1	9	19	29	8	29	WLLLLW
	11	Preston North End	30	10	9	11	35	36	6	4	3	21	12	4	5	8	14	24	-1	29	LWLWDD
	12	Nottingham Forest	31	9	7	15	38	52	5	3	7	23	24	4	4	8	15	28	-14	25	DLDWWW
	13	Blackburn Rovers	30	10	4	16	38	47	8	3	4	26	16	2	1	12	12	31	-9	24	LLLLWL
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	9	4	16	42	64	8	2	3	25	17	1	2	13	17	47	-22	22	LLWLDL
	15	Middlesbrough	29	7	8	14	29	46	6	3	5	16	15	1	5	9	13	31	-17	22	LWDLWW
	16	Stoke	27	9	3	15	29	49	8	2	4	21	16	1	1	11	8	33	-20	21	DDWLWL
	17	Bury	29	8	4	17	42	60	6	2	6	29	23	2	2	11	13	37	-18	20	LLLLLD
	18	Notts County	29	3	7	19	27	61	1	6	9	14	31	2	1	10	13	30	-34	13	LDLLLL

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
1	2	Manchester City	29	17	5	7	57	33	12	2	0	42	16	5	3	7	15	17	24	39	WWWWLD	Safe	0-0
1	3	Newcastle United	28	18	2	8	54	27	11	1	1	29	7	7	1	7	25	20	27	38	LWWWWL	Safe	0-2
2	4	Sheffield United	31	18	2	11	59	48	12	0	4	35	18	6	2	7	24	30	11	38	LLWLWW	Safe	2-1
	5	Small Heath	30	16	5	9	51	34	10	1	4	30	16	6	4	5	21	18	17	37	LWLLDD	Safe	1-1
2	6	Aston Villa	29	16	4	9	53	34	9	2	4	26	13	7	2	5	27	21	19	36	LWWWWW	Safe
	7	Sunderland	31	14	7	10	53	40	10	3	3	35	18	4	4	7	18	22	13	35	WDLLDD	Safe	0-0
2	8	The Wednesday	29	14	3	12	56	47	10	2	3	37	18	4	1	9	19	29	9	31	LLLLWW	Safe	1-0
	9	Woolwich Arsenal	30	11	9	10	33	35	8	5	2	16	9	3	4	8	17	26	-2	31	WWDLDD	Safe	1-1
2	10	Derby County	32	12	7	13	36	45	9	4	4	29	19	3	3	9	7	26	-9	31	LDWLWD	Safe
	11	Preston North End	30	10	9	11	35	36	6	4	3	21	12	4	5	8	14	24	-1	29	LWLWDD
1	12	Blackburn Rovers	31	11	4	16	40	47	9	3	4	28	16	2	1	12	12	31	-7	26	LLLWLW		2-0
1	13	Nottingham Forest	32	9	7	16	39	54	5	3	8	24	26	4	4	8	15	28	-15	25	LDWWWL		1-2
2	14	Stoke	28	10	3	15	32	50	8	2	4	21	16	2	1	11	11	34	-18	23	DWLWLW		3-1
2	15	Bury	30	9	4	17	43	60	7	2	6	30	23	2	2	11	13	37	-17	22	LLLLDW		1-0
2	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	9	4	17	43	67	8	2	4	26	20	1	2	13	17	47	-24	22	LWLDLL		1-3
2	17	Middlesbrough	30	7	8	15	29	47	6	3	5	16	15	1	5	10	13	32	-18	22	WDLWWL		0-1
	18	Notts County	30	3	7	20	27	62	1	6	9	14	31	2	1	11	13	31	-35	13	DLLLLL	Relegated	0-1