The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 MIDDLESBROUGH - Sat Jan 27, 1906 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 27, 1906 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Middlesbrough
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1905-06
Referee:: P Kirkham
Attendance:: 12,000
League Week:: 25 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 16 15
Opp Before/After:: 19 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (FA Cup)
League:: Newcastle United
Middlesbrough:: Sep 07, 1907

GAME COUNT:
League:: 445 (of 5088)
League Tier 1:: 445 (of 2340)
Competitive:: 548 (of 5830)
Total:: 1222 (of 7635)
Played:: 120 years, 8 months, 3 days ago

Review
This game was also Alf Spouncer's benefit game

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

Goal Scorers
Grenville Morris (47')
Jack Craggs (75')

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager: Alex Mackie
Prior form: WLDLDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Alf Common (82')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Harry Linacre
2	D	31	Charles Craig
3	M	24	Walter Dudley
4	F		Sam Timmins
5	M	27	George Wolfe
6	F	21	Jack Armstrong
7	M		Jack Craggs (75')
8	F	22	Fred Lessons
9	F	19	Enoch West
10	F	28	Grenville Morris (47')
11	F		Albert Holmes	Last game

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tim Williamson
2	D	John Hogg
3	D	William Agnew
4	D	Geordie Reid
5	D	Sam Aitken
6	M	Andy Davidson
7	M	Tommy Green
8	M	Charlie Hewitt
9	M	Alf Common
10	F	Bobbie Walker
11	F	Jim Thackeray

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Jan 27, 1906)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-0	Liverpool
Blackburn Rovers	1-3	Notts County
Bolton Wanderers	3-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Derby County	2-1	Newcastle United
Everton	4-2	Aston Villa
Manchester City	5-2	Bury
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Middlesbrough
Sunderland	2-0	Sheffield United
The Wednesday	1-1	Preston North End
Woolwich Arsenal	1-2	Stoke

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	Liverpool	24	15	3	6	53	32	10	2	1	34	10	5	1	5	19	22	21	33	DLWWDW
	2	Manchester City	23	13	3	7	46	27	8	1	2	30	10	5	2	5	16	17	19	29	WLWWWW
	3	The Wednesday	24	12	5	7	37	28	8	2	2	24	11	4	3	5	13	17	9	29	WWWLDD
	4	Blackburn Rovers	22	11	6	5	34	20	7	3	0	21	4	4	3	5	13	16	14	28	WDWWDW
	5	Newcastle United	24	12	4	8	51	34	8	3	3	35	20	4	1	5	16	14	17	28	LWDLWW
	6	Aston Villa	24	12	3	9	44	30	10	1	3	37	13	2	2	6	7	17	14	27	WDWLLL
	7	Preston North End	23	9	9	5	34	25	8	4	1	25	11	1	5	4	9	14	9	27	WDDWLW
	8	Birmingham City	24	11	4	9	39	31	8	1	1	27	4	3	3	8	12	27	8	26	WLLLLW
	9	Derby County	22	11	3	8	28	27	8	3	1	21	7	3	0	7	7	20	1	25	LLDWDL
	10	Sheffield United	24	11	3	10	41	41	8	1	4	25	16	3	2	6	16	25	0	25	WWWWLL
	11	Stoke	25	10	5	10	32	32	8	3	2	24	8	2	2	8	8	24	0	25	DWDLWL
	12	Bolton Wanderers	23	8	6	9	51	39	6	0	4	29	9	2	6	5	22	30	12	22	DDLWWW
	13	Everton	23	9	4	10	46	41	7	0	3	26	14	2	4	7	20	27	5	22	LLDLWL
	14	Notts County	24	7	8	9	37	47	5	7	1	25	17	2	1	8	12	30	-10	22	WLWDLW
	15	Bury	24	7	5	12	34	50	6	2	5	21	20	1	3	7	13	30	-16	19	WWLWDW
	16	Nottingham Forest	24	7	4	13	35	53	7	1	3	25	16	0	3	10	10	37	-18	18	LDLLLL
	17	Woolwich Arsenal	24	6	5	13	33	47	5	4	2	22	14	1	1	11	11	33	-14	17	WLLLWL
	18	Sunderland	22	7	3	12	29	42	6	1	2	19	12	1	2	10	10	30	-13	17	LDLDWL
	19	Middlesbrough	23	5	7	11	32	51	5	4	2	23	16	0	3	9	9	35	-19	17	WLDLDD
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	5	4	15	27	66	4	4	4	19	19	1	0	11	8	47	-39	14	LDLWLL

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	Liverpool	25	15	3	7	53	33	10	2	1	34	10	5	1	6	19	23	20	33	LWWDWL		0-1
	2	Manchester City	24	14	3	7	51	29	9	1	2	35	12	5	2	5	16	17	22	31	LWWWWW		5-2
	3	The Wednesday	25	12	6	7	38	29	8	3	2	25	12	4	3	5	13	17	9	30	WWLDDD		1-1
	4	Blackburn Rovers	23	11	6	6	35	23	7	3	1	22	7	4	3	5	13	16	12	28	DWWDWL		1-3
	5	Newcastle United	25	12	4	9	52	36	8	3	3	35	20	4	1	6	17	16	16	28	WDLWWL		1-2
1	6	Preston North End	24	9	10	5	35	26	8	4	1	25	11	1	6	4	10	15	9	28	DDWLWD		1-1
1	7	Birmingham City	25	12	4	9	40	31	9	1	1	28	4	3	3	8	12	27	9	28	LLLLWW		1-0
2	8	Aston Villa	25	12	3	10	46	34	10	1	3	37	13	2	2	7	9	21	12	27	DWLLLL		2-4
	9	Derby County	23	12	3	8	30	28	9	3	1	23	8	3	0	7	7	20	2	27	LDWDLW		2-1
1	10	Stoke	26	11	5	10	34	33	8	3	2	24	8	3	2	8	10	25	1	27	WDLWLW		2-1
1	11	Sheffield United	25	11	3	11	41	43	8	1	4	25	16	3	2	7	16	27	-2	25	WWWLLL		0-2
	12	Bolton Wanderers	24	9	6	9	54	41	7	0	4	32	11	2	6	5	22	30	13	24	DLWWWW		3-2
	13	Everton	24	10	4	10	50	43	8	0	3	30	16	2	4	7	20	27	7	24	LDLWLW		4-2
	14	Notts County	25	8	8	9	40	48	5	7	1	25	17	3	1	8	15	31	-8	24	LWDLWW		3-1
1	15	Nottingham Forest	25	8	4	13	37	54	8	1	3	27	17	0	3	10	10	37	-17	20	DLLLLW		2-1
2	16	Sunderland	23	8	3	12	31	42	7	1	2	21	12	1	2	10	10	30	-11	19	DLDWLW		2-0
2	17	Bury	25	7	5	13	36	55	6	2	5	21	20	1	3	8	15	35	-19	19	WLWDWL		2-5
1	18	Woolwich Arsenal	25	6	5	14	34	49	5	4	3	23	16	1	1	11	11	33	-15	17	LLLWLL		1-2
	19	Middlesbrough	24	5	7	12	33	53	5	4	2	23	16	0	3	10	10	37	-20	17	LDLDDL		1-2
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	5	4	16	29	69	4	4	4	19	19	1	0	12	10	50	-40	14	DLWLLL		2-3