The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Sat Apr 07, 1906 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 07, 1906 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-1

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

Season:: 1905-06
Referee:: JT Howcroft
Attendance:: 5,000
League Week:: 33 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 4 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sunderland (League Tier 1)
Blackburn Rovers:: Oct 12, 1907

GAME COUNT:
League:: 453 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 453 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 558 (of 5824)
Total:: 1232 (of 7629)
Played:: 120 years, 4 months, 12 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Grenville Morris (30')

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Robert Middleton
Prior form: WLLWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jimmy Robertson (42')
Adam Bowman (68')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Harry Linacre
2	D	31	Charles Craig
3	M	25	Walter Dudley
4	M	28	Harry Hadley
5	D	24	William Fullarton
6	F	22	Jack Armstrong
7	M		Jack Craggs
8	F	20	Enoch West
9	M	23	Joe Hardstaff	Last game
10	F	28	Grenville Morris (30')
11	F	28	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bob Evans
2	D	Jock Cameron
3	D	Arthur Cowell
4	D	Sam Wolstenholme
5	D	Sammy McClure
6	M	Billy Bradshaw
7	M	Arnie Whittaker
8	M	Jimmy Robertson
9	M	Bob Manson
10	F	Adam Bowman
11	F	Arthur Dawson

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 07, 1906)

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

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	33	20	4	9	68	41	12	2	2	42	13	8	2	7	26	28	27	44	LWWLWD	Safe
	2	Preston North End	32	14	12	6	45	32	10	4	2	29	14	4	8	4	16	18	13	40	WWWWLD	Safe
	3	Manchester City	31	17	4	10	59	39	10	2	4	39	18	7	2	6	20	21	20	38	WLLLWW	Safe
	4	Blackburn Rovers	31	15	6	10	49	36	10	3	3	31	14	5	3	7	18	22	13	36	WLLWWW	Safe
	5	Bolton Wanderers	33	15	6	12	74	58	11	0	5	45	18	4	6	7	29	40	16	36	WWLWLL	Safe
	6	The Wednesday	31	14	7	10	48	38	9	4	2	31	16	5	3	8	17	22	10	35	DLWLWL	Safe
	7	Aston Villa	34	15	5	14	62	52	11	2	4	43	18	4	3	10	19	34	10	35	DWWLLL	Safe
	8	Stoke	33	14	7	12	49	42	10	5	2	36	14	4	2	10	13	28	7	35	DDWLWW	Safe
	9	Sheffield United	34	15	5	14	54	55	10	3	5	32	22	5	2	9	22	33	-1	35	WDWWDL	Safe
	10	Newcastle United	30	15	4	11	60	41	10	3	3	40	22	5	1	8	20	19	19	34	LLLWWW
	11	Birmingham City	31	13	6	12	52	51	10	2	2	37	14	3	4	10	15	37	1	32	WDLLDL
	12	Notts County	34	10	12	12	51	59	7	9	2	33	21	3	3	10	18	38	-8	32	DLWWDD
	13	Everton	31	13	5	13	60	54	10	0	5	36	23	3	5	8	24	31	6	31	DLWLWL
	14	Sunderland	31	14	3	14	52	54	12	1	2	36	15	2	2	12	16	39	-2	31	WWWWLW
	15	Woolwich Arsenal	32	12	5	15	51	57	10	4	3	37	20	2	1	12	14	37	-6	29	WWWWLW
	16	Derby County	31	12	5	14	34	41	9	4	4	25	15	3	1	10	9	26	-7	29	DDLLLL
	17	Nottingham Forest	32	11	4	17	50	68	10	1	4	34	20	1	3	13	16	48	-18	26	LWLLWL
	18	Bury	32	7	10	15	43	65	6	5	5	22	21	1	5	10	21	44	-22	24	LDDDLD
	19	Middlesbrough	32	6	10	16	39	66	6	4	5	26	21	0	6	11	13	45	-27	22	WLLLLD
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	6	6	22	43	94	5	5	6	25	25	1	1	16	18	69	-51	18	LLLLDW

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	33	20	4	9	68	41	12	2	2	42	13	8	2	7	26	28	27	44	LWWLWD	Safe
	2	Preston North End	33	15	12	6	49	33	11	4	2	33	15	4	8	4	16	18	16	42	WWWLDW	Safe	4-1
	3	Manchester City	32	17	4	11	60	41	10	2	5	40	20	7	2	6	20	21	19	38	LLLWWL	Safe	1-2
	4	Blackburn Rovers	32	16	6	10	51	37	10	3	3	31	14	6	3	7	20	23	14	38	LLWWWW	Safe	2-1
	5	Bolton Wanderers	34	15	6	13	75	60	11	0	5	45	18	4	6	8	30	42	15	36	WLWLLL	Safe	1-2
	6	The Wednesday	32	14	8	10	51	41	9	5	2	34	19	5	3	8	17	22	10	36	LWLWLD	Safe	3-3
	7	Aston Villa	34	15	5	14	62	52	11	2	4	43	18	4	3	10	19	34	10	35	DWWLLL	Safe
	8	Stoke	34	14	7	13	49	47	10	5	2	36	14	4	2	11	13	33	2	35	DWLWWL	Safe	0-5
	9	Sheffield United	34	15	5	14	54	55	10	3	5	32	22	5	2	9	22	33	-1	35	WDWWDL	Safe
	10	Newcastle United	30	15	4	11	60	41	10	3	3	40	22	5	1	8	20	19	19	34	LLLWWW
	11	Birmingham City	32	13	7	12	52	51	10	2	2	37	14	3	5	10	15	37	1	33	DLLDLD		0-0
1	12	Everton	32	13	6	13	62	56	10	1	5	38	25	3	5	8	24	31	6	32	LWLWLD		2-2
1	13	Sunderland	32	14	4	14	55	57	12	1	2	36	15	2	3	12	19	42	-2	32	WWWLWD		3-3
2	14	Notts County	35	10	12	13	52	63	7	9	2	33	21	3	3	11	19	42	-11	32	LWWDDL		1-4
	15	Woolwich Arsenal	33	13	5	15	53	58	10	4	3	37	20	3	1	12	16	38	-5	31	WWWLWW		2-1
	16	Derby County	32	12	6	14	34	41	9	5	4	25	15	3	1	10	9	26	-7	30	DLLLLD		0-0
	17	Nottingham Forest	33	11	4	18	51	70	10	1	5	35	22	1	3	13	16	48	-19	26	WLLWLL		1-2
	18	Bury	33	8	10	15	45	66	7	5	5	24	22	1	5	10	21	44	-21	26	DDDLDW		2-1
	19	Middlesbrough	33	7	10	16	44	66	7	4	5	31	21	0	6	11	13	45	-22	24	LLLLDW		5-0
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	6	7	22	45	96	5	5	6	25	25	1	2	16	20	71	-51	19	LLLDWD	Relegated	2-2