The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 LEICESTER FOSSE - Sat Dec 15, 1906 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 15, 1906 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester Fosse
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON

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

Season:: 1906-07
Referee:: R Horrocks
Attendance:: 20,000
League Week:: 17 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 2 1
Opp Before/After:: 4 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Chesterfield (League Tier 2)
Leicester Fosse:: Apr 20, 1907

GAME COUNT:
League:: 475 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 17 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 580 (of 5824)
Total:: 1254 (of 7629)
Played:: 119 years, 8 months, 4 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Enoch West
Grenville Morris

LEICESTER FOSSE
Manager: George Johnson
Prior form: WDWLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Frank Middleton

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Harry Linacre
2	M	25	Walter Dudley
3	M	19	George Maltby
4	D	21	Edwin Hughes
5	F		George Needham
6	F	22	Jack Armstrong
7	M	27	Billy Shearman
8	F		Thomas Marrison
9	F	20	Enoch West
10	F	29	Grenville Morris
11	F	29	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Albert Talbot-Lewis
2	D	Harry Ashby
3	D	Joe Blackett
4	D	Billy Leech
5	D	Billy Bannister
6	M	Bob Pollock
7	M	Jamie Durrant
8	M	Jimmy Blessington
9	M	Harry Wilcox
10	F	Tommy Shanks
11	F	Frank Middleton

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 15, 1906)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	6-0	Gainsborough Trinity
Burnley	4-2	Hull City
Burslem Port Vale	4-1	Glossop North End
Burton United	1-0	Bradford City
Chelsea	2-1	Clapton Orient
Grimsby Town	0-0	Blackpool
Leeds City	6-1	Stockport County
Lincoln City	2-1	West Bromwich Albion
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Leicester Fosse
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-1	Chesterfield

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	SECOND 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	West Bromwich Albion	16	11	1	4	40	16	6	1	1	28	7	5	0	3	12	9	24	23	WLWWLW
	2	Nottingham Forest	16	11	1	4	33	19	7	1	0	22	5	4	0	4	11	14	14	23	WWWWWL
	3	Chelsea	15	10	2	3	30	13	7	0	0	23	4	3	2	3	7	9	17	22	LWWWDW
	4	Leicester Fosse	16	10	2	4	30	13	9	0	0	24	3	1	2	4	6	10	17	22	WDWLWW
	5	Hull City	15	9	2	4	26	12	6	0	2	16	3	3	2	2	10	9	14	20	LLWWWW
	6	Stockport County	15	8	3	4	21	17	6	1	1	16	5	2	2	3	5	12	4	19	LWWWLW
	7	Bradford City	16	8	3	5	23	21	6	1	1	16	5	2	2	4	7	16	2	19	WWLWLW
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	8	2	7	28	23	5	2	2	18	11	3	0	5	10	12	5	18	LWLWWL
	9	Gainsborough Trinity	17	8	2	7	21	23	7	1	2	16	9	1	1	5	5	14	-2	18	LWWWLW
	10	Burnley	16	8	1	7	24	15	5	1	2	18	5	3	0	5	6	10	9	17	DLWLWL
	11	Burslem Port Vale	15	6	1	8	29	36	6	0	2	21	11	0	1	6	8	25	-7	13	LWLWLW
	12	Clapton Orient	14	5	3	6	18	24	4	3	0	10	4	1	0	6	8	20	-6	13	DLWLWL
	13	Leeds City	17	4	4	9	17	29	2	3	2	10	10	2	1	7	7	19	-12	12	LLLWLL
	14	Blackpool	16	4	4	8	14	25	3	2	3	9	8	1	2	5	5	17	-11	12	LWLLWW
	15	Grimsby Town	15	5	1	9	19	26	4	1	1	9	6	1	0	8	10	20	-7	11	LWLLLL
	16	Lincoln City	16	4	3	9	18	27	3	1	4	9	10	1	2	5	9	17	-9	11	WLLLLL
	17	Chesterfield	16	4	3	9	16	26	4	1	2	11	8	0	2	7	5	18	-10	11	WLWLDL
	18	Glossop North End	14	5	1	8	21	41	4	1	2	15	12	1	0	6	6	29	-20	11	LLDLWW
	19	Barnsley	15	4	1	10	21	23	4	0	3	15	8	0	1	7	6	15	-2	9	DWLLLL
	20	Burton United	15	3	2	10	12	32	3	1	4	10	11	0	1	6	2	21	-20	8	LWLLLL

Table after:

	SECOND 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	1	Nottingham Forest	17	12	1	4	35	20	8	1	0	24	6	4	0	4	11	14	15	25	WWWWLW		2-1
1	2	Chelsea	16	11	2	3	32	14	8	0	0	25	5	3	2	3	7	9	18	24	WWWDWW		2-1
2	3	West Bromwich Albion	17	11	1	5	41	18	6	1	1	28	7	5	0	4	13	11	23	23	LWWLWL		1-2
	4	Leicester Fosse	17	10	2	5	31	15	9	0	0	24	3	1	2	5	7	12	16	22	DWLWWL		1-2
	5	Hull City	16	9	2	5	28	16	6	0	2	16	3	3	2	3	12	13	12	20	LWWWWL		2-4
2	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	9	2	7	30	24	6	2	2	20	12	3	0	5	10	12	6	20	WLWWLW		2-1
3	7	Burnley	17	9	1	7	28	17	6	1	2	22	7	3	0	5	6	10	11	19	LWLWLW		4-2
1	8	Bradford City	17	8	3	6	23	22	6	1	1	16	5	2	2	5	7	17	1	19	WLWLWL		0-1
3	9	Stockport County	16	8	3	5	22	23	6	1	1	16	5	2	2	4	6	18	-1	19	WWWLWL		1-6
1	10	Gainsborough Trinity	18	8	2	8	21	29	7	1	2	16	9	1	1	6	5	20	-8	18	WWWLWL		0-6
	11	Burslem Port Vale	16	7	1	8	33	37	7	0	2	25	12	0	1	6	8	25	-4	15	WLWLWW		4-1
1	12	Leeds City	18	5	4	9	23	30	3	3	2	16	11	2	1	7	7	19	-7	14	LLWLLW		6-1
1	13	Clapton Orient	15	5	3	7	19	26	4	3	0	10	4	1	0	7	9	22	-7	13	LWLWLL		1-2
2	14	Lincoln City	17	5	3	9	20	28	4	1	4	11	11	1	2	5	9	17	-8	13	LLLLLW		2-1
1	15	Blackpool	17	4	5	8	14	25	3	2	3	9	8	1	3	5	5	17	-11	13	WLLWWD		0-0
1	16	Grimsby Town	16	5	2	9	19	26	4	2	1	9	6	1	0	8	10	20	-7	12	WLLLLD		0-0
2	17	Barnsley	16	5	1	10	27	23	5	0	3	21	8	0	1	7	6	15	4	11	WLLLLW		6-0
1	18	Chesterfield	17	4	3	10	17	28	4	1	2	11	8	0	2	8	6	20	-11	11	LWLDLL		1-2
1	19	Glossop North End	15	5	1	9	22	45	4	1	2	15	12	1	0	7	7	33	-23	11	LDLWWL		1-4
	20	Burton United	16	4	2	10	13	32	4	1	4	11	11	0	1	6	2	21	-19	10	WLLLLW		1-0