The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 PRESTON NORTH END - Sat Dec 21, 1907 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 21, 1907 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Preston North End
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN

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

Season:: 1907-08
Referee:: F Heath
Attendance:: 8,000
League Week:: 17 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 12 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Aston Villa (League Tier 1)
Preston North End:: Apr 18, 1908

GAME COUNT:
League:: 513 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 475 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 620 (of 5828)
Total:: 1295 (of 7633)
Played:: 118 years, 8 months, 18 days ago

Review
Hunter (Preston North End) was carried off after 40 minutes

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

Goal Scorers
Enoch West
Tommy Rodway (OG)

PRESTON NORTH END
Manager: Charlie Parker
Prior form: LWWDLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Martin Becton
Percy Smith

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Harry Linacre
2	M	26	Walter Dudley
3	M	20	George Maltby
4	D	22	Edwin Hughes
5	F		George Needham
6	F	23	Jack Armstrong
7	M	28	Billy Shearman
8	F		Thomas Marrison
9	F	21	Enoch West
10	F	21	Herbert Whitchurch
11	F	30	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter McBride
2	D	Joe Derbyshire
3	D	Tommy Rodway
4	D	Jimmy McLean
5	D	John Hunter
6	M	Billy Lyon
7	M	Martin Becton
8	M	Jack Carlin
9	M	Percy Smith
10	F	James Wilson
11	F	Herbie Danson

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 21, 1907)

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

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	Manchester United	17	14	1	2	51	22	8	0	0	24	9	6	1	2	27	13	29	29	WWWLWD
	2	The Wednesday	17	11	2	4	38	24	8	0	1	26	12	3	2	3	12	12	14	24	WWDWLW
	3	Newcastle United	17	9	3	5	35	22	6	1	1	22	8	3	2	4	13	14	13	21	WWWDWW
	4	Bury	18	8	5	5	31	27	5	1	2	15	10	3	4	3	16	17	4	21	DWLDWW
	5	Everton	16	8	2	6	35	28	5	1	1	20	11	3	1	5	15	17	7	18	WLWLLW
	6	Manchester City	15	6	6	3	31	25	4	3	0	13	8	2	3	3	18	17	6	18	DDDLDW
	7	Bristol City	17	7	4	6	33	32	5	3	1	17	11	2	1	5	16	21	1	18	WWLWLD
	8	Liverpool	16	7	2	7	33	25	5	0	3	22	11	2	2	4	11	14	8	16	LWDLWL
	9	Aston Villa	17	6	4	7	30	35	3	4	3	21	18	3	0	4	9	17	-5	16	DLDDLW
	10	Woolwich Arsenal	17	6	4	7	23	27	5	3	1	16	10	1	1	6	7	17	-4	16	LWLWLD
	11	Notts County	18	6	4	8	19	26	5	1	3	12	8	1	3	5	7	18	-7	16	LWWWLD
	12	Preston North End	17	6	3	8	25	29	4	3	2	19	12	2	0	6	6	17	-4	15	LWWDLL
	13	Bolton Wanderers	15	7	1	7	24	29	4	1	2	14	13	3	0	5	10	16	-5	15	LLWWWL
	14	Blackburn Rovers	17	7	1	9	23	31	7	0	1	15	7	0	1	8	8	24	-8	15	LWLLWD
	14	Blackburn Rovers	17	7	1	9	23	31	7	0	1	15	7	0	1	8	8	24	-8	15	LWLLWD
	15	Chelsea	17	6	2	9	23	36	5	1	3	17	16	1	1	6	6	20	-13	14	LWLWDW
	16	Sheffield United	15	5	3	7	27	29	4	2	2	15	11	1	1	5	12	18	-2	13	LLLLWL
	17	Nottingham Forest	16	5	3	8	26	31	5	2	1	21	10	0	1	7	5	21	-5	13	WLDLWL
	18	Middlesbrough	17	5	3	9	16	25	3	1	4	5	8	2	2	5	11	17	-9	13	LLWDLL
	19	Sunderland	17	5	2	10	28	32	4	1	4	19	15	1	1	6	9	17	-4	12	LLLLWL
	20	Birmingham City	16	3	3	10	17	33	2	1	5	11	16	1	2	5	6	17	-16	9	LLWLLD

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	Manchester United	18	15	1	2	54	23	9	0	0	27	10	6	1	2	27	13	31	31	WWLWDW		3-1
	2	The Wednesday	18	11	2	5	39	26	8	0	1	26	12	3	2	4	13	14	13	24	WDWLWL		1-2
	3	Newcastle United	18	10	3	5	39	24	6	1	1	22	8	4	2	4	17	16	15	23	WWDWWW		4-2
	4	Bury	19	9	5	5	35	30	5	1	2	15	10	4	4	3	20	20	5	23	WLDWWW		4-3
2	5	Bristol City	18	8	4	6	35	33	5	3	1	17	11	3	1	5	18	22	2	20	WLWLDW		2-1
1	6	Everton	17	8	3	6	36	29	5	2	1	21	12	3	1	5	15	17	7	19	LWLLWD		1-1
1	7	Manchester City	16	6	6	4	32	28	4	3	0	13	8	2	3	4	19	20	4	18	DDLDWL		1-3
1	8	Aston Villa	18	6	5	7	31	36	3	4	3	21	18	3	1	4	10	18	-5	17	LDDLWD		1-1
1	9	Woolwich Arsenal	18	6	5	7	24	28	5	3	1	16	10	1	2	6	8	18	-4	17	WLWLDD		1-1
1	10	Notts County	19	6	5	8	20	27	5	1	3	12	8	1	4	5	8	19	-7	17	WWWLDD		1-1
3	11	Liverpool	17	7	2	8	34	28	5	0	3	22	11	2	2	5	12	17	6	16	WDLWLL		1-3
	12	Preston North End	18	6	4	8	27	31	4	3	2	19	12	2	1	6	8	19	-4	16	WWDLLD		2-2
1	13	Blackburn Rovers	18	7	2	9	24	32	7	1	1	16	8	0	1	8	8	24	-8	16	WLLWDD		1-1
1	14	Bolton Wanderers	16	7	1	8	25	31	4	1	3	15	15	3	0	5	10	16	-6	15	LWWWLL		1-2
1	14	Bolton Wanderers	16	7	1	8	25	31	4	1	3	15	15	3	0	5	10	16	-6	15	LWWWLL		1-2
3	15	Middlesbrough	18	6	3	9	19	26	4	1	4	8	9	2	2	5	11	17	-7	15	LWDLLW		3-1
	16	Sheffield United	16	5	4	7	28	30	4	3	2	16	12	1	1	5	12	18	-2	14	LLLWLD		1-1
	17	Nottingham Forest	17	5	4	8	28	33	5	3	1	23	12	0	1	7	5	21	-5	14	LDLWLD		2-2
3	18	Chelsea	18	6	2	10	26	40	5	1	4	20	20	1	1	6	6	20	-14	14	WLWDWL		3-4
	19	Sunderland	18	5	2	11	30	36	4	1	5	21	19	1	1	6	9	17	-6	12	LLLWLL		2-4
	20	Birmingham City	17	4	3	10	19	34	3	1	5	13	17	1	2	5	6	17	-15	11	LWLLDW		2-1