The City Ground

ASTON VILLA 4 - 0 FOREST - Wed Dec 25, 1907 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Dec 25, 1907 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Villa Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-4 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: AVFCHistory.co.uk (Link)
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1907-08
Referee:: AJ Barker
Attendance:: 20,000
League Week:: 18 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 17 18
Opp Before/After:: 8 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Aston Villa (League Tier 1)
Aston Villa:: Dec 26, 1907

GAME COUNT:
League:: 514 (of 5061)
League Tier 1:: 476 (of 2313)
Competitive:: 621 (of 5791)
Total:: 1296 (of 7586)
Played:: 117 years, 11 months, 20 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

ASTON VILLA
Manager: George Ramsay
Prior form: LDDLWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Joe Bache (48')
Joe Bache (49')
Joe Bache (59')
Joe Bache (80')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	D	31	James Iremonger
2	M	19	Thomas Gibson	Debut
3	M	20	George Maltby
4	D	23	Fred Stanley (1907)	Only appearance
5	F		George Needham
6	F	23	Jack Armstrong
7	F	23	Bill Hooper
8	M	28	Billy Shearman
9	F	26	Arthur Green
10	F	21	Enoch West
11	F	30	Alf Spouncer

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	D	31	James Iremonger	289	3	25	4
2	M	19	Thomas Gibson	Debut
3	M	20	George Maltby	48		4	1
4	D	23	Fred Stanley (1907)	Debut
5	F		George Needham	41	1	4	1
6	F	23	Jack Armstrong	79	2	4	1
7	F	23	Bill Hooper	23	2	53	8
8	M	28	Billy Shearman	102	46	4	1
9	F	26	Arthur Green	26	11	11	2
10	F	21	Enoch West	91	48	4	1
11	F	30	Alf Spouncer	291	48	4	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Billy George
2	D	Jock Logan
3	D	Freddie Miles
4	D	Tom Lyons
5	D	Rowland Codling
6	M	Albert Hall
7	M	Charlie Wallace
8	M	Joe Bache
9	M	Alec Logan
10	F	Jimmy Cantrell
11	F	Billy Garraty

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Wed Dec 25, 1907)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	4-0	Nottingham Forest
Birmingham City	2-1	Manchester City
Liverpool	1-4	Chelsea
Manchester United	2-1	Bury
Notts County	2-1	Everton
Preston North End	2-0	Bolton Wanderers
Sheffield United	0-0	Middlesbrough
Sunderland	3-3	Bristol City
Woolwich Arsenal	2-2	Newcastle United

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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