The City Ground

BIRMINGHAM CITY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Feb 22, 1908 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 22, 1908 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. Andrews
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 ABANDONED
Replay:: Mar 30, 1908 (0-1 LOST )

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

Season:: 1907-08
Referee:: JT Howcroft
Attendance:: 200

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (League Tier 1)
Birmingham City:: Mar 30, 1908

GAME COUNT:
League:: 523 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 485 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 631 (of 5824)
Total:: 1306 (of 7629)
Played:: 118 years, 6 months, 2 days ago

Review
Abandoned after only 38 minutes due to the stand roof being damaged by a gale prior to kickoff. Forest lost the rescheduled game 0-1 and Billy Jones scored the goal, like he did today.

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

Goal Scorers
Enoch West

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Alex Watson
Prior form: DDWDDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Billy Jones

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Harry Linacre
2	M	26	Walter Dudley
3	M	20	George Maltby
4	D	23	Edwin Hughes
5	M	29	George Wolfe
6	F	24	Jack Armstrong
7	M	28	Billy Shearman
8	F		Thomas Marrison
9	F	21	Enoch West
10	F	30	Grenville Morris
11	F	30	Alf Spouncer

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	27	Harry Linacre	287
2	M	26	Walter Dudley	125
3	M	20	George Maltby	58
4	D	23	Edwin Hughes	66	2
5	M	29	George Wolfe	52
6	F	24	Jack Armstrong	89	2
7	M	28	Billy Shearman	111	46
8	F		Thomas Marrison	51	9
9	F	21	Enoch West	101	54
10	F	30	Grenville Morris	301	141
11	F	30	Alf Spouncer	301	49

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	Billy Jones

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Feb 22, 1908)

Home	Score	Away
Sunderland	4-1	Sheffield United
Woolwich Arsenal	4-1	Middlesbrough

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	25	18	3	4	60	29	11	1	1	32	14	7	2	3	28	15	31	39	DWLWDL
2	Newcastle United	27	12	9	6	51	34	8	3	2	30	14	4	6	4	21	20	17	33	DWWDDD
3	The Wednesday	26	15	2	9	58	40	11	0	3	42	18	4	2	6	16	22	18	32	WLWWWL
4	Preston North End	28	10	9	9	40	40	7	6	2	27	16	3	3	7	13	24	0	29	LDWDWW
5	Bury	27	10	8	9	44	44	6	4	3	21	14	4	4	6	23	30	0	28	LDWLLD
6	Manchester City	25	10	7	8	46	41	8	3	0	24	10	2	4	8	22	31	5	27	LWWLLD
7	Middlesbrough	28	10	7	11	34	34	8	2	4	20	12	2	5	7	14	22	0	27	DWDWLW
8	Aston Villa	26	9	8	9	46	43	5	6	4	33	22	4	2	5	13	21	3	26	DDLLWW
9	Everton	25	11	4	10	44	42	7	3	1	24	13	4	1	9	20	29	2	26	WLLWWL
10	Bristol City	26	9	8	9	43	45	6	4	3	21	17	3	4	6	22	28	-2	26	DLLWLD
11	Sheffield United	27	9	8	10	40	44	7	5	3	22	16	2	3	7	18	28	-4	26	LWDLDW
12	Notts County	28	9	7	12	29	34	8	2	5	20	12	1	5	7	9	22	-5	25	LWLLWL
13	Liverpool	24	10	4	10	44	35	8	1	4	31	16	2	3	6	13	19	9	24	WDWDLW
14	Nottingham Forest	26	7	10	9	39	43	6	5	1	26	14	1	5	8	13	29	-4	24	DDWDDW
14	Nottingham Forest	26	7	10	9	39	43	6	5	1	26	14	1	5	8	13	29	-4	24	DDWDDW
15	Chelsea	27	10	4	13	39	52	6	2	5	23	26	4	2	8	16	26	-13	24	LWLLWD
16	Bolton Wanderers	27	10	3	14	34	42	6	2	4	21	18	4	1	10	13	24	-8	23	WDLDLL
17	Blackburn Rovers	26	8	7	11	35	47	7	4	1	23	15	1	3	10	12	32	-12	23	DDLDDW
18	Woolwich Arsenal	27	8	7	12	36	52	6	5	2	23	14	2	2	10	13	38	-16	23	LWLDLL
19	Birmingham City	26	6	10	10	28	41	4	4	5	16	19	2	6	5	12	22	-13	22	DDWDDD
20	Sunderland	27	9	3	15	51	59	7	2	5	36	26	2	1	10	15	33	-8	21	WLLWWL

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	25	18	3	4	60	29	11	1	1	32	14	7	2	3	28	15	31	39	DWLWDL
	2	Newcastle United	27	12	9	6	51	34	8	3	2	30	14	4	6	4	21	20	17	33	DWWDDD
	3	The Wednesday	26	15	2	9	58	40	11	0	3	42	18	4	2	6	16	22	18	32	WLWWWL
	4	Preston North End	28	10	9	9	40	40	7	6	2	27	16	3	3	7	13	24	0	29	LDWDWW
	5	Bury	27	10	8	9	44	44	6	4	3	21	14	4	4	6	23	30	0	28	LDWLLD
	6	Manchester City	25	10	7	8	46	41	8	3	0	24	10	2	4	8	22	31	5	27	LWWLLD
	7	Middlesbrough	29	10	7	12	35	38	8	2	4	20	12	2	5	8	15	26	-3	27	WDWLWL		1-4
	8	Aston Villa	26	9	8	9	46	43	5	6	4	33	22	4	2	5	13	21	3	26	DDLLWW
	9	Everton	25	11	4	10	44	42	7	3	1	24	13	4	1	9	20	29	2	26	WLLWWL
	10	Bristol City	26	9	8	9	43	45	6	4	3	21	17	3	4	6	22	28	-2	26	DLLWLD
	11	Sheffield United	28	9	8	11	41	48	7	5	3	22	16	2	3	8	19	32	-7	26	WDLDWL		1-4
	12	Notts County	28	9	7	12	29	34	8	2	5	20	12	1	5	7	9	22	-5	25	LWLLWL
5	13	Woolwich Arsenal	28	9	7	12	40	53	7	5	2	27	15	2	2	10	13	38	-13	25	WLDLLW		4-1
1	14	Liverpool	24	10	4	10	44	35	8	1	4	31	16	2	3	6	13	19	9	24	WDWDLW
1	14	Liverpool	24	10	4	10	44	35	8	1	4	31	16	2	3	6	13	19	9	24	WDWDLW
1	15	Nottingham Forest	26	7	10	9	39	43	6	5	1	26	14	1	5	8	13	29	-4	24	DDWDDW
1	16	Chelsea	27	10	4	13	39	52	6	2	5	23	26	4	2	8	16	26	-13	24	LWLLWD
3	17	Sunderland	28	10	3	15	55	60	8	2	5	40	27	2	1	10	15	33	-5	23	LLWWLW		4-1
2	18	Bolton Wanderers	27	10	3	14	34	42	6	2	4	21	18	4	1	10	13	24	-8	23	WDLDLL
2	19	Blackburn Rovers	26	8	7	11	35	47	7	4	1	23	15	1	3	10	12	32	-12	23	DDLDDW
1	20	Birmingham City	26	6	10	10	28	41	4	4	5	16	19	2	6	5	12	22	-13	22	DDWDDD

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