The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 2 EVERTON - Sat Feb 29, 1908 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 29, 1908 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Everton
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 5-2 WON
: Half-time: 5-1

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

Season:: 1907-08
Referee:: AG Neale
Attendance:: 8,000
League Week:: 27 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 15 12
Opp Before/After:: 9 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sunderland (League Tier 1)
Everton:: Oct 31, 1908

GAME COUNT:
League:: 524 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 486 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 632 (of 5828)
Total:: 1307 (of 7633)
Played:: 118 years, 6 months, 10 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Alf Spouncer (5')
Arthur Green (15')
Grenville Morris (20')
Arthur Green (30')
Arthur Green (32')

EVERTON
Manager: Will Cuff
Prior form: WLLWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Harry Mountford (44')
Jack Armstrong (OG)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Harry Linacre
2	M	19	Thomas Gibson
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	26	Arthur Green (15') (30') (32')
10	F	30	Grenville Morris (20')
11	F	30	Alf Spouncer (5')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Billy Scott
2	D	Billy Balmer
3	D	Jack Crelley
4	D	Jock Maconnachie
5	D	Tom Booth (c)
6	M	Walter Abbott
7	M	Joe Donnachie
8	M	Tim Coleman
9	M	Thomas Jones
10	F	Harry Mountford
11	F	Arthur Winterhalder

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Feb 29, 1908)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	3-2	Bolton Wanderers
Bury	0-0	Manchester City
Chelsea	2-1	Sunderland
Liverpool	3-1	Bristol City
Manchester United	1-0	Birmingham City
Nottingham Forest	5-2	Everton
Sheffield United	2-2	Woolwich Arsenal

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	29	10	7	12	35	38	8	2	4	20	12	2	5	8	15	26	-3	27	WDWLWL
	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
	12	Notts County	28	9	7	12	29	34	8	2	5	20	12	1	5	7	9	22	-5	25	LWLLWL
	13	Woolwich Arsenal	28	9	7	12	40	53	7	5	2	27	15	2	2	10	13	38	-13	25	WLDLLW
	14	Liverpool	24	10	4	10	44	35	8	1	4	31	16	2	3	6	13	19	9	24	WDWDLW
	14	Liverpool	24	10	4	10	44	35	8	1	4	31	16	2	3	6	13	19	9	24	WDWDLW
	15	Nottingham Forest	26	7	10	9	39	43	6	5	1	26	14	1	5	8	13	29	-4	24	DDWDDW
	16	Chelsea	27	10	4	13	39	52	6	2	5	23	26	4	2	8	16	26	-13	24	LWLLWD
	17	Sunderland	28	10	3	15	55	60	8	2	5	40	27	2	1	10	15	33	-5	23	LLWWLW
	18	Bolton Wanderers	27	10	3	14	34	42	6	2	4	21	18	4	1	10	13	24	-8	23	WDLDLL
	19	Blackburn Rovers	26	8	7	11	35	47	7	4	1	23	15	1	3	10	12	32	-12	23	DDLDDW
	20	Birmingham City	26	6	10	10	28	41	4	4	5	16	19	2	6	5	12	22	-13	22	DDWDDD

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	26	19	3	4	61	29	12	1	1	33	14	7	2	3	28	15	32	41	WLWDLW		1-0
	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
1	4	Bury	28	10	9	9	44	44	6	5	3	21	14	4	4	6	23	30	0	29	DWLLDD		0-0
1	5	Preston North End	28	10	9	9	40	40	7	6	2	27	16	3	3	7	13	24	0	29	LDWDWW
	6	Manchester City	26	10	8	8	46	41	8	3	0	24	10	2	5	8	22	31	5	28	WWLLDD		0-0
	7	Middlesbrough	29	10	7	12	35	38	8	2	4	20	12	2	5	8	15	26	-3	27	WDWLWL
3	8	Sheffield United	29	9	9	11	43	50	7	6	3	24	18	2	3	8	19	32	-7	27	DLDWLD		2-2
5	9	Liverpool	25	11	4	10	47	36	9	1	4	34	17	2	3	6	13	19	11	26	DWDLWW		3-1
2	10	Aston Villa	26	9	8	9	46	43	5	6	4	33	22	4	2	5	13	21	3	26	DDLLWW
2	11	Everton	26	11	4	11	46	47	7	3	1	24	13	4	1	10	22	34	-1	26	LLWWLL		2-5
3	12	Nottingham Forest	27	8	10	9	44	45	7	5	1	31	16	1	5	8	13	29	-1	26	DWDDWW		5-2
3	13	Bristol City	27	9	8	10	44	48	6	4	3	21	17	3	4	7	23	31	-4	26	LLWLDL		1-3
2	14	Chelsea	28	11	4	13	41	53	7	2	5	25	27	4	2	8	16	26	-12	26	WLLWDW		2-1
2	14	Chelsea	28	11	4	13	41	53	7	2	5	25	27	4	2	8	16	26	-12	26	WLLWDW		2-1
2	15	Woolwich Arsenal	29	9	8	12	42	55	7	5	2	27	15	2	3	10	15	40	-13	26	LDLLWD		2-2
4	16	Notts County	28	9	7	12	29	34	8	2	5	20	12	1	5	7	9	22	-5	25	LWLLWL
2	17	Blackburn Rovers	27	9	7	11	38	49	8	4	1	26	17	1	3	10	12	32	-11	25	DLDDWW		3-2
1	18	Sunderland	29	10	3	16	56	62	8	2	5	40	27	2	1	11	16	35	-6	23	LWWLWL		1-2
1	19	Bolton Wanderers	28	10	3	15	36	45	6	2	4	21	18	4	1	11	15	27	-9	23	DLDLLL		2-3
	20	Birmingham City	27	6	10	11	28	42	4	4	5	16	19	2	6	6	12	23	-14	22	DWDDDL		0-1