The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 BRISTOL CITY - Sat Mar 28, 1908 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 28, 1908 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

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

Season:: 1907-08
Referee:: AJ Barker
Attendance:: 15,000
League Week:: 31 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 15 12
Opp Before/After:: 16 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (League Tier 1)
Bristol City:: Dec 05, 1908

GAME COUNT:
League:: 528 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 490 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 636 (of 5824)
Total:: 1311 (of 7629)
Played:: 118 years, 4 months, 30 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Enoch West (6')
Enoch West (45')
Grenville Morris (50')

BRISTOL CITY
Manager: Harry Thickitt
Prior form: DLLDLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Sammy Gilligan (5')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Harry Linacre
2	M	27	Walter Dudley
3	M	20	George Maltby
4	D	23	Edwin Hughes
5	M	29	George Wolfe
6	F	24	Jack Armstrong
7	F	24	Bill Hooper
8	F		Thomas Marrison
9	F	21	Enoch West (6') (45')
10	F	30	Grenville Morris (50')
11	F	30	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Clay
2	D	Robert Young
3	D	Archie Annan
4	D	Arthur Spear
5	D	Billy Wedlock
6	M	Pat Hanlin
7	M	Fred Staniforth
8	M	Willie Maxwell
9	M	Sammy Gilligan
10	F	Andy Burton
11	F	Frank Hilton

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 28, 1908)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	2-1	Everton
Blackburn Rovers	1-1	Woolwich Arsenal
Bolton Wanderers	2-3	Sunderland
Bury	3-1	Liverpool
Manchester United	4-1	The Wednesday
Middlesbrough	1-0	Preston North End
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Bristol City
Sheffield United	1-2	Manchester City

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	29	20	3	6	68	37	13	1	1	36	14	7	2	5	32	23	31	43	DLWWLL	Safe
	2	Newcastle United	31	13	12	6	56	36	9	4	2	33	14	4	8	4	23	22	20	38	DDDWDD
	3	The Wednesday	30	17	2	11	64	46	13	0	4	47	21	4	2	7	17	25	18	36	WLWLLW
	4	Manchester City	30	13	8	9	52	46	10	3	1	29	15	3	5	8	23	31	6	34	DDWLWW
	5	Preston North End	32	12	10	10	46	44	9	6	2	33	17	3	4	8	13	27	2	34	WWWDLW
	6	Sheffield United	33	12	9	12	50	52	8	6	3	26	18	4	3	9	24	34	-2	33	LDLWWW
	7	Liverpool	30	13	5	12	58	47	10	1	5	41	22	3	4	7	17	25	11	31	WDWLLW
	8	Aston Villa	31	11	9	11	59	51	7	6	4	41	23	4	3	7	18	28	8	31	WWLDWL
	9	Middlesbrough	32	12	7	13	40	41	9	2	4	23	13	3	5	9	17	28	-1	31	LWLWWL
	10	Bury	31	11	9	11	47	51	7	5	3	23	15	4	4	8	24	36	-4	31	LDDLLW
	11	Everton	29	13	4	12	52	51	9	3	1	30	15	4	1	11	22	36	1	30	WLLLWW
	12	Chelsea	31	12	6	13	44	54	8	2	5	28	28	4	4	8	16	26	-10	30	WDWDWD
	13	Woolwich Arsenal	32	10	9	13	43	56	8	6	2	28	15	2	3	11	15	41	-13	29	LWDDLW
	14	Blackburn Rovers	31	10	9	12	42	55	9	5	1	29	18	1	4	11	13	37	-13	29	WWDWLD
	14	Blackburn Rovers	31	10	9	12	42	55	9	5	1	29	18	1	4	11	13	37	-13	29	WWDWLD
	15	Nottingham Forest	30	9	10	11	48	54	8	5	1	32	16	1	5	10	16	38	-6	28	DWWLWL
	16	Bristol City	31	9	10	12	46	53	6	6	4	23	20	3	4	8	23	33	-7	28	DLLDLD
	17	Sunderland	32	12	3	17	67	67	10	2	5	51	29	2	1	12	16	38	0	27	LWLWLW
	18	Notts County	32	9	8	15	33	47	8	3	6	22	17	1	5	9	11	30	-14	26	WLLDLL
	19	Bolton Wanderers	30	11	3	16	38	47	7	2	4	22	18	4	1	12	16	29	-9	25	DLLLWL
	20	Birmingham City	31	6	12	13	31	49	4	6	5	18	21	2	6	8	13	28	-18	24	DLDLLD

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	30	21	3	6	72	38	14	1	1	40	15	7	2	5	32	23	34	45	LWWLLW	Safe	4-1
	2	Newcastle United	31	13	12	6	56	36	9	4	2	33	14	4	8	4	23	22	20	38	DDDWDD
	3	The Wednesday	31	17	2	12	65	50	13	0	4	47	21	4	2	8	18	29	15	36	LWLLWL		1-4
	4	Manchester City	31	14	8	9	54	47	10	3	1	29	15	4	5	8	25	32	7	36	DWLWWW		2-1
	5	Preston North End	33	12	10	11	46	45	9	6	2	33	17	3	4	9	13	28	1	34	WWDLWL		0-1
3	6	Middlesbrough	33	13	7	13	41	41	10	2	4	24	13	3	5	9	17	28	0	33	WLWWLW		1-0
3	7	Bury	32	12	9	11	50	52	8	5	3	26	16	4	4	8	24	36	-2	33	DDLLWW		3-1
2	8	Sheffield United	34	12	9	13	51	54	8	6	4	27	20	4	3	9	24	34	-3	33	DLWWWL		1-2
2	9	Liverpool	31	13	5	13	59	50	10	1	5	41	22	3	4	8	18	28	9	31	DWLLWL		1-3
2	10	Aston Villa	31	11	9	11	59	51	7	6	4	41	23	4	3	7	18	28	8	31	WWLDWL
	11	Everton	30	13	4	13	53	53	9	3	1	30	15	4	1	12	23	38	0	30	LLLWWL		1-2
3	12	Nottingham Forest	31	10	10	11	51	55	9	5	1	35	17	1	5	10	16	38	-4	30	WWLWLW		3-1
1	13	Chelsea	31	12	6	13	44	54	8	2	5	28	28	4	4	8	16	26	-10	30	WDWDWD
1	14	Woolwich Arsenal	33	10	10	13	44	57	8	6	2	28	15	2	4	11	16	42	-13	30	WDDLWD		1-1
1	14	Woolwich Arsenal	33	10	10	13	44	57	8	6	2	28	15	2	4	11	16	42	-13	30	WDDLWD		1-1
1	15	Blackburn Rovers	32	10	10	12	43	56	9	6	1	30	19	1	4	11	13	37	-13	30	WDWLDD		1-1
1	16	Sunderland	33	13	3	17	70	69	10	2	5	51	29	3	1	12	19	40	1	29	WLWLWW		3-2
1	17	Bristol City	32	9	10	13	47	56	6	6	4	23	20	3	4	9	24	36	-9	28	LLDLDL		1-3
	18	Notts County	32	9	8	15	33	47	8	3	6	22	17	1	5	9	11	30	-14	26	WLLDLL
1	19	Birmingham City	32	7	12	13	33	50	5	6	5	20	22	2	6	8	13	28	-17	26	LDLLDW		2-1
1	20	Bolton Wanderers	31	11	3	17	40	50	7	2	5	24	21	4	1	12	16	29	-10	25	LLLWLL		2-3