The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 MANCHESTER UNITED - Fri Apr 17, 1908 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Fri Apr 17, 1908 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1907-08
Referee:: F Heath
Attendance:: 25,000
League Week:: 35 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 14 11
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Preston North End (League Tier 1)
Manchester United:: Oct 24, 1908

GAME COUNT:
League:: 532 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 494 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 640 (of 5824)
Total:: 1315 (of 7629)
Played:: 118 years, 4 months, 2 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Enoch West (43')
Thomas Marrison (60')

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Ernest Mangnall
Prior form: LLWDWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Harry Linacre
2	M	27	Walter Dudley
3	M	21	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 (60')
9	F	22	Enoch West (43')
10	F	31	Grenville Morris
11	F	30	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bert Broomfeld
2	D	George Stacey
3	D	Herbert Burgess
4	D	Dick Duckworth
5	D	Charlie Roberts
6	M	Alex Bell
7	M	Billy Meredith
8	M	Harold Halse
9	M	Jimmy Turnbull
10	F	Sandy Turnbull
11	F	George Wall

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Fri Apr 17, 1908)

Home	Score	Away
Bolton Wanderers	3-1	Aston Villa
Bury	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Liverpool	0-0	Everton
Manchester City	2-1	Birmingham City
Newcastle United	2-1	Woolwich Arsenal
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Manchester United
Sunderland	1-2	The Wednesday

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	33	22	4	7	76	41	14	1	2	40	16	8	3	5	36	25	35	48	LLWDWL	Champions
	2	Newcastle United	35	14	12	9	61	48	10	4	3	38	20	4	8	6	23	28	13	40	DDLLLW	Safe
	3	The Wednesday	34	18	2	14	69	58	14	0	4	49	21	4	2	10	20	37	11	38	LWLWLL	Safe
	4	Manchester City	34	15	8	11	60	53	11	3	2	34	18	4	5	9	26	35	7	38	WWWLWL	Safe
	5	Aston Villa	34	14	9	11	70	54	8	6	4	46	24	6	3	7	24	30	16	37	DWLWWW
	6	Middlesbrough	36	15	7	14	51	44	11	2	5	30	15	4	5	9	21	29	7	37	WLWWWL
	7	Preston North End	36	12	12	12	46	50	9	7	2	33	17	3	5	10	13	33	-4	36	LWLDLD
	8	Bury	34	13	9	12	53	56	8	5	4	27	20	5	4	8	26	36	-3	35	LLWWLW
	9	Chelsea	34	14	7	13	50	54	8	3	5	28	28	6	4	8	22	26	-4	35	DWDWWD
	10	Sheffield United	36	12	10	14	51	56	8	6	5	27	22	4	4	9	24	34	-5	34	WWWLDL
	11	Liverpool	34	14	5	15	64	59	10	1	5	41	22	4	4	10	23	37	5	33	LWLLWL
	12	Sunderland	35	15	3	17	74	69	11	2	5	52	29	4	1	12	22	40	5	33	WLWWWW
	13	Woolwich Arsenal	35	11	11	13	47	59	8	7	2	29	16	3	4	11	18	43	-12	33	DLWDDW
	14	Nottingham Forest	34	11	10	13	54	59	10	5	1	38	18	1	5	12	16	41	-5	32	WLWLLW
	14	Nottingham Forest	34	11	10	13	54	59	10	5	1	38	18	1	5	12	16	41	-5	32	WLWLLW
	15	Everton	34	14	4	16	56	62	10	3	4	33	24	4	1	12	23	38	-6	32	WLLWLL
	16	Blackburn Rovers	35	11	10	14	48	62	10	6	2	35	23	1	4	12	13	39	-14	32	LDDLLW
	17	Bolton Wanderers	34	13	4	17	47	52	9	2	5	30	22	4	2	12	17	30	-5	30	WLLWDW
	18	Notts County	34	11	8	15	36	47	9	3	6	24	17	2	5	9	12	30	-11	30	LDLLWW
	19	Bristol City	34	9	11	14	49	61	6	7	4	24	21	3	4	10	25	40	-12	29	DLDLDL
	20	Birmingham City	35	8	12	15	35	53	6	6	6	22	24	2	6	9	13	29	-18	28	LDWWLL

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	34	22	4	8	76	43	14	1	2	40	16	8	3	6	36	27	33	48	LWDWLL	Champions	0-2
	2	Newcastle United	36	15	12	9	63	49	11	4	3	40	21	4	8	6	23	28	14	42	DLLLWW	Safe	2-1
	3	The Wednesday	35	19	2	14	71	59	14	0	4	49	21	5	2	10	22	38	12	40	WLWLLW	Safe	2-1
	4	Manchester City	35	16	8	11	62	54	12	3	2	36	19	4	5	9	26	35	8	40	WWLWLW	Safe	2-1
	5	Aston Villa	35	14	9	12	71	57	8	6	4	46	24	6	3	8	25	33	14	37	WLWWWL		1-3
	6	Middlesbrough	36	15	7	14	51	44	11	2	5	30	15	4	5	9	21	29	7	37	WLWWWL
1	7	Bury	35	13	10	12	54	57	8	6	4	28	21	5	4	8	26	36	-3	36	LWWLWD		1-1
1	8	Preston North End	36	12	12	12	46	50	9	7	2	33	17	3	5	10	13	33	-4	36	LWLDLD
	9	Chelsea	34	14	7	13	50	54	8	3	5	28	28	6	4	8	22	26	-4	35	DWDWWD
1	10	Liverpool	35	14	6	15	64	59	10	2	5	41	22	4	4	10	23	37	5	34	WLLWLD		0-0
3	11	Nottingham Forest	35	12	10	13	56	59	11	5	1	40	18	1	5	12	16	41	-3	34	LWLLWW		2-0
2	12	Sheffield United	36	12	10	14	51	56	8	6	5	27	22	4	4	9	24	34	-5	34	WWWLDL
1	13	Sunderland	36	15	3	18	75	71	11	2	6	53	31	4	1	12	22	40	4	33	LWWWWL		1-2
1	14	Everton	35	14	5	16	56	62	10	3	4	33	24	4	2	12	23	38	-6	33	LLWLLD		0-0
1	14	Everton	35	14	5	16	56	62	10	3	4	33	24	4	2	12	23	38	-6	33	LLWLLD		0-0
2	15	Woolwich Arsenal	36	11	11	14	48	61	8	7	2	29	16	3	4	12	19	45	-13	33	LWDDWL		1-2
	16	Blackburn Rovers	36	11	11	14	49	63	10	6	2	35	23	1	5	12	14	40	-14	33	DDLLWD		1-1
	17	Bolton Wanderers	35	14	4	17	50	53	10	2	5	33	23	4	2	12	17	30	-3	32	LLWDWW		3-1
	18	Notts County	34	11	8	15	36	47	9	3	6	24	17	2	5	9	12	30	-11	30	LDLLWW
	19	Bristol City	34	9	11	14	49	61	6	7	4	24	21	3	4	10	25	40	-12	29	DLDLDL
	20	Birmingham City	36	8	12	16	36	55	6	6	6	22	24	2	6	10	14	31	-19	28	DWWLLL		1-2