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SHEFFIELD UNITED 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Sep 05, 1908 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Sep 05, 1908 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Bramall Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

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

Season:: 1908-09
Referee:: A Briggs
Attendance:: 16,000
League Week:: 1 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 17 7
Opp Before/After:: 4 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Aston Villa (League Tier 1)
Sheffield United:: Jan 02, 1909

GAME COUNT:
League:: 536 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 498 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 644 (of 5824)
Total:: 1319 (of 7629)
Played:: 117 years, 11 months, 14 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Harry Hallam

Goal Scorers
Thomas Marrison (25')
Enoch West (50')

SHEFFIELD UNITED
Manager: John Nicholson
Prior form: W (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jack Peart (35')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	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 (25')
9	F	22	Enoch West (50')
10	F	31	Grenville Morris
11	F	31	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Joe Lievesley
2	D	Bob Benson
3	D	Joe Brooks
4	D	Albert Sturgess
5	D	Bernard Wilkinson
6	M	Ernest Needham
7	M	George Thompson
8	M	George Featherstone
9	M	Jack Peart
10	F	Billy Batty
11	F	Billy Bromage

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Sep 05, 1908)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	1-1	The Wednesday
Bristol City	0-2	Everton
Bury	4-2	Sunderland
Liverpool	2-1	Chelsea
Manchester City	3-3	Blackburn Rovers
Middlesbrough	1-0	Bradford City
Newcastle United	2-0	Leicester Fosse
Notts County	2-1	Woolwich Arsenal
Preston North End	0-3	Manchester United
Sheffield United	1-2	Nottingham Forest

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	Everton	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	4	2	W
	2	Manchester City	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W
	3	Newcastle United	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W
	4	Sheffield United	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	W
	5	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W
	6	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	7	Bristol City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D
	8	Leicester Fosse	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	9	The Wednesday	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D
	10	Chelsea	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	11	Preston North End	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
	12	Aston Villa	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0	L
	13	Bury	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	14	Bradford City	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L
	15	Manchester United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	16	Middlesbrough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	17	Nottingham Forest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	18	Notts County	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	19	Sunderland	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L
	20	Woolwich Arsenal	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0	L

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	Everton	2	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	6	4	WW		2-0
1	2	Newcastle United	2	2	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	WW		2-0
2	3	Liverpool	2	2	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	WW		2-1
2	4	Manchester City	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	1	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	WD		3-3
10	5	Manchester United	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	2	W		3-0
10	6	Middlesbrough	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W		1-0
10	7	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	W		2-1
10	8	Notts County	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W		2-1
4	9	Bury	2	1	0	1	5	4	1	0	1	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	LW		4-2
4	10	Blackburn Rovers	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	2	DD		3-3
7	11	Sheffield United	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	WL		1-2
3	12	The Wednesday	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	DD		1-1
1	13	Aston Villa	2	0	1	1	3	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	1	LD		1-1
4	14	Chelsea	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	1	DL		1-2
8	15	Bristol City	2	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	-2	1	DL		0-2
8	16	Leicester Fosse	2	0	1	1	1	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	1	DL		0-2
6	17	Preston North End	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	-3	1	DL		0-3
1	18	Sunderland	2	0	0	2	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	-3	0	LL		2-4
1	19	Woolwich Arsenal	2	0	0	2	1	6	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	1	2	-5	0	LL		1-2
6	20	Bradford City	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	-2	0	LL		0-1