The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 MANCHESTER UNITED - Sat Feb 27, 1909 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 27, 1909 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON

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

Season:: 1908-09
Referee:: HS Bamlett
Attendance:: 6,000
League Week:: 27 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 18 17
Opp Before/After:: 4 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Derby County (FA Cup)
League:: Arsenal
Manchester United:: Nov 27, 1909

GAME COUNT:
League:: 562 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 524 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 673 (of 5824)
Total:: 1349 (of 7629)
Played:: 117 years, 5 months, 22 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Thomas Marrison
Enoch West

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

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Harry Linacre
2	M	27	Walter Dudley
3	M	21	George Maltby
4	D	24	Edwin Hughes
5	M	30	George Wolfe
6	F	25	Jack Armstrong
7	F	25	Bill Hooper
8	F		Thomas Marrison
9	F	22	Enoch West
10	F	31	Grenville Morris
11	F	31	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Moger
2	D	George Stacey
3	D	Vince Hayes
4	D	Alex Downie
5	D	Joseph Curry
6	M	Alex Bell
7	M	Ernest Payne
8	M	James Bannister
9	M	Jimmy Turnbull
10	F	Jack Picken
11	F	George Wall

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Feb 27, 1909)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	3-1	Everton
Bury	1-1	Woolwich Arsenal
Chelsea	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Liverpool	1-1	Notts County
Manchester City	0-2	Newcastle United
Middlesbrough	4-0	Bristol City
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Manchester United
Preston North End	4-1	The Wednesday
Sheffield United	2-1	Leicester Fosse
Sunderland	2-1	Bradford 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	Newcastle United	26	18	3	5	45	26	11	0	2	22	15	7	3	3	23	11	19	39	WWWWWW
	2	Everton	27	15	7	5	64	37	8	2	4	36	20	7	5	1	28	17	27	37	WDDLDW
	3	The Wednesday	26	13	6	7	49	34	12	0	1	36	14	1	6	6	13	20	15	32	WWLWLD
	4	Manchester United	25	14	3	8	49	45	10	1	2	32	19	4	2	6	17	26	4	31	WLLWLD
	5	Liverpool	28	13	4	11	47	45	8	3	2	27	16	5	1	9	20	29	2	30	LDWWWL
	6	Bristol City	25	9	9	7	29	33	5	5	2	14	12	4	4	5	15	21	-4	27	LLDDWD
	7	Sunderland	25	13	0	12	51	39	8	0	5	29	20	5	0	7	22	19	12	26	LWWWLL
	8	Notts County	25	11	4	10	33	28	7	2	3	22	13	4	2	7	11	15	5	26	LWLLWW
	9	Manchester City	26	11	4	11	50	50	8	3	2	35	16	3	1	9	15	34	0	26	LWLWDL
	10	Blackburn Rovers	26	8	10	8	32	33	5	4	5	17	17	3	6	3	15	16	-1	26	WDLDLW
	11	Woolwich Arsenal	27	9	7	11	37	40	6	1	6	18	15	3	6	5	19	25	-3	25	WLDDDW
	12	Sheffield United	27	9	7	11	34	40	5	4	5	19	19	4	3	6	15	21	-6	25	LDDWDL
	13	Aston Villa	27	8	8	11	38	43	3	7	3	16	15	5	1	8	22	28	-5	24	LLDLLL
	14	Chelsea	26	9	6	11	37	42	4	5	4	21	17	5	1	7	16	25	-5	24	LWWDDW
	15	Middlesbrough	25	8	7	10	43	38	6	2	5	27	19	2	5	5	16	19	5	23	LWWDWL
	16	Preston North End	25	8	7	10	29	27	6	3	4	20	13	2	4	6	9	14	2	23	DWDDDL
	17	Bury	26	9	4	13	43	60	6	4	3	26	21	3	0	10	17	39	-17	22	LLWWDW
	18	Nottingham Forest	26	9	3	14	37	44	5	1	7	19	20	4	2	7	18	24	-7	21	LLWLWW
	19	Bradford City	24	5	6	13	25	36	2	4	5	10	13	3	2	8	15	23	-11	16	WLLLLW
	20	Leicester Fosse	26	3	9	14	31	63	2	6	5	16	27	1	3	9	15	36	-32	15	LDDLLL

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	Newcastle United	27	19	3	5	47	26	11	0	2	22	15	8	3	3	25	11	21	41	WWWWWW		2-0
	2	Everton	28	15	7	6	65	40	8	2	4	36	20	7	5	2	29	20	25	37	DDLDWL		1-3
	3	The Wednesday	27	13	6	8	50	38	12	0	1	36	14	1	6	7	14	24	12	32	WLWLDL		1-4
1	4	Liverpool	29	13	5	11	48	46	8	4	2	28	17	5	1	9	20	29	2	31	DWWWLD		1-1
1	5	Manchester United	26	14	3	9	49	47	10	1	2	32	19	4	2	7	17	28	2	31	LLWLDL		0-2
1	6	Sunderland	26	14	0	12	53	40	9	0	5	31	21	5	0	7	22	19	13	28	WWWLLW		2-1
1	7	Notts County	26	11	5	10	34	29	7	2	3	22	13	4	3	7	12	16	5	27	WLLWWD		1-1
2	8	Blackburn Rovers	27	8	11	8	33	34	5	4	5	17	17	3	7	3	16	17	-1	27	DLDLWD		1-1
3	9	Sheffield United	28	10	7	11	36	41	6	4	5	21	20	4	3	6	15	21	-5	27	DDWDLW		2-1
4	10	Bristol City	26	9	9	8	29	37	5	5	2	14	12	4	4	6	15	25	-8	27	LDDWDL		0-4
2	11	Manchester City	27	11	4	12	50	52	8	3	3	35	18	3	1	9	15	34	-2	26	WLWDLL		0-2
1	12	Aston Villa	28	9	8	11	41	44	4	7	3	19	16	5	1	8	22	28	-3	26	LDLLLW		3-1
2	13	Woolwich Arsenal	28	9	8	11	38	41	6	1	6	18	15	3	7	5	20	26	-3	26	LDDDWD		1-1
1	14	Middlesbrough	26	9	7	10	47	38	7	2	5	31	19	2	5	5	16	19	9	25	WWDWLW		4-0
1	15	Preston North End	26	9	7	10	33	28	7	3	4	24	14	2	4	6	9	14	5	25	WDDDLW		4-1
2	16	Chelsea	27	9	7	11	38	43	4	6	4	22	18	5	1	7	16	25	-5	25	WWDDWD		1-1
1	17	Nottingham Forest	27	10	3	14	39	44	6	1	7	21	20	4	2	7	18	24	-5	23	LWLWWW		2-0
1	18	Bury	27	9	5	13	44	61	6	5	3	27	22	3	0	10	17	39	-17	23	LWWDWD		1-1
	19	Bradford City	25	5	6	14	26	38	2	4	5	10	13	3	2	9	16	25	-12	16	LLLLWL		1-2
	20	Leicester Fosse	27	3	9	15	32	65	2	6	5	16	27	1	3	10	16	38	-33	15	DDLLLL		1-2