The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 1 MIDDLESBROUGH - Sat Apr 24, 1909 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 24, 1909 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Middlesbrough
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 4-1 WON
: Half-time: 4-1

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

Season:: 1908-09
Referee:: M McQueen
Attendance:: 8,000
League Week:: 38 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 13 10
Opp Before/After:: 6 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Preston North End (League Tier 1)
Middlesbrough:: Nov 06, 1909

GAME COUNT:
League:: 573 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 535 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 685 (of 5824)
Total:: 1361 (of 7629)
Played:: 117 years, 4 months, 1 day ago

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

Goal Scorers
Enoch West (1')
Grenville Morris (2')
Edwin Hughes (16')
Enoch West (32')

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager: John Gunter
Prior form: LLLLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jack Hall (8')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	D	33	James Iremonger
2	M	28	Walter Dudley
3	M	22	George Maltby
4	D	24	Edwin Hughes (16')
5	F		George Needham
6	F	25	Jack Armstrong
7	F	25	Bill Hooper
8	F		Thomas Marrison
9	F	23	Enoch West (1') (32')
10	F	32	Grenville Morris (2')
11	F	31	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tim Williamson
2	D	Donald McLeod
3	D	Albert Groves
4	D	Sam Aitken
5	D	Alf Common
6	M	Teddy Verrill
7	M	Fred Pentland
8	M	Steve Bloomer
9	M	Jack Hall
10	F	Sammy Cail
11	F	Jim Thackeray

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 24, 1909)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-1	Manchester City
Blackburn Rovers	2-4	Newcastle United
Bradford City	2-2	Notts County
Bury	4-2	The Wednesday
Everton	4-2	Leicester Fosse
Nottingham Forest	4-1	Middlesbrough
Sunderland	2-1	Preston North End

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	35	23	5	7	61	35	14	1	3	32	19	9	4	4	29	16	26	51	WWDLWL	Champions
	2	Everton	37	17	10	10	78	55	10	3	5	47	26	7	7	5	31	29	23	44	DLWDLL	Safe
	3	Sunderland	37	20	2	15	76	62	13	0	5	39	22	7	2	10	37	40	14	42	WDWWLW	Safe
	4	Blackburn Rovers	37	14	13	10	59	46	6	6	6	27	22	8	7	4	32	24	13	41	WLLWWW	Safe
	5	The Wednesday	37	17	6	14	65	57	15	0	4	48	24	2	6	10	17	33	8	40	LWWLWL	Safe
	6	Middlesbrough	37	14	9	14	58	49	11	2	6	38	21	3	7	8	20	28	9	37	LLLLWW	Safe
	7	Preston North End	37	13	11	13	47	42	8	7	4	29	17	5	4	9	18	25	5	37	WDDWLD	Safe
	8	Manchester United	36	15	7	14	57	63	10	3	5	36	29	5	4	9	21	34	-6	37	LLDDWL	Safe
	9	Sheffield United	38	14	9	15	51	59	9	5	5	31	25	5	4	10	20	34	-8	37	LDWLWW	Safe
	10	Woolwich Arsenal	37	13	10	14	48	48	9	3	7	24	18	4	7	7	24	30	0	36	LWDWWW	Safe
	11	Bristol City	36	12	12	12	43	55	6	7	5	23	25	6	5	7	20	30	-12	36	LWDDLL	Safe
	12	Notts County	37	14	7	16	49	46	9	4	6	31	23	5	3	10	18	23	3	35	DLLWLL
	13	Nottingham Forest	37	13	8	16	62	56	8	2	8	35	23	5	6	8	27	33	6	34	DDLLDW
	14	Manchester City	36	15	4	17	66	66	12	3	4	50	23	3	1	13	16	43	0	34	WWLLWL
	15	Aston Villa	36	12	10	14	53	55	6	7	4	26	21	6	3	10	27	34	-2	34	LWDWLL
	16	Liverpool	37	14	6	17	56	65	9	5	5	36	25	5	1	12	20	40	-9	34	LLLLWD
	17	Bury	37	13	8	16	59	75	8	6	4	31	25	5	2	12	28	50	-16	34	LWWWWD
	18	Chelsea	36	12	9	15	52	60	6	7	4	29	21	6	2	11	23	39	-8	33	LDWWWL
	19	Bradford City	36	11	9	16	44	45	6	5	6	24	18	5	4	10	20	27	-1	31	WDWWLW
	20	Leicester Fosse	36	8	9	19	52	97	6	6	7	32	41	2	3	12	20	56	-45	25	LWLLWL	Relegated

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	36	24	5	7	65	37	14	1	3	32	19	10	4	4	33	18	28	53	WDLWLW	Champions	4-2
	2	Everton	38	18	10	10	82	57	11	3	5	51	28	7	7	5	31	29	25	46	LWDLLW	Safe	4-2
	3	Sunderland	38	21	2	15	78	63	14	0	5	41	23	7	2	10	37	40	15	44	DWWLWW	Safe	2-1
	4	Blackburn Rovers	38	14	13	11	61	50	6	6	7	29	26	8	7	4	32	24	11	41	LLWWWL	Safe	2-4
	5	The Wednesday	38	17	6	15	67	61	15	0	4	48	24	2	6	11	19	37	6	40	WWLWLL	Safe	2-4
	6	Middlesbrough	38	14	9	15	59	53	11	2	6	38	21	3	7	9	21	32	6	37	LLLWWL	Safe	1-4
	7	Preston North End	38	13	11	14	48	44	8	7	4	29	17	5	4	10	19	27	4	37	DDWLDL	Safe	1-2
	8	Manchester United	36	15	7	14	57	63	10	3	5	36	29	5	4	9	21	34	-6	37	LLDDWL	Safe
	9	Sheffield United	38	14	9	15	51	59	9	5	5	31	25	5	4	10	20	34	-8	37	LDWLWW	Safe
3	10	Nottingham Forest	38	14	8	16	66	57	9	2	8	39	24	5	6	8	27	33	9	36	DLLDWW	Safe	4-1
1	11	Notts County	38	14	8	16	51	48	9	4	6	31	23	5	4	10	20	25	3	36	LLWLLD	Safe	2-2
2	12	Woolwich Arsenal	37	13	10	14	48	48	9	3	7	24	18	4	7	7	24	30	0	36	LWDWWW	Safe
2	13	Aston Villa	37	13	10	14	55	56	7	7	4	28	22	6	3	10	27	34	-1	36	WDWLLW	Safe	2-1
3	14	Bury	38	14	8	16	63	77	9	6	4	35	27	5	2	12	28	50	-14	36	WWWWDW	Safe	4-2
4	15	Bristol City	36	12	12	12	43	55	6	7	5	23	25	6	5	7	20	30	-12	36	LWDDLL	Safe
2	16	Manchester City	37	15	4	18	67	68	12	3	4	50	23	3	1	14	17	45	-1	34	WLLWLL		1-2
1	17	Liverpool	37	14	6	17	56	65	9	5	5	36	25	5	1	12	20	40	-9	34	LLLLWD
	18	Chelsea	36	12	9	15	52	60	6	7	4	29	21	6	2	11	23	39	-8	33	LDWWWL
	19	Bradford City	37	11	10	16	46	47	6	6	6	26	20	5	4	10	20	27	-1	32	DWWLWD		2-2
	20	Leicester Fosse	37	8	9	20	54	101	6	6	7	32	41	2	3	13	22	60	-47	25	WLLWLL	Relegated	2-4