The City Ground

LEEDS CITY 3 - 1 FOREST - Sat Dec 30, 1911 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 30, 1911 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leeds City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Elland Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-3 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

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

Season:: 1911-12
Referee:: JT Howcroft
Attendance:: 8,000
League Week:: 20 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 9 11
Opp Before/After:: 17 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Linfield Athletic (Friendly)
League:: Wolverhampton Wanderers
Leeds City:: Nov 30, 1912

GAME COUNT:
League:: 669 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 58 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 786 (of 5829)
Total:: 1467 (of 7634)
Played:: 114 years, 8 months, 18 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Fred Earp
Prior form: DLWLDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
George Needham (80')

LEEDS CITY
Manager:
Prior form: LLLWDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Tommy Mulholland (3')
Joe Enright (7')
Tommy Mulholland (75')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	21	Alexander Hamilton
2	M	30	Walter Dudley
3	M	23	Thomas Gibson
4	M		Alfred Fisher
5	D	22	Joe Mercer
6	F		George Needham (80')
7	M	24	Robert Firth
8	F	20	John Derrick
9	F	23	Frank Saunders
10	F	28	Fred Condrey
11	F	25	Joe Ford

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Leslie Murphy
2	D	George Affleck
3	D	Alex Campbell
4	D	John Harkins
5	D	Tom Morris
6	M	Joe Moran
7	M	Hugh Roberts
8	M	Tommy Mulholland
9	M	Billy McLeod
10	F	Joe Enright
11	F	Fred Croot

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 30, 1911)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford Park Avenue	3-0	Birmingham City
Burnley	4-0	Glossop North End
Derby County	5-1	Clapton Orient
Fulham	2-1	Bristol City
Hull City	3-0	Blackpool
Leeds City	3-1	Nottingham Forest
Stockport County	0-1	Chelsea
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-2	Grimsby Town

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	SECOND 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	Derby County	19	13	3	3	45	13	8	1	0	32	6	5	2	3	13	7	32	29	WWDWWW
	2	Burnley	20	11	6	3	40	25	7	4	0	23	10	4	2	3	17	15	15	28	DLWDWD
	3	Chelsea	20	11	5	4	30	15	8	2	0	17	4	3	3	4	13	11	15	27	WLWDWW
	4	Hull City	19	12	3	4	35	25	9	1	0	25	3	3	2	4	10	22	10	27	DWLWWL
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	10	5	5	34	16	7	1	2	23	4	3	4	3	11	12	18	25	LWWLDW
	6	Barnsley	20	10	5	5	30	18	7	2	1	20	9	3	3	4	10	9	12	25	WWLWWW
	7	Clapton Orient	19	10	3	6	30	19	8	0	1	21	6	2	3	5	9	13	11	23	WDWLLW
	8	Bradford Park Avenue	19	7	6	6	26	24	5	4	1	16	9	2	2	5	10	15	2	20	DWLDWL
	9	Nottingham Forest	19	8	4	7	23	22	6	1	2	15	8	2	3	5	8	14	1	20	DLWLDL
	10	Fulham	19	8	3	8	34	26	6	1	3	23	10	2	2	5	11	16	8	19	WWLWLL
	11	Grimsby Town	20	6	7	7	23	25	3	5	2	12	11	3	2	5	11	14	-2	19	WLWLLD
	12	Huddersfield Town	18	7	4	7	28	29	5	4	1	17	10	2	0	6	11	19	-1	18	DLWDLW
	13	Blackpool	19	7	4	8	20	26	6	1	2	14	10	1	3	6	6	16	-6	18	LWLWDD
	14	Bristol City	20	6	3	11	20	37	6	1	2	13	9	0	2	9	7	28	-17	15	WLWLLL
	15	Leicester Fosse	21	5	5	11	18	40	4	3	3	11	11	1	2	8	7	29	-22	15	LLDLDL
	16	Birmingham City	20	5	4	11	26	38	4	2	4	21	21	1	2	7	5	17	-12	14	DLWLLW
	17	Leeds City	20	5	3	12	25	43	5	2	3	14	14	0	1	9	11	29	-18	13	LLLWDL
	18	Stockport County	17	2	7	8	16	25	2	3	4	9	12	0	4	4	7	13	-9	11	LLDLDD
	19	Gainsborough Trinity	19	2	7	10	14	34	1	3	4	4	10	1	4	6	10	24	-20	11	LLDWDW
	20	Glossop North End	18	1	7	10	13	30	1	6	3	10	13	0	1	7	3	17	-17	9	LDLWLD

Table after:

	SECOND 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	Derby County	20	14	3	3	50	14	9	1	0	37	7	5	2	3	13	7	36	31	WDWWWW		5-1
	2	Burnley	21	12	6	3	44	25	8	4	0	27	10	4	2	3	17	15	19	30	LWDWDW		4-0
	3	Chelsea	21	12	5	4	31	15	8	2	0	17	4	4	3	4	14	11	16	29	LWDWWW		1-0
	4	Hull City	20	13	3	4	38	25	10	1	0	28	3	3	2	4	10	22	13	29	WLWWLW		3-0
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	10	5	6	35	18	7	1	3	24	6	3	4	3	11	12	17	25	WWLDWL		1-2
	6	Barnsley	20	10	5	5	30	18	7	2	1	20	9	3	3	4	10	9	12	25	WWLWWW
	7	Clapton Orient	20	10	3	7	31	24	8	0	1	21	6	2	3	6	10	18	7	23	DWLLWL		1-5
	8	Bradford Park Avenue	20	8	6	6	29	24	6	4	1	19	9	2	2	5	10	15	5	22	WLDWLW		3-0
1	9	Fulham	20	9	3	8	36	27	7	1	3	25	11	2	2	5	11	16	9	21	WLWLLW		2-1
1	10	Grimsby Town	21	7	7	7	25	26	3	5	2	12	11	4	2	5	13	15	-1	21	LWLLDW		2-1
2	11	Nottingham Forest	20	8	4	8	24	25	6	1	2	15	8	2	3	6	9	17	-1	20	LWLDLL		1-3
	12	Huddersfield Town	18	7	4	7	28	29	5	4	1	17	10	2	0	6	11	19	-1	18	DLWDLW
	13	Blackpool	20	7	4	9	20	29	6	1	2	14	10	1	3	7	6	19	-9	18	WLWDDL		0-3
3	14	Leeds City	21	6	3	12	28	44	6	2	3	17	15	0	1	9	11	29	-16	15	LLWDLW		3-1
1	15	Bristol City	21	6	3	12	21	39	6	1	2	13	9	0	2	10	8	30	-18	15	LWLLLL		1-2
1	16	Leicester Fosse	21	5	5	11	18	40	4	3	3	11	11	1	2	8	7	29	-22	15	LLDLDL
1	17	Birmingham City	21	5	4	12	26	41	4	2	4	21	21	1	2	8	5	20	-15	14	LWLLWL		0-3
	18	Stockport County	18	2	7	9	16	26	2	3	5	9	13	0	4	4	7	13	-10	11	LDLDDL		0-1
	19	Gainsborough Trinity	19	2	7	10	14	34	1	3	4	4	10	1	4	6	10	24	-20	11	LLDWDW
	20	Glossop North End	19	1	7	11	13	34	1	6	3	10	13	0	1	8	3	21	-21	9	DLWLDL		0-4