The City Ground

ARSENAL 7 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 24, 1915 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 24, 1915 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Arsenal
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highbury
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-7 LOST

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

Season:: 1914-15
Referee:: GM Pardoe
Attendance:: 8,000
League Week:: 38 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 18 18
Opp Before/After:: 6 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Grimsby Town (WWI Initial Tournament)
League:: Rotherham United
Arsenal:: Mar 05, 1921

GAME COUNT:
League:: 801 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 190 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 925 (of 5824)
Total:: 1611 (of 7629)
Played:: 111 years, 3 months, 26 days ago

Review
King scored 4 goals for Arsenal

FOREST
Manager: Bob Masters
Prior form: DLWLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

ARSENAL
Manager: James McEwen
Prior form: LLDWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jock Rutherford
Harry King
Harry King
Harry King
Harry King
Bob Benson
Bob Benson

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Harold Iremonger	Last game
2	M		Alfred Fisher	Last game
3	M	26	Thomas Gibson
4	F	31	Jack Armstrong
5	D	25	Joe Mercer	Last game
6	F		George Needham	Last game
7	F	23	John Derrick
8	F	33	Tim Coleman	Last game
9	F		Fred Harris	Last game
10	F	22	Johnnie Lockton	Last game
11	F	24	Jack Bell	Last game

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK		Harold Iremonger	9		189	31
2	M		Alfred Fisher	102	1	7	1
3	M	26	Thomas Gibson	183	34	7	1
4	F	31	Jack Armstrong	330	8	7	1
5	D	25	Joe Mercer	157	6	7	1
6	F		George Needham	289	10	7	1
7	F	23	John Derrick	138	37	7	1
8	F	33	Tim Coleman	39	16	7	1
9	F		Fred Harris	48	12	7	1
10	F	22	Johnnie Lockton	21	3	105	16
11	F	24	Jack Bell	56	7	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Joe Lievesley
2	D	Percy Sands
3	D	Joe Shaw
4	D	Alex Graham
5	D	Chris Buckley
6	M	Frank Bradshaw
7	M	Jock Rutherford
8	M	Harry King
9	M	Bob Benson
10	F	Billy Blyth
11	F	Charlie Lewis

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 24, 1915)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	7-0	Nottingham Forest
Birmingham City	1-1	Bristol City
Clapton Orient	2-0	Leicester Fosse
Derby County	2-0	Preston North End
Fulham	0-1	Blackpool
Grimsby Town	0-0	Huddersfield Town
Hull City	2-0	Glossop North End
Leeds City	0-2	Barnsley
Lincoln City	2-3	Bury
Stockport County	2-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers

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	37	22	7	8	69	33	13	3	2	38	11	9	4	6	31	22	36	51	DLDWWL	Promoted
2	Preston North End	37	20	10	7	61	40	14	4	1	41	16	6	6	6	20	24	21	50	WWWDDW	Promoted
3	Barnsley	37	21	3	13	49	51	16	2	1	31	10	5	1	12	18	41	-2	45	LWDLWW	Safe
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	19	6	12	75	50	12	4	3	47	13	7	2	9	28	37	25	44	WWWWWD	Safe
5	Birmingham City	37	17	8	12	61	38	13	2	3	43	12	4	6	9	18	26	23	42	LDWLDD	Safe
6	Arsenal	37	18	5	14	62	41	14	1	3	45	13	4	4	11	17	28	21	41	LLDWWL	Safe
7	Huddersfield Town	37	17	7	13	61	42	12	4	3	36	13	5	3	10	25	29	19	41	DWWDWD	Safe
8	Hull City	36	17	5	14	59	53	10	2	5	30	22	7	3	9	29	31	6	39	LWLWLL	Safe
9	Clapton Orient	37	15	9	13	48	48	11	5	2	34	17	4	4	11	14	31	0	39	WLLWDW	Safe
10	Fulham	37	15	7	15	53	46	12	0	6	35	19	3	7	9	18	27	7	37	WDLWWL	Safe
11	Blackpool	37	16	5	16	57	57	11	3	5	40	22	5	2	11	17	35	0	37	WWWLWW	Safe
12	Bristol City	37	15	6	16	61	55	11	2	6	38	19	4	4	10	23	36	6	36	LDLLLW	Safe
13	Bury	37	14	8	15	58	54	11	5	3	39	19	3	3	12	19	35	4	36	LDWLLW	Safe
14	Stockport County	37	15	6	16	52	58	12	3	3	31	17	3	3	13	21	41	-6	36	WLLLLD	Safe
15	Leeds City	37	14	4	19	65	62	9	3	6	40	23	5	1	13	25	39	3	32	WLLLWL	Safe
16	Lincoln City	37	11	9	17	44	62	9	4	5	27	20	2	5	12	17	42	-18	31	LLLWDL
17	Grimsby Town	36	11	8	17	47	72	10	3	5	36	24	1	5	12	11	48	-25	30	DDWWLL
18	Nottingham Forest	37	10	9	18	43	70	9	7	3	32	24	1	2	15	11	46	-27	29	DLWLLL
19	Leicester Fosse	37	10	4	23	47	86	6	4	9	31	41	4	0	14	16	45	-39	24	LWWLLW
20	Glossop North End	37	6	6	25	31	85	5	5	9	21	33	1	1	16	10	52	-54	18	LWLLLD

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	38	23	7	8	71	33	14	3	2	40	11	9	4	6	31	22	38	53	LDWWLW	Champions	2-0
	2	Preston North End	38	20	10	8	61	42	14	4	1	41	16	6	6	7	20	26	19	50	WWDDWL	Promoted	0-2
	3	Barnsley	38	22	3	13	51	51	16	2	1	31	10	6	1	12	20	41	0	47	WDLWWW	Safe	2-0
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	19	7	12	77	52	12	4	3	47	13	7	3	9	30	39	25	45	WWWWDD	Safe	2-2
1	5	Arsenal	38	19	5	14	69	41	15	1	3	52	13	4	4	11	17	28	28	43	LDWWLW	Safe	7-0
1	6	Birmingham City	38	17	9	12	62	39	13	3	3	44	13	4	6	9	18	26	23	43	DWLDDD	Safe	1-1
	7	Huddersfield Town	38	17	8	13	61	42	12	4	3	36	13	5	4	10	25	29	19	42	WWDWDD	Safe	0-0
	8	Hull City	37	18	5	14	61	53	11	2	5	32	22	7	3	9	29	31	8	41	WLWLLW	Safe	2-0
	9	Clapton Orient	38	16	9	13	50	48	12	5	2	36	17	4	4	11	14	31	2	41	LLWDWW	Safe	2-0
1	10	Blackpool	38	17	5	16	58	57	11	3	5	40	22	6	2	11	18	35	1	39	WWLWWW	Safe	1-0
2	11	Bury	38	15	8	15	61	56	11	5	3	39	19	4	3	12	22	37	5	38	DWLLWW	Safe	3-2
2	12	Fulham	38	15	7	16	53	47	12	0	7	35	20	3	7	9	18	27	6	37	DLWWLL	Safe	0-1
1	13	Bristol City	38	15	7	16	62	56	11	2	6	38	19	4	5	10	24	37	6	37	DLLLWD	Safe	1-1
	14	Stockport County	38	15	7	16	54	60	12	4	3	33	19	3	3	13	21	41	-6	37	LLLLDD	Safe	2-2
	15	Leeds City	38	14	4	20	65	64	9	3	7	40	25	5	1	13	25	39	1	32	LLLWLL	Safe	0-2
	16	Lincoln City	38	11	9	18	46	65	9	4	6	29	23	2	5	12	17	42	-19	31	LLWDLL	Safe	2-3
	17	Grimsby Town	37	11	9	17	47	72	10	4	5	36	24	1	5	12	11	48	-25	31	DWWLLD	Safe	0-0
	18	Nottingham Forest	38	10	9	19	43	77	9	7	3	32	24	1	2	16	11	53	-34	29	LWLLLL		0-7
	19	Leicester Fosse	38	10	4	24	47	88	6	4	9	31	41	4	0	15	16	47	-41	24	WWLLWL		0-2
	20	Glossop North End	38	6	6	26	31	87	5	5	9	21	33	1	1	17	10	54	-56	18	WLLLDL		0-2