The City Ground

BOLTON WANDERERS 1 - 0 FOREST - Thu Dec 25, 1924 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Thu Dec 25, 1924 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Bolton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Burnden Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1924-25
Referee:: JE Head
Attendance:: 31,000
League Week:: 21 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 21 21
Opp Before/After:: 6 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bolton Wanderers (League Tier 1)
Bolton Wanderers:: Dec 26, 1924

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1032 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 716 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 1168 (of 5824)
Total:: 2015 (of 7629)
Played:: 101 years, 8 months, 5 days ago

Review
This was the first of three games in three days over the Christmas period.

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

Goal Scorers

BOLTON WANDERERS
Manager: Charles Foweraker
Prior form: WWWLWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
John Smith

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Alfred Bennett
2	D	34	Harold Bulling
3	D	25	Bill Thompson
4	F	29	Jackie Belton
5	M	25	Gerry Morgan
6	F	31	Bob Wallace
7	M	25	Sid Gibson
8	F	25	Duncan Walker
9	F	28	Randolph Galloway
10	F	28	Noah Burton
11	F	33	Henry Martin

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Dick Pym
2	D	Bob Haworth
3	D	Alex Finney
4	D	Harry Nuttall
5	D	Jimmy Seddon
6	M	Nelson Howarth
7	M	Billy Butler
8	M	David Jack
9	M	John Smith
10	F	Billy Wright
11	F	Tom Eatock

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Thu Dec 25, 1924)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	2-1	Arsenal
Blackburn Rovers	0-1	Preston North End
Bolton Wanderers	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Burnley	1-5	Huddersfield Town
Everton	0-1	Newcastle United
Leeds United	6-0	Aston Villa
Manchester City	1-2	West Bromwich Albion
Notts County	1-2	Liverpool
Sunderland	0-1	Sheffield United
Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	Bury
West Ham United	3-2	Cardiff 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	West Bromwich Albion	20	11	4	5	29	15	7	2	1	22	8	4	2	4	7	7	14	26	WLWDWW
	2	Huddersfield Town	20	9	7	4	29	14	5	2	2	15	4	4	5	2	14	10	15	25	LDWWDW
	3	Notts County	20	9	6	5	18	11	5	4	0	11	1	4	2	5	7	10	7	24	DDDLWL
	4	Sunderland	20	10	4	6	32	27	6	2	1	19	7	4	2	5	13	20	5	24	WDDLWL
	5	Birmingham City	20	9	6	5	22	23	6	3	2	15	10	3	3	3	7	13	-1	24	DLWDLD
	6	Bolton Wanderers	19	8	7	4	35	23	6	2	1	25	10	2	5	3	10	13	12	23	WWWLWD
	7	Manchester City	21	8	7	6	45	36	4	6	0	24	16	4	1	6	21	20	9	23	LDWDWD
	8	Newcastle United	21	6	10	5	31	23	5	4	2	23	11	1	6	3	8	12	8	22	DWLDLW
	9	Aston Villa	20	6	10	4	34	26	3	5	1	15	10	3	5	3	19	16	8	22	DWDLLW
	10	Arsenal	20	9	4	7	27	21	7	2	2	18	4	2	2	5	9	17	6	22	WDDWLW
	11	Liverpool	20	8	6	6	33	28	6	3	2	24	14	2	3	4	9	14	5	22	WLDDWD
	12	Bury	20	7	8	5	25	29	5	3	2	13	10	2	5	3	12	19	-4	22	LDLWWL
	13	Blackburn Rovers	21	7	7	7	27	29	5	2	3	17	11	2	5	4	10	18	-2	21	LLDWLW
	14	Tottenham Hotspur	21	6	8	7	27	21	3	5	2	17	9	3	3	5	10	12	6	20	WDWDDL
	15	Cardiff City	20	6	6	8	28	29	3	3	3	15	12	3	3	5	13	17	-1	18	DDWDLL
	16	West Ham United	20	6	6	8	21	27	5	4	1	13	4	1	2	7	8	23	-6	18	LDLWLW
	17	Leeds United	20	5	7	8	20	29	4	5	2	13	10	1	2	6	7	19	-9	17	DLDLLL
	18	Burnley	19	4	8	7	19	24	3	5	3	13	11	1	3	4	6	13	-5	16	WDWDWL
	19	Sheffield United	20	4	7	9	22	33	4	4	3	16	15	0	3	6	6	18	-11	15	DWLWLD
	20	Everton	20	4	7	9	18	29	3	2	4	9	12	1	5	5	9	17	-11	15	LLLLWD
	21	Nottingham Forest	20	5	5	10	17	33	4	3	4	9	10	1	2	6	8	23	-16	15	LDDDLW
	22	Preston North End	20	3	2	15	15	44	3	0	7	11	18	0	2	8	4	26	-29	8	LDLLWL

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	West Bromwich Albion	21	12	4	5	31	16	7	2	1	22	8	5	2	4	9	8	15	28	LWDWWW		2-1
	2	Huddersfield Town	21	10	7	4	34	15	5	2	2	15	4	5	5	2	19	11	19	27	DWWDWW		5-1
2	3	Birmingham City	21	10	6	5	24	24	7	3	2	17	11	3	3	3	7	13	0	26	LWDLDW		2-1
2	4	Bolton Wanderers	20	9	7	4	36	23	7	2	1	26	10	2	5	3	10	13	13	25	WWLWDW		1-0
2	5	Notts County	21	9	6	6	19	13	5	4	1	12	3	4	2	5	7	10	6	24	DDLWLL		1-2
2	6	Newcastle United	22	7	10	5	32	23	5	4	2	23	11	2	6	3	9	12	9	24	WLDLWW		1-0
4	7	Liverpool	21	9	6	6	35	29	6	3	2	24	14	3	3	4	11	15	6	24	LDDWDW		2-1
4	8	Sunderland	21	10	4	7	32	28	6	2	2	19	8	4	2	5	13	20	4	24	DDLWLL		0-1
2	9	Manchester City	22	8	7	7	46	38	4	6	1	25	18	4	1	6	21	20	8	23	DWDWDL		1-2
2	10	Bury	21	7	9	5	26	30	5	3	2	13	10	2	6	3	13	20	-4	23	DLWWLD		1-1
1	11	Arsenal	21	9	4	8	28	23	7	2	2	18	4	2	2	6	10	19	5	22	DDWLWL		1-2
3	12	Aston Villa	21	6	10	5	34	32	3	5	1	15	10	3	5	4	19	22	2	22	WDLLWL		0-6
1	13	Tottenham Hotspur	22	6	9	7	28	22	3	6	2	18	10	3	3	5	10	12	6	21	DWDDLD		1-1
1	14	Blackburn Rovers	22	7	7	8	27	30	5	2	4	17	12	2	5	4	10	18	-3	21	LDWLWL		0-1
1	15	West Ham United	21	7	6	8	24	29	6	4	1	16	6	1	2	7	8	23	-5	20	DLWLWW		3-2
1	16	Leeds United	21	6	7	8	26	29	5	5	2	19	10	1	2	6	7	19	-3	19	LDLLLW		6-0
2	17	Cardiff City	21	6	6	9	30	32	3	3	3	15	12	3	3	6	15	20	-2	18	DWDLLL		2-3
1	18	Sheffield United	21	5	7	9	23	33	4	4	3	16	15	1	3	6	7	18	-10	17	WLWLDW		1-0
1	19	Burnley	20	4	8	8	20	29	3	5	4	14	16	1	3	4	6	13	-9	16	DWDWLL		1-5
	20	Everton	21	4	7	10	18	30	3	2	5	9	13	1	5	5	9	17	-12	15	LLLWDL		0-1
	21	Nottingham Forest	21	5	5	11	17	34	4	3	4	9	10	1	2	7	8	24	-17	15	DDDLWL		0-1
	22	Preston North End	21	4	2	15	16	44	3	0	7	11	18	1	2	8	5	26	-28	10	DLLWLW		1-0