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ASTON VILLA 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat May 02, 1925 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat May 02, 1925 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Villa Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1924-25
Referee:: RJ Kelso
Attendance:: 15,000
League Week:: 42 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 22 22
Opp Before/After:: 15 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Northampton Town (Friendly)
League:: Darlington
Aston Villa:: Sep 02, 1936

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1053 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 737 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 1191 (of 5828)
Total:: 2038 (of 7633)
Played:: 101 years, 4 months, 8 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

ASTON VILLA
Manager: George Ramsay
Prior form: WLLWDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
George Stephenson (43')
Gerry Morgan (64') (OG)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Alfred Bennett
2	D	34	Harold Bulling	Last game
3	F	26	Percy Barratt
4	F	28	Noah Burton
5	M	25	Gerry Morgan
6	F	32	Bob Wallace
7	F	33	Jack Spaven
8	F	28	Charlie Flood
9	F	28	Randolph Galloway
10	F	25	Duncan Walker
11	F	20	Norman Thompson	Debut

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Cyril Spiers
2	D	Teddy Bowen
3	D	Tommy Smart
4	D	Vic Milne
5	D	Tom Jones
6	M	Arthur Dorrell
7	M	Dicky York
8	M	Billy Walker
9	M	Wally Harris
10	F	George Stephenson
11	F	Jock Johnstone

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat May 02, 1925)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Bury	2-0	Arsenal
Cardiff City	0-0	Preston North End
Everton	1-0	Leeds United
Huddersfield Town	1-1	Liverpool
Manchester City	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Notts County	0-1	Birmingham City
Sunderland	1-1	Burnley
West Bromwich Albion	0-0	Bolton Wanderers

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	Huddersfield Town	41	21	15	5	68	27	10	7	3	30	9	11	8	2	38	18	41	57	WDWDWD	Safe
	2	West Bromwich Albion	41	23	9	9	58	34	13	5	2	40	17	10	4	7	18	17	24	55	WDWLWD	Safe
	3	Bolton Wanderers	41	22	10	9	76	34	18	2	1	61	13	4	8	8	15	21	42	54	WWLWWW	Safe
	4	Liverpool	41	20	9	12	62	54	13	5	3	43	20	7	4	9	19	34	8	49	WDWWLL	Safe
	5	Newcastle United	42	16	16	10	61	42	11	6	4	43	18	5	10	6	18	24	19	48	DLLWLL	Safe
	6	Sunderland	41	19	9	13	63	50	13	5	2	38	13	6	4	11	25	37	13	47	WWDLDD	Safe
	7	Bury	41	16	15	10	52	51	12	4	4	33	20	4	11	6	19	31	1	47	WLLLLD	Safe
	8	Notts County	41	16	13	12	42	30	11	6	3	29	11	5	7	9	13	19	12	45	DWWLWD	Safe
	9	Birmingham City	41	16	12	13	48	53	10	8	3	27	17	6	4	10	21	36	-5	44	LDWDWW	Safe
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	41	15	12	14	52	42	9	8	4	32	16	6	4	10	20	26	10	42	DLLWLW	Safe
	11	Cardiff City	41	16	10	15	56	51	11	4	5	35	19	5	6	10	21	32	5	42	DWWWDW	Safe
	12	West Ham United	42	15	12	15	62	60	12	7	2	37	12	3	5	13	25	48	2	42	LLLWWD	Safe
	13	Manchester City	41	16	9	16	75	68	10	7	3	43	29	6	2	13	32	39	7	41	WLLWWL	Safe
	14	Sheffield United	42	13	13	16	55	63	10	5	6	34	25	3	8	10	21	38	-8	39	WLLLWD	Safe
	15	Aston Villa	41	12	13	16	56	71	9	7	4	32	25	3	6	12	24	46	-15	37	WLLWDW	Safe
	16	Blackburn Rovers	42	11	13	18	53	66	7	6	8	31	26	4	7	10	22	40	-13	35	LDLDLL	Safe
	17	Leeds United	41	11	12	18	46	58	9	8	4	29	17	2	4	14	17	41	-12	34	LLWWLW	Safe
	18	Arsenal	41	14	5	22	46	56	12	3	6	33	17	2	2	16	13	39	-10	33	DLLWWL	Safe
	19	Everton	41	11	11	19	39	60	10	4	6	24	20	1	7	13	15	40	-21	33	LDWDLD	Safe
	20	Burnley	41	11	11	19	45	74	7	8	6	28	31	4	3	13	17	43	-29	33	LDWLLD	Safe
	21	Preston North End	41	10	5	26	37	74	8	2	11	29	35	2	3	15	8	39	-37	25	LDWDLL	Relegated
	22	Nottingham Forest	41	6	12	23	29	63	5	6	10	17	23	1	6	13	12	40	-34	24	WLDDLL	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	Huddersfield Town	42	21	16	5	69	28	10	8	3	31	10	11	8	2	38	18	41	58	DWDWDD	Champions	1-1
	2	West Bromwich Albion	42	23	10	9	58	34	13	6	2	40	17	10	4	7	18	17	24	56	DWLWDD	Safe	0-0
	3	Bolton Wanderers	42	22	11	9	76	34	18	2	1	61	13	4	9	8	15	21	42	55	WLWWWD	Safe	0-0
	4	Liverpool	42	20	10	12	63	55	13	5	3	43	20	7	5	9	20	35	8	50	DWWLLD	Safe	1-1
2	5	Bury	42	17	15	10	54	51	13	4	4	35	20	4	11	6	19	31	3	49	LLLLDW	Safe	2-0
1	6	Newcastle United	42	16	16	10	61	42	11	6	4	43	18	5	10	6	18	24	19	48	DLLWLL	Safe
1	7	Sunderland	42	19	10	13	64	51	13	6	2	39	14	6	4	11	25	37	13	48	WDLDDD	Safe	1-1
1	8	Birmingham City	42	17	12	13	49	53	10	8	3	27	17	7	4	10	22	36	-4	46	DWDWWW	Safe	1-0
1	9	Notts County	42	16	13	13	42	31	11	6	4	29	12	5	7	9	13	19	11	45	WWLWDL	Safe	0-1
3	10	Manchester City	42	17	9	16	76	68	11	7	3	44	29	6	2	13	32	39	8	43	LLWWLW	Safe	1-0
	11	Cardiff City	42	16	11	15	56	51	11	5	5	35	19	5	6	10	21	32	5	43	WWWDWD	Safe	0-0
2	12	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	12	15	52	43	9	8	4	32	16	6	4	11	20	27	9	42	LLWLWL	Safe	0-1
1	13	West Ham United	42	15	12	15	62	60	12	7	2	37	12	3	5	13	25	48	2	42	LLLWWD	Safe
	14	Sheffield United	42	13	13	16	55	63	10	5	6	34	25	3	8	10	21	38	-8	39	WLLLWD	Safe
	15	Aston Villa	42	13	13	16	58	71	10	7	4	34	25	3	6	12	24	46	-13	39	LLWDWW	Safe	2-0
	16	Blackburn Rovers	42	11	13	18	53	66	7	6	8	31	26	4	7	10	22	40	-13	35	LDLDLL	Safe
2	17	Everton	42	12	11	19	40	60	11	4	6	25	20	1	7	13	15	40	-20	35	DWDLDW	Safe	1-0
1	18	Leeds United	42	11	12	19	46	59	9	8	4	29	17	2	4	15	17	42	-13	34	LWWLWL	Safe	0-1
1	19	Burnley	42	11	12	19	46	75	7	8	6	28	31	4	4	13	18	44	-29	34	DWLLDD	Safe	1-1
2	20	Arsenal	42	14	5	23	46	58	12	3	6	33	17	2	2	17	13	41	-12	33	LLWWLL	Safe	0-2
	21	Preston North End	42	10	6	26	37	74	8	2	11	29	35	2	4	15	8	39	-37	26	DWDLLD	Relegated	0-0
	22	Nottingham Forest	42	6	12	24	29	65	5	6	10	17	23	1	6	14	12	42	-36	24	LDDLLL	Relegated	0-2