The City Ground

BLACKBURN ROVERS 3 - 1 FOREST - Fri Jan 01, 1904 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Fri Jan 01, 1904 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-3 LOST

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1903-04
Referee:: W Nunnerly
Attendance:: 20,000
Pos Before/After:: 12 12
Opp Before/After:: 9 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Liverpool (League Tier 1)
Blackburn Rovers:: Feb 20, 1904

GAME COUNT:
League:: 372 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 372 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 468 (of 5724)
Total:: 1126 (of 7505)
Played:: 120 years, 3 months, 18 days ago

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

Goals
Grenville Morris

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Robert Middleton
Prior form: WWDWWL (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?
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Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Harry Linacre
2	D	29	Charles Craig
3	D	20	Albert Jones
4	F		Sam Timmins
5	D		Fred Warren
6	M		Robert Norris
7	M	21	Tom Davies
8	F	28	John Calvey
9	M	24	Billy Shearman
10	F	26	Grenville Morris
11	F	26	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Fri Jan 01, 1904)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	3-1	Nottingham Forest
Bury	3-0	Notts County
Manchester City	1-1	Middlesbrough
Sunderland	1-1	Newcastle United
The Wednesday	4-0	Wolverhampton 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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Sheffield United	19	12	4	3	45	28	7	3	1	32	17	5	1	2	13	11	1.60714	28	DDLDWW
	2	Aston Villa	19	10	4	5	42	30	8	0	1	24	8	2	4	4	18	22	1.40000	24	WDLWWD
	3	Manchester City	18	11	2	5	37	27	6	1	2	19	12	5	1	3	18	15	1.37037	24	DDWWLL
	4	The Wednesday	17	8	6	3	21	14	5	2	0	11	4	3	4	3	10	10	1.50000	22	LWDDDL
	5	Sunderland	18	10	2	6	36	28	7	1	1	23	7	3	1	5	13	21	1.28571	22	WLDLWW
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	10	2	6	27	33	7	2	0	16	8	3	0	6	11	25	.81818	22	WDWLDW
	7	Everton	18	9	3	6	33	22	6	0	3	19	9	3	3	3	14	13	1.50000	21	DWDWLW
	8	Newcastle United	19	9	3	7	30	30	7	1	2	18	10	2	2	5	12	20	1.00000	21	WLWDDL
	9	Blackburn Rovers	20	8	4	8	29	28	5	3	1	16	6	3	1	7	13	22	1.03571	20	WWDWWL
	10	Notts County	19	8	2	9	22	34	6	1	3	16	15	2	1	6	6	19	.64706	18	LLWDWW
	11	Middlesbrough	17	6	5	6	29	23	6	1	2	22	9	0	4	4	7	14	1.26087	17	WLWDDD
	12	Nottingham Forest	19	6	5	8	35	35	3	1	5	13	17	3	4	3	22	18	1.00000	17	WDLLLD
	13	Stoke City	20	7	2	11	40	37	7	1	3	36	16	0	1	8	4	21	1.08108	16	LLWLLD
	14	Derby County	19	6	4	9	35	34	5	3	3	29	20	1	1	6	6	14	1.02941	16	WDWWWD
	15	West Bromwich Albion	19	4	6	9	16	31	2	6	2	8	8	2	0	7	8	23	.51613	14	LLDDLW
	16	Bury	18	2	9	7	24	31	2	4	2	13	13	0	5	5	11	18	.77419	13	LLDLDD
	17	Liverpool	19	4	2	13	28	43	3	1	4	12	14	1	1	9	16	29	.65116	10	LLDLLL
	18	Small Heath	18	3	3	12	16	37	2	3	4	10	15	1	0	8	6	22	.43243	9	LLLWLL

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Sheffield United	19	12	4	3	45	28	7	3	1	32	17	5	1	2	13	11	1.60714	28	DDLDWW
1	2	Manchester City	19	11	3	5	38	28	6	2	2	20	13	5	1	3	18	15	1.35714	25	DWWLLD		1-1
1	3	The Wednesday	18	9	6	3	25	14	6	2	0	15	4	3	4	3	10	10	1.78571	24	WDDDLW		4-0
2	4	Aston Villa	19	10	4	5	42	30	8	0	1	24	8	2	4	4	18	22	1.40000	24	WDLWWD
	5	Sunderland	19	10	3	6	37	29	7	2	1	24	8	3	1	5	13	21	1.27586	23	LDLWWD		1-1
3	6	Blackburn Rovers	21	9	4	8	32	29	6	3	1	19	7	3	1	7	13	22	1.10345	22	WDWWLW		3-1
1	7	Newcastle United	20	9	4	7	31	31	7	1	2	18	10	2	3	5	13	21	1.00000	22	LWDDLD		1-1
2	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	10	2	7	27	37	7	2	0	16	8	3	0	7	11	29	.72973	22	DWLDWL		0-4
2	9	Everton	18	9	3	6	33	22	6	0	3	19	9	3	3	3	14	13	1.50000	21	DWDWLW
1	10	Middlesbrough	18	6	6	6	30	24	6	1	2	22	9	0	5	4	8	15	1.25000	18	LWDDDD		1-1
1	11	Notts County	20	8	2	10	22	37	6	1	3	16	15	2	1	7	6	22	.59459	18	LWDWWL		0-3
	12	Nottingham Forest	20	6	5	9	36	38	3	1	5	13	17	3	4	4	23	21	.94737	17	DLLLDL		1-3
	13	Stoke City	20	7	2	11	40	37	7	1	3	36	16	0	1	8	4	21	1.08108	16	LLWLLD
	14	Derby County	19	6	4	9	35	34	5	3	3	29	20	1	1	6	6	14	1.02941	16	WDWWWD
1	15	Bury	19	3	9	7	27	31	3	4	2	16	13	0	5	5	11	18	.87097	15	LDLDDW		3-0
1	16	West Bromwich Albion	19	4	6	9	16	31	2	6	2	8	8	2	0	7	8	23	.51613	14	LLDDLW
	17	Liverpool	19	4	2	13	28	43	3	1	4	12	14	1	1	9	16	29	.65116	10	LLDLLL
	18	Small Heath	18	3	3	12	16	37	2	3	4	10	15	1	0	8	6	22	.43243	9	LLLWLL