The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 4 EVERTON - Sat Feb 27, 1904 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 27, 1904 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Everton
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-4 LOST

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

Season:: 1903-04
Referee:: T Kirkham
Attendance:: 5,000
Pos Before/After:: 13 14
Opp Before/After:: 7 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Stoke City (League Tier 1)
Everton:: Nov 05, 1904

GAME COUNT:
League:: 377 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 377 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 476 (of 5724)
Total:: 1134 (of 7505)
Played:: 120 years, 1 month, 29 days ago

Review
Albert Jones went off injured in the 40th minute meaning we spent the whole second half with just 10 men

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

Goals

EVERTON
Manager: Will Cuff
Prior form: WWLWLD (Old to recent)

Goals
J Taylor (35')
J Sharp
B Rankin
J Sharp

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Harry Linacre
2	D	29	Charles Craig
3	D	21	Albert Jones
4	D	25	Bob Innes
5	D		Fred Warren
6	M		Robert Norris
7	M		Ernest Wright	Last game
8	M	24	Billy Shearman
9	M	23	Sid Sugden
10	F		Sam Timmins
11	F	26	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	G Kitchen
2	D	W Balmer
3	D	J Crelley
4	D	S Wolstenholme
5	D	T Booth (c)
6	M	W Abbott
7	M	J Sharp
8	M	J Taylor
9	M	A Young
10	F	B Rankin
11	F	H Hardman

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Feb 27, 1904)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	6-1	Sheffield United
Bury	2-2	Derby County
Liverpool	2-2	Manchester City
Middlesbrough	1-0	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	0-4	Everton
Sunderland	1-1	West Bromwich Albion
The Wednesday	3-2	Small Heath
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-2	Newcastle United

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	The Wednesday	25	14	7	4	34	17	9	3	0	22	6	5	4	4	12	11	2.00000	35	WLWWDW	Safe
	2	Manchester City	23	14	4	5	47	32	7	3	2	25	15	7	1	3	22	17	1.46875	32	LDDWWW
	3	Sheffield United	24	13	6	5	52	36	7	5	1	34	19	6	1	4	18	17	1.44444	32	WDLDWL
	4	Aston Villa	25	13	5	7	51	35	10	1	2	30	11	3	4	5	21	24	1.45714	31	WWDLWL
	5	Newcastle United	26	13	5	8	40	37	10	2	2	24	11	3	3	6	16	26	1.08108	31	WLWWDW
	6	Sunderland	25	13	4	8	50	35	9	2	1	33	9	4	2	7	17	26	1.42857	30	LWLWWD
	7	Everton	24	12	4	8	39	26	8	0	3	22	9	4	4	5	17	17	1.50000	28	WWLWLD
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	11	5	8	32	46	8	4	0	20	11	3	1	8	12	35	.69565	27	LDDLDW
	9	Blackburn Rovers	26	9	6	11	36	40	6	5	2	22	12	3	1	9	14	28	.90000	24	WLDLLD
	10	Middlesbrough	25	7	9	9	38	33	7	3	3	27	12	0	6	6	11	21	1.15152	23	LDDWDL
	11	Bury	25	6	11	8	35	40	6	5	2	22	14	0	6	6	13	26	.87500	23	WDWLWD
	12	Notts County	28	9	4	15	30	55	6	2	5	20	23	3	2	10	10	32	.54545	22	DLDLLL
	13	Nottingham Forest	24	7	7	10	43	41	4	2	6	20	20	3	5	4	23	21	1.04878	21	DLDDWL
	14	Derby County	25	6	8	11	44	46	5	3	5	34	28	1	5	6	10	18	.95652	20	DLDLDD
	15	Stoke City	26	7	5	14	46	48	7	1	5	38	21	0	4	9	8	27	.95833	19	DLDLLD
	16	West Bromwich Albion	25	5	8	12	25	43	2	7	3	11	13	3	1	9	14	30	.58140	18	LLDDLW
	17	Liverpool	26	6	5	15	34	50	5	3	5	15	17	1	2	10	19	33	.68000	17	LWDLDW
	18	Small Heath	24	5	7	12	26	42	3	4	4	15	17	2	3	8	11	25	.61905	17	DWDDWD

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	The Wednesday	26	15	7	4	37	19	10	3	0	25	8	5	4	4	12	11	1.94737	37	LWWDWW	Safe	3-2
2	2	Aston Villa	26	14	5	7	57	36	11	1	2	36	12	3	4	5	21	24	1.58333	33	WDLWLW	Safe	6-1
1	3	Manchester City	24	14	5	5	49	34	7	3	2	25	15	7	2	3	24	19	1.44118	33	DDWWWD	Safe	2-2
1	4	Sheffield United	25	13	6	6	53	42	7	5	1	34	19	6	1	5	19	23	1.26190	32	DLDWLL		1-6
1	5	Sunderland	26	13	5	8	51	36	9	3	1	34	10	4	2	7	17	26	1.41667	31	WLWWDD		1-1
1	6	Newcastle United	27	13	5	9	42	40	10	2	2	24	11	3	3	7	18	29	1.05000	31	LWWDWL		2-3
	7	Everton	25	13	4	8	43	26	8	0	3	22	9	5	4	5	21	17	1.65385	30	WLWLDW		4-0
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	12	5	8	35	48	9	4	0	23	13	3	1	8	12	35	.72917	29	DDLDWW		3-2
1	9	Middlesbrough	26	8	9	9	39	33	8	3	3	28	12	0	6	6	11	21	1.18182	25	DDWDLW		1-0
1	10	Blackburn Rovers	26	9	6	11	36	40	6	5	2	22	12	3	1	9	14	28	.90000	24	WLDLLD
	11	Bury	26	6	12	8	37	42	6	6	2	24	16	0	6	6	13	26	.88095	24	DWLWDD		2-2
	12	Notts County	29	9	4	16	30	56	6	2	5	20	23	3	2	11	10	33	.53571	22	LDLLLL		0-1
1	13	Derby County	26	6	9	11	46	48	5	3	5	34	28	1	6	6	12	20	.95833	21	LDLDDD		2-2
1	14	Nottingham Forest	25	7	7	11	43	45	4	2	7	20	24	3	5	4	23	21	.95556	21	LDDWLL		0-4
	15	Stoke City	26	7	5	14	46	48	7	1	5	38	21	0	4	9	8	27	.95833	19	DLDLLD
	16	West Bromwich Albion	26	5	9	12	26	44	2	7	3	11	13	3	2	9	15	31	.59091	19	LDDLWD		1-1
	17	Liverpool	27	6	6	15	36	52	5	4	5	17	19	1	2	10	19	33	.69231	18	WDLDWD		2-2
	18	Small Heath	25	5	7	13	28	45	3	4	4	15	17	2	3	9	13	28	.62222	17	WDDWDL		2-3