The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 THE WEDNESDAY - Mon Dec 26, 1904 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Dec 26, 1904 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: The Wednesday
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON

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

Season:: 1904-05
Referee:: Fred Kirkham
Attendance:: 16,000
Pos Before/After:: 15 13
Opp Before/After:: 11 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Arsenal (League Tier 1)
The Wednesday:: Dec 27, 1905

GAME COUNT:
League:: 405 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 405 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 504 (of 5724)
Total:: 1168 (of 7505)
Played:: 119 years, 3 months, 23 days ago

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

Goals
Billy Shearman
Grenville Morris

THE WEDNESDAY
Manager: Arthur Dickinson
Prior form: DLWDLL (Old to recent)

Goals
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Harry Linacre
2	D	30	Charles Craig
3	D	28	James Iremonger
4	D	26	John Barnsdale
5	F		George Henderson
6	F		Sam Timmins
7	M		Jack Craggs
8	M	25	Billy Shearman
9	F	21	Fred Lessons
10	F	27	Grenville Morris
11	F	27	Tom Niblo

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 (Mon Dec 26, 1904)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	3-1	Woolwich Arsenal
Blackburn Rovers	2-1	Sunderland
Bury	2-0	Derby County
Middlesbrough	0-1	Small Heath
Nottingham Forest	2-1	The Wednesday
Preston North End	0-1	Manchester City
Sheffield United	5-2	Stoke City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-3	Everton

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	Newcastle United	17	11	2	4	35	16	7	1	0	22	6	4	1	4	13	10	2.18750	24	WWWWWL
	2	Sheffield United	18	10	2	6	31	29	7	0	1	17	8	3	2	5	14	21	1.06897	22	LWWWWL
	3	Everton	17	9	3	5	30	20	6	2	1	17	6	3	1	4	13	14	1.50000	21	DLDWWD
	4	Sunderland	17	9	3	5	32	23	7	1	1	23	9	2	2	4	9	14	1.39130	21	WWLLLW
	5	Derby County	18	8	5	5	23	24	5	4	0	17	7	3	1	5	6	17	.95833	21	DWDWLD
	6	Manchester City	17	8	4	5	36	20	6	2	0	28	8	2	2	5	8	12	1.80000	20	DLWLWD
	7	Preston North End	18	7	6	5	23	22	4	2	2	15	10	3	4	3	8	12	1.04545	20	DDWLDL
	8	Small Heath	16	9	1	6	29	20	6	0	2	17	8	3	1	4	12	12	1.45000	19	WWWWLL
	9	Woolwich Arsenal	16	7	5	4	18	13	5	2	1	7	4	2	3	3	11	9	1.38462	19	WDLWWW
	10	Aston Villa	19	8	3	8	29	26	6	2	3	17	10	2	1	5	12	16	1.11538	19	WLWDDW
	11	The Wednesday	16	8	2	6	33	30	5	1	2	20	14	3	1	4	13	16	1.10000	18	DLWDLL
	12	Blackburn Rovers	17	6	3	8	27	23	5	2	2	19	8	1	1	6	8	15	1.17391	15	LLLDLW
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	6	2	10	28	40	6	1	2	20	13	0	1	8	8	27	.70000	14	DWLLDL
	14	Stoke City	17	6	1	10	16	33	5	1	2	11	8	1	0	8	5	25	.48485	13	LWLWLL
	15	Nottingham Forest	18	5	2	11	24	33	3	1	6	16	16	2	1	5	8	17	.72727	12	DWLLWD
	16	Middlesbrough	17	3	6	8	17	28	3	2	3	8	9	0	4	5	9	19	.60714	12	LLDDWD
	17	Bury	17	4	2	11	26	39	3	1	5	18	17	1	1	6	8	22	.66667	10	LLDWWL
	18	Notts County	17	3	4	10	18	36	1	3	4	7	15	2	1	6	11	21	.50000	10	LWLDLD

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	Newcastle United	17	11	2	4	35	16	7	1	0	22	6	4	1	4	13	10	2.18750	24	WWWWWL
	2	Sheffield United	19	11	2	6	36	31	8	0	1	22	10	3	2	5	14	21	1.16129	24	WWWWLW		5-2
	3	Everton	18	10	3	5	33	20	6	2	1	17	6	4	1	4	16	14	1.65000	23	LDWWDW		3-0
2	4	Manchester City	18	9	4	5	37	20	6	2	0	28	8	3	2	5	9	12	1.85000	22	LWLWDW		1-0
3	5	Small Heath	17	10	1	6	30	20	6	0	2	17	8	4	1	4	13	12	1.50000	21	WWWLLW		1-0
2	6	Sunderland	18	9	3	6	33	25	7	1	1	23	9	2	2	5	10	16	1.32000	21	WLLLWL		1-2
3	7	Aston Villa	20	9	3	8	32	27	7	2	3	20	11	2	1	5	12	16	1.18519	21	LWDDWW		3-1
3	8	Derby County	19	8	5	6	23	26	5	4	0	17	7	3	1	6	6	19	.88462	21	WDWLDL		0-2
2	9	Preston North End	19	7	6	6	23	23	4	2	3	15	11	3	4	3	8	12	1.00000	20	DWLDLL		0-1
1	10	Woolwich Arsenal	17	7	5	5	19	16	5	2	1	7	4	2	3	4	12	12	1.18750	19	DLWWWL		1-3
	11	The Wednesday	17	8	2	7	34	32	5	1	2	20	14	3	1	5	14	18	1.06250	18	LWDLLL		1-2
	12	Blackburn Rovers	18	7	3	8	29	24	6	2	2	21	9	1	1	6	8	15	1.20833	17	LLDLWW		2-1
2	13	Nottingham Forest	19	6	2	11	26	34	4	1	6	18	17	2	1	5	8	17	.76471	14	WLLWDW		2-1
1	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	6	2	11	28	43	6	1	3	20	16	0	1	8	8	27	.65116	14	WLLDLL		0-3
1	15	Stoke City	18	6	1	11	18	38	5	1	2	11	8	1	0	9	7	30	.47368	13	WLWLLL		2-5
1	16	Bury	18	5	2	11	28	39	4	1	5	20	17	1	1	6	8	22	.71795	12	LDWWLW		2-0
1	17	Middlesbrough	18	3	6	9	17	29	3	2	4	8	10	0	4	5	9	19	.58621	12	LDDWDL		0-1
	18	Notts County	17	3	4	10	18	36	1	3	4	7	15	2	1	6	11	21	.50000	10	LWLDLD