The City Ground

MANCHESTER CITY 4 - 2 FOREST - Sat Dec 14, 1907 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 14, 1907 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Hyde Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-4 LOST

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

Season:: 1907-08
Referee:: W Gilgryst
Attendance:: 18,000
Pos Before/After:: 16 17
Opp Before/After:: 8 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Preston North End (League Tier 1)
Manchester City:: Apr 11, 1908

GAME COUNT:
League:: 512 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 474 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 619 (of 5724)
Total:: 1294 (of 7505)
Played:: 116 years, 4 months, 11 days ago

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

Goals
Thomas Marrison
Enoch West

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Harry Newbould
Prior form: WDDDLD (Old to recent)

Goals
Bill Eadie
Irvine Thornley
Jack Wood
Jack Wood

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Harry Linacre
2	M		Walter Dudley
3	M		George Maltby
4	D	22	Edwin Hughes
5	F		George Needham
6	F	23	Jack Armstrong
7	M	28	Billy Shearman
8	F		Thomas Marrison
9	F	26	Arthur Green
10	F	21	Enoch West
11	F	30	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Walter Smith
2	D	Percy Hill
3	D	Frank Norgrove
4	D	Jim Buchan
5	D	Bill Eadie
6	M	Jimmy Blair
7	M	George Dorsett
8	M	Jack Wood
9	M	Irvine Thornley
10	F	Davie Ross
11	F	Jimmy Conlin

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 14, 1907)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	6-0	Middlesbrough
Bristol City	2-2	Blackburn Rovers
Bury	3-2	Sheffield United
Liverpool	1-5	Newcastle United
Manchester City	4-2	Nottingham Forest
Notts County	1-1	Manchester United
Preston North End	2-4	Chelsea
Sunderland	1-2	Everton
The Wednesday	5-2	Bolton Wanderers
Woolwich Arsenal	1-1	Birmingham 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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Manchester United	16	14	0	2	50	21	8	0	0	24	9	6	0	2	26	12	2.38095	28	WWWWLW
	2	The Wednesday	16	10	2	4	33	22	7	0	1	21	10	3	2	3	12	12	1.50000	22	WWWDWL
	3	Newcastle United	16	8	3	5	30	21	6	1	1	22	8	2	2	4	8	13	1.42857	19	LWWWDW
	4	Bury	17	7	5	5	28	25	4	1	2	12	8	3	4	3	16	17	1.12000	19	DDWLDW
	5	Bristol City	16	7	3	6	31	30	5	2	1	15	9	2	1	5	16	21	1.03333	17	WWWLWL
	6	Liverpool	15	7	2	6	32	20	5	0	2	21	6	2	2	4	11	14	1.60000	16	WLWDLW
	7	Everton	15	7	2	6	33	27	5	1	1	20	11	2	1	5	13	16	1.22222	16	LWLWLL
	8	Manchester City	14	5	6	3	27	23	3	3	0	9	6	2	3	3	18	17	1.17391	16	WDDDLD
	9	Preston North End	16	6	3	7	23	25	4	3	1	17	8	2	0	6	6	17	.92000	15	WLWWDL
	10	Bolton Wanderers	14	7	1	6	22	24	4	1	2	14	13	3	0	4	8	11	.91667	15	WLLWWW
	11	Woolwich Arsenal	16	6	3	7	22	26	5	2	1	15	9	1	1	6	7	17	.84615	15	WLWLWL
	12	Notts County	17	6	3	8	18	25	5	0	3	11	7	1	3	5	7	18	.72000	15	LLWWWL
	13	Blackburn Rovers	16	7	0	9	21	29	7	0	1	15	7	0	0	8	6	22	.72414	14	WLWLLW
	14	Aston Villa	16	5	4	7	24	35	2	4	3	15	18	3	0	4	9	17	.68571	14	WDLDDL
	14	Aston Villa	16	5	4	7	24	35	2	4	3	15	18	3	0	4	9	17	.68571	14	WDLDDL
	15	Sheffield United	14	5	3	6	25	26	4	2	2	15	11	1	1	4	10	15	.96154	13	WLLLLW
	16	Nottingham Forest	15	5	3	7	24	27	5	2	1	21	10	0	1	6	3	17	.88889	13	LWLDLW
	17	Middlesbrough	16	5	3	8	16	19	3	1	4	5	8	2	2	4	11	11	.84211	13	LLLWDL
	18	Sunderland	16	5	2	9	27	30	4	1	3	18	13	1	1	6	9	17	.90000	12	WLLLLW
	19	Chelsea	16	5	2	9	19	34	5	1	3	17	16	0	1	6	2	18	.55882	12	WLWLWD
	20	Birmingham City	15	3	2	10	16	32	2	1	5	11	16	1	1	5	5	16	.50000	8	DLLWLL

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	Manchester United	17	14	1	2	51	22	8	0	0	24	9	6	1	2	27	13	2.31818	29	WWWLWD		1-1
	2	The Wednesday	17	11	2	4	38	24	8	0	1	26	12	3	2	3	12	12	1.58333	24	WWDWLW		5-2
	3	Newcastle United	17	9	3	5	35	22	6	1	1	22	8	3	2	4	13	14	1.59091	21	WWWDWW		5-1
	4	Bury	18	8	5	5	31	27	5	1	2	15	10	3	4	3	16	17	1.14815	21	DWLDWW		3-2
2	5	Everton	16	8	2	6	35	28	5	1	1	20	11	3	1	5	15	17	1.25000	18	WLWLLW		2-1
2	6	Manchester City	15	6	6	3	31	25	4	3	0	13	8	2	3	3	18	17	1.24000	18	DDDLDW		4-2
2	7	Bristol City	17	7	4	6	33	32	5	3	1	17	11	2	1	5	16	21	1.03125	18	WWLWLD		2-2
2	8	Liverpool	16	7	2	7	33	25	5	0	3	22	11	2	2	4	11	14	1.32000	16	LWDLWL		1-5
5	9	Aston Villa	17	6	4	7	30	35	3	4	3	21	18	3	0	4	9	17	.85714	16	DLDDLW		6-0
1	10	Woolwich Arsenal	17	6	4	7	23	27	5	3	1	16	10	1	1	6	7	17	.85185	16	LWLWLD		1-1
1	11	Notts County	18	6	4	8	19	26	5	1	3	12	8	1	3	5	7	18	.73077	16	LWWWLD		1-1
3	12	Preston North End	17	6	3	8	25	29	4	3	2	19	12	2	0	6	6	17	.86207	15	LWWDLL		2-4
3	13	Bolton Wanderers	15	7	1	7	24	29	4	1	2	14	13	3	0	5	10	16	.82759	15	LLWWWL		2-5
1	14	Blackburn Rovers	17	7	1	9	23	31	7	0	1	15	7	0	1	8	8	24	.74194	15	LWLLWD		2-2
1	14	Blackburn Rovers	17	7	1	9	23	31	7	0	1	15	7	0	1	8	8	24	.74194	15	LWLLWD		2-2
4	15	Chelsea	17	6	2	9	23	36	5	1	3	17	16	1	1	6	6	20	.63889	14	LWLWDW		4-2
1	16	Sheffield United	15	5	3	7	27	29	4	2	2	15	11	1	1	5	12	18	.93103	13	LLLLWL		2-3
1	17	Nottingham Forest	16	5	3	8	26	31	5	2	1	21	10	0	1	7	5	21	.83871	13	WLDLWL		2-4
1	18	Middlesbrough	17	5	3	9	16	25	3	1	4	5	8	2	2	5	11	17	.64000	13	LLWDLL		0-6
1	19	Sunderland	17	5	2	10	28	32	4	1	4	19	15	1	1	6	9	17	.87500	12	LLLLWL		1-2
	20	Birmingham City	16	3	3	10	17	33	2	1	5	11	16	1	2	5	6	17	.51515	9	LLWLLD		1-1