The City Ground

GRIMSBY TOWN 1 - 4 FOREST - Thu Mar 21, 1912 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Thu Mar 21, 1912 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Grimsby Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Blundell Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-1 WON

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

Season:: 1911-12
Referee:: A Hargreaves
Attendance:: 3,000
Pos Before/After:: 9 7
Opp Before/After:: 6 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackpool (League Tier 2)
Grimsby Town:: Dec 07, 1912

GAME COUNT:
League:: 679 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 68 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 797 (of 5724)
Total:: 1479 (of 7505)
Played:: 112 years, 30 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Fred Earp
Prior form: LWDWLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Robert Firth
Frank Saunders
Frank Saunders - Frank Saunders last goal
Joe Ford

GRIMSBY TOWN
Manager: H Hickson
Prior form: LWLWLW (Old to recent)

Goals
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		John Hanna
2	M		Walter Dudley
3	M	23	Thomas Gibson
4	F	28	Jack Armstrong
5	D	22	Joe Mercer
6	F		George Needham
7	M	25	Robert Firth
8	F	20	John Derrick
9	F	23	Frank Saunders
10	F	34	Grenville Morris
11	F	25	Joe Ford

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 2 on this day (Thu Mar 21, 1912)

Home	Score	Away
Grimsby Town	1-4	Nottingham Forest

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	SECOND 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	Burnley	31	19	7	5	65	31	12	5	0	43	13	7	2	5	22	18	2.09677	45	WWWWWD
	2	Chelsea	31	18	6	7	51	29	12	2	2	30	12	6	4	5	21	17	1.75862	42	WLWDLW
	3	Derby County	29	16	6	7	60	27	11	1	2	45	12	5	5	5	15	15	2.22222	38	LLLWWD
	4	Hull City	30	15	6	9	49	44	11	2	2	33	8	4	4	7	16	36	1.11364	36	WLDWLL
	5	Clapton Orient	29	15	3	11	47	35	12	0	3	34	12	3	3	8	13	23	1.34286	33	WLLLLW
	6	Grimsby Town	31	13	7	11	39	40	8	5	3	22	14	5	2	8	17	26	.97500	33	LWLWLW
	7	Barnsley	28	11	10	7	34	29	8	3	1	21	9	3	7	6	13	20	1.17241	32	DWLDDL
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	12	7	10	46	29	9	2	4	34	10	3	5	6	12	19	1.58621	31	LLLDLW
	9	Nottingham Forest	29	12	6	11	38	34	9	2	4	24	12	3	4	7	14	22	1.11765	30	LWDWLW
	10	Bradford Park Avenue	29	11	8	10	37	34	8	5	1	23	10	3	3	9	14	24	1.08824	30	LLLWWW
	11	Fulham	27	12	4	11	50	43	8	2	3	30	14	4	2	8	20	29	1.16279	28	WLWDLL
	12	Stockport County	29	9	8	12	35	36	7	4	5	23	16	2	4	7	12	20	.97222	26	WWWDLW
	13	Huddersfield Town	29	10	6	13	39	49	7	5	3	24	15	3	1	10	15	34	.79592	26	LWLLWL
	14	Leicester Fosse	30	10	6	14	35	56	7	4	3	24	14	3	2	11	11	42	.62500	26	WWDWLW
	15	Birmingham City	30	10	5	15	43	55	7	3	5	33	29	3	2	10	10	26	.78182	25	WLWLWW
	16	Blackpool	30	9	7	14	26	42	8	3	3	19	12	1	4	11	7	30	.61905	25	LLLLDL
	17	Bristol City	30	9	5	16	33	52	8	3	3	22	13	1	2	13	11	39	.63462	23	LWWLDL
	18	Leeds City	30	9	4	17	38	60	7	3	5	19	19	2	1	12	19	41	.63333	22	LWWLDL
	19	Glossop North End	28	4	11	13	27	44	4	8	3	22	16	0	3	10	5	28	.61364	19	WLWDWD
	20	Gainsborough Trinity	29	4	10	15	27	50	3	4	7	15	19	1	6	8	12	31	.54000	18	LLWDDL

Table after:

	SECOND 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	Burnley	31	19	7	5	65	31	12	5	0	43	13	7	2	5	22	18	2.09677	45	WWWWWD
	2	Chelsea	31	18	6	7	51	29	12	2	2	30	12	6	4	5	21	17	1.75862	42	WLWDLW
	3	Derby County	29	16	6	7	60	27	11	1	2	45	12	5	5	5	15	15	2.22222	38	LLLWWD
	4	Hull City	30	15	6	9	49	44	11	2	2	33	8	4	4	7	16	36	1.11364	36	WLDWLL
	5	Clapton Orient	29	15	3	11	47	35	12	0	3	34	12	3	3	8	13	23	1.34286	33	WLLLLW
	6	Grimsby Town	32	13	7	12	40	44	8	5	4	23	18	5	2	8	17	26	.90909	33	WLWLWL		1-4
2	7	Nottingham Forest	30	13	6	11	42	35	9	2	4	24	12	4	4	7	18	23	1.20000	32	WDWLWW		4-1
1	8	Barnsley	28	11	10	7	34	29	8	3	1	21	9	3	7	6	13	20	1.17241	32	DWLDDL
1	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	12	7	10	46	29	9	2	4	34	10	3	5	6	12	19	1.58621	31	LLLDLW
	10	Bradford Park Avenue	29	11	8	10	37	34	8	5	1	23	10	3	3	9	14	24	1.08824	30	LLLWWW
	11	Fulham	27	12	4	11	50	43	8	2	3	30	14	4	2	8	20	29	1.16279	28	WLWDLL
	12	Stockport County	29	9	8	12	35	36	7	4	5	23	16	2	4	7	12	20	.97222	26	WWWDLW
	13	Huddersfield Town	29	10	6	13	39	49	7	5	3	24	15	3	1	10	15	34	.79592	26	LWLLWL
	14	Leicester Fosse	30	10	6	14	35	56	7	4	3	24	14	3	2	11	11	42	.62500	26	WWDWLW
	15	Birmingham City	30	10	5	15	43	55	7	3	5	33	29	3	2	10	10	26	.78182	25	WLWLWW
	16	Blackpool	30	9	7	14	26	42	8	3	3	19	12	1	4	11	7	30	.61905	25	LLLLDL
	17	Bristol City	30	9	5	16	33	52	8	3	3	22	13	1	2	13	11	39	.63462	23	LWWLDL
	18	Leeds City	30	9	4	17	38	60	7	3	5	19	19	2	1	12	19	41	.63333	22	LWWLDL
	19	Glossop North End	28	4	11	13	27	44	4	8	3	22	16	0	3	10	5	28	.61364	19	WLWDWD
	20	Gainsborough Trinity	29	4	10	15	27	50	3	4	7	15	19	1	6	8	12	31	.54000	18	LLWDDL