The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 0 SHEFFIELD UNITED - Sat Mar 31, 1900 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 31, 1900 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 4-0 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1899-00
Referee:: Fred Kirkham
Attendance:: 8,000
League Week:: 27 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 5 5
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Newcastle United (League Tier 1)
Sheffield United:: Sep 08, 1900

GAME COUNT:
League:: 242 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 242 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 327 (of 5824)
Total:: 970 (of 7629)
Played:: 126 years, 4 months, 20 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Grenville Morris (18')
John Calvey (26')
John McPherson (66')
Grenville Morris (72')

SHEFFIELD UNITED
Manager: John Nicholson
Prior form: LDDLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	19	Harry Linacre
2	D	26	Edward Peers
3	D	24	James Iremonger
4	M	24	George Robinson
5	M	33	John McPherson (66')
6	M	24	Fred Coles	Last game
7	F	25	Arthur Capes
8	F	24	John Calvey (26')
9	F	23	Len Benbow
10	F	22	Grenville Morris (18') (72')
11	F	22	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Billy Biggar
2	D	Tom Clinch
3	D	Peter Boyle
4	D	Harry Johnson
5	D	Tom Morren
6	M	Harry Howard
7	M	Billy Brawn
8	M	Walter Bennett
9	M	Jack Almond
10	F	Billy Barnes
11	F	Bert Lipsham

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 31, 1900)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	1-2	Aston Villa
Everton	0-0	Blackburn Rovers
Glossop North End	0-2	Manchester City
Nottingham Forest	4-0	Sheffield United
Preston North End	4-1	Newcastle United
Stoke	1-0	Notts County
Sunderland	1-0	Bury
West Bromwich Albion	0-0	Derby County
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-1	Liverpool

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Aston Villa	30	19	5	6	70	32	11	4	1	42	17	8	1	5	28	15	38	43	WWDLWW	Safe
	2	Sheffield United	28	16	10	2	53	23	10	5	1	36	11	6	5	1	17	12	30	42	LDDLWW	Safe
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	13	9	5	40	29	6	4	2	21	12	7	5	3	19	17	11	35	WDDLWW
	4	Sunderland	28	15	3	10	40	28	9	2	2	21	6	6	1	8	19	22	12	33	DWLWLW
	5	Nottingham Forest	26	11	7	8	45	37	10	2	1	32	12	1	5	7	13	25	8	29	WDWWLL
	6	Newcastle United	27	11	6	10	45	35	9	3	2	29	12	2	3	8	16	23	10	28	DWWLWL
	7	Bury	26	11	6	9	37	33	10	2	2	26	13	1	4	7	11	20	4	28	DWLLDD
	8	Derby County	27	10	7	10	35	36	8	2	4	25	14	2	5	6	10	22	-1	27	LWLDLW
	9	Stoke	28	10	6	12	30	41	7	4	3	20	14	3	2	9	10	27	-11	26	DWLDLL
	10	Everton	28	10	5	13	34	44	8	0	5	20	14	2	5	8	14	30	-10	25	WLLWLL
	11	Notts County	28	8	8	12	41	54	4	5	5	24	19	4	3	7	17	35	-13	24	DLLWWD
	12	Manchester City	26	8	7	11	38	37	7	3	4	26	15	1	4	7	12	22	1	23	DDDLWL
	13	Liverpool	28	9	5	14	40	42	7	4	3	28	18	2	1	11	12	24	-2	23	LWWWWL
	14	West Bromwich Albion	27	9	5	13	33	45	6	4	3	18	11	3	1	10	15	34	-12	23	WLLWWL
	15	Burnley	28	9	5	14	31	44	9	2	3	26	14	0	3	11	5	30	-13	23	WLWLDL
	16	Blackburn Rovers	25	10	2	13	40	51	9	1	3	29	18	1	1	10	11	33	-11	22	LLDWWW
	17	Preston North End	26	8	4	14	27	37	6	3	3	19	14	2	1	11	8	23	-10	20	WLWWLL
	18	Glossop North End	27	4	8	15	27	58	4	4	4	16	14	0	4	11	11	44	-31	16	DWDLDD

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Aston Villa	31	20	5	6	72	33	11	4	1	42	17	9	1	5	30	16	39	45	WDLWWW	Safe	2-1
	2	Sheffield United	29	16	10	3	53	27	10	5	1	36	11	6	5	2	17	16	26	42	DDLWWL	Safe	0-4
1	3	Sunderland	29	16	3	10	41	28	10	2	2	22	6	6	1	8	19	22	13	35	WLWLWW	Safe	1-0
1	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	13	9	6	40	30	6	4	3	21	13	7	5	3	19	17	10	35	DDLWWL	Safe	0-1
	5	Nottingham Forest	27	12	7	8	49	37	11	2	1	36	12	1	5	7	13	25	12	31	DWWLLW		4-0
	6	Newcastle United	28	11	6	11	46	39	9	3	2	29	12	2	3	9	17	27	7	28	WWLWLL		1-4
	7	Bury	27	11	6	10	37	34	10	2	2	26	13	1	4	8	11	21	3	28	WLLDDL		0-1
	8	Derby County	28	10	8	10	35	36	8	2	4	25	14	2	6	6	10	22	-1	28	WLDLWD		0-0
	9	Stoke	29	11	6	12	31	41	8	4	3	21	14	3	2	9	10	27	-10	28	WLDLLW		1-0
	10	Everton	29	10	6	13	34	44	8	1	5	20	14	2	5	8	14	30	-10	26	LLWLLD		0-0
1	11	Manchester City	27	9	7	11	40	37	7	3	4	26	15	2	4	7	14	22	3	25	DDLWLW		2-0
1	12	Liverpool	29	10	5	14	41	42	7	4	3	28	18	3	1	11	13	24	-1	25	WWWWLW		1-0
2	13	Notts County	29	8	8	13	41	55	4	5	5	24	19	4	3	8	17	36	-14	24	LLWWDL		0-1
	14	West Bromwich Albion	28	9	6	13	33	45	6	5	3	18	11	3	1	10	15	34	-12	24	LLWWLD		0-0
1	15	Blackburn Rovers	26	10	3	13	40	51	9	1	3	29	18	1	2	10	11	33	-11	23	LDWWWD		0-0
1	16	Burnley	29	9	5	15	32	46	9	2	4	27	16	0	3	11	5	30	-14	23	LWLDLL		1-2
	17	Preston North End	27	9	4	14	31	38	7	3	3	23	15	2	1	11	8	23	-7	22	LWWLLW		4-1
	18	Glossop North End	28	4	8	16	27	60	4	4	5	16	16	0	4	11	11	44	-33	16	WDLDDL		0-2