The City Ground

THE WEDNESDAY 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Feb 28, 1903 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 28, 1903 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: The Wednesday
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Hillsborough
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST

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

Season:: 1902-03
Referee:
Attendance:: 8,000
League Week:: 27 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 7 8
Opp Before/After:: 2 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 1)
The Wednesday:: Oct 03, 1903

GAME COUNT:
League:: 345 (of 5085)
League Tier 1:: 345 (of 2337)
Competitive:: 441 (of 5827)
Total:: 1091 (of 7632)
Played:: 123 years, 6 months, 7 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

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

Goal Scorers
Ambrose Langley (Pen)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	22	Harry Linacre
2	D	28	Charles Craig
3	D	26	James Iremonger
4	F	29	George Henderson
5	D	24	Fred Warren
6	M	23	John Crawford	Debut
7	M	22	Matthew Broughton
8	F	27	John Calvey
9	M	22	Sid Sugden
10	F		Sam Timmins
11	F	25	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Lyall
2	D	Willie Layton
3	D	Ambrose Langley
4	D	Bob Ferrier
5	D	Tommy Crawshaw
6	M	Harry Ruddlesdin
7	M	Harry Davis
8	M	Harry Chapman
9	M	Andy Wilson
10	F	Jock Malloch
11	F	Fred Spiksley

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Feb 28, 1903)

Home	Score	Away
Bolton Wanderers	1-0	Sheffield United
Everton	3-0	Bury
Middlesbrough	0-2	Liverpool
Newcastle United	2-4	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Notts County	0-1	Grimsby Town
The Wednesday	1-0	Nottingham Forest
West Bromwich Albion	1-2	Aston Villa

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	West Bromwich Albion	25	15	4	6	47	31	9	2	2	32	19	6	2	4	15	12	16	34	WWWLDD
	2	The Wednesday	26	15	2	9	47	29	9	2	2	26	6	6	0	7	21	23	18	32	WLWLWD
	3	Sunderland	24	12	7	5	38	24	8	4	1	23	8	4	3	4	15	16	14	31	WWDWWW
	4	Derby County	25	14	2	9	40	30	11	1	1	29	8	3	1	8	11	22	10	30	WLLLWW
	5	Stoke	25	12	5	8	38	29	8	2	4	22	11	4	3	4	16	18	9	29	WLWWDW
	6	Sheffield United	25	12	4	9	39	32	7	0	5	23	17	5	4	4	16	15	7	28	LWDLLD
	7	Nottingham Forest	26	10	7	9	35	35	6	3	3	20	15	4	4	6	15	20	0	27	WLWWDL
	8	Notts County	25	10	7	8	31	34	6	5	3	18	15	4	2	5	13	19	-3	27	LWLLDL
	9	Aston Villa	24	11	3	10	39	31	6	3	3	27	14	5	0	7	12	17	8	25	LWWWLW
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	10	5	11	36	42	9	2	2	27	14	1	3	9	9	28	-6	25	LWLWDL
	11	Liverpool	23	11	2	10	50	38	7	1	2	35	14	4	1	8	15	24	12	24	LLLLLW
	12	Bury	24	11	2	11	36	32	10	0	2	26	11	1	2	9	10	21	4	24	WLLLLL
	13	Everton	25	10	4	11	38	35	8	1	3	22	11	2	3	8	16	24	3	24	WLWWWL
	14	Middlesbrough	24	9	3	12	24	35	6	2	3	15	12	3	1	9	9	23	-11	21	LWLWLW
	15	Newcastle United	22	8	3	11	25	36	6	0	3	18	6	2	3	8	7	30	-11	19	DLLWDL
	16	Blackburn Rovers	26	8	3	15	32	51	6	2	6	19	21	2	1	9	13	30	-19	19	WLWLDL
	17	Grimsby Town	25	4	8	13	32	49	3	5	5	20	19	1	3	8	12	30	-17	16	LWLLDD
	18	Bolton Wanderers	26	4	3	19	29	63	3	2	8	14	19	1	1	11	15	44	-34	11	LLWWWW

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	1	The Wednesday	27	16	2	9	48	29	10	2	2	27	6	6	0	7	21	23	19	34	LWLWDW		1-0
1	2	West Bromwich Albion	26	15	4	7	48	33	9	2	3	33	21	6	2	4	15	12	15	34	WWLDDL		1-2
	3	Sunderland	24	12	7	5	38	24	8	4	1	23	8	4	3	4	15	16	14	31	WWDWWW
	4	Derby County	25	14	2	9	40	30	11	1	1	29	8	3	1	8	11	22	10	30	WLLLWW
	5	Stoke	25	12	5	8	38	29	8	2	4	22	11	4	3	4	16	18	9	29	WLWWDW
	6	Sheffield United	26	12	4	10	39	33	7	0	5	23	17	5	4	5	16	16	6	28	WDLLDL		0-1
2	7	Aston Villa	25	12	3	10	41	32	6	3	3	27	14	6	0	7	14	18	9	27	WWWLWW		2-1
1	8	Nottingham Forest	27	10	7	10	35	36	6	3	3	20	15	4	4	7	15	21	-1	27	LWWDLL		0-1
1	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	11	5	11	40	44	9	2	2	27	14	2	3	9	13	30	-4	27	WLWDLW		4-2
2	10	Notts County	26	10	7	9	31	35	6	5	4	18	16	4	2	5	13	19	-4	27	WLLDLL		0-1
	11	Liverpool	24	12	2	10	52	38	7	1	2	35	14	5	1	8	17	24	14	26	LLLLWW		2-0
1	12	Everton	26	11	4	11	41	35	9	1	3	25	11	2	3	8	16	24	6	26	LWWWLW		3-0
1	13	Bury	25	11	2	12	36	35	10	0	2	26	11	1	2	10	10	24	1	24	LLLLLL		0-3
	14	Middlesbrough	25	9	3	13	24	37	6	2	4	15	14	3	1	9	9	23	-13	21	WLWLWL		0-2
	15	Newcastle United	23	8	3	12	27	40	6	0	4	20	10	2	3	8	7	30	-13	19	LLWDLL		2-4
	16	Blackburn Rovers	26	8	3	15	32	51	6	2	6	19	21	2	1	9	13	30	-19	19	WLWLDL
	17	Grimsby Town	26	5	8	13	33	49	3	5	5	20	19	2	3	8	13	30	-16	18	WLLDDW		1-0
	18	Bolton Wanderers	27	5	3	19	30	63	4	2	8	15	19	1	1	11	15	44	-33	13	LWWWWW		1-0