The City Ground

MIDDLESBROUGH 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 28, 1903 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 28, 1903 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Middlesbrough
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Linthorpe Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1902-03
Referee:: JH Strawson
Attendance:: 8,000
League Week:: 30 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 9 9
Opp Before/After:: 14 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Newcastle United (League Tier 1)
Middlesbrough:: Dec 26, 1903

GAME COUNT:
League:: 348 (of 5088)
League Tier 1:: 348 (of 2340)
Competitive:: 444 (of 5830)
Total:: 1098 (of 7635)
Played:: 123 years, 5 months, 30 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager: Jack Robson
Prior form: WLWLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Len Goodson (5')
Len Goodson (75')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	22	Harry Linacre
2	D	28	Charles Craig
3	D	27	James Iremonger
4	M	27	Frank Forman
5	D	24	Fred Warren
6	F	29	George Henderson
7	M	22	Ross Fielding	Last game
8	F		Sam Timmins
9	F	27	John Calvey
10	F	25	Grenville Morris
11	F	25	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tim Williamson
2	D	John Hogg
3	D	Andrew Ramsay
4	D	David Smith
5	D	Abraham Jones
6	M	Andy Davidson
7	M	Jimmy Robertson
8	M	Chris Carrick
9	M	Alexander Robertson
10	F	Joe Cassidy
11	F	Len Goodson

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

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

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	The Wednesday	29	17	3	9	49	29	10	3	2	27	6	7	0	7	22	23	20	37	LWDWDW	Safe
	2	West Bromwich Albion	28	15	4	9	49	37	9	2	3	33	21	6	2	6	16	16	12	34	LDDLLL	Safe
	3	Sunderland	26	13	7	6	41	25	8	4	2	23	9	5	3	4	18	16	16	33	DWWWWL	Safe
	4	Derby County	27	15	2	10	43	33	12	1	1	31	8	3	1	9	12	25	10	32	LLWWWL
	5	Stoke	27	13	5	9	40	31	9	2	4	24	11	4	3	5	16	20	9	31	WWDWLW
	6	Sheffield United	29	13	5	11	43	36	8	0	6	27	20	5	5	5	16	16	7	31	LDLLDW
	7	Liverpool	26	14	2	10	58	39	9	1	2	41	15	5	1	8	17	24	19	30	LLWWWW
	8	Aston Villa	26	13	3	10	42	32	6	3	3	27	14	7	0	7	15	18	10	29	WWLWWW
	9	Nottingham Forest	29	11	7	11	39	39	7	3	4	24	18	4	4	7	15	21	0	29	WDLLWL
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	11	5	12	40	47	9	2	2	27	14	2	3	10	13	33	-7	27	LWDLWL
	11	Notts County	27	10	7	10	32	38	6	5	4	18	16	4	2	6	14	22	-6	27	LLDLLL
	12	Bury	26	12	2	12	39	36	11	0	2	29	12	1	2	10	10	24	3	26	LLLLLW
	13	Everton	28	11	4	13	41	40	9	1	4	25	14	2	3	9	16	26	1	26	WWLWLL
	14	Middlesbrough	27	11	3	13	29	38	7	2	4	17	14	4	1	9	12	24	-9	25	WLWLWW
	15	Blackburn Rovers	28	9	4	15	33	51	7	2	6	20	21	2	2	9	13	30	-18	22	WLDLDW
	16	Grimsby Town	28	6	8	14	34	51	4	5	5	21	19	2	3	9	13	32	-17	20	LDDWLW
	17	Newcastle United	26	8	4	14	27	44	6	1	4	20	10	2	3	10	7	34	-17	20	DLLLDL
	18	Bolton Wanderers	29	6	3	20	32	65	4	2	9	15	20	2	1	11	17	45	-33	15	WWWWLW

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	The Wednesday	30	18	3	9	50	29	11	3	2	28	6	7	0	7	22	23	21	39	WDWDWW	Safe	1-0
1	2	Sunderland	27	14	7	6	44	25	8	4	2	23	9	6	3	4	21	16	19	35	WWWWLW	Safe	3-0
1	3	West Bromwich Albion	29	15	4	10	49	40	9	2	4	33	24	6	2	6	16	16	9	34	DDLLLL	Safe	0-3
2	4	Sheffield United	30	14	5	11	47	38	8	0	6	27	20	6	5	5	20	18	9	33	DLLDWW	Safe	4-2
1	5	Derby County	28	15	2	11	43	34	12	1	2	31	9	3	1	9	12	25	9	32	LWWWLL	Safe	0-1
1	6	Stoke	28	13	5	10	40	32	9	2	4	24	11	4	3	6	16	21	8	31	WDWLWL	Safe	0-1
	7	Liverpool	27	14	2	11	60	43	9	1	3	43	19	5	1	8	17	24	17	30	LWWWWL		2-4
	8	Aston Villa	27	13	3	11	42	34	6	3	3	27	14	7	0	8	15	20	8	29	WLWWWL		0-2
	9	Nottingham Forest	30	11	7	12	39	41	7	3	4	24	18	4	4	8	15	23	-2	29	DLLWLL		0-2
1	10	Notts County	28	11	7	10	36	38	7	5	4	22	16	4	2	6	14	22	-2	29	LDLLLW		4-0
1	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	12	5	12	43	47	10	2	2	30	14	2	3	10	13	33	-4	29	WDLWLW		3-0
1	12	Everton	29	12	4	13	42	40	9	1	4	25	14	3	3	9	17	26	2	28	WLWLLW		1-0
1	13	Middlesbrough	28	12	3	13	31	38	8	2	4	19	14	4	1	9	12	24	-7	27	LWLWWW		2-0
2	14	Bury	27	12	2	13	39	37	11	0	2	29	12	1	2	11	10	25	2	26	LLLLWL		0-1
2	15	Newcastle United	27	9	4	14	29	44	7	1	4	22	10	2	3	10	7	34	-15	22	LLLDLW		2-0
1	16	Blackburn Rovers	29	9	4	16	33	55	7	2	6	20	21	2	2	10	13	34	-22	22	LDLDWL		0-4
1	17	Grimsby Town	29	6	8	15	34	54	4	5	5	21	19	2	3	10	13	35	-20	20	DDWLWL		0-3
	18	Bolton Wanderers	30	7	3	20	33	65	5	2	9	16	20	2	1	11	17	45	-32	17	WWWLWW		1-0