The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 2 NEWCASTLE UNITED - Sat Apr 04, 1903 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 04, 1903 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Newcastle United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-2 WON
: Half-time: 3-2

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

Season:: 1902-03
Referee:: Thomas Kirkham
Attendance:: 4,000
League Week:: 31 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 9 9
Opp Before/After:: 15 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Wolverhampton Wanderers (League Tier 1)
Newcastle United:: Dec 12, 1903

GAME COUNT:
League:: 349 (of 5085)
League Tier 1:: 349 (of 2337)
Competitive:: 445 (of 5827)
Total:: 1099 (of 7632)
Played:: 123 years, 5 months, 0 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Grenville Morris (15')
Sid Sugden (20')
Grenville Morris (35')

NEWCASTLE UNITED
Manager: Frank Watt
Prior form: LLDLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Alec Gardner (25')
Alec Gardner (30')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	22	Harry Linacre
2	D	28	Charles Craig
3	D	27	James Iremonger
4	F	29	George Henderson
5	D	24	Fred Warren
6	M	28	Bob Norris
7	F	23	Alf Turner
8	F	27	John Calvey
9	M	22	Sid Sugden (20')
10	F	25	Grenville Morris (15') (35')
11	F	25	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Matt Kingsley
2	D	Tommy Davidson
3	D	William Agnew
4	D	Peter McWilliam
5	D	Colin Veitch
6	M	Jack Carr
7	M	Archie Turner
8	M	Ronald Orr
9	M	Bob McColl
10	F	Alec Gardner
11	F	Richard Roberts

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 04, 1903)

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

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	30	18	3	9	50	29	11	3	2	28	6	7	0	7	22	23	21	39	WDWDWW	Safe
	2	Sunderland	28	14	8	6	45	26	8	4	2	23	9	6	4	4	22	17	19	36	WWWLWD	Safe
	3	Sheffield United	31	15	5	11	50	40	9	0	6	30	22	6	5	5	20	18	10	35	LLDWWW	Safe
	4	West Bromwich Albion	29	15	4	10	49	40	9	2	4	33	24	6	2	6	16	16	9	34	DDLLLL	Safe
	5	Derby County	29	15	2	12	45	37	12	1	2	31	9	3	1	10	14	28	8	32	WWWLLL	Safe
	6	Liverpool	28	14	3	11	61	44	9	2	3	44	20	5	1	8	17	24	17	31	WWWWLD	Safe
	7	Stoke	28	13	5	10	40	32	9	2	4	24	11	4	3	6	16	21	8	31	WDWLWL	Safe
	8	Aston Villa	27	13	3	11	42	34	6	3	3	27	14	7	0	8	15	20	8	29	WLWWWL
	9	Nottingham Forest	30	11	7	12	39	41	7	3	4	24	18	4	4	8	15	23	-2	29	DLLWLL
	10	Notts County	28	11	7	10	36	38	7	5	4	22	16	4	2	6	14	22	-2	29	LDLLLW
	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	12	5	12	43	47	10	2	2	30	14	2	3	10	13	33	-4	29	WDLWLW
	12	Everton	30	12	4	14	42	43	9	1	4	25	14	3	3	10	17	29	-1	28	LWLLWL
	13	Middlesbrough	28	12	3	13	31	38	8	2	4	19	14	4	1	9	12	24	-7	27	LWLWWW
	14	Bury	27	12	2	13	39	37	11	0	2	29	12	1	2	11	10	25	2	26	LLLLWL
	15	Newcastle United	28	10	4	14	32	44	8	1	4	25	10	2	3	10	7	34	-12	24	LLDLWW
	16	Blackburn Rovers	29	9	4	16	33	55	7	2	6	20	21	2	2	10	13	34	-22	22	LDLDWL
	17	Grimsby Town	29	6	8	15	34	54	4	5	5	21	19	2	3	10	13	35	-20	20	DDWLWL
	18	Bolton Wanderers	30	7	3	20	33	65	5	2	9	16	20	2	1	11	17	45	-32	17	WWWLWW

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	31	18	4	9	51	30	11	3	2	28	6	7	1	7	23	24	21	40	DWDWWD	Safe	1-1
	2	Sunderland	29	15	8	6	47	27	9	4	2	25	10	6	4	4	22	17	20	38	WWLWDW	Safe	2-1
	3	Sheffield United	31	15	5	11	50	40	9	0	6	30	22	6	5	5	20	18	10	35	LLDWWW	Safe
	4	West Bromwich Albion	30	15	4	11	49	43	9	2	4	33	24	6	2	7	16	19	6	34	DLLLLL	Safe	0-3
2	5	Stoke	29	14	5	10	43	32	10	2	4	27	11	4	3	6	16	21	11	33	DWLWLW	Safe	3-0
1	6	Derby County	29	15	2	12	45	37	12	1	2	31	9	3	1	10	14	28	8	32	WWWLLL	Safe
1	7	Liverpool	29	14	3	12	62	47	9	2	3	44	20	5	1	9	18	27	15	31	WWWLDL	Safe	1-3
	8	Aston Villa	28	14	3	11	45	35	7	3	3	30	15	7	0	8	15	20	10	31	LWWWLW	Safe	3-1
	9	Nottingham Forest	31	12	7	12	42	43	8	3	4	27	20	4	4	8	15	23	-1	31	LLWLLW	Safe	3-2
2	10	Everton	31	12	5	14	43	44	9	2	4	26	15	3	3	10	17	29	-1	29	WLLWLD		1-1
1	11	Notts County	29	11	7	11	37	40	7	5	4	22	16	4	2	7	15	24	-3	29	DLLLWL		1-2
1	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	12	5	13	44	50	10	2	2	30	14	2	3	11	14	36	-6	29	DLWLWL		1-3
1	13	Bury	28	13	2	13	42	38	12	0	2	32	13	1	2	11	10	25	4	28	LLLWLW		3-1
1	14	Middlesbrough	29	12	3	14	32	41	8	2	4	19	14	4	1	10	13	27	-9	27	WLWWWL		1-3
	15	Newcastle United	29	10	4	15	34	47	8	1	4	25	10	2	3	11	9	37	-13	24	LDLWWL		2-3
	16	Blackburn Rovers	30	10	4	16	37	57	8	2	6	24	23	2	2	10	13	34	-20	24	DLDWLW		4-2
	17	Grimsby Town	30	7	8	15	37	55	5	5	5	24	20	2	3	10	13	35	-18	22	DWLWLW		3-1
	18	Bolton Wanderers	31	7	3	21	35	69	5	2	9	16	20	2	1	12	19	49	-34	17	WWLWWL	Relegated	2-4