The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 WEST BROMWICH ALBION - Wed Mar 30, 1904 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Mar 30, 1904 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Albion Till We Die (Link)
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1903-04
Referee:
Attendance:: 2,500
League Week:: 28 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 11 9
Opp Before/After:: 18 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield United (League Tier 1)
West Bromwich Albion:: Dec 08, 1906

GAME COUNT:
League:: 380 (of 5085)
League Tier 1:: 380 (of 2337)
Competitive:: 479 (of 5827)
Total:: 1141 (of 7632)
Played:: 122 years, 5 months, 5 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Billy Shearman
Alf Spouncer

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Fred Everiss
Prior form: LWDLLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Harry Linacre
2	D	29	Charles Craig
3	D	28	James Iremonger
4	D	25	Bob Innes
5	D	25	Fred Warren	Last game
6	F	30	George Henderson
7	M	22	Tom Davies
8	M	24	Billy Shearman
9	M	23	Sid Sugden
10	F	28	Harold Griffiths
11	F	26	Alf Spouncer	200th appearance

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ike Webb
2	D	Jackie Kifford
3	D	Amos Adams
4	D	Arthur Randle
5	D	Sam Corfield
6	M	Harry Hadley
7	M	Archibald Smith
8	M	Charlie 'Chippy' Simmons
9	M	Jim Stevenson
10	F	Billy Lee
11	F	George Dorsett

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Wed Mar 30, 1904)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	2-0	West Bromwich Albion

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	28	17	7	4	39	19	12	3	0	27	8	5	4	4	12	11	20	41	WDWWWW	Safe
	2	Manchester City	27	16	5	6	60	38	7	3	2	25	15	9	2	4	35	23	22	37	WWDWWL	Safe
	3	Aston Villa	29	15	6	8	62	41	12	1	2	38	13	3	5	6	24	28	21	36	WLWLWD	Safe
	4	Newcastle United	30	15	6	9	49	42	10	3	2	25	12	5	3	7	24	30	7	36	DWLWDW	Safe
	5	Sheffield United	29	14	7	8	56	48	8	6	1	37	19	6	1	7	19	29	8	35	LLLDLW	Safe
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	14	6	10	43	62	10	5	1	29	23	4	1	9	14	39	-19	34	WWWLLD	Safe
	7	Sunderland	30	14	5	11	55	44	10	3	2	36	13	4	2	9	19	31	11	33	DDLWLL	Safe
	8	Everton	27	13	5	9	44	29	8	0	3	22	9	5	5	6	22	20	15	31	WLDWLD	Safe
	9	Middlesbrough	30	8	10	12	43	43	8	3	4	29	15	0	7	8	14	28	0	26	LWLLDL
	10	Blackburn Rovers	29	10	6	13	43	49	7	5	3	27	17	3	1	10	16	32	-6	26	LLDLLW
	11	Nottingham Forest	27	9	7	11	51	48	5	2	7	25	25	4	5	4	26	23	3	25	DWLLWW
	12	Bury	28	6	13	9	37	45	6	6	3	24	19	0	7	6	13	26	-8	25	LWDDDL
	13	Small Heath	29	8	8	13	35	47	5	5	4	21	19	3	3	9	14	28	-12	24	DLWWWD
	14	Notts County	30	10	4	16	34	58	7	2	5	24	25	3	2	11	10	33	-24	24	DLLLLW
	15	Derby County	28	7	9	12	50	53	5	3	5	34	28	2	6	7	16	25	-3	23	LDDDLW
	16	Liverpool	30	7	8	15	41	54	6	5	5	21	20	1	3	10	20	34	-13	22	DWDWDD
	17	Stoke	30	8	5	17	51	56	8	1	6	43	25	0	4	11	8	31	-5	21	LDLLWL
	18	West Bromwich Albion	29	6	9	14	30	47	3	7	5	15	16	3	2	9	15	31	-17	21	LWDLLW

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	28	17	7	4	39	19	12	3	0	27	8	5	4	4	12	11	20	41	WDWWWW	Safe
	2	Manchester City	27	16	5	6	60	38	7	3	2	25	15	9	2	4	35	23	22	37	WWDWWL	Safe
	3	Aston Villa	29	15	6	8	62	41	12	1	2	38	13	3	5	6	24	28	21	36	WLWLWD	Safe
	4	Newcastle United	30	15	6	9	49	42	10	3	2	25	12	5	3	7	24	30	7	36	DWLWDW	Safe
	5	Sheffield United	29	14	7	8	56	48	8	6	1	37	19	6	1	7	19	29	8	35	LLLDLW	Safe
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	14	6	10	43	62	10	5	1	29	23	4	1	9	14	39	-19	34	WWWLLD	Safe
	7	Sunderland	30	14	5	11	55	44	10	3	2	36	13	4	2	9	19	31	11	33	DDLWLL	Safe
	8	Everton	27	13	5	9	44	29	8	0	3	22	9	5	5	6	22	20	15	31	WLDWLD	Safe
2	9	Nottingham Forest	28	10	7	11	53	48	6	2	7	27	25	4	5	4	26	23	5	27	WLLWWW		2-0
1	10	Middlesbrough	30	8	10	12	43	43	8	3	4	29	15	0	7	8	14	28	0	26	LWLLDL
1	11	Blackburn Rovers	29	10	6	13	43	49	7	5	3	27	17	3	1	10	16	32	-6	26	LLDLLW
	12	Bury	28	6	13	9	37	45	6	6	3	24	19	0	7	6	13	26	-8	25	LWDDDL
	13	Small Heath	29	8	8	13	35	47	5	5	4	21	19	3	3	9	14	28	-12	24	DLWWWD
	14	Notts County	30	10	4	16	34	58	7	2	5	24	25	3	2	11	10	33	-24	24	DLLLLW
	15	Derby County	28	7	9	12	50	53	5	3	5	34	28	2	6	7	16	25	-3	23	LDDDLW
	16	Liverpool	30	7	8	15	41	54	6	5	5	21	20	1	3	10	20	34	-13	22	DWDWDD
	17	Stoke	30	8	5	17	51	56	8	1	6	43	25	0	4	11	8	31	-5	21	LDLLWL
	18	West Bromwich Albion	30	6	9	15	30	49	3	7	5	15	16	3	2	10	15	33	-19	21	WDLLWL		0-2