The City Ground

ASTON VILLA 3 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 16, 1904 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 16, 1904 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Villa Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-3 LOST

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: AVFCHistory.co.uk (Link)
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1903-04
Referee:
Attendance:: 4,500
League Week:: 33 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 9 9
Opp Before/After:: 4 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Middlesbrough (League Tier 1)
Aston Villa:: Sep 17, 1904

GAME COUNT:
League:: 385 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 385 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 484 (of 5829)
Total:: 1147 (of 7634)
Played:: 122 years, 5 months, 2 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Sid Sugden

ASTON VILLA
Manager: George Ramsay
Prior form: LWDDLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Billy Matthews
Billy Garraty
Billy Brawn

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	John Barnsdale
6	F	30	George Henderson
7	M	22	Tom Davies
8	M	24	Billy Shearman
9	M	23	Sid Sugden
10	F	19	Thomas Jones	Debut
11	F	26	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Billy George
2	D	Freddie Miles
3	D	Alf Wood
4	D	Michael Noon
5	D	Alex Leake
6	M	Albert Wilkes
7	M	Billy Matthews
8	M	Billy Brawn
9	M	Arthur Lockett
10	F	Joe Bache
11	F	Billy Garraty

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 16, 1904)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	3-1	Nottingham Forest
Derby County	0-1	Everton
Liverpool	3-0	Bury
Manchester City	4-0	Small Heath
Middlesbrough	0-2	Blackburn Rovers
Newcastle United	4-0	The Wednesday
Sheffield United	1-2	Sunderland

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	31	18	7	6	42	22	13	3	0	30	8	5	4	6	12	14	20	43	WWWLLW	Safe
	2	Manchester City	32	18	6	8	67	44	9	4	3	31	19	9	2	5	36	25	23	42	LLWLWD	Safe
	3	Newcastle United	33	17	6	10	54	45	11	3	2	27	13	6	3	8	27	32	9	40	WDWWWL	Safe
	4	Aston Villa	32	16	7	9	65	43	12	1	3	38	15	4	6	6	27	28	22	39	LWDDLW	Safe
	5	Everton	31	16	5	10	53	32	11	0	4	31	12	5	5	6	22	20	21	37	LDWWWL	Safe
	6	Sunderland	33	16	5	12	61	48	12	3	2	41	15	4	2	10	20	33	13	37	WLLWLW	Safe
	7	Sheffield United	32	15	7	10	59	53	9	6	1	39	19	6	1	9	20	34	6	37	DLWWLL	Safe
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	14	7	12	44	66	10	6	1	29	23	4	1	11	15	43	-22	35	LLDLLD	Safe
	9	Nottingham Forest	32	11	8	13	55	53	7	2	7	28	25	4	6	6	27	28	2	30	WWLLWD	Safe
	10	Middlesbrough	32	9	11	12	45	44	9	3	4	30	15	0	8	8	15	29	1	29	LLDLWD	Safe
	11	Notts County	33	12	5	16	37	59	9	3	5	27	26	3	2	11	10	33	-22	29	LLWDWW	Safe
	12	Bury	32	7	14	11	40	50	6	7	3	25	20	1	7	8	15	30	-10	28	DLWLDL	Safe
	13	Small Heath	32	10	8	14	37	48	7	5	4	23	19	3	3	10	14	29	-11	28	WWDLWW	Safe
	14	Derby County	31	9	9	13	57	56	7	3	5	41	30	2	6	8	16	26	1	27	DLWWLW
	15	Stoke	33	10	6	17	53	56	9	1	6	44	25	1	5	11	9	31	-3	26	LWLWDW
	16	Blackburn Rovers	32	10	6	16	44	57	7	5	4	27	20	3	1	12	17	37	-13	26	LLWLLL
	17	West Bromwich Albion	32	7	9	16	34	54	4	7	5	17	17	3	2	11	17	37	-20	23	LLWLLW
	18	Liverpool	32	7	8	17	43	60	6	5	5	21	20	1	3	12	22	40	-17	22	DWDDLL

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	Manchester City	33	19	6	8	71	44	10	4	3	35	19	9	2	5	36	25	27	44	LWLWDW	Safe	4-0
1	2	The Wednesday	32	18	7	7	42	26	13	3	0	30	8	5	4	7	12	18	16	43	WWLLWL	Safe	0-4
	3	Newcastle United	34	18	6	10	58	45	12	3	2	31	13	6	3	8	27	32	13	42	DWWWLW	Safe	4-0
	4	Aston Villa	33	17	7	9	68	44	13	1	3	41	16	4	6	6	27	28	24	41	WDDLWW	Safe	3-1
	5	Everton	32	17	5	10	54	32	11	0	4	31	12	6	5	6	23	20	22	39	DWWWLW	Safe	1-0
	6	Sunderland	34	17	5	12	63	49	12	3	2	41	15	5	2	10	22	34	14	39	LLWLWW	Safe	2-1
	7	Sheffield United	33	15	7	11	60	55	9	6	2	40	21	6	1	9	20	34	5	37	LWWLLL	Safe	1-2
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	14	7	12	44	66	10	6	1	29	23	4	1	11	15	43	-22	35	LLDLLD	Safe
	9	Nottingham Forest	33	11	8	14	56	56	7	2	7	28	25	4	6	7	28	31	0	30	WLLWDL	Safe	1-3
	10	Middlesbrough	33	9	11	13	45	46	9	3	5	30	17	0	8	8	15	29	-1	29	LDLWDL	Safe	0-2
	11	Notts County	33	12	5	16	37	59	9	3	5	27	26	3	2	11	10	33	-22	29	LLWDWW	Safe
4	12	Blackburn Rovers	33	11	6	16	46	57	7	5	4	27	20	4	1	12	19	37	-11	28	LWLLLW	Safe	2-0
1	13	Bury	33	7	14	12	40	53	6	7	3	25	20	1	7	9	15	33	-13	28	LWLDLL	Safe	0-3
1	14	Small Heath	33	10	8	15	37	52	7	5	4	23	19	3	3	11	14	33	-15	28	WDLWWL	Safe	0-4
1	15	Derby County	32	9	9	14	57	57	7	3	6	41	31	2	6	8	16	26	0	27	LWWLWL		0-1
1	16	Stoke	33	10	6	17	53	56	9	1	6	44	25	1	5	11	9	31	-3	26	LWLWDW
1	17	Liverpool	33	8	8	17	46	60	7	5	5	24	20	1	3	12	22	40	-14	24	WDDLLW		3-0
1	18	West Bromwich Albion	32	7	9	16	34	54	4	7	5	17	17	3	2	11	17	37	-20	23	LLWLLW