The City Ground

ASTON VILLA 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Sep 17, 1904 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Sep 17, 1904 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Villa Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1904-05
Referee:: F Heath
Attendance:: 25,000
League Week:: 3 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 10 14
Opp Before/After:: 6 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackburn Rovers (League Tier 1)
Aston Villa:: Jan 14, 1905

GAME COUNT:
League:: 389 (of 5060)
League Tier 1:: 389 (of 2312)
Competitive:: 488 (of 5790)
Total:: 1151 (of 7585)
Played:: 121 years, 2 months, 26 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

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

Goal Scorers
Billy Brawn (14')
Billy Matthews (67')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Harry Linacre
2	D	30	Charles Craig
3	D	28	James Iremonger
4	D	26	John Barnsdale
5	M	28	Peter Robertson
6	F		Sam Timmins
7	M	23	Sid Sugden
8	M	25	Billy Shearman
9	F	26	Tom Niblo
10	F	27	Grenville Morris
11	F	27	Alf Spouncer

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	24	Harry Linacre	155		7	1
2	D	30	Charles Craig	71	2	7	1
3	D	28	James Iremonger	261	2	7	1
4	D	26	John Barnsdale	6		7	1
5	M	28	Peter Robertson	2		7	1
6	F		Sam Timmins	84	4	7	1
7	M	23	Sid Sugden	38	16	7	1
8	M	25	Billy Shearman	29	17	7	1
9	F	26	Tom Niblo	2	1	7	1
10	F	27	Grenville Morris	187	89	7	1
11	F	27	Alf Spouncer	208	37	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Billy George
2	D	Alf Wood
3	D	Howard Spencer
4	D	Freddie Miles
5	D	Alex Leake
6	M	Josiah Gray
7	M	Billy Matthews
8	M	Billy Brawn
9	M	Albert Hall
10	F	Joe Bache
11	F	Billy Garraty

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Sep 17, 1904)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Blackburn Rovers	4-0	Stoke
Bury	1-4	The Wednesday
Middlesbrough	1-0	Woolwich Arsenal
Newcastle United	3-2	Everton
Notts County	1-1	Manchester City
Preston North End	2-0	Derby County
Sheffield United	2-1	Small Heath
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-0	Sunderland

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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