The City Ground

DERBY COUNTY 3 - 2 FOREST - Sat Feb 25, 1905 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 25, 1905 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Derby County
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Baseball Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-3 LOST

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

Season:: 1904-05
Referee:: Fred Kirkham
Attendance:: 5,000
League Week:: 27 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 16 16
Opp Before/After:: 10 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Middlesbrough (League Tier 1)
Derby County:: Dec 26, 1905

GAME COUNT:
League:: 413 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 413 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 514 (of 5824)
Total:: 1178 (of 7629)
Played:: 121 years, 5 months, 25 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
George Henderson
Billy Shearman

DERBY COUNTY
Manager: Harry Newbould
Prior form: LWLWLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
George Davis
Tommy Fletcher
Ben Hall

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Harry Linacre
2	D	30	Charles Craig
3	D	28	James Iremonger
4	D	26	Bob Innes
5	F	31	George Henderson
6	F		Sam Timmins
7	M	22	Tom Davies
8	M	25	Billy Shearman
9	F	27	Tom Niblo
10	F	27	Grenville Morris
11	F	27	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Maskrey
2	D	Jimmy Methven
3	D	Charlie Morris
4	D	Ben Warren
5	D	Ben Hall
6	M	Samuel Saunders
7	M	Reginald Hounsfield
8	M	Tommy Fletcher
9	M	Archie Hunt
10	F	George Richards
11	F	George Davis

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Feb 25, 1905)

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

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	Everton	25	15	4	6	46	25	10	2	1	27	8	5	2	5	19	17	21	34	WLWDWW
	2	Small Heath	24	15	3	6	43	23	10	0	2	28	10	5	3	4	15	13	20	33	DDWWWW
	3	Newcastle United	24	15	2	7	46	23	9	1	1	25	7	6	1	6	21	16	23	32	WWLLLW
	4	Manchester City	24	14	4	6	50	28	10	2	0	37	13	4	2	6	13	15	22	32	LWWWWW
	5	Sheffield United	26	15	2	9	50	42	10	0	3	28	16	5	2	6	22	26	8	32	WWLLWL
	6	Sunderland	25	13	4	8	46	33	10	1	2	32	14	3	3	6	14	19	13	30	WWWWLL
	7	Aston Villa	26	13	4	9	45	33	8	2	4	23	13	5	2	5	22	20	12	30	WWDLWW
	8	The Wednesday	25	12	3	10	50	38	8	2	3	33	17	4	1	7	17	21	12	27	WLWWLL
	9	Woolwich Arsenal	25	10	6	9	28	31	7	3	2	12	8	3	3	7	16	23	-3	26	LLDLWW
	10	Derby County	28	10	6	12	32	42	7	4	3	25	16	3	2	9	7	26	-10	26	LWLWLD
	11	Preston North End	26	9	7	10	33	35	5	3	3	19	12	4	4	7	14	23	-2	25	LWLDLW
	12	Blackburn Rovers	25	9	4	12	34	37	7	3	3	24	12	2	1	9	10	25	-3	22	WLLDWL
	13	Bury	25	8	3	14	38	49	6	2	5	27	19	2	1	9	11	30	-11	19	DWLWLL
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	8	3	14	37	55	8	1	3	25	17	0	2	11	12	38	-18	19	DWLWLL
	15	Stoke	24	8	3	13	25	44	7	2	3	18	13	1	1	10	7	31	-19	19	LLWDDW
	16	Nottingham Forest	26	6	6	14	30	46	4	3	7	21	23	2	3	7	9	23	-16	18	DLLDDD
	17	Middlesbrough	24	4	7	13	23	42	4	2	5	11	13	0	5	8	12	29	-19	15	LLDWLL
	18	Notts County	25	3	7	15	22	52	1	6	6	9	23	2	1	9	13	29	-30	13	DLDLLD

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	Everton	26	16	4	6	47	25	11	2	1	28	8	5	2	5	19	17	22	36	LWDWWW	Safe	1-0
1	2	Newcastle United	25	16	2	7	47	23	10	1	1	26	7	6	1	6	21	16	24	34	WLLLWW	Safe	1-0
1	3	Manchester City	25	15	4	6	53	30	11	2	0	40	15	4	2	6	13	15	23	34	WWWWWW	Safe	3-2
2	4	Small Heath	25	15	3	7	43	26	10	0	3	28	13	5	3	4	15	13	17	33	DWWWWL	Safe	0-3
2	5	Aston Villa	27	14	4	9	48	33	8	2	4	23	13	6	2	5	25	20	15	32	WDLWWW		3-0
	6	Sunderland	26	14	4	8	49	34	10	1	2	32	14	4	3	6	17	20	15	32	WWWLLW		3-1
2	7	Sheffield United	27	15	2	10	50	43	10	0	4	28	17	5	2	6	22	26	7	32	WLLWLL		0-1
1	8	Woolwich Arsenal	26	11	6	9	31	31	8	3	2	15	8	3	3	7	16	23	0	28	LDLWWW		3-0
1	9	Derby County	29	11	6	12	35	44	8	4	3	28	18	3	2	9	7	26	-9	28	WLWLDW		3-2
2	10	The Wednesday	26	12	3	11	50	41	8	2	3	33	17	4	1	8	17	24	9	27	LWWLLL		0-3
	11	Preston North End	27	9	7	11	33	36	5	3	3	19	12	4	4	8	14	24	-3	25	WLDLWL		0-1
	12	Blackburn Rovers	26	9	4	13	34	38	7	3	3	24	12	2	1	10	10	26	-4	22	LLDWLL		0-1
1	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	9	3	14	41	58	8	1	3	25	17	1	2	11	16	41	-17	21	WLWLLW		4-3
1	14	Bury	26	8	3	15	40	52	6	2	5	27	19	2	1	10	13	33	-12	19	WLWLLL		2-3
	15	Stoke	25	8	3	14	26	47	7	2	4	19	16	1	1	10	7	31	-21	19	LWDDWL		1-3
	16	Nottingham Forest	27	6	6	15	32	49	4	3	7	21	23	2	3	8	11	26	-17	18	LLDDDL		2-3
	17	Middlesbrough	25	5	7	13	24	42	4	2	5	11	13	1	5	8	13	29	-18	17	LDWLLW		1-0
	18	Notts County	26	3	7	16	25	56	1	6	7	12	27	2	1	9	13	29	-31	13	LDLLDL		3-4