The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 MANCHESTER CITY - Sat Mar 18, 1905 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 18, 1905 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 (Won)

Season:: 1904-05
Referee:: T Armitt
Attendance:: 6,000
Pos Before/After:: 13 13
Opp Before/After:: 2 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (League Tier 1)
Manchester City:: Sep 09, 1905

GAME COUNT:
League:: 416 (of 4931)
League Tier 1:: 416 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 517 (of 5634)
Total:: 1180 (of 7394)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: StatCity.co.uk (Link)

FOREST
Manager: Harry Haslam
Prior form: DDDLDW (Old to recent)

Goals:
William Shearman
Fred Lessons

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Tom Maley
Prior form: WWWWWW (Old to recent)

Goals:
Billy Meredith

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Linacre
2	D	Charles Craig
3	M	Walter Dudley
4	D	Bob Innes
5	F	George Henderson
6	F	Sam Timmins
7	M	Tom Davies
8	M	William Shearman
9	F	Fred Lessons
10	F	Grenville Morris
11	F	Alf Spouncer

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Hillman
2	D	Jock McMahon
3	D	Herbert Burgess
4	D	Sammy Frost
5	D	Tom Hynds
6	M	Jim Buchan
7	M	Billy Meredith
8	M	Geordie Livingstone
9	M	Lot Jones
10	F	Sandy Turnbull
11	F	Tabby Booth

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 18, 1905)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	3-0	Sheffield United
Blackburn Rovers	1-0	Notts County
Bury	2-4	Newcastle United
Middlesbrough	2-1	Stoke City
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Manchester City
Sunderland	2-3	Everton
The Wednesday	3-1	Small Heath
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-0	Preston North End
Woolwich Arsenal	0-0	Derby 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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Everton	27	17	4	6	52	27	12	2	1	33	10	5	2	5	19	17	1.926	38	WDWWWW
	2	Manchester City	27	17	4	6	56	31	12	2	0	42	16	5	2	6	14	15	1.806	38	WWWWWW
	3	Newcastle United	26	17	2	7	50	23	11	1	1	29	7	6	1	6	21	16	2.174	36	LLLWWW
	4	Small Heath	27	16	3	8	48	29	10	0	4	29	15	6	3	4	19	14	1.655	35	WWWLWL
	5	Aston Villa	28	15	4	9	50	34	8	2	4	23	13	7	2	5	27	21	1.471	34	DLWWWW
	6	Sheffield United	28	16	2	10	54	43	11	0	4	32	17	5	2	6	22	26	1.256	34	LLWLLW
	7	Sunderland	28	14	5	9	50	36	10	2	2	33	15	4	3	7	17	21	1.389	33	WLLWDL
	8	Derby County	31	12	6	13	36	45	9	4	4	29	19	3	2	9	7	26	.800	30	WLDWLW
	9	Woolwich Arsenal	28	11	7	10	32	34	8	3	2	15	8	3	4	8	17	26	.941	29	LWWWDL
	10	The Wednesday	27	12	3	12	52	46	8	2	3	33	17	4	1	9	19	29	1.130	27	WWLLLL
	11	Preston North End	28	10	7	11	35	36	6	3	3	21	12	4	4	8	14	24	.972	27	LDLWLW
	12	Blackburn Rovers	28	9	4	15	36	44	7	3	4	25	16	2	1	11	11	28	.818	22	DWLLLL
	13	Nottingham Forest	29	7	7	15	34	50	4	3	7	21	23	3	4	8	13	27	.680	21	DDDLDW
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	9	3	15	41	61	8	1	3	25	17	1	2	12	16	44	.672	21	LWLLWL
	15	Stoke City	26	9	3	14	28	47	8	2	4	21	16	1	1	10	7	31	.596	21	WDDWLW
	16	Bury	27	8	3	16	40	56	6	2	5	27	19	2	1	11	13	37	.714	19	LWLLLL
	17	Middlesbrough	27	5	8	14	24	44	4	3	5	11	13	1	5	9	13	31	.545	18	WLLWDL
	18	Notts County	27	3	7	17	26	58	1	6	8	13	29	2	1	9	13	29	.448	13	DLLDLL

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Everton	28	18	4	6	55	29	12	2	1	33	10	6	2	5	22	19	1.897	40	DWWWWW	3-2
1	2	Newcastle United	27	18	2	7	54	25	11	1	1	29	7	7	1	6	25	18	2.160	38	LLWWWW	4-2
1	3	Manchester City	28	17	4	7	57	33	12	2	0	42	16	5	2	7	15	17	1.727	38	WWWWWL	1-2
1	4	Aston Villa	29	16	4	9	53	34	9	2	4	26	13	7	2	5	27	21	1.559	36	LWWWWW	3-0
1	5	Small Heath	28	16	3	9	49	32	10	0	4	29	15	6	3	5	20	17	1.531	35	WWLWLL	1-3
	6	Sheffield United	29	16	2	11	54	46	11	0	4	32	17	5	2	7	22	29	1.174	34	LWLLWL	0-3
	7	Sunderland	29	14	5	10	52	39	10	2	3	35	18	4	3	7	17	21	1.333	33	LLWDLL	2-3
	8	Derby County	32	12	7	13	36	45	9	4	4	29	19	3	3	9	7	26	.800	31	LDWLWD	0-0
	9	Woolwich Arsenal	29	11	8	10	32	34	8	4	2	15	8	3	4	8	17	26	.941	30	WWWDLD	0-0
	10	The Wednesday	28	13	3	12	55	47	9	2	3	36	18	4	1	9	19	29	1.170	29	WLLLLW	3-1
	11	Preston North End	29	10	8	11	35	36	6	3	3	21	12	4	5	8	14	24	.972	28	DLWLWD	0-0
	12	Blackburn Rovers	29	10	4	15	37	44	8	3	4	26	16	2	1	11	11	28	.841	24	WLLLLW	1-0
	13	Nottingham Forest	30	8	7	15	36	51	5	3	7	23	24	3	4	8	13	27	.706	23	DDLDWW	2-1
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	9	4	15	41	61	8	2	3	25	17	1	2	12	16	44	.672	22	WLLWLD	0-0
	15	Stoke City	27	9	3	15	29	49	8	2	4	21	16	1	1	11	8	33	.592	21	DDWLWL	1-2
1	16	Middlesbrough	28	6	8	14	26	45	5	3	5	13	14	1	5	9	13	31	.578	20	LLWDLW	2-1
1	17	Bury	28	8	3	17	42	60	6	2	6	29	23	2	1	11	13	37	.700	19	WLLLLL	2-4
	18	Notts County	28	3	7	18	26	59	1	6	8	13	29	2	1	10	13	30	.441	13	LLDLLL	0-1