The City Ground

BIRMINGHAM CITY 5 - 0 FOREST - Sat Dec 16, 1905 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 16, 1905 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Muntz Street
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-5 LOST

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

Season:: 1905-06
Referee:: JH Stevenson
Attendance:: 1,000
League Week:: 17 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 13 14
Opp Before/After:: 4 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (League Tier 1)
Birmingham City:: Apr 21, 1906

GAME COUNT:
League:: 437 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 437 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 538 (of 5828)
Total:: 1212 (of 7633)
Played:: 120 years, 8 months, 26 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Alex Watson
Prior form: LWDWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Freddie Wilcox
Freddie Wilcox
Freddie Wilcox
Billy Jones
Roly Harper

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Harry Linacre
2	D	31	Charles Craig
3	M	24	Walter Dudley
4	M	27	George Wolfe
5	D	23	William Fullarton
6	F	32	George Henderson
7	M		Jack Craggs
8	F	19	Enoch West
9	F	22	Fred Lessons
10	F	28	Grenville Morris
11	F	28	Alf Spouncer

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	25	Harry Linacre	203		7	1
2	D	31	Charles Craig	117	2	7	1
3	M	24	Walter Dudley	38		7	1
4	M	27	George Wolfe	15		7	1
5	D	23	William Fullarton	6		7	1
6	F	32	George Henderson	108	6	7	1
7	M		Jack Craggs	22	2	7	1
8	F	19	Enoch West	13	7	7	1
9	F	22	Fred Lessons	19	3	98	14
10	F	28	Grenville Morris	229	107	7	1
11	F	28	Alf Spouncer	242	40	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Nat Robinson
2	D	John Glover
3	D	Frank Stokes
4	D	Billy Beer
5	D	Walter Wigmore
6	M	Jim Dougherty
7	M	Roly Harper
8	M	Benny Green
9	M	Billy Jones
10	F	Freddie Wilcox
11	F	George Anderson

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 16, 1905)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	5-0	Nottingham Forest
Blackburn Rovers	3-0	Bury
Bolton Wanderers	1-2	Preston North End
Derby County	2-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Everton	2-0	The Wednesday
Notts County	2-1	Aston Villa
Sheffield United	1-2	Liverpool
Stoke	1-0	Newcastle United
Sunderland	2-0	Manchester City
Woolwich Arsenal	2-2	Middlesbrough

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	Aston Villa	17	10	2	5	35	18	8	0	1	30	7	2	2	4	5	11	17	22	LWLWLW
2	Liverpool	16	10	1	5	38	26	6	1	1	22	7	4	0	4	16	19	12	21	WWDWWW
3	The Wednesday	17	9	3	5	26	20	5	1	2	16	9	4	2	3	10	11	6	21	LLWLLW
4	Birmingham City	15	8	4	3	23	17	6	1	0	15	3	2	3	3	8	14	6	20	LWDWWL
5	Newcastle United	16	8	3	5	36	23	6	2	3	28	16	2	1	2	8	7	13	19	WWWLLW
6	Preston North End	17	6	7	4	23	19	6	2	1	16	7	0	5	3	7	12	4	19	LWDDDW
7	Derby County	15	9	1	5	19	18	7	1	0	15	2	2	0	5	4	16	1	19	LWLWLD
8	Blackburn Rovers	16	7	4	5	26	19	5	2	0	17	4	2	2	5	9	15	7	18	WLWWDD
9	Manchester City	15	7	3	5	32	16	5	1	1	22	4	2	2	4	10	12	16	17	WWDWLD
10	Everton	15	7	3	5	35	27	5	0	2	22	12	2	3	3	13	15	8	17	WWLLWD
11	Stoke	17	7	3	7	21	21	5	3	1	16	5	2	0	6	5	16	0	17	LLDLDL
12	Sheffield United	15	7	1	7	25	26	5	0	2	14	9	2	1	5	11	17	-1	15	LWWDWL
13	Nottingham Forest	16	6	3	7	26	35	6	1	1	20	10	0	2	6	6	25	-9	15	DWLWDL
14	Bolton Wanderers	15	5	4	6	32	24	4	0	3	18	5	1	4	3	14	19	8	14	WWWLWD
15	Notts County	16	3	7	6	25	37	2	6	0	15	11	1	1	6	10	26	-12	13	DLDLDL
16	Sunderland	15	5	1	9	21	30	4	1	2	15	11	1	0	7	6	19	-9	11	LLWLWW
17	Woolwich Arsenal	16	4	3	9	18	27	3	3	2	11	8	1	0	7	7	19	-9	11	LLLLWL
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	4	3	11	21	50	3	3	3	14	14	1	0	8	7	36	-29	11	WLDLLL
19	Middlesbrough	15	4	2	9	24	36	4	1	2	19	13	0	1	7	5	23	-12	10	LLLWDD
20	Bury	16	2	4	10	22	39	2	2	4	12	14	0	2	6	10	25	-17	8	LLDWLW

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	Liverpool	17	11	1	5	40	27	6	1	1	22	7	5	0	4	18	20	13	23	WDWWWW		2-1
1	2	Aston Villa	18	10	2	6	36	20	8	0	1	30	7	2	2	5	6	13	16	22	WLWLWL		1-2
1	3	Birmingham City	16	9	4	3	28	17	7	1	0	20	3	2	3	3	8	14	11	22	WDWWLW		5-0
2	4	Preston North End	18	7	7	4	25	20	6	2	1	16	7	1	5	3	9	13	5	21	WDDDWW		2-1
2	5	The Wednesday	18	9	3	6	26	22	5	1	2	16	9	4	2	4	10	13	4	21	LWLLWL		0-2
1	6	Derby County	16	10	1	5	21	18	8	1	0	17	2	2	0	5	4	16	3	21	WLWLDW		2-0
1	7	Blackburn Rovers	17	8	4	5	29	19	6	2	0	20	4	2	2	5	9	15	10	20	LWWDDW		3-0
3	8	Newcastle United	17	8	3	6	36	24	6	2	3	28	16	2	1	3	8	8	12	19	WWLLWL		0-1
1	9	Everton	16	8	3	5	37	27	6	0	2	24	12	2	3	3	13	15	10	19	WLLWDW		2-0
1	10	Stoke	18	8	3	7	22	21	6	3	1	17	5	2	0	6	5	16	1	19	LDLDLW		1-0
2	11	Manchester City	16	7	3	6	32	18	5	1	1	22	4	2	2	5	10	14	14	17	WDWLDL		0-2
	12	Sheffield United	16	7	1	8	26	28	5	0	3	15	11	2	1	5	11	17	-2	15	WWDWLL		1-2
2	13	Notts County	17	4	7	6	27	38	3	6	0	17	12	1	1	6	10	26	-11	15	LDLDLW		2-1
1	14	Nottingham Forest	17	6	3	8	26	40	6	1	1	20	10	0	2	7	6	30	-14	15	WLWDLL		0-5
1	15	Bolton Wanderers	16	5	4	7	33	26	4	0	4	19	7	1	4	3	14	19	7	14	WWLWDL		1-2
	16	Sunderland	16	6	1	9	23	30	5	1	2	17	11	1	0	7	6	19	-7	13	LWLWWW		2-0
	17	Woolwich Arsenal	17	4	4	9	20	29	3	4	2	13	10	1	0	7	7	19	-9	12	LLLWLD		2-2
1	18	Middlesbrough	16	4	3	9	26	38	4	1	2	19	13	0	2	7	7	25	-12	11	LLWDDD		2-2
1	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	4	3	12	21	52	3	3	3	14	14	1	0	9	7	38	-31	11	LDLLLL		0-2
	20	Bury	17	2	4	11	22	42	2	2	4	12	14	0	2	7	10	28	-20	8	LDWLWL		0-3