The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 4 THE WEDNESDAY - Mon Apr 16, 1906 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Apr 16, 1906 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: The Wednesday
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-4 LOST
: Half-time: 0-3

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

Season:: 1905-06
Referee:: AJ Barker
Attendance:: 14,000
League Week:: 35 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 6 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Derby County (League Tier 1)
The Wednesday:: Nov 23, 1907

GAME COUNT:
League:: 455 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 455 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 560 (of 5829)
Total:: 1234 (of 7634)
Played:: 120 years, 5 months, 0 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Grenville Morris (55')
Grenville Morris (67')
Fred Lessons (89')

THE WEDNESDAY
Manager: Arthur Dickinson
Prior form: LWLDWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jimmy Stewart (15')
Jimmy Stewart (34')
Jimmy Stewart (42')
Andy Wilson (80')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Harry Linacre
2	D	31	Charles Craig
3	M	25	Walter Dudley
4	D	21	Edwin Hughes
5	M	27	George Wolfe
6	M	28	Harry Hadley
7	M		Jack Craggs
8	F	20	Enoch West
9	F	22	Fred Lessons (89')
10	F	29	Grenville Morris (55') (67')
11	F	28	Alf Spouncer

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	25	Harry Linacre	225		2	1
2	D	31	Charles Craig	135	2	2	1
3	M	25	Walter Dudley	60		2	1
4	D	21	Edwin Hughes	1		2	1
5	M	27	George Wolfe	29		23	4
6	M	28	Harry Hadley	3		2	1
7	M		Jack Craggs	44	8	2	1
8	F	20	Enoch West	35	16	2	1
9	F	22	Fred Lessons (89')	27	6	2	1
10	F	29	Grenville Morris (55') (67')	245	116	2	1
11	F	28	Alf Spouncer	257	41	2	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Lyall
2	D	Hugh Slavin
3	D	Harry Burton
4	D	Tom Brittleton
5	D	Tommy Crawshaw
6	M	Billy Bartlett
7	M	Harry Davis
8	M	Harry Chapman
9	M	Andy Wilson
10	F	Jimmy Stewart
11	F	Jock Malloch

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Mon Apr 16, 1906)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	6-0	Derby County
Birmingham City	0-3	Bury
Bolton Wanderers	3-2	Liverpool
Everton	0-3	Manchester City
Newcastle United	1-1	Woolwich Arsenal
Nottingham Forest	3-4	The Wednesday
Stoke	2-1	Sheffield United
Sunderland	2-0	Preston North End
Wolverhampton Wanderers	6-1	Notts 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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Liverpool	36	22	5	9	74	42	13	3	2	46	14	9	2	7	28	28	32	49	LWDWDW	Safe
2	Preston North End	35	16	12	7	51	37	11	4	2	33	15	5	8	5	18	22	14	44	WLDWWL	Safe
3	Manchester City	34	17	5	12	62	44	10	2	6	41	22	7	3	6	21	22	18	39	LWWLLD	Safe
4	Blackburn Rovers	34	16	7	11	53	40	10	4	4	33	17	6	3	7	20	23	13	39	WWWWLD	Safe
5	Bolton Wanderers	35	16	6	13	77	61	12	0	5	47	19	4	6	8	30	42	16	38	LWLLLW	Safe
6	The Wednesday	34	15	8	11	54	46	10	5	2	36	19	5	3	9	18	27	8	38	LWLDWL	Safe
7	Birmingham City	34	15	7	12	58	52	12	2	2	43	15	3	5	10	15	37	6	37	LDLDWW	Safe
8	Stoke	36	15	7	14	52	49	11	5	2	39	14	4	2	12	13	35	3	37	LWWLLW	Safe
9	Newcastle United	33	16	4	13	64	46	10	3	3	40	22	6	1	10	24	24	18	36	WWWLWL	Safe
10	Aston Villa	36	15	6	15	64	55	11	2	4	43	18	4	4	11	21	37	9	36	WLLLLD	Safe
11	Sheffield United	35	15	6	14	55	56	10	4	5	33	23	5	2	9	22	33	-1	36	DWWDLD	Safe
12	Everton	35	14	7	14	65	59	11	1	5	40	26	3	6	9	25	33	6	35	WLDLDW	Safe
13	Woolwich Arsenal	35	15	5	15	59	59	12	4	3	43	21	3	1	12	16	38	0	35	WLWWWW	Safe
14	Notts County	36	11	12	13	53	63	8	9	2	34	21	3	3	11	19	42	-10	34	WWDDLW	Safe
15	Sunderland	34	14	4	16	56	60	12	1	3	36	16	2	3	13	20	44	-4	32	WLWDLL
16	Derby County	34	13	6	15	37	44	9	5	4	25	15	4	1	11	12	29	-7	32	LLLDWL
17	Nottingham Forest	34	12	4	18	52	70	10	1	5	35	22	2	3	13	17	48	-18	28	LLWLLW
18	Middlesbrough	35	8	10	17	47	69	8	4	5	33	22	0	6	12	14	47	-22	26	LLDWWL
19	Bury	35	8	10	17	46	74	7	5	6	25	26	1	5	11	21	48	-28	26	DLDWLL
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	6	7	23	45	98	5	5	7	25	27	1	2	16	20	71	-53	19	LLDWDL	Relegated

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	Liverpool	37	22	5	10	76	45	13	3	2	46	14	9	2	8	30	31	31	49	WDWDWL	Champions	2-3
	2	Preston North End	36	16	12	8	51	39	11	4	2	33	15	5	8	6	18	24	12	44	LDWWLL	Safe	0-2
	3	Manchester City	35	18	5	12	65	44	10	2	6	41	22	8	3	6	24	22	21	41	WWLLDW	Safe	3-0
1	4	Bolton Wanderers	36	17	6	13	80	63	13	0	5	50	21	4	6	8	30	42	17	40	WLLLWW	Safe	3-2
1	5	The Wednesday	35	16	8	11	58	49	10	5	2	36	19	6	3	9	22	30	9	40	WLDWLW	Safe	4-3
2	6	Blackburn Rovers	34	16	7	11	53	40	10	4	4	33	17	6	3	7	20	23	13	39	WWWWLD	Safe
1	7	Stoke	37	16	7	14	54	50	12	5	2	41	15	4	2	12	13	35	4	39	WWLLWW	Safe	2-1
2	8	Aston Villa	37	16	6	15	70	55	12	2	4	49	18	4	4	11	21	37	15	38	LLLLDW	Safe	6-0
	9	Newcastle United	34	16	5	13	65	47	10	4	3	41	23	6	1	10	24	24	18	37	WWLWLD	Safe	1-1
3	10	Birmingham City	35	15	7	13	58	55	12	2	3	43	18	3	5	10	15	37	3	37	DLDWWL	Safe	0-3
2	11	Woolwich Arsenal	36	15	6	15	60	60	12	4	3	43	21	3	2	12	17	39	0	36	LWWWWD	Safe	1-1
1	12	Sheffield United	36	15	6	15	56	58	10	4	5	33	23	5	2	10	23	35	-2	36	WWDLDL	Safe	1-2
1	13	Everton	36	14	7	15	65	62	11	1	6	40	29	3	6	9	25	33	3	35	LDLDWL	Safe	0-3
1	14	Sunderland	35	15	4	16	58	60	13	1	3	38	16	2	3	13	20	44	-2	34	LWDLLW	Safe	2-0
1	15	Notts County	37	11	12	14	54	69	8	9	2	34	21	3	3	12	20	48	-15	34	WDDLWL	Safe	1-6
	16	Derby County	35	13	6	16	37	50	9	5	4	25	15	4	1	12	12	35	-13	32	LLDWLL		0-6
	17	Nottingham Forest	35	12	4	19	55	74	10	1	6	38	26	2	3	13	17	48	-19	28	LWLLWL		3-4
1	18	Bury	36	9	10	17	49	74	7	5	6	25	26	2	5	11	24	48	-25	28	LDWLLW		3-0
1	19	Middlesbrough	35	8	10	17	47	69	8	4	5	33	22	0	6	12	14	47	-22	26	LLDWWL
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	7	7	23	51	99	6	5	7	31	28	1	2	16	20	71	-48	21	LDWDLW	Relegated	6-1