The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Sat Apr 21, 1906 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 21, 1906 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1905-06
Referee:: JB Brodie
Attendance:: 8,000
League Week:: 37 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 10 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (League Tier 1)
Birmingham City:: Oct 26, 1907

GAME COUNT:
League:: 457 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 457 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 562 (of 5828)
Total:: 1236 (of 7633)
Played:: 120 years, 4 months, 21 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Grenville Morris (24')
Enoch West (65')

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

Goal Scorers
Billy Jones (63')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Harry Linacre
2	D	31	Charles Craig
3	M	25	Walter Dudley
4	M	28	Harry Hadley
5	D	24	William Fullarton	Last game
6	F	22	Jack Armstrong
7	M		Jack Craggs
8	F	20	Enoch West (65')
9	F	22	Fred Lessons
10	F	29	Grenville Morris (24')
11	F	28	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Nat Robinson
2	D	John Glover
3	D	William Bidmead
4	D	Benny Green
5	D	Ambrose Hartwell
6	M	Jim Dougherty
7	M	Charlie Tickle
8	M	John Smith
9	M	Billy Jones
10	F	Arthur Mounteney
11	F	George Southall

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 21, 1906)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-1	Notts County
Bury	5-0	Blackburn Rovers
Liverpool	3-1	Sheffield United
Manchester City	5-1	Sunderland
Middlesbrough	2-0	Woolwich Arsenal
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Birmingham City
Preston North End	3-0	Bolton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers	7-0	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Liverpool	37	22	5	10	76	45	13	3	2	46	14	9	2	8	30	31	31	49	WDWDWL	Champions
	2	Preston North End	36	16	12	8	51	39	11	4	2	33	15	5	8	6	18	24	12	44	LDWWLL	Safe
	3	The Wednesday	36	17	8	11	59	49	11	5	2	37	19	6	3	9	22	30	10	42	LDWLWW	Safe
	4	Manchester City	36	18	5	13	66	50	10	2	6	41	22	8	3	7	25	28	16	41	WLLDWL	Safe
	5	Bolton Wanderers	36	17	6	13	80	63	13	0	5	50	21	4	6	8	30	42	17	40	WLLLWW	Safe
	6	Blackburn Rovers	34	16	7	11	53	40	10	4	4	33	17	6	3	7	20	23	13	39	WWWWLD	Safe
	7	Stoke	37	16	7	14	54	50	12	5	2	41	15	4	2	12	13	35	4	39	WWLLWW	Safe
	8	Aston Villa	37	16	6	15	70	55	12	2	4	49	18	4	4	11	21	37	15	38	LLLLDW	Safe
	9	Newcastle United	34	16	5	13	65	47	10	4	3	41	23	6	1	10	24	24	18	37	WWLWLD	Safe
	10	Birmingham City	35	15	7	13	58	55	12	2	3	43	18	3	5	10	15	37	3	37	DLDWWL	Safe
	11	Woolwich Arsenal	36	15	6	15	60	60	12	4	3	43	21	3	2	12	17	39	0	36	LWWWWD	Safe
	12	Sheffield United	37	15	6	16	56	59	10	4	5	33	23	5	2	11	23	36	-3	36	WDLDLL	Safe
	13	Everton	36	14	7	15	65	62	11	1	6	40	29	3	6	9	25	33	3	35	LDLDWL	Safe
	14	Sunderland	35	15	4	16	58	60	13	1	3	38	16	2	3	13	20	44	-2	34	LWDLLW	Safe
	15	Notts County	37	11	12	14	54	69	8	9	2	34	21	3	3	12	20	48	-15	34	WDDLWL	Safe
	16	Derby County	36	13	7	16	37	50	9	5	4	25	15	4	2	12	12	35	-13	33	LDWLLD	Safe
	17	Nottingham Forest	36	12	5	19	55	74	10	2	6	38	26	2	3	13	17	48	-19	29	WLLWLD
	18	Middlesbrough	36	9	10	17	53	70	9	4	5	39	23	0	6	12	14	47	-17	28	LDWWLW
	19	Bury	36	9	10	17	49	74	7	5	6	25	26	2	5	11	24	48	-25	28	LDWLLW
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	7	7	23	51	99	6	5	7	31	28	1	2	16	20	71	-48	21	LDWDLW	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	38	23	5	10	79	46	14	3	2	49	15	9	2	8	30	31	33	51	DWDWLW	Champions	3-1
	2	Preston North End	37	17	12	8	54	39	12	4	2	36	15	5	8	6	18	24	15	46	DWWLLW	Safe	3-0
1	3	Manchester City	37	19	5	13	71	51	11	2	6	46	23	8	3	7	25	28	20	43	LLDWLW	Safe	5-1
1	4	The Wednesday	36	17	8	11	59	49	11	5	2	37	19	6	3	9	22	30	10	42	LDWLWW	Safe
3	5	Aston Villa	38	17	6	15	72	56	13	2	4	51	19	4	4	11	21	37	16	40	LLLDWW	Safe	2-1
1	6	Bolton Wanderers	37	17	6	14	80	66	13	0	5	50	21	4	6	9	30	45	14	40	LLLWWL	Safe	0-3
1	7	Blackburn Rovers	35	16	7	12	53	45	10	4	4	33	17	6	3	8	20	28	8	39	WWWLDL	Safe	0-5
1	8	Stoke	37	16	7	14	54	50	12	5	2	41	15	4	2	12	13	35	4	39	WWLLWW	Safe
	9	Newcastle United	34	16	5	13	65	47	10	4	3	41	23	6	1	10	24	24	18	37	WWLWLD	Safe
	10	Birmingham City	36	15	7	14	59	57	12	2	3	43	18	3	5	11	16	39	2	37	LDWWLL	Safe	1-2
	11	Woolwich Arsenal	37	15	6	16	60	62	12	4	3	43	21	3	2	13	17	41	-2	36	WWWWDL	Safe	0-2
	12	Sheffield United	38	15	6	17	57	62	10	4	5	33	23	5	2	12	24	39	-5	36	DLDLLL	Safe	1-3
	13	Everton	36	14	7	15	65	62	11	1	6	40	29	3	6	9	25	33	3	35	LDLDWL	Safe
	14	Sunderland	36	15	4	17	59	65	13	1	3	38	16	2	3	14	21	49	-6	34	WDLLWL	Safe	1-5
	15	Notts County	38	11	12	15	55	71	8	9	2	34	21	3	3	13	21	50	-16	34	DDLWLL	Safe	1-2
	16	Derby County	37	13	7	17	37	57	9	5	4	25	15	4	2	13	12	42	-20	33	DWLLDL	Safe	0-7
	17	Nottingham Forest	37	13	5	19	57	75	11	2	6	40	27	2	3	13	17	48	-18	31	LLWLDW		2-1
	18	Middlesbrough	37	10	10	17	55	70	10	4	5	41	23	0	6	12	14	47	-15	30	DWWLWW		2-0
	19	Bury	37	10	10	17	54	74	8	5	6	30	26	2	5	11	24	48	-20	30	DWLLWW		5-0
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	8	7	23	58	99	7	5	7	38	28	1	2	16	20	71	-41	23	DWDLWW	Relegated	7-0