The City Ground

LEICESTER FOSSE 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Apr 20, 1907 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 20, 1907 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester Fosse
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Filbert Street
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

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

Season:: 1906-07
Referee:
Attendance:: 12,000
League Week:: 37 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 3 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Lincoln City (League Tier 2)
Leicester Fosse:: Nov 07, 1908

GAME COUNT:
League:: 495 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 37 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 602 (of 5829)
Total:: 1277 (of 7634)
Played:: 119 years, 5 months, 2 days ago

Review
This was Leicester Fosse's first home defeat of the season

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

Goal Scorers
Grenville Morris (17')
Enoch West (22')

LEICESTER FOSSE
Manager: George Johnson
Prior form: LWWWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Frank Middleton (50')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Harry Linacre
2	M	26	Walter Dudley
3	D	32	Charles Craig	Last game
4	D	22	Edwin Hughes
5	M	28	George Wolfe
6	F	23	Jack Armstrong
7	F	23	Bill Hooper
8	F		Thomas Marrison
9	F	25	Arthur Green
10	F	30	Grenville Morris (17')
11	F	21	Enoch West (22')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Albert Talbot-Lewis
2	D	Joe Blackett
3	D	Bob Pollock
4	D	Billy Leech
5	D	Billy Bannister
6	M	Albert Trueman
7	M	Jamie Durrant
8	M	Harry Wilcox
9	M	Shirley Hubbard
10	F	Tommy Shanks
11	F	Frank Middleton

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 20, 1907)

Home	Score	Away
Blackpool	4-3	Grimsby Town
Bradford City	2-3	Burton United
Chesterfield	3-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Clapton Orient	0-1	Chelsea
Gainsborough Trinity	1-1	Barnsley
Glossop North End	4-0	Burslem Port Vale
Hull City	1-1	Burnley
Leicester Fosse	1-2	Nottingham Forest
Stockport County	2-2	Leeds City
West Bromwich Albion	2-1	Lincoln City

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	SECOND 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	Nottingham Forest	36	26	4	6	69	34	15	2	1	40	12	11	2	5	29	22	35	56	WWWDWW	Promoted
	2	Chelsea	36	24	5	7	75	33	17	0	1	51	9	7	5	6	24	24	42	53	LWWLWW	Promoted
	3	Leicester Fosse	36	20	7	9	59	35	15	3	0	43	10	5	4	9	16	25	24	47	LWWWWL	Safe
	4	West Bromwich Albion	34	19	5	10	78	37	13	2	2	57	13	6	3	8	21	24	41	43	DDLWLD	Safe
	5	Bradford City	35	19	5	11	62	50	13	2	2	40	18	6	3	9	22	32	12	43	WWWLLW	Safe
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	17	7	13	64	50	13	4	2	49	16	4	3	11	15	34	14	41	WDLDWL	Safe
	7	Burnley	36	17	4	15	60	45	12	3	3	44	12	5	1	12	16	33	15	38	LLWWWL	Safe
	8	Barnsley	36	15	7	14	71	51	14	2	3	56	21	1	5	11	15	30	20	37	WDLDLW	Safe
	9	Hull City	36	15	5	16	62	54	11	1	6	40	19	4	4	10	22	35	8	35	LLWWWL	Safe
	10	Grimsby Town	36	16	3	17	54	56	13	2	3	34	14	3	1	14	20	42	-2	35	WWLLDW	Safe
	11	Leeds City	36	13	8	15	51	59	10	4	4	36	24	3	4	11	15	35	-8	34	WLWLDW	Safe
	12	Stockport County	37	12	10	15	40	50	8	7	3	24	10	4	3	12	16	40	-10	34	DLLWLL	Safe
	13	Gainsborough Trinity	36	14	4	18	43	67	12	2	4	32	19	2	2	14	11	48	-24	32	WDLLLL
	14	Blackpool	36	10	11	15	29	45	8	4	6	21	16	2	7	9	8	29	-16	31	LWWLWD
	15	Clapton Orient	37	11	8	18	45	66	9	7	2	25	12	2	1	16	20	54	-21	30	DLLWDW
	16	Burslem Port Vale	36	11	7	18	57	79	10	5	3	42	26	1	2	15	15	53	-22	29	LDWLLW
	17	Glossop North End	36	12	5	19	48	78	9	4	5	28	21	3	1	14	20	57	-30	29	WLWDLD
	18	Chesterfield	37	10	7	20	47	64	9	3	6	33	24	1	4	14	14	40	-17	27	LWDWLW
	19	Lincoln City	35	12	3	20	42	66	10	1	7	27	22	2	2	13	15	44	-24	27	WLWLLL
	20	Burton United	36	6	7	23	29	66	6	3	9	22	23	0	4	14	7	43	-37	19	LLLLDD

Table after:

	SECOND 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	Nottingham Forest	37	27	4	6	71	35	15	2	1	40	12	12	2	5	31	23	36	58	WWDWWW	Champions	2-1
	2	Chelsea	37	25	5	7	76	33	17	0	1	51	9	8	5	6	25	24	43	55	WWLWWW	Promoted	1-0
	3	Leicester Fosse	37	20	7	10	60	37	15	3	1	44	12	5	4	9	16	25	23	47	WWWWLL	Safe	1-2
	4	West Bromwich Albion	35	20	5	10	80	38	14	2	2	59	14	6	3	8	21	24	42	45	DLWLDW	Safe	2-1
	5	Bradford City	36	19	5	12	64	53	13	2	3	42	21	6	3	9	22	32	11	43	WWLLWL	Safe	2-3
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	17	7	14	66	53	13	4	2	49	16	4	3	12	17	37	13	41	DLDWLL	Safe	2-3
	7	Burnley	37	17	5	15	61	46	12	3	3	44	12	5	2	12	17	34	15	39	LWWWLD	Safe	1-1
	8	Barnsley	37	15	8	14	72	52	14	2	3	56	21	1	6	11	16	31	20	38	DLDLWD	Safe	1-1
	9	Hull City	37	15	6	16	63	55	11	2	6	41	20	4	4	10	22	35	8	36	LWWWLD	Safe	1-1
	10	Grimsby Town	37	16	3	18	57	60	13	2	3	34	14	3	1	15	23	46	-3	35	WLLDWL	Safe	3-4
	11	Leeds City	37	13	9	15	53	61	10	4	4	36	24	3	5	11	17	37	-8	35	LWLDWD	Safe	2-2
	12	Stockport County	38	12	11	15	42	52	8	8	3	26	12	4	3	12	16	40	-10	35	LLWLLD	Safe	2-2
1	13	Blackpool	37	11	11	15	33	48	9	4	6	25	19	2	7	9	8	29	-15	33	WWLWDW	Safe	4-3
1	14	Gainsborough Trinity	37	14	5	18	44	68	12	3	4	33	20	2	2	14	11	48	-24	33	DLLLLD	Safe	1-1
2	15	Glossop North End	37	13	5	19	52	78	10	4	5	32	21	3	1	14	20	57	-26	31	LWDLDW	Safe	4-0
1	16	Clapton Orient	38	11	8	19	45	67	9	7	3	25	13	2	1	16	20	54	-22	30	LLWDWL		0-1
1	17	Chesterfield	38	11	7	20	50	66	10	3	6	36	26	1	4	14	14	40	-16	29	WDWLWW		3-2
2	18	Burslem Port Vale	37	11	7	19	57	83	10	5	3	42	26	1	2	16	15	57	-26	29	DWLLWL		0-4
	19	Lincoln City	36	12	3	21	43	68	10	1	7	27	22	2	2	14	16	46	-25	27	LWLLLL		1-2
	20	Burton United	37	7	7	23	32	68	6	3	9	22	23	1	4	14	10	45	-36	21	LLLDDW		3-2