The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 ASTON VILLA - Thu Dec 26, 1907 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Thu Dec 26, 1907 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-2 (Draw)

Season:: 1907-08
Referee:: D Hammond
Attendance:: 20,000
Pos Before/After:: 18 18
Opp Before/After:: 7 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 1)
Aston Villa:: Sep 12, 1908

GAME COUNT:
League:: 515 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 477 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 622 (of 5679)
Total:: 1296 (of 7451)

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

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

Goals:
Enoch West
Enoch West

ASTON VILLA
Manager: George Ramsay
Prior form: DDLWDW (Old to recent)

Goals:
Jimmy Cantrell
Jimmy Cantrell

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Linacre
2	M	Thomas Gibson
3	M	George Maltby
4	D	Edwin Hughes
5	F	George Needham
6	F	Jack Armstrong
7	F	Bill Hooper
8	F	Thomas Marrison
9	M	William Shearman
10	F	Enoch West
11	F	Alf Spouncer

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Billy George
2	D	Jock Logan
3	D	Freddie Miles
4	D	Tom Lyons
5	D	Rowland Codling
6	M	Albert Hall
7	M	Charlie Wallace
8	M	Joe Bache
9	M	Alec Logan
10	F	Jimmy Cantrell
11	F	Billy Garraty

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Thu Dec 26, 1907)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	0-0	Notts County
Chelsea	1-0	Middlesbrough
Everton	0-0	Bristol City
Manchester City	1-0	Bolton Wanderers
Newcastle United	2-3	Sheffield United
Nottingham Forest	2-2	Aston Villa
Preston North End	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
The Wednesday	2-3	Sunderland

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	Manchester United	19	16	1	2	56	24	10	0	0	29	11	6	1	2	27	13	2.333	33	WLWDWW
	2	Newcastle United	19	10	4	5	41	26	6	1	1	22	8	4	3	4	19	18	1.577	24	WDWWWD
	3	The Wednesday	18	11	2	5	39	26	8	0	1	26	12	3	2	4	13	14	1.500	24	WDWLWL
	4	Bury	20	9	5	6	36	32	5	1	2	15	10	4	4	4	21	22	1.125	23	LDWWWL
	5	Bristol City	19	8	5	6	38	36	5	3	1	17	11	3	2	5	21	25	1.056	21	LWLDWD
	6	Everton	18	8	3	7	37	31	5	2	1	21	12	3	1	6	16	19	1.194	19	WLLWDL
	7	Aston Villa	19	7	5	7	35	36	4	4	3	25	18	3	1	4	10	18	.972	19	DDLWDW
	8	Notts County	20	7	5	8	22	28	6	1	3	14	9	1	4	5	8	19	.786	19	WWLDDW
	9	Manchester City	17	6	6	5	33	30	4	3	0	13	8	2	3	5	20	22	1.100	18	DLDWLL
	10	Preston North End	19	7	4	8	29	31	5	3	2	21	12	2	1	6	8	19	.935	18	WDLLDW
	11	Woolwich Arsenal	19	6	6	7	26	30	5	4	1	18	12	1	2	6	8	18	.867	18	LWLDDD
	12	Liverpool	18	7	2	9	35	32	5	0	4	23	15	2	2	5	12	17	1.094	16	DLWLLL
	13	Blackburn Rovers	18	7	2	9	24	32	7	1	1	16	8	0	1	8	8	24	.750	16	WLLWDD
	14	Chelsea	19	7	2	10	30	41	5	1	4	20	20	2	1	6	10	21	.732	16	LWDWLW
	14	Chelsea	19	7	2	10	30	41	5	1	4	20	20	2	1	6	10	21	.732	16	LWDWLW
	15	Middlesbrough	19	6	4	9	19	26	4	1	4	8	9	2	3	5	11	17	.731	16	WDLLWD
	16	Sheffield United	17	5	5	7	28	30	4	4	2	16	12	1	1	5	12	18	.933	15	LLWLDD
	17	Bolton Wanderers	17	7	1	9	25	33	4	1	3	15	15	3	0	6	10	18	.758	15	WWWLLL
	18	Nottingham Forest	18	5	4	9	28	37	5	3	1	23	12	0	1	8	5	25	.757	14	DLWLDL
	19	Sunderland	19	5	3	11	33	39	4	2	5	24	22	1	1	6	9	17	.846	13	LLWLLD
	20	Birmingham City	18	5	3	10	21	35	4	1	5	15	18	1	2	5	6	17	.600	13	WLLDWW

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	Manchester United	19	16	1	2	56	24	10	0	0	29	11	6	1	2	27	13	2.333	33	WLWDWW
	2	Newcastle United	20	10	4	6	43	29	6	1	2	24	11	4	3	4	19	18	1.483	24	DWWWDL	2-3
	3	The Wednesday	19	11	2	6	41	29	8	0	2	28	15	3	2	4	13	14	1.414	24	DWLWLL	2-3
	4	Bury	20	9	5	6	36	32	5	1	2	15	10	4	4	4	21	22	1.125	23	LDWWWL
	5	Bristol City	20	8	6	6	38	36	5	3	1	17	11	3	3	5	21	25	1.056	22	WLDWDD	0-0
	6	Everton	19	8	4	7	37	31	5	3	1	21	12	3	1	6	16	19	1.194	20	LLWDLD	0-0
2	7	Manchester City	18	7	6	5	34	30	5	3	0	14	8	2	3	5	20	22	1.133	20	LDWLLW	1-0
1	8	Aston Villa	20	7	6	7	37	38	4	4	3	25	18	3	2	4	12	20	.974	20	DLWDWD	2-2
1	9	Notts County	21	7	6	8	22	28	6	1	3	14	9	1	5	5	8	19	.786	20	WLDDWD	0-0
	10	Preston North End	20	7	5	8	30	32	5	4	2	22	13	2	1	6	8	19	.938	19	DLLDWD	1-1
	11	Woolwich Arsenal	19	6	6	7	26	30	5	4	1	18	12	1	2	6	8	18	.867	18	LWLDDD
2	12	Chelsea	20	8	2	10	31	41	6	1	4	21	20	2	1	6	10	21	.756	18	WDWLWW	1-0
3	13	Sheffield United	18	6	5	7	31	32	4	4	2	16	12	2	1	5	15	20	.969	17	LWLDDW	3-2
1	14	Blackburn Rovers	19	7	3	9	25	33	7	1	1	16	8	0	2	8	9	25	.758	17	LLWDDD	1-1
1	14	Blackburn Rovers	19	7	3	9	25	33	7	1	1	16	8	0	2	8	9	25	.758	17	LLWDDD	1-1
3	15	Liverpool	18	7	2	9	35	32	5	0	4	23	15	2	2	5	12	17	1.094	16	DLWLLL
1	16	Middlesbrough	20	6	4	10	19	27	4	1	4	8	9	2	3	6	11	18	.704	16	DLLWDL	0-1
2	17	Sunderland	20	6	3	11	36	41	4	2	5	24	22	2	1	6	12	19	.878	15	LWLLDW	3-2
	18	Nottingham Forest	19	5	5	9	30	39	5	4	1	25	14	0	1	8	5	25	.769	15	LWLDLD	2-2
2	19	Bolton Wanderers	18	7	1	10	25	34	4	1	3	15	15	3	0	7	10	19	.735	15	WWLLLL	0-1
	20	Birmingham City	19	5	4	10	21	35	4	2	5	15	18	1	2	5	6	17	.600	14	LLDWWD	0-0