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 DRAWN
: Half-time: 2-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: AVFCHistory.co.uk (Link)
: Enfa.co.uk

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 5045)
League Tier 1:: 477 (of 2297)
Competitive:: 622 (of 5768)
Total:: 1297 (of 7557)
Played:: 117 years, 6 months, 18 days ago

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

Goals
Enoch West (35')
Enoch West (42') (Pen)

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

Goals
Jimmy Cantrell (14')
Jimmy Cantrell (38')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Harry Linacre
2	M	19	Thomas Gibson
3	M	20	George Maltby
4	D	22	Edwin Hughes
5	F		George Needham
6	F	23	Jack Armstrong
7	F	23	Bill Hooper
8	F		Thomas Marrison
9	M	28	Billy Shearman
10	F	21	Enoch West (35') (42')
11	F	30	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 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	Status
	1	Manchester United	19	16	1	2	56	24	10	0	0	29	11	6	1	2	27	13	2.33333	33	WLWDWW
	2	Newcastle United	19	10	4	5	41	26	6	1	1	22	8	4	3	4	19	18	1.57692	24	WDWWWD
	3	The Wednesday	18	11	2	5	39	26	8	0	1	26	12	3	2	4	13	14	1.50000	24	WDWLWL
	4	Bury	20	9	5	6	36	32	5	1	2	15	10	4	4	4	21	22	1.12500	23	LDWWWL
	5	Bristol City	19	8	5	6	38	36	5	3	1	17	11	3	2	5	21	25	1.05556	21	LWLDWD
	6	Everton	18	8	3	7	37	31	5	2	1	21	12	3	1	6	16	19	1.19355	19	WLLWDL
	7	Aston Villa	19	7	5	7	35	36	4	4	3	25	18	3	1	4	10	18	.97222	19	DDLWDW
	8	Notts County	20	7	5	8	22	28	6	1	3	14	9	1	4	5	8	19	.78571	19	WWLDDW
	9	Manchester City	17	6	6	5	33	30	4	3	0	13	8	2	3	5	20	22	1.10000	18	DLDWLL
	10	Preston North End	19	7	4	8	29	31	5	3	2	21	12	2	1	6	8	19	.93548	18	WDLLDW
	11	Woolwich Arsenal	19	6	6	7	26	30	5	4	1	18	12	1	2	6	8	18	.86667	18	LWLDDD
	12	Liverpool	18	7	2	9	35	32	5	0	4	23	15	2	2	5	12	17	1.09375	16	DLWLLL
	13	Blackburn Rovers	18	7	2	9	24	32	7	1	1	16	8	0	1	8	8	24	.75000	16	WLLWDD
	14	Chelsea	19	7	2	10	30	41	5	1	4	20	20	2	1	6	10	21	.73171	16	LWDWLW
	14	Chelsea	19	7	2	10	30	41	5	1	4	20	20	2	1	6	10	21	.73171	16	LWDWLW
	15	Middlesbrough	19	6	4	9	19	26	4	1	4	8	9	2	3	5	11	17	.73077	16	WDLLWD
	16	Sheffield United	17	5	5	7	28	30	4	4	2	16	12	1	1	5	12	18	.93333	15	LLWLDD
	17	Bolton Wanderers	17	7	1	9	25	33	4	1	3	15	15	3	0	6	10	18	.75758	15	WWWLLL
	18	Nottingham Forest	18	5	4	9	28	37	5	3	1	23	12	0	1	8	5	25	.75676	14	DLWLDL
	19	Sunderland	19	5	3	11	33	39	4	2	5	24	22	1	1	6	9	17	.84615	13	LLWLLD
	20	Birmingham City	18	5	3	10	21	35	4	1	5	15	18	1	2	5	6	17	.60000	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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Manchester United	19	16	1	2	56	24	10	0	0	29	11	6	1	2	27	13	2.33333	33	WLWDWW
	2	Newcastle United	20	10	4	6	43	29	6	1	2	24	11	4	3	4	19	18	1.48276	24	DWWWDL		2-3
	3	The Wednesday	19	11	2	6	41	29	8	0	2	28	15	3	2	4	13	14	1.41379	24	DWLWLL		2-3
	4	Bury	20	9	5	6	36	32	5	1	2	15	10	4	4	4	21	22	1.12500	23	LDWWWL
	5	Bristol City	20	8	6	6	38	36	5	3	1	17	11	3	3	5	21	25	1.05556	22	WLDWDD		0-0
	6	Everton	19	8	4	7	37	31	5	3	1	21	12	3	1	6	16	19	1.19355	20	LLWDLD		0-0
2	7	Manchester City	18	7	6	5	34	30	5	3	0	14	8	2	3	5	20	22	1.13333	20	LDWLLW		1-0
1	8	Aston Villa	20	7	6	7	37	38	4	4	3	25	18	3	2	4	12	20	.97368	20	DLWDWD		2-2
1	9	Notts County	21	7	6	8	22	28	6	1	3	14	9	1	5	5	8	19	.78571	20	WLDDWD		0-0
	10	Preston North End	20	7	5	8	30	32	5	4	2	22	13	2	1	6	8	19	.93750	19	DLLDWD		1-1
	11	Woolwich Arsenal	19	6	6	7	26	30	5	4	1	18	12	1	2	6	8	18	.86667	18	LWLDDD
2	12	Chelsea	20	8	2	10	31	41	6	1	4	21	20	2	1	6	10	21	.75610	18	WDWLWW		1-0
3	13	Sheffield United	18	6	5	7	31	32	4	4	2	16	12	2	1	5	15	20	.96875	17	LWLDDW		3-2
1	14	Blackburn Rovers	19	7	3	9	25	33	7	1	1	16	8	0	2	8	9	25	.75758	17	LLWDDD		1-1
1	14	Blackburn Rovers	19	7	3	9	25	33	7	1	1	16	8	0	2	8	9	25	.75758	17	LLWDDD		1-1
3	15	Liverpool	18	7	2	9	35	32	5	0	4	23	15	2	2	5	12	17	1.09375	16	DLWLLL
1	16	Middlesbrough	20	6	4	10	19	27	4	1	4	8	9	2	3	6	11	18	.70370	16	DLLWDL		0-1
2	17	Sunderland	20	6	3	11	36	41	4	2	5	24	22	2	1	6	12	19	.87805	15	LWLLDW		3-2
	18	Nottingham Forest	19	5	5	9	30	39	5	4	1	25	14	0	1	8	5	25	.76923	15	LWLDLD		2-2
2	19	Bolton Wanderers	18	7	1	10	25	34	4	1	3	15	15	3	0	7	10	19	.73529	15	WWLLLL		0-1
	20	Birmingham City	19	5	4	10	21	35	4	2	5	15	18	1	2	5	6	17	.60000	14	LLDWWD		0-0