The City Ground

CHELSEA 0 - 4 FOREST - Sat Jan 18, 1908 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 18, 1908 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Stamford Bridge
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 4-0 WON

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

Season:: 1907-08
Referee:: J Mason
Attendance:: 35,000
League Week:: 23 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 18 17
Opp Before/After:: 13 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Newcastle United (League Tier 1)
Chelsea:: Sep 21, 1908

GAME COUNT:
League:: 519 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 481 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 627 (of 5828)
Total:: 1302 (of 7633)
Played:: 118 years, 7 months, 23 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Thomas Marrison
Enoch West
Herbert Whitchurch
Alf Spouncer

CHELSEA
Manager: David Calderhead
Prior form: LWWDLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Harry Linacre
2	M	26	Walter Dudley
3	M	20	George Maltby
4	D	23	Edwin Hughes
5	M	29	George Wolfe
6	F	23	Jack Armstrong
7	M	28	Billy Shearman
8	F		Thomas Marrison
9	F	21	Enoch West
10	F	21	Herbert Whitchurch
11	F	30	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Whitley
2	D	Jock Cameron
3	D	Tommy Miller
4	D	George Henderson
5	D	James Stark
6	M	Ted Birnie
7	M	Billy Brawn
8	M	Ben Whitehouse
9	M	George Hilsdon
10	F	Jimmy Windridge
11	F	Billy Bridgeman

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Jan 18, 1908)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-3	Birmingham City
Bury	3-0	Everton
Chelsea	0-4	Nottingham Forest
Liverpool	1-0	Bolton Wanderers
Manchester City	4-0	Woolwich Arsenal
Middlesbrough	3-0	Blackburn Rovers
Newcastle United	2-0	Bristol City
Notts County	1-2	The Wednesday
Preston North End	3-2	Sunderland
Sheffield United	2-0	Manchester United

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	Manchester United	21	17	2	2	57	24	10	0	0	29	11	7	2	2	28	13	33	36	WDWWDW
	2	Newcastle United	23	11	6	6	47	32	7	2	2	27	13	4	4	4	20	19	15	28	WDLDDW
	3	The Wednesday	22	12	2	8	49	33	9	0	3	35	17	3	2	5	14	16	16	26	WLLLWL
	4	Bury	23	9	7	7	38	35	5	3	3	17	13	4	4	4	21	22	3	25	WWLDLD
	5	Manchester City	21	9	6	6	40	34	7	3	0	20	10	2	3	6	20	24	6	24	LLWWLW
	6	Bristol City	22	8	7	7	39	38	5	4	2	18	13	3	3	5	21	25	1	23	DWDDDL
	7	Notts County	24	8	7	9	26	29	7	2	4	18	10	1	5	5	8	19	-3	23	DWDDLW
	8	Everton	21	9	4	8	41	36	5	3	1	21	12	4	1	7	20	24	5	22	WDLDWL
	9	Aston Villa	22	7	8	7	38	39	4	6	3	26	19	3	2	4	12	20	-1	22	WDWDDD
	10	Preston North End	24	7	8	9	32	36	5	6	2	23	14	2	2	7	9	22	-4	22	WDDDLD
	11	Bolton Wanderers	23	10	2	11	32	37	6	1	3	19	15	4	1	8	13	22	-5	22	LWLWWD
	12	Woolwich Arsenal	23	8	6	9	34	42	6	4	1	22	12	2	2	8	12	30	-8	22	DDWLLW
	13	Chelsea	23	9	3	11	35	44	6	1	4	21	20	3	2	7	14	24	-9	21	LWWDLW
	14	Sheffield United	22	7	6	9	33	39	5	5	3	18	16	2	1	6	15	23	-6	20	DWLWDL
	14	Sheffield United	22	7	6	9	33	39	5	5	3	18	16	2	1	6	15	23	-6	20	DWLWDL
	15	Middlesbrough	23	7	6	10	24	30	5	2	4	12	11	2	4	6	12	19	-6	20	WDLDWD
	16	Liverpool	20	8	3	9	38	32	6	1	4	26	15	2	2	5	12	17	6	19	WLLLWD
	17	Blackburn Rovers	22	7	5	10	27	37	7	2	1	17	9	0	3	9	10	28	-10	19	DDDLDD
	18	Nottingham Forest	22	5	8	9	31	40	5	4	1	25	14	0	4	8	6	26	-9	18	DLDDDD
	19	Sunderland	23	7	3	13	41	51	5	2	5	29	24	2	1	8	12	27	-10	17	LDWLWL
	20	Birmingham City	22	5	7	10	22	36	4	2	5	15	18	1	5	5	7	18	-14	17	WWDDDD

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	Manchester United	22	17	2	3	57	26	10	0	0	29	11	7	2	3	28	15	31	36	DWWDWL		0-2
	2	Newcastle United	24	12	6	6	49	32	8	2	2	29	13	4	4	4	20	19	17	30	DLDDWW		2-0
	3	The Wednesday	23	13	2	8	51	34	9	0	3	35	17	4	2	5	16	17	17	28	LLLWLW		2-1
	4	Bury	24	10	7	7	41	35	6	3	3	20	13	4	4	4	21	22	6	27	WLDLDW		3-0
	5	Manchester City	22	10	6	6	44	34	8	3	0	24	10	2	3	6	20	24	10	26	LWWLWW		4-0
4	6	Preston North End	25	8	8	9	35	38	6	6	2	26	16	2	2	7	9	22	-3	24	DDDLDW		3-2
1	7	Bristol City	23	8	7	8	39	40	5	4	2	18	13	3	3	6	21	27	-1	23	WDDDLL		0-2
1	8	Notts County	25	8	7	10	27	31	7	2	5	19	12	1	5	5	8	19	-4	23	WDDLWL		1-2
1	9	Everton	22	9	4	9	41	39	5	3	1	21	12	4	1	8	20	27	2	22	DLDWLL		0-3
1	10	Aston Villa	23	7	8	8	40	42	4	6	4	28	22	3	2	4	12	20	-2	22	DWDDDL		2-3
4	11	Middlesbrough	24	8	6	10	27	30	6	2	4	15	11	2	4	6	12	19	-3	22	DLDWDW		3-0
2	12	Sheffield United	23	8	6	9	35	39	6	5	3	20	16	2	1	6	15	23	-4	22	WLWDLW		2-0
2	13	Bolton Wanderers	24	10	2	12	32	38	6	1	3	19	15	4	1	9	13	23	-6	22	WLWWDL		0-1
2	14	Woolwich Arsenal	24	8	6	10	34	46	6	4	1	22	12	2	2	9	12	34	-12	22	DWLLWL		0-4
2	14	Woolwich Arsenal	24	8	6	10	34	46	6	4	1	22	12	2	2	9	12	34	-12	22	DWLLWL		0-4
1	15	Liverpool	21	9	3	9	39	32	7	1	4	27	15	2	2	5	12	17	7	21	LLLWDW		1-0
3	16	Chelsea	24	9	3	12	35	48	6	1	5	21	24	3	2	7	14	24	-13	21	WWDLWL		0-4
1	17	Nottingham Forest	23	6	8	9	35	40	5	4	1	25	14	1	4	8	10	26	-5	20	LDDDDW		4-0
1	18	Blackburn Rovers	23	7	5	11	27	40	7	2	1	17	9	0	3	10	10	31	-13	19	DDLDDL		0-3
1	19	Birmingham City	23	6	7	10	25	38	4	2	5	15	18	2	5	5	10	20	-13	19	WDDDDW		3-2
1	20	Sunderland	24	7	3	14	43	54	5	2	5	29	24	2	1	9	14	30	-11	17	DWLWLL		2-3