The City Ground

SUNDERLAND 7 - 2 FOREST - Sat Mar 07, 1908 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 07, 1908 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sunderland
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Roker Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-7 LOST

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

Season:: 1907-08
Referee:: J Mason
Attendance:: 12,000
League Week:: 28 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 12 15
Opp Before/After:: 18 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Arsenal (League Tier 1)
Sunderland:: Sep 26, 1908

GAME COUNT:
League:: 525 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 487 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 633 (of 5828)
Total:: 1308 (of 7633)
Played:: 118 years, 6 months, 2 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Thomas Marrison
Enoch West

SUNDERLAND
Manager: Bob Kyle
Prior form: LWWLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
John Thompson
John Thompson
George Holley
George Holley
George Holley
Billy Hogg
Arthur Bridgett

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Harry Linacre
2	M	19	Thomas Gibson
3	M	20	George Maltby
4	F		George Needham
5	M	29	George Wolfe
6	F	24	Jack Armstrong
7	M	28	Billy Shearman
8	F		Thomas Marrison
9	F	21	Enoch West
10	F	30	Grenville Morris
11	F	30	Alf Spouncer

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	27	Harry Linacre	289		7	1
2	M	19	Thomas Gibson	6		7	1
3	M	20	George Maltby	60		7	1
4	F		George Needham	45	1	28	4
5	M	29	George Wolfe	54		7	1
6	F	24	Jack Armstrong	91	2	7	1
7	M	28	Billy Shearman	113	46	7	1
8	F		Thomas Marrison	53	9	7	1
9	F	21	Enoch West	102	55	14	2
10	F	30	Grenville Morris	303	142	7	1
11	F	30	Alf Spouncer	303	50	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bob Ward
2	D	Arthur Marples
3	D	Harry Forster
4	D	Tom Daykin
5	D	Harry Low
6	M	Gavin Jarvie
7	M	John Thompson
8	M	Billy Hogg
9	M	Sam Raybould
10	F	George Holley
11	F	Arthur Bridgett

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 07, 1908)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Bristol City	0-1	Middlesbrough
Manchester City	3-2	Aston Villa
Notts County	2-2	Liverpool
Preston North End	3-1	Bury
Sunderland	7-2	Nottingham Forest
The Wednesday	2-0	Sheffield United
Woolwich Arsenal	0-0	Chelsea

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	26	19	3	4	61	29	12	1	1	33	14	7	2	3	28	15	32	41	WLWDLW
2	Newcastle United	27	12	9	6	51	34	8	3	2	30	14	4	6	4	21	20	17	33	DWWDDD
3	The Wednesday	26	15	2	9	58	40	11	0	3	42	18	4	2	6	16	22	18	32	WLWWWL
4	Bury	28	10	9	9	44	44	6	5	3	21	14	4	4	6	23	30	0	29	DWLLDD
5	Preston North End	28	10	9	9	40	40	7	6	2	27	16	3	3	7	13	24	0	29	LDWDWW
6	Aston Villa	27	10	8	9	51	44	6	6	4	38	23	4	2	5	13	21	7	28	DLLWWW
7	Manchester City	26	10	8	8	46	41	8	3	0	24	10	2	5	8	22	31	5	28	WWLLDD
8	Middlesbrough	29	10	7	12	35	38	8	2	4	20	12	2	5	8	15	26	-3	27	WDWLWL
9	Sheffield United	29	9	9	11	43	50	7	6	3	24	18	2	3	8	19	32	-7	27	DLDWLD
10	Liverpool	25	11	4	10	47	36	9	1	4	34	17	2	3	6	13	19	11	26	DWDLWW
11	Everton	26	11	4	11	46	47	7	3	1	24	13	4	1	10	22	34	-1	26	LLWWLL
12	Nottingham Forest	27	8	10	9	44	45	7	5	1	31	16	1	5	8	13	29	-1	26	DWDDWW
13	Bristol City	27	9	8	10	44	48	6	4	3	21	17	3	4	7	23	31	-4	26	LLWLDL
14	Chelsea	28	11	4	13	41	53	7	2	5	25	27	4	2	8	16	26	-12	26	WLLWDW
14	Chelsea	28	11	4	13	41	53	7	2	5	25	27	4	2	8	16	26	-12	26	WLLWDW
15	Woolwich Arsenal	29	9	8	12	42	55	7	5	2	27	15	2	3	10	15	40	-13	26	LDLLWD
16	Blackburn Rovers	27	9	7	11	38	49	8	4	1	26	17	1	3	10	12	32	-11	25	DLDDWW
17	Notts County	29	9	7	13	30	39	8	2	5	20	12	1	5	8	10	27	-9	25	WLLWLL
18	Sunderland	29	10	3	16	56	62	8	2	5	40	27	2	1	11	16	35	-6	23	LWWLWL
19	Bolton Wanderers	28	10	3	15	36	45	6	2	4	21	18	4	1	11	15	27	-9	23	DLDLLL
20	Birmingham City	27	6	10	11	28	42	4	4	5	16	19	2	6	6	12	23	-14	22	DWDDDL

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	26	19	3	4	61	29	12	1	1	33	14	7	2	3	28	15	32	41	WLWDLW
1	2	The Wednesday	27	16	2	9	60	40	12	0	3	44	18	4	2	6	16	22	20	34	LWWWLW		2-0
1	3	Newcastle United	27	12	9	6	51	34	8	3	2	30	14	4	6	4	21	20	17	33	DWWDDD
1	4	Preston North End	29	11	9	9	43	41	8	6	2	30	17	3	3	7	13	24	2	31	DWDWWW		3-1
2	5	Manchester City	27	11	8	8	49	43	9	3	0	27	12	2	5	8	22	31	6	30	WLLDDW		3-2
2	6	Bury	29	10	9	10	45	47	6	5	3	21	14	4	4	7	24	33	-2	29	WLLDDL		1-3
1	7	Middlesbrough	30	11	7	12	36	38	8	2	4	20	12	3	5	8	16	26	-2	29	DWLWLW		1-0
2	8	Aston Villa	28	10	8	10	53	47	6	6	4	38	23	4	2	6	15	24	6	28	LLWWWL		2-3
1	9	Liverpool	26	11	5	10	49	38	9	1	4	34	17	2	4	6	15	21	11	27	WDLWWD		2-2
1	10	Sheffield United	30	9	9	12	43	52	7	6	3	24	18	2	3	9	19	34	-9	27	LDWLDL		0-2
3	11	Chelsea	29	11	5	13	41	53	7	2	5	25	27	4	3	8	16	26	-12	27	LLWDWD		0-0
3	12	Woolwich Arsenal	30	9	9	12	42	55	7	6	2	27	15	2	3	10	15	40	-13	27	DLLWDD		0-0
2	13	Everton	26	11	4	11	46	47	7	3	1	24	13	4	1	10	22	34	-1	26	LLWWLL
1	14	Bristol City	28	9	8	11	44	49	6	4	4	21	18	3	4	7	23	31	-5	26	LWLDLL		0-1
1	14	Bristol City	28	9	8	11	44	49	6	4	4	21	18	3	4	7	23	31	-5	26	LWLDLL		0-1
3	15	Nottingham Forest	28	8	10	10	46	52	7	5	1	31	16	1	5	9	15	36	-6	26	WDDWWL		2-7
1	16	Notts County	30	9	8	13	32	41	8	3	5	22	14	1	5	8	10	27	-9	26	LLWLLD		2-2
1	17	Blackburn Rovers	28	9	8	11	39	50	8	4	1	26	17	1	4	10	13	33	-11	26	LDDWWD		1-1
	18	Sunderland	30	11	3	16	63	64	9	2	5	47	29	2	1	11	16	35	-1	25	WWLWLW		7-2
	19	Bolton Wanderers	28	10	3	15	36	45	6	2	4	21	18	4	1	11	15	27	-9	23	DLDLLL
	20	Birmingham City	28	6	11	11	29	43	4	5	5	17	20	2	6	6	12	23	-14	23	WDDDLD		1-1