The City Ground

THE WEDNESDAY 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 21, 1908 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 21, 1908 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: The Wednesday
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Hillsborough
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 (Lost)

Season:: 1907-08
Referee:: JT Howcroft
Attendance:: 14,000
Pos Before/After:: 13 14
Opp Before/After:: 3 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol City (League Tier 1)
The Wednesday:: Sep 19, 1908

GAME COUNT:
League:: 527 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 489 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 635 (of 5679)
Total:: 1309 (of 7451)

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

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

Goals:
Grenville Morris

THE WEDNESDAY
Manager: Arthur Dickinson
Prior form: WWLWLL (Old to recent)

Goals:
?
?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Linacre
2	M	Walter Dudley
3	M	George Maltby
4	D	Edwin Hughes
5	M	George Wolfe
6	F	Jack Armstrong
7	F	Bill Hooper
8	F	Thomas Marrison
9	F	Enoch West
10	F	Grenville Morris
11	F	Alf Spouncer

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 21, 1908)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-1	Newcastle United
Bristol City	0-0	Chelsea
Bury	2-1	Aston Villa
Everton	2-1	Bolton Wanderers
Manchester City	2-1	Middlesbrough
Notts County	0-3	Sheffield United
Preston North End	3-0	Liverpool
Sunderland	4-0	Blackburn Rovers
The Wednesday	2-1	Nottingham Forest
Woolwich Arsenal	1-0	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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Manchester United	27	20	3	4	64	29	13	1	1	36	14	7	2	3	28	15	2.207	43	LWDLWW
	2	Newcastle United	29	13	10	6	54	34	9	4	2	33	14	4	6	4	21	20	1.588	36	WDDDDW
	3	The Wednesday	29	16	2	11	62	45	12	0	4	45	20	4	2	7	17	25	1.378	34	WWLWLL
	4	Manchester City	29	12	8	9	50	45	9	3	1	27	14	3	5	8	23	31	1.111	32	LDDWLW
	5	Preston North End	31	11	10	10	43	44	8	6	2	30	17	3	4	8	13	27	.977	32	DWWWDL
	6	Aston Villa	30	11	9	10	58	49	7	6	4	41	23	4	3	6	17	26	1.184	31	WWWLDW
	7	Middlesbrough	31	12	7	12	39	39	9	2	4	23	13	3	5	8	16	26	1.000	31	WLWLWW
	8	Sheffield United	32	11	9	12	47	52	8	6	3	26	18	3	3	9	21	34	.904	31	WLDLWW
	9	Liverpool	28	12	5	11	51	40	9	1	5	34	18	3	4	6	17	22	1.275	29	LWWDWL
	10	Bury	30	10	9	11	45	50	6	5	3	21	14	4	4	8	24	36	.900	29	LLDDLL
	11	Chelsea	30	12	5	13	44	54	8	2	5	28	28	4	3	8	16	26	.815	29	LWDWDW
	12	Everton	28	12	4	12	50	50	8	3	1	28	14	4	1	11	22	36	1.000	28	WWLLLW
	13	Nottingham Forest	29	9	10	10	47	52	8	5	1	32	16	1	5	9	15	36	.904	28	DDWWLW
	14	Blackburn Rovers	29	10	8	11	41	50	9	4	1	28	17	1	4	10	13	33	.820	28	DDWWDW
	14	Blackburn Rovers	29	10	8	11	41	50	9	4	1	28	17	1	4	10	13	33	.820	28	DDWWDW
	15	Bristol City	30	9	9	12	46	53	6	5	4	23	20	3	4	8	23	33	.868	27	LDLLDL
	16	Woolwich Arsenal	31	9	9	13	42	56	7	6	2	27	15	2	3	11	15	41	.750	27	LLWDDL
	17	Notts County	31	9	8	14	33	44	8	3	5	22	14	1	5	9	11	30	.750	26	LWLLDL
	18	Sunderland	31	11	3	17	63	67	9	2	5	47	29	2	1	12	16	38	.940	25	WLWLWL
	19	Bolton Wanderers	29	11	3	15	37	45	7	2	4	22	18	4	1	11	15	27	.822	25	LDLLLW
	20	Birmingham City	30	6	11	13	30	48	4	5	5	17	20	2	6	8	13	28	.625	23	DDLDLL

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	28	20	3	5	64	30	13	1	1	36	14	7	2	4	28	16	2.133	43	WDLWWL	0-1
	2	Newcastle United	30	13	11	6	55	35	9	4	2	33	14	4	7	4	22	21	1.571	37	DDDDWD	1-1
	3	The Wednesday	30	17	2	11	64	46	13	0	4	47	21	4	2	7	17	25	1.391	36	WLWLLW	2-1
	4	Manchester City	30	13	8	9	52	46	10	3	1	29	15	3	5	8	23	31	1.130	34	DDWLWW	2-1
	5	Preston North End	32	12	10	10	46	44	9	6	2	33	17	3	4	8	13	27	1.045	34	WWWDLW	3-0
2	6	Sheffield United	33	12	9	12	50	52	8	6	3	26	18	4	3	9	24	34	.962	33	LDLWWW	3-0
1	7	Aston Villa	31	11	9	11	59	51	7	6	4	41	23	4	3	7	18	28	1.157	31	WWLDWL	1-2
1	8	Middlesbrough	32	12	7	13	40	41	9	2	4	23	13	3	5	9	17	28	.976	31	LWLWWL	1-2
1	9	Bury	31	11	9	11	47	51	7	5	3	23	15	4	4	8	24	36	.922	31	LDDLLW	2-1
2	10	Everton	29	13	4	12	52	51	9	3	1	30	15	4	1	11	22	36	1.020	30	WLLLWW	2-1
	11	Chelsea	31	12	6	13	44	54	8	2	5	28	28	4	4	8	16	26	.815	30	WDWDWD	0-0
3	12	Liverpool	29	12	5	12	51	43	9	1	5	34	18	3	4	7	17	25	1.186	29	WWDWLL	0-3
3	13	Woolwich Arsenal	32	10	9	13	43	56	8	6	2	28	15	2	3	11	15	41	.768	29	LWDDLW	1-0
1	14	Nottingham Forest	30	9	10	11	48	54	8	5	1	32	16	1	5	10	16	38	.889	28	DWWLWL	1-2
1	14	Nottingham Forest	30	9	10	11	48	54	8	5	1	32	16	1	5	10	16	38	.889	28	DWWLWL	1-2
	15	Bristol City	31	9	10	12	46	53	6	6	4	23	20	3	4	8	23	33	.868	28	DLLDLD	0-0
2	16	Blackburn Rovers	30	10	8	12	41	54	9	4	1	28	17	1	4	11	13	37	.759	28	DWWDWL	0-4
1	17	Sunderland	32	12	3	17	67	67	10	2	5	51	29	2	1	12	16	38	1.000	27	LWLWLW	4-0
1	18	Notts County	32	9	8	15	33	47	8	3	6	22	17	1	5	9	11	30	.702	26	WLLDLL	0-3
	19	Bolton Wanderers	30	11	3	16	38	47	7	2	4	22	18	4	1	12	16	29	.809	25	DLLLWL	1-2
	20	Birmingham City	31	6	12	13	31	49	4	6	5	18	21	2	6	8	13	28	.633	24	DLDLLD	1-1