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

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

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 5045)
League Tier 1:: 489 (of 2297)
Competitive:: 635 (of 5768)
Total:: 1310 (of 7557)
Played:: 117 years, 3 months, 24 days ago

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

Goals
Grenville Morris

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

Goals
Andy Wilson
George Simpson

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Harry Linacre
2	M	27	Walter Dudley
3	M	20	George Maltby
4	D	23	Edwin Hughes
5	M	29	George Wolfe
6	F	24	Jack Armstrong
7	F	24	Bill Hooper
8	F		Thomas Marrison
9	F	21	Enoch West
10	F	30	Grenville Morris
11	F	30	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Lyall
2	D	Joe Jameson
3	D	Harry Burton
4	D	Tom Brittleton
5	D	Frank Bradshaw
6	M	Billy Bartlett
7	M	James Maxwell
8	M	Harry Chapman
9	M	Andy Wilson
10	F	Jimmy Stewart
11	F	George Simpson

All 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	Status
	1	Manchester United	27	20	3	4	64	29	13	1	1	36	14	7	2	3	28	15	2.20690	43	LWDLWW	Safe
	2	Newcastle United	29	13	10	6	54	34	9	4	2	33	14	4	6	4	21	20	1.58824	36	WDDDDW
	3	The Wednesday	29	16	2	11	62	45	12	0	4	45	20	4	2	7	17	25	1.37778	34	WWLWLL
	4	Manchester City	29	12	8	9	50	45	9	3	1	27	14	3	5	8	23	31	1.11111	32	LDDWLW
	5	Preston North End	31	11	10	10	43	44	8	6	2	30	17	3	4	8	13	27	.97727	32	DWWWDL
	6	Aston Villa	30	11	9	10	58	49	7	6	4	41	23	4	3	6	17	26	1.18367	31	WWWLDW
	7	Middlesbrough	31	12	7	12	39	39	9	2	4	23	13	3	5	8	16	26	1.00000	31	WLWLWW
	8	Sheffield United	32	11	9	12	47	52	8	6	3	26	18	3	3	9	21	34	.90385	31	WLDLWW
	9	Liverpool	28	12	5	11	51	40	9	1	5	34	18	3	4	6	17	22	1.27500	29	LWWDWL
	10	Bury	30	10	9	11	45	50	6	5	3	21	14	4	4	8	24	36	.90000	29	LLDDLL
	11	Chelsea	30	12	5	13	44	54	8	2	5	28	28	4	3	8	16	26	.81481	29	LWDWDW
	12	Everton	28	12	4	12	50	50	8	3	1	28	14	4	1	11	22	36	1.00000	28	WWLLLW
	13	Nottingham Forest	29	9	10	10	47	52	8	5	1	32	16	1	5	9	15	36	.90385	28	DDWWLW
	14	Blackburn Rovers	29	10	8	11	41	50	9	4	1	28	17	1	4	10	13	33	.82000	28	DDWWDW
	14	Blackburn Rovers	29	10	8	11	41	50	9	4	1	28	17	1	4	10	13	33	.82000	28	DDWWDW
	15	Bristol City	30	9	9	12	46	53	6	5	4	23	20	3	4	8	23	33	.86792	27	LDLLDL
	16	Woolwich Arsenal	31	9	9	13	42	56	7	6	2	27	15	2	3	11	15	41	.75000	27	LLWDDL
	17	Notts County	31	9	8	14	33	44	8	3	5	22	14	1	5	9	11	30	.75000	26	LWLLDL
	18	Sunderland	31	11	3	17	63	67	9	2	5	47	29	2	1	12	16	38	.94030	25	WLWLWL
	19	Bolton Wanderers	29	11	3	15	37	45	7	2	4	22	18	4	1	11	15	27	.82222	25	LDLLLW
	20	Birmingham City	30	6	11	13	30	48	4	5	5	17	20	2	6	8	13	28	.62500	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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Manchester United	28	20	3	5	64	30	13	1	1	36	14	7	2	4	28	16	2.13333	43	WDLWWL	Safe	0-1
	2	Newcastle United	30	13	11	6	55	35	9	4	2	33	14	4	7	4	22	21	1.57143	37	DDDDWD		1-1
	3	The Wednesday	30	17	2	11	64	46	13	0	4	47	21	4	2	7	17	25	1.39130	36	WLWLLW		2-1
	4	Manchester City	30	13	8	9	52	46	10	3	1	29	15	3	5	8	23	31	1.13043	34	DDWLWW		2-1
	5	Preston North End	32	12	10	10	46	44	9	6	2	33	17	3	4	8	13	27	1.04545	34	WWWDLW		3-0
2	6	Sheffield United	33	12	9	12	50	52	8	6	3	26	18	4	3	9	24	34	.96154	33	LDLWWW		3-0
1	7	Aston Villa	31	11	9	11	59	51	7	6	4	41	23	4	3	7	18	28	1.15686	31	WWLDWL		1-2
1	8	Middlesbrough	32	12	7	13	40	41	9	2	4	23	13	3	5	9	17	28	.97561	31	LWLWWL		1-2
1	9	Bury	31	11	9	11	47	51	7	5	3	23	15	4	4	8	24	36	.92157	31	LDDLLW		2-1
2	10	Everton	29	13	4	12	52	51	9	3	1	30	15	4	1	11	22	36	1.01961	30	WLLLWW		2-1
	11	Chelsea	31	12	6	13	44	54	8	2	5	28	28	4	4	8	16	26	.81481	30	WDWDWD		0-0
3	12	Liverpool	29	12	5	12	51	43	9	1	5	34	18	3	4	7	17	25	1.18605	29	WWDWLL		0-3
3	13	Woolwich Arsenal	32	10	9	13	43	56	8	6	2	28	15	2	3	11	15	41	.76786	29	LWDDLW		1-0
1	14	Nottingham Forest	30	9	10	11	48	54	8	5	1	32	16	1	5	10	16	38	.88889	28	DWWLWL		1-2
1	14	Nottingham Forest	30	9	10	11	48	54	8	5	1	32	16	1	5	10	16	38	.88889	28	DWWLWL		1-2
	15	Bristol City	31	9	10	12	46	53	6	6	4	23	20	3	4	8	23	33	.86792	28	DLLDLD		0-0
2	16	Blackburn Rovers	30	10	8	12	41	54	9	4	1	28	17	1	4	11	13	37	.75926	28	DWWDWL		0-4
1	17	Sunderland	32	12	3	17	67	67	10	2	5	51	29	2	1	12	16	38	1.00000	27	LWLWLW		4-0
1	18	Notts County	32	9	8	15	33	47	8	3	6	22	17	1	5	9	11	30	.70213	26	WLLDLL		0-3
	19	Bolton Wanderers	30	11	3	16	38	47	7	2	4	22	18	4	1	12	16	29	.80851	25	DLLLWL		1-2
	20	Birmingham City	31	6	12	13	31	49	4	6	5	18	21	2	6	8	13	28	.63265	24	DLDLLD		1-1