The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 MANCHESTER UNITED - Fri Apr 17, 1908 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Fri Apr 17, 1908 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1907-08
Referee:: F Heath
Attendance:: 25,000
League Week:: 35 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 14 11
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Preston North End (League Tier 1)
Manchester United:: Oct 24, 1908

GAME COUNT:
League:: 532 (of 5060)
League Tier 1:: 494 (of 2312)
Competitive:: 640 (of 5790)
Total:: 1315 (of 7585)
Played:: 117 years, 7 months, 25 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Enoch West (43')
Thomas Marrison (60')

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Ernest Mangnall
Prior form: LLWDWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Harry Linacre
2	M	27	Walter Dudley
3	M	21	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 (60')
9	F	22	Enoch West (43')
10	F	31	Grenville Morris
11	F	30	Alf Spouncer

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	27	Harry Linacre	296		6	1
2	M	27	Walter Dudley	132		6	1
3	M	21	George Maltby	67		6	1
4	D	23	Edwin Hughes	74	2	6	1
5	M	29	George Wolfe	59		6	1
6	F	24	Jack Armstrong	98	2	6	1
7	F	24	Bill Hooper	30	2	18	3
8	F		Thomas Marrison (60')	60	10	6	1
9	F	22	Enoch West (43')	108	59	6	1
10	F	31	Grenville Morris	309	147	6	1
11	F	30	Alf Spouncer	310	50	6	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bert Broomfeld
2	D	George Stacey
3	D	Herbert Burgess
4	D	Dick Duckworth
5	D	Charlie Roberts
6	M	Alex Bell
7	M	Billy Meredith
8	M	Harold Halse
9	M	Jimmy Turnbull
10	F	Sandy Turnbull
11	F	George Wall

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Fri Apr 17, 1908)

Home	Score	Away
Bolton Wanderers	3-1	Aston Villa
Bury	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Liverpool	0-0	Everton
Manchester City	2-1	Birmingham City
Newcastle United	2-1	Woolwich Arsenal
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Manchester United
Sunderland	1-2	The Wednesday

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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