The City Ground

PRESTON NORTH END 0 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 18, 1908 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 18, 1908 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Preston North End
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Deepdale
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON

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

Season:: 1907-08
Referee:: R Horrocks
Attendance:: 5,000
League Week:: 36 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 11 8
Opp Before/After:: 8 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield United (League Tier 1)
Preston North End:: Dec 12, 1908

GAME COUNT:
League:: 533 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 495 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 641 (of 5828)
Total:: 1316 (of 7633)
Played:: 118 years, 4 months, 25 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Herbert Whitchurch

PRESTON NORTH END
Manager: Charlie Parker
Prior form: LWLDLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Harry Linacre
2	M	27	Walter Dudley
3	M	19	Thomas Gibson
4	D	23	Edwin Hughes
5	M	29	George Wolfe
6	F	24	Jack Armstrong	100th appearance
7	F	24	Bill Hooper
8	F		Thomas Marrison
9	F	26	Arthur Green
10	F	22	Herbert Whitchurch
11	F	25	Tom Woodland

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter McBride
2	D	Charlie McFadyen
3	D	Tommy Rodway
4	D	Jimmy McLean
5	D	Joe McCall
6	M	Billy Lyon
7	M	Dickie Bond
8	M	Jack Carlin
9	M	Percy Smith
10	F	Herbie Danson
11	F	William Sanderson

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

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

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	34	22	4	8	76	43	14	1	2	40	16	8	3	6	36	27	33	48	LWDWLL	Champions
	2	Newcastle United	36	15	12	9	63	49	11	4	3	40	21	4	8	6	23	28	14	42	DLLLWW	Safe
	3	The Wednesday	35	19	2	14	71	59	14	0	4	49	21	5	2	10	22	38	12	40	WLWLLW	Safe
	4	Manchester City	35	16	8	11	62	54	12	3	2	36	19	4	5	9	26	35	8	40	WWLWLW	Safe
	5	Aston Villa	35	14	9	12	71	57	8	6	4	46	24	6	3	8	25	33	14	37	WLWWWL
	6	Middlesbrough	36	15	7	14	51	44	11	2	5	30	15	4	5	9	21	29	7	37	WLWWWL
	7	Bury	35	13	10	12	54	57	8	6	4	28	21	5	4	8	26	36	-3	36	LWWLWD
	8	Preston North End	36	12	12	12	46	50	9	7	2	33	17	3	5	10	13	33	-4	36	LWLDLD
	9	Chelsea	34	14	7	13	50	54	8	3	5	28	28	6	4	8	22	26	-4	35	DWDWWD
	10	Liverpool	35	14	6	15	64	59	10	2	5	41	22	4	4	10	23	37	5	34	WLLWLD
	11	Nottingham Forest	35	12	10	13	56	59	11	5	1	40	18	1	5	12	16	41	-3	34	LWLLWW
	12	Sheffield United	36	12	10	14	51	56	8	6	5	27	22	4	4	9	24	34	-5	34	WWWLDL
	13	Sunderland	36	15	3	18	75	71	11	2	6	53	31	4	1	12	22	40	4	33	LWWWWL
	14	Everton	35	14	5	16	56	62	10	3	4	33	24	4	2	12	23	38	-6	33	LLWLLD
	14	Everton	35	14	5	16	56	62	10	3	4	33	24	4	2	12	23	38	-6	33	LLWLLD
	15	Woolwich Arsenal	36	11	11	14	48	61	8	7	2	29	16	3	4	12	19	45	-13	33	LWDDWL
	16	Blackburn Rovers	36	11	11	14	49	63	10	6	2	35	23	1	5	12	14	40	-14	33	DDLLWD
	17	Bolton Wanderers	35	14	4	17	50	53	10	2	5	33	23	4	2	12	17	30	-3	32	LLWDWW
	18	Notts County	34	11	8	15	36	47	9	3	6	24	17	2	5	9	12	30	-11	30	LDLLWW
	19	Bristol City	34	9	11	14	49	61	6	7	4	24	21	3	4	10	25	40	-12	29	DLDLDL
	20	Birmingham City	36	8	12	16	36	55	6	6	6	22	24	2	6	10	14	31	-19	28	DWWLLL

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	35	22	5	8	76	43	14	1	2	40	16	8	4	6	36	27	33	49	WDWLLD	Champions	0-0
	2	Newcastle United	37	15	12	10	64	52	11	4	4	41	24	4	8	6	23	28	12	42	LLLWWL	Safe	1-3
1	3	Manchester City	36	16	9	11	62	54	12	4	2	36	19	4	5	9	26	35	8	41	WLWLWD	Safe	0-0
1	4	The Wednesday	36	19	2	15	72	63	14	0	5	50	25	5	2	10	22	38	9	40	LWLLWL	Safe	1-4
	5	Aston Villa	36	15	9	12	72	57	9	6	4	47	24	6	3	8	25	33	15	39	LWWWLW	Safe	1-0
	6	Middlesbrough	37	16	7	14	52	44	11	2	5	30	15	5	5	9	22	29	8	39	LWWWLW	Safe	1-0
	7	Bury	36	13	11	12	55	58	8	7	4	29	22	5	4	8	26	36	-3	37	WWLWDD	Safe	1-1
3	8	Nottingham Forest	36	13	10	13	57	59	11	5	1	40	18	2	5	12	17	41	-2	36	WLLWWW		1-0
	9	Chelsea	35	14	8	13	51	55	8	3	5	28	28	6	5	8	23	27	-4	36	WDWWDD		1-1
2	10	Preston North End	37	12	12	13	46	51	9	7	3	33	18	3	5	10	13	33	-5	36	WLDLDL		0-1
2	11	Sunderland	37	16	3	18	78	72	11	2	6	53	31	5	1	12	25	41	6	35	WWWWLW		3-1
4	12	Blackburn Rovers	37	12	11	14	51	63	10	6	2	35	23	2	5	12	16	40	-12	35	DLLWDW		2-0
2	13	Woolwich Arsenal	37	12	11	14	50	62	9	7	2	31	17	3	4	12	19	45	-12	35	WDDWLW		2-1
4	14	Liverpool	36	14	6	16	64	60	10	2	6	41	23	4	4	10	23	37	4	34	LLWLDL		0-1
4	14	Liverpool	36	14	6	16	64	60	10	2	6	41	23	4	4	10	23	37	4	34	LLWLDL		0-1
3	15	Sheffield United	37	12	10	15	51	57	8	6	5	27	22	4	4	10	24	35	-6	34	WWLDLL		0-1
2	16	Everton	36	14	5	17	57	64	10	3	4	33	24	4	2	13	24	40	-7	33	LWLLDL		1-2
	17	Bolton Wanderers	36	14	4	18	50	55	10	2	5	33	23	4	2	13	17	32	-5	32	LWDWWL		0-2
1	18	Bristol City	35	10	11	14	51	61	7	7	4	26	21	3	4	10	25	40	-10	31	LDLDLW		2-0
1	19	Notts County	35	11	8	16	36	49	9	3	7	24	19	2	5	9	12	30	-13	30	DLLWWL		0-2
	20	Birmingham City	37	9	12	16	40	56	6	6	6	22	24	3	6	10	18	32	-16	30	WWLLLW		4-1