The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 SHEFFIELD UNITED - Mon Apr 20, 1908 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Apr 20, 1908 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1907-08
Referee:: TP Campbell
Attendance:: 16,000
League Week:: 37 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 8 7
Opp Before/After:: 15 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 1)
Sheffield United:: Sep 05, 1908

GAME COUNT:
League:: 534 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 496 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 642 (of 5828)
Total:: 1317 (of 7633)
Played:: 118 years, 4 months, 20 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Enoch West (85') (Pen)

SHEFFIELD UNITED
Manager: John Nicholson
Prior form: WWLDLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
George Featherstone (12')

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
7	F	26	Arthur Green
8	M	28	Billy Shearman
9	F	22	Enoch West (85')
10	F	31	Grenville Morris
11	F	30	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Joe Lievesley
2	D	Bob Benson
3	D	Joe Brooks
4	D	Billy Parker
5	D	Bernard Wilkinson
6	M	Ernest Needham
7	M	James Hobson
8	M	George Featherstone
9	M	Jack Peart
10	F	Billy Batty
11	F	Billy Bromage

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Mon Apr 20, 1908)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol City	3-0	Sunderland
Chelsea	0-2	Liverpool
Everton	1-0	Notts County
Manchester United	1-2	Aston Villa
Middlesbrough	2-1	Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Sheffield United
Woolwich Arsenal	1-1	The Wednesday

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

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	36	22	5	9	77	45	14	1	3	41	18	8	4	6	36	27	32	49	DWLLDL	Champions	1-2
	2	Newcastle United	38	15	12	11	65	54	11	4	4	41	24	4	8	7	24	30	11	42	LLWWLL	Safe	1-2
2	3	Aston Villa	37	16	9	12	74	58	9	6	4	47	24	7	3	8	27	34	16	41	WWWLWW	Safe	2-1
2	4	Middlesbrough	38	17	7	14	54	45	12	2	5	32	16	5	5	9	22	29	9	41	WWWLWW	Safe	2-1
2	5	Manchester City	36	16	9	11	62	54	12	4	2	36	19	4	5	9	26	35	8	41	WLWLWD	Safe
2	6	The Wednesday	37	19	3	15	73	64	14	0	5	50	25	5	3	10	23	39	9	41	WLLWLD	Safe	1-1
1	7	Nottingham Forest	37	13	11	13	58	60	11	6	1	41	19	2	5	12	17	41	-2	37	LLWWWD	Safe	1-1
1	8	Bury	36	13	11	12	55	58	8	7	4	29	22	5	4	8	26	36	-3	37	WWLWDD	Safe
5	9	Liverpool	37	15	6	16	66	60	10	2	6	41	23	5	4	10	25	37	6	36	LWLDLW	Safe	2-0
	10	Preston North End	37	12	12	13	46	51	9	7	3	33	18	3	5	10	13	33	-5	36	WLDLDL	Safe
2	11	Chelsea	36	14	8	14	51	57	8	3	6	28	30	6	5	8	23	27	-6	36	DWWDDL	Safe	0-2
1	12	Woolwich Arsenal	38	12	12	14	51	63	9	8	2	32	18	3	4	12	19	45	-12	36	DDWLWD	Safe	1-1
2	13	Sunderland	38	16	3	19	78	75	11	2	6	53	31	5	1	13	25	44	3	35	WWWLWL	Safe	0-3
2	14	Everton	37	15	5	17	58	64	11	3	4	34	24	4	2	13	24	40	-6	35	WLLDLW	Safe	1-0
2	14	Everton	37	15	5	17	58	64	11	3	4	34	24	4	2	13	24	40	-6	35	WLLDLW	Safe	1-0
	15	Sheffield United	38	12	11	15	52	58	8	6	5	27	22	4	5	10	25	36	-6	35	WLDLLD	Safe	1-1
4	16	Blackburn Rovers	37	12	11	14	51	63	10	6	2	35	23	2	5	12	16	40	-12	35	DLLWDW	Safe
1	17	Bristol City	36	11	11	14	54	61	8	7	4	29	21	3	4	10	25	40	-7	33	DLDLWW		3-0
1	18	Bolton Wanderers	36	14	4	18	50	55	10	2	5	33	23	4	2	13	17	32	-5	32	LWDWWL
	19	Notts County	36	11	8	17	36	50	9	3	7	24	19	2	5	10	12	31	-14	30	LLWWLL		0-1
	20	Birmingham City	37	9	12	16	40	56	6	6	6	22	24	3	6	10	18	32	-16	30	WWLLLW