The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 BURY - Sat Apr 25, 1908 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 25, 1908 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST

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

Season:: 1907-08
Referee:: P Kirkham
Attendance:: 4,000
Pos Before/After:: 7 8
Opp Before/After:: 8 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield United (League Tier 1)
Bury:: Dec 25, 1908

GAME COUNT:
League:: 535 (of 5045)
League Tier 1:: 497 (of 2297)
Competitive:: 643 (of 5768)
Total:: 1318 (of 7557)
Played:: 117 years, 2 months, 18 days ago

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

Goals
Tom Woodland - Tom Woodland last goal

BURY
Manager: Archie Montgomery
Prior form: WWLWDD (Old to recent)

Goals
Billy Hibbert
Harry Pearson

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Harry Linacre	300th appearance
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	24	Bill Hooper
8	F		Thomas Marrison
9	F	22	Enoch West
10	F	31	Grenville Morris
11	F	25	Tom Woodland	Last game

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Raeside
2	D	Jimmy Lindsay
3	D	Johnny McMahon
4	D	Billy Humphreys
5	D	Jack Dewhurst
6	M	Tommy Rae
7	M	Billy Richards
8	M	Billy Hibbert
9	M	Harry Pearson
10	F	Bob Currie
11	F	Frank Booth

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 25, 1908)

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

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	37	22	6	9	79	47	14	1	3	41	18	8	5	6	38	29	1.68085	50	WLLDLD	Champions
	2	Newcastle United	38	15	12	11	65	54	11	4	4	41	24	4	8	7	24	30	1.20370	42	LLWWLL	Safe
	3	Manchester City	37	16	10	11	62	54	12	5	2	36	19	4	5	9	26	35	1.14815	42	LWLWDD	Safe
	4	Aston Villa	37	16	9	12	74	58	9	6	4	47	24	7	3	8	27	34	1.27586	41	WWWLWW	Safe
	5	Middlesbrough	38	17	7	14	54	45	12	2	5	32	16	5	5	9	22	29	1.20000	41	WWWLWW	Safe
	6	The Wednesday	37	19	3	15	73	64	14	0	5	50	25	5	3	10	23	39	1.14063	41	WLLWLD	Safe
	7	Nottingham Forest	37	13	11	13	58	60	11	6	1	41	19	2	5	12	17	41	.96667	37	LLWWWD	Safe
	8	Bury	36	13	11	12	55	58	8	7	4	29	22	5	4	8	26	36	.94828	37	WWLWDD	Safe
	9	Liverpool	37	15	6	16	66	60	10	2	6	41	23	5	4	10	25	37	1.10000	36	LWLDLW	Safe
	10	Preston North End	37	12	12	13	46	51	9	7	3	33	18	3	5	10	13	33	.90196	36	WLDLDL	Safe
	11	Chelsea	36	14	8	14	51	57	8	3	6	28	30	6	5	8	23	27	.89474	36	DWWDDL	Safe
	12	Woolwich Arsenal	38	12	12	14	51	63	9	8	2	32	18	3	4	12	19	45	.80952	36	DDWLWD	Safe
	13	Sunderland	38	16	3	19	78	75	11	2	6	53	31	5	1	13	25	44	1.04000	35	WWWLWL	Safe
	14	Everton	37	15	5	17	58	64	11	3	4	34	24	4	2	13	24	40	.90625	35	WLLDLW	Safe
	14	Everton	37	15	5	17	58	64	11	3	4	34	24	4	2	13	24	40	.90625	35	WLLDLW	Safe
	15	Sheffield United	38	12	11	15	52	58	8	6	5	27	22	4	5	10	25	36	.89655	35	WLDLLD	Safe
	16	Blackburn Rovers	37	12	11	14	51	63	10	6	2	35	23	2	5	12	16	40	.80952	35	DLLWDW	Safe
	17	Bristol City	37	11	12	14	54	61	8	7	4	29	21	3	5	10	25	40	.88525	34	LDLWWD
	18	Bolton Wanderers	37	14	5	18	52	57	10	3	5	35	25	4	2	13	17	32	.91228	33	WDWWLD
	19	Notts County	36	11	8	17	36	50	9	3	7	24	19	2	5	10	12	31	.72000	30	LLWWLL
	20	Birmingham City	37	9	12	16	40	56	6	6	6	22	24	3	6	10	18	32	.71429	30	WWLLLW	Relegated

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	38	23	6	9	81	48	15	1	3	43	19	8	5	6	38	29	1.68750	52	LLDLDW	Champions	2-1
2	2	Aston Villa	38	17	9	12	77	59	9	6	4	47	24	8	3	8	30	35	1.30508	43	WWLWWW	Safe	3-1
	3	Manchester City	38	16	11	11	62	54	12	5	2	36	19	4	6	9	26	35	1.14815	43	WLWDDD	Safe	0-0
2	4	Newcastle United	38	15	12	11	65	54	11	4	4	41	24	4	8	7	24	30	1.20370	42	LLWWLL	Safe
1	5	The Wednesday	38	19	4	15	73	64	14	0	5	50	25	5	4	10	23	39	1.14063	42	LLWLDD	Safe	0-0
1	6	Middlesbrough	38	17	7	14	54	45	12	2	5	32	16	5	5	9	22	29	1.20000	41	WWWLWW	Safe
1	7	Bury	37	14	11	12	57	59	8	7	4	29	22	6	4	8	28	37	.96610	39	WLWDDW	Safe	2-1
1	8	Nottingham Forest	38	13	11	14	59	62	11	6	2	42	21	2	5	12	17	41	.95161	37	LWWWDL	Safe	1-2
	9	Liverpool	37	15	6	16	66	60	10	2	6	41	23	5	4	10	25	37	1.10000	36	LWLDLW	Safe
7	10	Bristol City	38	12	12	14	58	61	8	7	4	29	21	4	5	10	29	40	.95082	36	DLWWDW	Safe	4-0
3	11	Everton	38	15	6	17	58	64	11	4	4	34	24	4	2	13	24	40	.90625	36	LLDLWD	Safe	0-0
2	12	Preston North End	38	12	12	14	47	53	9	7	3	33	18	3	5	11	14	35	.88679	36	LDLDLL	Safe	1-2
2	13	Chelsea	37	14	8	15	52	60	8	3	7	29	33	6	5	8	23	27	.86667	36	WWDDLL	Safe	1-3
2	14	Blackburn Rovers	38	12	12	14	51	63	10	7	2	35	23	2	5	12	16	40	.80952	36	LLWDWD	Safe	0-0
2	14	Blackburn Rovers	38	12	12	14	51	63	10	7	2	35	23	2	5	12	16	40	.80952	36	LLWDWD	Safe	0-0
3	15	Woolwich Arsenal	38	12	12	14	51	63	9	8	2	32	18	3	4	12	19	45	.80952	36	DDWLWD	Safe
3	16	Sunderland	38	16	3	19	78	75	11	2	6	53	31	5	1	13	25	44	1.04000	35	WWWLWL	Safe
2	17	Sheffield United	38	12	11	15	52	58	8	6	5	27	22	4	5	10	25	36	.89655	35	WLDLLD	Safe
	18	Bolton Wanderers	38	14	5	19	52	58	10	3	6	35	26	4	2	13	17	32	.89655	33	DWWLDL		0-1
	19	Notts County	37	12	8	17	37	50	9	3	7	24	19	3	5	10	13	31	.74000	32	LWWLLW		1-0
	20	Birmingham City	38	9	12	17	40	60	6	6	7	22	28	3	6	10	18	32	.66667	30	WLLLWL	Relegated	0-4