The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Sat Feb 13, 1909 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 13, 1909 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

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

Season:: 1908-09
Referee:: Thomas Kirkham
Attendance:: 10,000
League Week:: 26 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 11 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Millwall (FA Cup)
League:: Manchester United
Blackburn Rovers:: Oct 30, 1909

GAME COUNT:
League:: 561 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 523 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 671 (of 5828)
Total:: 1347 (of 7633)
Played:: 117 years, 6 months, 30 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Enoch West (15')
Thomas Marrison (56')

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Robert Middleton
Prior form: LDWDLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Bill 'Tinker' Davies (40')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Harry Linacre
2	M	27	Walter Dudley
3	M	21	George Maltby
4	D	24	Edwin Hughes
5	F		George Needham
6	F	25	Jack Armstrong
7	F	24	Bill Hooper
8	F		Thomas Marrison (56')
9	F	22	Enoch West (15')
10	F	31	Grenville Morris
11	F	31	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Ashcroft
2	D	Jimmy Heywood
3	D	Arthur Cowell
4	D	Albert Walmsley
5	D	George Chapman
6	M	Billy Bradshaw
7	M	William 'Kilty' Cameron
8	M	Eddie Latheron
9	M	Bill 'Tinker' Davies
10	F	Archie Kyle
11	F	Walter Anthony

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Feb 13, 1909)

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

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	Newcastle United	25	17	3	5	44	26	11	0	2	22	15	6	3	3	22	11	18	37	LWWWWW
	2	Everton	25	14	6	5	57	34	7	2	4	31	19	7	4	1	26	15	23	34	DLWDDL
	3	The Wednesday	25	13	5	7	48	33	12	0	1	36	14	1	5	6	12	19	15	31	WWWLWL
	4	Manchester United	24	14	2	8	49	45	10	1	2	32	19	4	1	6	17	26	4	30	WWLLWL
	5	Liverpool	26	12	4	10	43	39	7	3	2	23	15	5	1	8	20	24	4	28	DWLDWW
	6	Sunderland	24	13	0	11	50	37	8	0	4	28	18	5	0	7	22	19	13	26	WLWWWL
	7	Bristol City	24	9	8	7	28	32	5	4	2	13	11	4	4	5	15	21	-4	26	WLLDDW
	8	Manchester City	24	11	3	10	47	43	8	2	2	33	14	3	1	8	14	29	4	25	WWLWLW
	9	Aston Villa	25	8	8	9	36	37	3	7	2	15	12	5	1	7	21	25	-1	24	WLLLDL
	10	Sheffield United	25	9	6	10	33	35	5	3	5	19	19	4	3	5	14	16	-2	24	WWLDDW
	11	Blackburn Rovers	24	7	10	7	28	30	4	4	5	14	16	3	6	2	14	14	-2	24	LDWDLD
	12	Middlesbrough	24	8	7	9	42	36	6	2	4	26	17	2	5	5	16	19	6	23	LLWWDW
	13	Preston North End	24	8	7	9	29	26	6	3	3	20	12	2	4	6	9	14	3	23	WDWDDD
	14	Notts County	23	9	4	10	26	26	6	2	3	17	12	3	2	7	9	14	0	22	DLLWLL
	15	Chelsea	25	8	6	11	35	41	4	5	4	21	17	4	1	7	14	24	-6	22	WLWWDD
	16	Woolwich Arsenal	25	8	6	11	30	38	5	1	6	13	15	3	5	5	17	23	-8	22	WLWLDD
	17	Nottingham Forest	25	8	3	14	35	43	4	1	7	17	19	4	2	7	18	24	-8	19	DLLWLW
	18	Bury	24	8	3	13	36	56	6	3	3	24	19	2	0	10	12	37	-20	19	WLLLWW
	19	Leicester Fosse	24	3	9	12	28	54	2	6	4	14	22	1	3	8	14	32	-26	15	LLLDDL
	20	Bradford City	23	4	6	13	22	35	2	4	5	10	13	2	2	8	12	22	-13	14	LWLLLL

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	Newcastle United	26	18	3	5	45	26	11	0	2	22	15	7	3	3	23	11	19	39	WWWWWW		1-0
	2	Everton	26	14	7	5	59	36	7	2	4	31	19	7	5	1	28	17	23	35	LWDDLD		2-2
	3	The Wednesday	26	13	6	7	49	34	12	0	1	36	14	1	6	6	13	20	15	32	WWLWLD		1-1
	4	Manchester United	25	14	3	8	49	45	10	1	2	32	19	4	2	6	17	26	4	31	WLLWLD		0-0
	5	Liverpool	27	13	4	10	47	40	8	3	2	27	16	5	1	8	20	24	7	30	WLDWWW		4-1
1	6	Bristol City	25	9	9	7	29	33	5	5	2	14	12	4	4	5	15	21	-4	27	LLDDWD		1-1
1	7	Sunderland	25	13	0	12	51	39	8	0	5	29	20	5	0	7	22	19	12	26	LWWWLL		1-2
	8	Manchester City	25	11	4	10	49	45	8	3	2	35	16	3	1	8	14	29	4	26	WLWLWD		2-2
1	9	Sheffield United	26	9	7	10	33	35	5	4	5	19	19	4	3	5	14	16	-2	25	WLDDWD		0-0
4	10	Notts County	24	10	4	10	28	27	6	2	3	17	12	4	2	7	11	15	1	24	LLWLLW		2-1
2	11	Aston Villa	26	8	8	10	37	40	3	7	3	16	15	5	1	7	21	25	-3	24	LLLDLL		1-3
1	12	Blackburn Rovers	25	7	10	8	29	32	4	4	5	14	16	3	6	3	15	16	-3	24	DWDLDL		1-2
2	13	Chelsea	26	9	6	11	37	42	4	5	4	21	17	5	1	7	16	25	-5	24	LWWDDW		2-1
2	14	Middlesbrough	25	8	7	10	43	38	6	2	5	27	19	2	5	5	16	19	5	23	LWWDWL		1-2
2	15	Preston North End	25	8	7	10	29	27	6	3	4	20	13	2	4	6	9	14	2	23	DWDDDL		0-1
	16	Woolwich Arsenal	26	8	7	11	32	40	5	1	6	13	15	3	6	5	19	25	-8	23	LWLDDD		2-2
	17	Nottingham Forest	26	9	3	14	37	44	5	1	7	19	20	4	2	7	18	24	-7	21	LLWLWW		2-1
	18	Bury	25	8	4	13	38	58	6	4	3	26	21	2	0	10	12	37	-20	20	LLLWWD		2-2
1	19	Bradford City	24	5	6	13	25	36	2	4	5	10	13	3	2	8	15	23	-11	16	WLLLLW		3-1
1	20	Leicester Fosse	25	3	9	13	29	58	2	6	4	14	22	1	3	9	15	36	-29	15	LLDDLL		1-4