The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 BRISTOL CITY - Sat Apr 10, 1909 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 10, 1909 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1908-09
Referee:: A McArthur
Attendance:: 10,000
League Week:: 33 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 15 15
Opp Before/After:: 8 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 1)
Bristol City:: Dec 18, 1909

GAME COUNT:
League:: 568 (of 5085)
League Tier 1:: 530 (of 2337)
Competitive:: 680 (of 5827)
Total:: 1356 (of 7632)
Played:: 117 years, 4 months, 25 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Sammy Gilligan (23') (OG)

BRISTOL CITY
Manager: Harry Thickitt
Prior form: WLWDLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Sammy Gilligan (89')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Harry Linacre
2	M	28	Walter Dudley
3	M	21	George Maltby
4	D	24	Edwin Hughes
5	M	30	George Wolfe
6	F	25	Jack Armstrong
7	F	25	Bill Hooper
8	F		Thomas Marrison
9	F	23	Enoch West
10	F	31	Grenville Morris
11	F	31	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Clay
2	D	Archie Annan
3	D	Joe Cottle
4	D	Pat Hanlin
5	D	Billy Wedlock
6	M	Arthur Spear
7	M	Fred Staniforth
8	M	Bob Hardy
9	M	Sammy Gilligan
10	F	Andy Burton
11	F	Frank Hilton

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 10, 1909)

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

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	32	22	5	5	56	29	13	1	2	28	16	9	4	3	28	13	27	49	WDWWWD	Safe
	2	Everton	34	17	9	8	76	48	10	3	5	47	26	7	6	3	29	22	28	43	LWDDLW	Safe
	3	Sunderland	34	18	2	14	69	56	12	0	5	36	21	6	2	9	33	35	13	38	LLWWDW	Safe
	4	The Wednesday	33	15	6	12	60	52	14	0	3	45	22	1	6	9	15	30	8	36	LLWLLW
	5	Blackburn Rovers	32	11	13	8	49	38	6	6	5	26	19	5	7	3	23	19	11	35	DDWWDW
	6	Preston North End	34	12	10	12	42	37	8	6	4	28	16	4	4	8	14	21	5	34	LWWWDD
	7	Aston Villa	34	12	10	12	51	50	6	7	3	24	17	6	3	9	27	33	1	34	WDLWDW
	8	Bristol City	32	12	10	10	39	46	6	6	3	20	17	6	4	7	19	29	-7	34	WLWDLW
	9	Middlesbrough	34	12	9	13	56	47	9	2	6	36	21	3	7	7	20	26	9	33	DWWLLL
	10	Notts County	33	13	7	13	43	39	9	4	4	29	19	4	3	9	14	20	4	33	LDWLDL
	11	Manchester United	32	14	5	13	52	58	10	2	5	34	27	4	3	8	18	31	-6	33	DDLLLL
	12	Sheffield United	36	12	9	15	46	58	8	5	5	29	25	4	4	10	17	33	-12	33	LLLDWL
	13	Manchester City	33	14	4	15	63	61	11	3	3	47	19	3	1	12	16	42	2	32	LWLWWL
	14	Liverpool	34	13	5	16	50	61	8	4	4	30	21	5	1	12	20	40	-11	31	DLLLLL
	15	Nottingham Forest	32	12	6	14	47	50	7	1	7	22	20	5	5	7	25	30	-3	30	WWDWDD
	16	Woolwich Arsenal	34	10	10	14	42	47	7	3	7	21	18	3	7	7	21	29	-5	30	LDLLWD
	17	Chelsea	33	10	9	14	46	54	5	7	4	26	19	5	2	10	20	35	-8	29	DLLLDW
	18	Bury	34	11	7	16	54	73	7	6	4	30	25	4	1	12	24	48	-19	29	DLLLWW
	19	Bradford City	32	8	9	15	35	43	3	5	6	15	17	5	4	9	20	26	-8	25	WLWDWD
	20	Leicester Fosse	32	7	9	16	48	77	5	6	6	29	37	2	3	10	19	40	-29	23	LWWWLW

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	33	22	5	6	57	32	13	1	2	28	16	9	4	4	29	16	25	49	DWWWDL	Safe	1-3
	2	Everton	35	17	10	8	78	50	10	3	5	47	26	7	7	3	31	24	28	44	WDDLWD	Safe	2-2
	3	Sunderland	35	19	2	14	72	57	13	0	5	39	22	6	2	9	33	35	15	40	LWWDWW	Safe	3-1
	4	The Wednesday	34	16	6	12	62	53	14	0	3	45	22	2	6	9	17	31	9	38	LWLLWW	Safe	2-1
1	5	Preston North End	35	13	10	12	46	39	8	6	4	28	16	5	4	8	18	23	7	36	WWWDDW		4-2
1	6	Blackburn Rovers	33	11	13	9	50	41	6	6	6	27	22	5	7	3	23	19	9	35	DWWDWL		1-3
1	7	Bristol City	33	12	11	10	40	47	6	6	3	20	17	6	5	7	20	30	-7	35	LWDLWD		1-1
4	8	Sheffield United	37	13	9	15	48	58	9	5	5	31	25	4	4	10	17	33	-10	35	LLDWLW		2-0
2	9	Aston Villa	35	12	10	13	53	54	6	7	4	26	21	6	3	9	27	33	-1	34	DLWDWL		2-4
1	10	Manchester United	33	14	6	13	54	60	10	3	5	36	29	4	3	8	18	31	-6	34	DLLLLD		2-2
2	11	Middlesbrough	35	12	9	14	56	49	9	2	6	36	21	3	7	8	20	28	7	33	WWLLLL		0-2
2	12	Notts County	34	13	7	14	45	42	9	4	4	29	19	4	3	10	16	23	3	33	DWLDLL		2-3
	13	Manchester City	34	14	4	16	63	62	11	3	3	47	19	3	1	13	16	43	1	32	WLWWLL		0-1
2	14	Woolwich Arsenal	35	11	10	14	45	48	7	3	7	21	18	4	7	7	24	30	-3	32	DLLWDW		3-1
	15	Nottingham Forest	33	12	7	14	48	51	7	2	7	23	21	5	5	7	25	30	-3	31	WDWDDD		1-1
1	16	Chelsea	34	11	9	14	49	56	6	7	4	29	21	5	2	10	20	35	-7	31	LLLDWW		3-2
3	17	Liverpool	35	13	5	17	51	63	8	4	5	31	23	5	1	12	20	40	-12	31	LLLLLL		1-2
	18	Bury	35	12	7	16	55	73	8	6	4	31	25	4	1	12	24	48	-18	31	LLLWWW		1-0
	19	Bradford City	33	9	9	15	39	44	4	5	6	19	18	5	4	9	20	26	-5	27	LWDWDW		4-1
	20	Leicester Fosse	33	7	9	17	49	81	5	6	6	29	37	2	3	11	20	44	-32	23	WWWLWL		1-4