The City Ground

MANCHESTER CITY 2 - 1 FOREST - Tue Apr 13, 1909 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Apr 13, 1909 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Hyde Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: StatCity.co.uk (Link)
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1908-09
Referee:: AG Neale
Attendance:: 3,000
League Week:: 35 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 16 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Preston North End (League Tier 1)
Manchester City:: Nov 19, 1910

GAME COUNT:
League:: 570 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 532 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 682 (of 5829)
Total:: 1358 (of 7634)
Played:: 117 years, 5 months, 2 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
George Needham (43')

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Harry Newbould
Prior form: WLWWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jimmy Conlin (35')
Irvine Thornley (40')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	D	33	James Iremonger
2	M	28	Walter Dudley
3	M	20	Thomas Gibson
4	D	24	Edwin Hughes
5	F		George Needham (43')
6	M	21	George Maltby
7	F	25	Fred Rowan	Debut
8	F		Thomas Marrison	100th appearance
9	F	23	Enoch West
10	F	32	Grenville Morris
11	F	23	Herbert Whitchurch

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Walter Smith
2	D	Charlie Burgess
3	D	Tommy Kelso
4	D	Jim Buchan
5	D	Jack Wilkinson
6	M	Jimmy Blair
7	M	Irvine Thornley
8	M	Patsy Hendren
9	M	Tom Holford
10	F	Lot Jones
11	F	Jimmy Conlin

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Tue Apr 13, 1909)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol City	1-4	Blackburn Rovers
Manchester City	2-1	Nottingham Forest
Notts County	0-1	Manchester 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	34	23	5	6	60	32	14	1	2	31	16	9	4	4	29	16	28	51	WWWDLW	Champions
	2	Everton	36	17	10	9	78	53	10	3	5	47	26	7	7	4	31	27	25	44	DDLWDL	Safe
	3	Sunderland	36	19	2	15	72	60	13	0	5	39	22	6	2	10	33	38	12	40	WWDWWL	Safe
	4	The Wednesday	35	16	6	13	62	55	14	0	3	45	22	2	6	10	17	33	7	38	WLLWWL	Safe
	5	Preston North End	36	13	10	13	46	41	8	6	4	28	16	5	4	9	18	25	5	36	WWDDWL
	6	Bristol City	34	12	12	10	40	47	6	7	3	20	17	6	5	7	20	30	-7	36	WDLWDD
	7	Blackburn Rovers	34	11	13	10	50	42	6	6	6	27	22	5	7	4	23	20	8	35	WWDWLL
	8	Middlesbrough	36	13	9	14	57	49	10	2	6	37	21	3	7	8	20	28	8	35	WLLLLW
	9	Notts County	35	14	7	14	47	42	9	4	4	29	19	5	3	10	18	23	5	35	WLDLLW
	10	Manchester United	34	14	7	13	54	60	10	3	5	36	29	4	4	8	18	31	-6	35	LLLLDD
	11	Sheffield United	37	13	9	15	48	58	9	5	5	31	25	4	4	10	17	33	-10	35	LLDWLW
	12	Aston Villa	35	12	10	13	53	54	6	7	4	26	21	6	3	9	27	33	-1	34	DLWDWL
	13	Woolwich Arsenal	36	12	10	14	47	48	8	3	7	23	18	4	7	7	24	30	-1	34	LLWDWW
	14	Liverpool	36	14	5	17	54	63	9	4	5	34	23	5	1	12	20	40	-9	33	LLLLLW
	15	Bury	36	13	7	16	57	73	8	6	4	31	25	5	1	12	26	48	-16	33	LLWWWW
	16	Manchester City	34	14	4	16	63	62	11	3	3	47	19	3	1	13	16	43	1	32	WLWWLL
	17	Nottingham Forest	34	12	7	15	48	53	7	2	8	23	23	5	5	7	25	30	-5	31	DWDDDL
	18	Chelsea	34	11	9	14	49	56	6	7	4	29	21	5	2	10	20	35	-7	31	LLLDWW
	19	Bradford City	34	10	9	15	41	44	5	5	6	21	18	5	4	9	20	26	-3	29	WDWDWW
	20	Leicester Fosse	34	7	9	18	49	83	5	6	7	29	39	2	3	11	20	44	-34	23	WWLWLL

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	34	23	5	6	60	32	14	1	2	31	16	9	4	4	29	16	28	51	WWWDLW	Champions
	2	Everton	36	17	10	9	78	53	10	3	5	47	26	7	7	4	31	27	25	44	DDLWDL	Safe
	3	Sunderland	36	19	2	15	72	60	13	0	5	39	22	6	2	10	33	38	12	40	WWDWWL	Safe
	4	The Wednesday	35	16	6	13	62	55	14	0	3	45	22	2	6	10	17	33	7	38	WLLWWL	Safe
2	5	Blackburn Rovers	35	12	13	10	54	43	6	6	6	27	22	6	7	4	27	21	11	37	WDWLLW		4-1
4	6	Manchester United	35	15	7	13	55	60	10	3	5	36	29	5	4	8	19	31	-5	37	LLLDDW		1-0
2	7	Preston North End	36	13	10	13	46	41	8	6	4	28	16	5	4	9	18	25	5	36	WWDDWL
2	8	Bristol City	35	12	12	11	41	51	6	7	4	21	21	6	5	7	20	30	-10	36	DLWDDL		1-4
1	9	Middlesbrough	36	13	9	14	57	49	10	2	6	37	21	3	7	8	20	28	8	35	WLLLLW
1	10	Notts County	36	14	7	15	47	43	9	4	5	29	20	5	3	10	18	23	4	35	LDLLWL		0-1
	11	Sheffield United	37	13	9	15	48	58	9	5	5	31	25	4	4	10	17	33	-10	35	LLDWLW
4	12	Manchester City	35	15	4	16	65	63	12	3	3	49	20	3	1	13	16	43	2	34	LWWLLW		2-1
1	13	Aston Villa	35	12	10	13	53	54	6	7	4	26	21	6	3	9	27	33	-1	34	DLWDWL
1	14	Woolwich Arsenal	36	12	10	14	47	48	8	3	7	23	18	4	7	7	24	30	-1	34	LLWDWW
1	15	Liverpool	36	14	5	17	54	63	9	4	5	34	23	5	1	12	20	40	-9	33	LLLLLW
1	16	Bury	36	13	7	16	57	73	8	6	4	31	25	5	1	12	26	48	-16	33	LLWWWW
	17	Nottingham Forest	35	12	7	16	49	55	7	2	8	23	23	5	5	8	26	32	-6	31	WDDDLL		1-2
	18	Chelsea	34	11	9	14	49	56	6	7	4	29	21	5	2	10	20	35	-7	31	LLLDWW
	19	Bradford City	34	10	9	15	41	44	5	5	6	21	18	5	4	9	20	26	-3	29	WDWDWW
	20	Leicester Fosse	34	7	9	18	49	83	5	6	7	29	39	2	3	11	20	44	-34	23	WWLWLL