The City Ground

FOREST 12 - 0 LEICESTER FOSSE - Wed Apr 21, 1909 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Apr 21, 1909 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester Fosse
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 12-0 WON
: Half-time: 8-0

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

Season:: 1908-09
Referee:: AW McQue
Attendance:: 5,000
League Week:: 37 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 18 13
Opp Before/After:: 20 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Middlesbrough (League Tier 1)
Leicester Fosse:: Sep 16, 1911

GAME COUNT:
League:: 572 (of 5060)
League Tier 1:: 534 (of 2312)
Competitive:: 684 (of 5789)
Total:: 1360 (of 7584)
Played:: 116 years, 7 months, 20 days ago

Review
This is our record League win (beaten only by the 14-0 crushing of Clapton in the FA Cup a few years earlier). Leicester were already relegated by this time in the season (just two games left) but after our recent form of no win in 6 games, we needed the points for safety (which we achieved after the final game by beating Middlesbrough 4-1). Three players got hat-tricks which is also a record for us and we've not come close to scoring 12 goals since then.

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

Goal Scorers
Grenville Morris (6')
Alf Spouncer (8')
Alf Spouncer (10')
Bill Hooper (12')
Alf Spouncer (20') (Pen) - Alf Spouncer last goal
Enoch West (25')
Bill Hooper (30')
Edwin Hughes (35')
Grenville Morris (51')
Enoch West (70')
Enoch West (80')
Bill Hooper (85')

LEICESTER FOSSE
Manager: George Johnson
Prior form: WLWLLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	D	33	James Iremonger
2	M	28	Walter Dudley
3	M	22	George Maltby
4	D	24	Edwin Hughes (35')
5	F		George Needham
6	F	25	Jack Armstrong
7	F	25	Bill Hooper (12') (30') (85')
8	F		Thomas Marrison
9	F	23	Enoch West (25') (70') (80')
10	F	32	Grenville Morris (6') (51')
11	F	31	Alf Spouncer (8') (10') (20')

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	D	33	James Iremonger	297	3	4	1
2	M	28	Walter Dudley	176		4	1
3	M	22	George Maltby	102		4	1
4	D	24	Edwin Hughes (35')	117	3	4	1
5	F		George Needham	62	2	4	1
6	F	25	Jack Armstrong	141	2	4	1
7	F	25	Bill Hooper (12') (30') (85')	72	9	4	1
8	F		Thomas Marrison	101	21	4	1
9	F	23	Enoch West (25') (70') (80')	147	81	4	1
10	F	32	Grenville Morris (6') (51')	347	155	8	2
11	F	31	Alf Spouncer (8') (10') (20')	334	51	4	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Wed Apr 21, 1909)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	12-0	Leicester Fosse

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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