The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Fri Apr 10, 1925 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Fri Apr 10, 1925 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Birmingham Daily Post - Saturday 11 April 1925

Season:: 1924-25
Referee:: JV Pennington
Attendance:: 11,000
League Week:: 37 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 21 22
Opp Before/After:: 15 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (League Tier 1)
Blackburn Rovers:: Apr 13, 1925

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1048 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 732 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 1186 (of 5829)
Total:: 2033 (of 7634)
Played:: 101 years, 5 months, 7 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Bob Masters
Prior form: DLLDDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Jack Carr
Prior form: DDLDWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Billy McCleery (81')
Syd Puddefoot (83')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Alfred Bennett
2	D	34	Harold Bulling
3	F	26	Percy Barratt
4	F	32	Bob Wallace
5	M	25	Gerry Morgan
6	F	28	Noah Burton
7	M	25	Sid Gibson
8	F	33	Jack Spaven
9	F	25	Duncan Walker
10	F	20	Harry Marshall
11	F	33	Henry Martin

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ronnie Sewell
2	D	Robert Roxburgh
3	D	Tom Wylie
4	D	Jimmy McKinnell
5	D	Harry Healless
6	M	David Low
7	M	Joe Hulme
8	M	Billy McCleery
9	M	Syd Puddefoot
10	F	Jock McKay
11	F	Jack Crisp

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Fri Apr 10, 1925)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-1	Manchester City
Bolton Wanderers	1-0	Leeds United
Burnley	1-1	Notts County
Bury	0-1	Huddersfield Town
Liverpool	2-0	West Ham United
Nottingham Forest	0-2	Blackburn Rovers
Preston North End	1-1	Everton
Tottenham Hotspur	0-1	Birmingham City

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	West Bromwich Albion	36	21	7	8	54	31	12	3	2	37	16	9	4	6	17	15	23	49	DDDLWW	Safe
	2	Huddersfield Town	35	18	12	5	59	24	9	6	3	28	9	9	6	2	31	15	35	48	DWDWDW	Safe
	3	Newcastle United	38	15	16	7	59	35	11	6	3	43	17	4	10	4	16	18	24	46	LWWWDL	Safe
	4	Bury	36	16	14	6	50	42	12	4	2	32	15	4	10	4	18	27	8	46	WDWWDW	Safe
	5	Bolton Wanderers	35	17	10	8	62	31	14	2	1	49	12	3	8	7	13	19	31	44	WWLWDD	Safe
	6	Sunderland	37	19	6	12	60	45	13	3	2	36	11	6	3	10	24	34	15	44	WDDWWW	Safe
	7	Liverpool	35	17	8	10	57	50	11	5	2	39	18	6	3	8	18	32	7	42	LLWWLD	Safe
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	37	13	12	12	48	40	7	8	3	28	15	6	4	9	20	25	8	38	WLWDDL	Safe
	9	Notts County	35	13	11	11	32	25	8	5	3	20	9	5	6	8	12	16	7	37	LWLDWW	Safe
	10	Manchester City	36	14	9	13	68	61	8	7	3	38	27	6	2	10	30	34	7	37	WLWLWW	Safe
	11	West Ham United	36	13	11	12	50	49	10	7	1	27	8	3	4	11	23	41	1	37	DWWDDD	Safe
	12	Birmingham City	37	13	11	13	40	50	9	7	3	24	15	4	4	10	16	35	-10	37	DDLDLD	Safe
	13	Sheffield United	37	12	12	13	48	51	9	5	5	31	23	3	7	8	17	28	-3	36	DLWLWW	Safe
	14	Cardiff City	36	12	9	15	47	49	8	4	5	28	18	4	5	10	19	31	-2	33	WWLLLD
	15	Blackburn Rovers	35	10	11	14	47	51	7	4	8	30	25	3	7	6	17	26	-4	31	DDLDWL
	16	Aston Villa	35	9	12	14	47	63	6	7	4	25	21	3	5	10	22	42	-16	30	LLDLWL
	17	Arsenal	36	12	5	19	39	51	10	3	6	26	17	2	2	13	13	34	-12	29	LWLLLD
	18	Burnley	36	10	9	17	42	65	6	6	6	25	29	4	3	11	17	36	-23	29	WLLDLL
	19	Leeds United	36	8	12	16	40	52	6	8	4	25	16	2	4	12	15	36	-12	28	DLDLWL
	20	Everton	36	10	8	18	35	54	9	2	6	22	19	1	6	12	13	35	-19	28	WLWLWL
	21	Nottingham Forest	36	6	10	20	28	58	5	6	8	17	20	1	4	12	11	38	-30	22	DLLDDW
	22	Preston North End	36	9	3	24	33	68	7	1	10	25	30	2	2	14	8	38	-35	21	LWWDLL

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	1	Huddersfield Town	36	19	12	5	60	24	9	6	3	28	9	10	6	2	32	15	36	50	WDWDWW	Safe	1-0
1	2	West Bromwich Albion	36	21	7	8	54	31	12	3	2	37	16	9	4	6	17	15	23	49	DDDLWW	Safe
2	3	Bolton Wanderers	36	18	10	8	63	31	15	2	1	50	12	3	8	7	13	19	32	46	WLWDDW	Safe	1-0
1	4	Newcastle United	38	15	16	7	59	35	11	6	3	43	17	4	10	4	16	18	24	46	LWWWDL	Safe
1	5	Bury	37	16	14	7	50	43	12	4	3	32	16	4	10	4	18	27	7	46	DWWDWL	Safe	0-1
	6	Sunderland	37	19	6	12	60	45	13	3	2	36	11	6	3	10	24	34	15	44	WDDWWW	Safe
	7	Liverpool	36	18	8	10	59	50	12	5	2	41	18	6	3	8	18	32	9	44	LWWLDW	Safe	2-0
4	8	Birmingham City	38	14	11	13	41	50	9	7	3	24	15	5	4	10	17	35	-9	39	DLDLDW	Safe	1-0
	9	Notts County	36	13	12	11	33	26	8	5	3	20	9	5	7	8	13	17	7	38	WLDWWD	Safe	1-1
2	10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	12	13	48	41	7	8	4	28	16	6	4	9	20	25	7	38	LWDDLL	Safe	0-1
1	11	Manchester City	37	14	9	14	69	63	8	7	3	38	27	6	2	11	31	36	6	37	LWLWWL	Safe	1-2
1	12	West Ham United	37	13	11	13	50	51	10	7	1	27	8	3	4	12	23	43	-1	37	WWDDDL	Safe	0-2
	13	Sheffield United	37	12	12	13	48	51	9	5	5	31	23	3	7	8	17	28	-3	36	DLWLWW	Safe
1	14	Blackburn Rovers	36	11	11	14	49	51	7	4	8	30	25	4	7	6	19	26	-2	33	DLDWLW	Safe	2-0
1	15	Cardiff City	36	12	9	15	47	49	8	4	5	28	18	4	5	10	19	31	-2	33	WWLLLD	Safe
	16	Aston Villa	36	10	12	14	49	64	7	7	4	27	22	3	5	10	22	42	-15	32	LDLWLW		2-1
1	17	Burnley	37	10	10	17	43	66	6	7	6	26	30	4	3	11	17	36	-23	30	LLDLLD		1-1
1	18	Arsenal	36	12	5	19	39	51	10	3	6	26	17	2	2	13	13	34	-12	29	LWLLLD
1	19	Everton	37	10	9	18	36	55	9	2	6	22	19	1	7	12	14	36	-19	29	LWLWLD		1-1
1	20	Leeds United	37	8	12	17	40	53	6	8	4	25	16	2	4	13	15	37	-13	28	LDLWLL		0-1
1	21	Preston North End	37	9	4	24	34	69	7	2	10	26	31	2	2	14	8	38	-35	22	WWDLLD		1-1
1	22	Nottingham Forest	37	6	10	21	28	60	5	6	9	17	22	1	4	12	11	38	-32	22	LLDDWL		0-2

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