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SEASON: 1909-10

Prev Season: 1908-09
This Season: 1909-10
Next Season: 1910-11

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Fred Earp
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Coventry City (A) 1-3)
League Cup:: Did not exist

Top Goalscorer:: Grenville Morris (20 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1909-10								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Aston Villa	38	23	7	8	84	42	17	2	0	62	19	6	5	8	22	23	2.00000	53		1-4	0-0
2	Liverpool	38	21	6	11	78	57	13	3	3	47	23	8	3	8	31	34	1.36842	48		1-4	3-7
3	Blackburn Rovers	38	18	9	11	73	55	13	6	0	47	17	5	3	11	26	38	1.32727	45		0-4	2-2
4	Newcastle United	38	19	7	12	70	56	11	3	5	33	22	8	4	7	37	34	1.25000	45		0-1	2-1
5	Manchester United	38	19	7	12	69	61	14	2	3	41	20	5	5	9	28	41	1.13115	45		2-0	6-2
6	Sheffield United	38	16	10	12	62	41	10	5	4	42	19	6	5	8	20	22	1.51220	42		2-3	4-1
7	Bradford City	38	17	8	13	64	47	12	3	4	38	17	5	5	9	26	30	1.36170	42		1-1	1-1
8	Sunderland	38	18	5	15	66	51	12	3	4	40	18	6	2	11	26	33	1.29412	41		1-3	1-2
9	Notts County	38	15	10	13	67	59	10	5	4	41	26	5	5	9	26	33	1.13559	40		2-1	1-4
10	Everton	38	16	8	14	51	56	8	6	5	30	28	8	2	9	21	28	.91071	40		1-0	4-0
11	The Wednesday	38	15	9	14	60	63	11	4	4	38	28	4	5	10	22	35	.95238	39		0-6	3-4
12	Preston North End	38	15	5	18	52	58	14	2	3	36	13	1	3	15	16	45	.89655	35		0-0	1-0
13	Bury	38	12	9	17	62	66	8	3	8	35	30	4	6	9	27	36	.93939	33		3-3	1-4
14	Nottingham Forest	38	11	11	16	54	72	4	7	8	19	34	7	4	8	35	38	.75000	33
15	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	10	17	53	69	10	6	3	35	23	1	4	14	18	46	.76812	32		2-2	2-2
16	Bristol City	38	12	8	18	45	60	9	5	5	28	18	3	3	13	17	42	.75000	32		0-0	0-4
17	Middlesbrough	38	11	9	18	56	73	8	4	7	34	36	3	5	11	22	37	.76712	31		0-1	1-2
18	Woolwich Arsenal	38	11	9	18	37	67	6	5	8	17	19	5	4	10	20	48	.55224	31		1-1	1-0
19	Chelsea	38	11	7	20	47	70	10	4	5	32	24	1	3	15	15	46	.67143	29	Relegated	0-0	1-0
20	Bolton Wanderers	38	9	6	23	44	71	7	2	10	31	34	2	4	13	13	37	.61972	24	Relegated	2-0	1-2

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Competitive Games:: 42
Competitive Goals:: 59
Goals per game:: 1.4
League Games:: 38
League Points:: 33 out of 76 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 43.4%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	17 times	8 times	4 times	2 times	1 time
Conceded	8 times	8 times	4 times	7 times	2 times
Won By	8 times	2 times	1 time	2 times
Lost By	7 times	2 times	4 times	3 times	1 time

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	1	-	-	1	0	4	0	Blackburn Rovers (0-4)
2		2	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Newcastle United (2-1)
3	13	3	5	2	1	2	11	13	5	Bradford City (1-1), Notts County (1-4), Sheffield United (4-1), Manchester United (2-0), Liverpool (3-7)
4	4	4	3	1	1	1	8	5	3	Aston Villa (0-0), Sheffield United (2-3), Manchester United (6-2)
5		5	1	-	-	1	1	4	0	Aston Villa (1-4)
6	17	6	2	-	1	1	2	3	1	Newcastle United (0-1), Blackburn Rovers (2-2)
7	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	22	8	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Bradford City (1-1)
9	48	9	2	1	-	1	3	4	2	Notts County (2-1), Sunderland (1-3)
10		10	4	2	-	2	7	6	4	Liverpool (1-4), Sunderland (1-2), Everton (1-0), Everton (4-0)
11	16	11	1	-	-	1	0	6	0	The Wednesday (0-6)
12	93	12	2	-	1	1	3	4	1	The Wednesday (3-4), Preston North End (0-0)
13	24	13	2	1	-	1	2	4	2	Chelsea (1-0), Bury (1-4)
14		14	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Bristol City (0-0)
15		15	1	-	1	-	3	3	1	Bury (3-3)
16		16	2	1	1	-	2	0	3	Bolton Wanderers (2-0), Chelsea (0-0)
17		17	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Middlesbrough (1-2)
18		18	2	-	-	2	0	5	0	Middlesbrough (0-1), Bristol City (0-4)
19		19	5	1	3	1	7	7	5	Woolwich Arsenal (1-0), Tottenham Hotspur (2-2), Tottenham Hotspur (2-2), Bolton Wanderers (1-2), Woolwich A
20		20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Not included: Week 1 game against Preston North End (1-0) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 23,000 (Tottenham Hotspur)
Lowest League Attendance:: 800 (Manchester United)
Average League Attendance:: 9,572
Highest Cup Attendance:: 16,200 (Sheffield United)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 15,000 (Northampton Town)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 13
Yellow cards:: 0
Red cards:: 1
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Fred Earp
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Wed Sep 01, 1909	Preston North End	A	1-0	Win	-	3	Morris (?)
2	Sat Sep 04, 1909	Notts County	H	2-1	Win	18,000	3	Morris (?, ?)
3	Sat Sep 11, 1909	Newcastle United	A	2-1	Win	20,000	3	West (?, ?)
4	Sat Sep 18, 1909	Liverpool	H	1-4	Loss	15,000	8	West (?)
5	Sat Sep 25, 1909	Aston Villa	A	0-0	Draw	30,000	8
6	Sat Oct 02, 1909	Sheffield United	H	2-3	Loss	12,000	11	West (?), Morris (?)
7	Sat Oct 09, 1909	Woolwich Arsenal	A	1-0	Win	9,500	9	Morris (?)
8	Sat Oct 16, 1909	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-0	Win	10,000	6	Morris (?, ?)
9	Sat Oct 23, 1909	Chelsea	A	1-0	Win	35,000	6	Morris (?)
10	Sat Oct 30, 1909	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-4	Loss	15,000	7
11	Wed Nov 03, 1909	Bury	H	3-3	Draw	6,500	6	West (?, ?), Morris (?)
12	Sat Nov 06, 1909	Middlesbrough	A	1-2	Loss	12,000	9	West (?)
13	Sat Nov 13, 1909	Sunderland	A	1-2	Loss	12,000	11	West (?)
14	Sat Nov 20, 1909	Everton	H	1-0	Win	8,000	9	West (?)
15	Sat Nov 27, 1909	Manchester United	A	6-2	Win	12,000	9	West (?, ?, ?), Morris (?, ?, 15)
16	Sat Dec 04, 1909	Bradford City	H	1-1	Draw	8,000	8	Morris (?)
17	Sat Dec 11, 1909	The Wednesday	A	3-4	Loss	-	9	Morris (?, ?, ?)
18	Sat Dec 18, 1909	Bristol City	H	0-0	Draw	8,000	9
19	Sat Dec 25, 1909	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2-2	Draw	30,000	9	West (?), Palmer (?)
20	Mon Dec 27, 1909	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-2	Draw	23,000	8	Marrison (?), Morris (?)
21	Sat Jan 01, 1910	Aston Villa	H	1-4	Loss	8,000	11	Marrison (?)
22	Mon Jan 03, 1910	Bury	A	1-4	Loss	12,000	12	Marrison (?)
23	Sat Jan 08, 1910	Notts County	A	1-4	Loss	14,000	12	Marrison (?)
24	Sat Jan 22, 1910	Newcastle United	H	0-1	Loss	8,000	12
25	Sat Feb 12, 1910	Sheffield United	A	4-1	Win	12,500	12	Hooper (?), Marrison (?), West (?, ?)
26	Sat Feb 26, 1910	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-2	Loss	7,000	13	Hooper (?)
27	Wed Mar 02, 1910	Woolwich Arsenal	H	1-1	Draw	5,000	12	West (?)
28	Sat Mar 05, 1910	Chelsea	H	0-0	Draw	7,000	12
29	Sat Mar 12, 1910	Blackburn Rovers	A	2-2	Draw	10,000	12	West (?), Armstrong (?)
30	Sat Mar 19, 1910	Middlesbrough	H	0-1	Loss	5,000	13
31	Fri Mar 25, 1910	Preston North End	H	0-0	Draw	-	12
32	Sat Mar 26, 1910	Sunderland	H	1-3	Loss	9,000	13	Armstrong (?)
33	Sat Apr 02, 1910	Everton	A	4-0	Win	10,000	12	Hooper (?, ?), Derrick (?, ?)
34	Sat Apr 09, 1910	Manchester United	H	2-0	Win	800	12	Maltby (?), Morris (?)
35	Sat Apr 16, 1910	Bradford City	A	1-1	Draw	15,000	12	Morris (?)
36	Wed Apr 20, 1910	Liverpool	A	3-7	Loss	4,000	12	Marrison (?), Derrick (?, ?)
37	Sat Apr 23, 1910	The Wednesday	H	0-6	Loss	6,000	13
38	Sat Apr 30, 1910	Bristol City	A	0-4	Loss	11,000	14

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 15, 1910	Sheffield United	1			H	3-2	Win	16,200	West (?, ?), Armstrong (?)
Sat Feb 05, 1910	Northampton Town	2			A	0-0	Draw	15,000
Wed Feb 09, 1910	Northampton Town	2	Y	1	H	1-0	Win	15,000	Marrison (?)
Sat Feb 19, 1910	Coventry City	3			A	1-3	Loss	12,500	Morris (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Mar 28, 1910	Merthyr	Wales	A	0-0	Draw	10,000
Tue Mar 29, 1910	Chesterfield	England	A	0-1	Loss	-

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Fred Earp
Wed Sep 01, 1909	League Tier 1	Preston North End			A	1-0	-	Morris (?)
Sat Sep 04, 1909	League Tier 1	Notts County			H	2-1	18,000	Morris (?, ?)
Sat Sep 11, 1909	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			A	2-1	20,000	West (?, ?)
Sat Sep 18, 1909	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	1-4	15,000	West (?)
Sat Sep 25, 1909	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	0-0	30,000
Sat Oct 02, 1909	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			H	2-3	12,000	West (?), Morris (?)
Sat Oct 09, 1909	League Tier 1	Woolwich Arsenal			A	1-0	9,500	Morris (?)
Sat Oct 16, 1909	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			H	2-0	10,000	Morris (?, ?)
Sat Oct 23, 1909	League Tier 1	Chelsea			A	1-0	35,000	Morris (?)
Sat Oct 30, 1909	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			H	0-4	15,000
Wed Nov 03, 1909	League Tier 1	Bury			H	3-3	6,500	West (?, ?), Morris (?)
Sat Nov 06, 1909	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough			A	1-2	12,000	West (?)
Sat Nov 13, 1909	League Tier 1	Sunderland			A	1-2	12,000	West (?)
Sat Nov 20, 1909	League Tier 1	Everton			H	1-0	8,000	West (?)
Sat Nov 27, 1909	League Tier 1	Manchester United			A	6-2	12,000	West (?, ?, ?), Morris (?, ?, 15)
Sat Dec 04, 1909	League Tier 1	Bradford City			H	1-1	8,000	Morris (?)
Sat Dec 11, 1909	League Tier 1	The Wednesday			A	3-4	-	Morris (?, ?, ?)
Sat Dec 18, 1909	League Tier 1	Bristol City			H	0-0	8,000
Sat Dec 25, 1909	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			A	2-2	30,000	West (?), Palmer (?)
Mon Dec 27, 1909	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			H	2-2	23,000	Marrison (?), Morris (?)
Sat Jan 01, 1910	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			H	1-4	8,000	Marrison (?)
Mon Jan 03, 1910	League Tier 1	Bury			A	1-4	12,000	Marrison (?)
Sat Jan 08, 1910	League Tier 1	Notts County			A	1-4	14,000	Marrison (?)
Sat Jan 15, 1910	FA Cup	Sheffield United	1		H	3-2	16,200	West (?, ?), Armstrong (?)
Sat Jan 22, 1910	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			H	0-1	8,000
Sat Feb 05, 1910	FA Cup	Northampton Town	2		A	0-0	15,000
Wed Feb 09, 1910	FA Cup	Northampton Town	2	1	H	1-0	15,000	Marrison (?)
Sat Feb 12, 1910	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			A	4-1	12,500	Hooper (?), Marrison (?), West (?, ?)
Sat Feb 19, 1910	FA Cup	Coventry City	3		A	1-3	12,500	Morris (?)
Sat Feb 26, 1910	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			A	1-2	7,000	Hooper (?)
Wed Mar 02, 1910	League Tier 1	Woolwich Arsenal			H	1-1	5,000	West (?)
Sat Mar 05, 1910	League Tier 1	Chelsea			H	0-0	7,000
Sat Mar 12, 1910	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			A	2-2	10,000	West (?), Armstrong (?)
Sat Mar 19, 1910	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough			H	0-1	5,000
Fri Mar 25, 1910	League Tier 1	Preston North End			H	0-0	-
Sat Mar 26, 1910	League Tier 1	Sunderland			H	1-3	9,000	Armstrong (?)
Mon Mar 28, 1910	Friendly	Merthyr			A	0-0	10,000
Tue Mar 29, 1910	Friendly	Chesterfield			A	0-1	-
Sat Apr 02, 1910	League Tier 1	Everton			A	4-0	10,000	Hooper (?, ?), Derrick (?, ?)
Sat Apr 09, 1910	League Tier 1	Manchester United			H	2-0	800	Maltby (?), Morris (?)
Sat Apr 16, 1910	League Tier 1	Bradford City			A	1-1	15,000	Morris (?)
Wed Apr 20, 1910	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	3-7	4,000	Marrison (?), Derrick (?, ?)
Sat Apr 23, 1910	League Tier 1	The Wednesday			H	0-6	6,000
Sat Apr 30, 1910	League Tier 1	Bristol City			A	0-4	11,000

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (8) - £0				Out (11) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Billy Palmer	Bought			Bert Badger	Sold
	Billy Vaughan	Bought			Billy Palmer	Sold
	Joe Ryalls	Bought			Billy Vaughan	Sold
	John Horrocks	Bought			Enoch West	Sold
	John Marsden	Bought			Fred Rowan	Sold
1909	John Derrick	Bought			Herbert Whitchurch	Sold
Dec 22, 1909	Albert Hasell	Bought			James Iremonger	Sold
Jan 03, 1910	Bert Badger	Bought			Joe Ryalls	Sold
					John Marsden	Sold
					Richard Butler	Sold
				May 30, 1910	Alf Spouncer	Retired

SQUAD

				Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Country	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		England	Albert Hasell	20	5	6	9
Defenders
D		England	Bert Badger	2		1	1
D		Wales	Edwin Hughes	40	13	11	16
D		England	James Iremonger	6	3	1	2
D			John Marsden	2		1	1
Midfielders
M		England	George Maltby	42	13	12	17	1
M			George Wolfe	27	7	10	10
M		England	Joe Ryalls	9	4	2	3
M			Richard Butler	1	1
M		Scotland	Thomas Gibson	3		1	2
M		England	Walter Dudley	37	13	10	14
Forwards
F		England	Alf Spouncer	5	1	1	3
F		England	Bill Hooper	33	9	10	14	4
F		England	Billy Palmer	16	7	4	5	1
F			Billy Vaughan	6		3	3
F		England	Enoch West	36	11	11	14	19
F			Fred Rowan	2		1	1
F		England	George Needham	36	11	10	15			1
F		Wales	Grenville Morris	31	10	7	14	20
F			Herbert Whitchurch	3		1	2
F		England	Jack Armstrong	27	10	6	11	3
F		England	John Derrick	5	2	1	2	4
F		England	John Horrocks	17	5	5	7
F		England	Thomas Marrison	40	13	12	15	7

			Edward Thomason
			J Smith (1909-1911)	16	5	5	6

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
20	Grenville Morris	31
19	Enoch West	36
7	Thomas Marrison	40
4	Bill Hooper	33
4	John Derrick	5
3	Jack Armstrong	27
1	Billy Palmer	16
1	George Maltby	42

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Everton	Sat Nov 20, 1909	Home	1-0	Sat Apr 02, 1910	Away	4-0
Manchester United	Sat Nov 27, 1909	Away	6-2	Sat Apr 09, 1910	Home	2-0

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Liverpool	Sat Sep 18, 1909	Home	1-4	Wed Apr 20, 1910	Away	3-7
Middlesbrough	Sat Nov 06, 1909	Away	1-2	Sat Mar 19, 1910	Home	0-1
Sunderland	Sat Nov 13, 1909	Away	1-2	Sat Mar 26, 1910	Home	1-3
The Wednesday	Sat Dec 11, 1909	Away	3-4	Sat Apr 23, 1910	Home	0-6