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1st Division

City Ground | Saturday 5 September 1903 at 15:30 UK local time

Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Liverpool
Half time 2–0

Starting Lineup

1
Peter Platt
2
John Chadburn
3
Billy Dunlop
4
Maurice Parry
5
Alex Raisbeck (c)
6
George Fleming
7
Arthur Goddard
8
Fred Buck
9
Sydney Smith
10
Edgar Chadwick
11
Jack Cox

Opposition Lineup

Harry Linacre
Charlie Craig
Jim Iremonger
George Henderson
Sammy Timmins
Bob Norris
Alfred Turner
Jack Calvey
Sidney Sugden
Grenville Morris
Alf Spouncer

Notes

  • - Sydney Smith makes his LFC debut
  • - John Chadburn makes his LFC debut
  • - Fred Buck makes his LFC debut
  • - Sydney Smith scores his first LFC goal
  • - Jim Iremonger's penalty miss for Forest came when the home team was leading 2-0 in the second half. Iremonger shot wide of Peter Platt's goal.

Other details

Manager: Tom Watson
Opposition manager: Harold Haslam(Sr)
Referee: Brodie JB
Attendance: 12,000
Half-time score: 2 - 0
Game number: 384
League game number: 319
Liverpool league position: 13th
Nottingham Forest league position: 8th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Nottingham Forest
9'
Grenville Morris (0–1)
36'
Alf Spouncer (0–2)
HT 0–2
Sydney Smith (1–2)
80'
Minute unknown
Jim Iremonger missed penalty
Full time 1–2