September 5, 1903
Match: Football League, First Division, at City Ground, kick-off: 15:30.
Nottingham Forest – Liverpool 2-1 (2-0).
Attendance: 12,000.
Referee: Mr. J.B. Brodie; linesmen: Messrs.: G. Gillies and G. Rae.
Nottingham Forest (2-3-5): Harry Linacre, Charlie Craig, Jim Iremonger, George Henderson, Sammy Timmins, Bob Norris, Alfred Turner, Jack Calvey, Sidney Sugden, Grenville Morris, Alf Spouncer.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Peter Platt, John Chadburn, Billy Dunlop, Maurice Parry, Alex Raisbeck, George Fleming, Arthur Goddard, Frederick Buck, Sidney Smith, Edgar Chadwick, John Cox.
The goals: 1-0 Morris (7 min.), 2-0 Spouncer (37 min.), 2-1 Smith (79 min.).
Match reports:
* Sporting Life: “Nottingham Forest v Liverpool”;
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