The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 DERBY COUNTY - Sat Jan 28, 1893 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 28, 1893 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Derby County
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Empire News & The Umpire - Sunday 29 January 1893
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1892-93
Referee:
Attendance:: 12,000
Pos Before/After:: 6 5
Opp Before/After:: 13 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (FA Cup)
League:: Notts County
Derby County:: Feb 18, 1893

GAME COUNT:
League:: 24 (of 5045)
League Tier 1:: 24 (of 2297)
Competitive:: 81 (of 5768)
Total:: 618 (of 7556)
Played:: 132 years, 5 months, 6 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Harry Radford
Prior form: DWWWWW (Old to recent)

Goals
Alex Higgins (47')

DERBY COUNTY
Manager:
Prior form: WWDLWD (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	21	Dan Allsop
2	D	20	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	23	Albert Smith
5	M	25	John McPherson
6	M	23	Peter McCracken
7	F	23	Arthur Shaw
8	M	24	William 'Tich' Smith
9	F	29	Alex Higgins (47')
10	F	26	Harry Daft	Debut
11	F	19	Tom McInnes

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 (Sat Jan 28, 1893)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2-1	West Bromwich Albion
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Derby County
Stoke City	0-1	Everton
Sunderland	4-2	The Wednesday

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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Sunderland	20	16	1	3	71	23	10	1	0	42	11	6	0	3	29	12	3.08696	33	WLWWWW
	2	Preston North End	21	15	1	5	44	23	9	0	1	25	8	6	1	4	19	15	1.91304	31	WLWWLW
	3	Aston Villa	23	12	1	10	53	51	8	1	1	33	16	4	0	9	20	35	1.03922	25	WLDWWL
	4	The Wednesday	21	11	2	8	48	44	7	2	2	31	22	4	0	6	17	22	1.09091	24	DLWWLL
	5	Stoke City	22	10	3	9	50	38	7	1	2	29	10	3	2	7	21	28	1.31579	23	WLLLWW
	6	Nottingham Forest	23	8	6	9	37	40	5	2	4	23	21	3	4	5	14	19	.92500	22	DWWWWW
	7	Blackburn Rovers	22	6	9	7	34	40	4	5	2	20	16	2	4	5	14	24	.85000	21	WWLDDD
	8	Everton	21	8	4	9	46	46	5	3	3	26	17	3	1	6	20	29	1.00000	20	WLLWLW
	9	Notts County	22	8	4	10	43	43	6	3	4	29	15	2	1	6	14	28	1.00000	20	LLLLDW
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	8	4	9	38	48	8	2	1	24	11	0	2	8	14	37	.79167	20	WLWDLL
	11	Bolton Wanderers	21	7	5	9	36	40	6	1	2	26	15	1	4	7	10	25	.90000	19	WLDDLL
	12	Accrington Stanley	21	6	7	8	46	57	5	3	3	27	26	1	4	5	19	31	.80702	19	WWWDLL
	13	Derby County	20	6	7	7	37	46	4	4	4	22	24	2	3	3	15	22	.80435	19	WWDLWD
	14	West Bromwich Albion	23	8	3	12	42	59	7	1	4	27	14	1	2	8	15	45	.71186	19	LDLLWL
	15	Burnley	22	7	4	11	30	37	5	2	2	19	10	2	2	9	11	27	.81081	18	DLWWLW
	16	Newton Heath	23	4	5	14	43	63	4	2	5	33	26	0	3	9	10	37	.68254	13	LLWLLL

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Sunderland	21	17	1	3	75	25	11	1	0	46	13	6	0	3	29	12	3.00000	35	LWWWWW		4-2
	2	Preston North End	21	15	1	5	44	23	9	0	1	25	8	6	1	4	19	15	1.91304	31	WLWWLW
	3	Aston Villa	23	12	1	10	53	51	8	1	1	33	16	4	0	9	20	35	1.03922	25	WLDWWL
	4	The Wednesday	22	11	2	9	50	48	7	2	2	31	22	4	0	7	19	26	1.04167	24	LWWLLL		2-4
1	5	Nottingham Forest	24	9	6	9	38	40	6	2	4	24	21	3	4	5	14	19	.95000	24	WWWWWW		1-0
1	6	Stoke City	23	10	3	10	50	39	7	1	3	29	11	3	2	7	21	28	1.28205	23	LLLWWL		0-1
	7	Blackburn Rovers	23	7	9	7	36	41	5	5	2	22	17	2	4	5	14	24	.87805	23	WLDDDW		2-1
	8	Everton	22	9	4	9	47	46	5	3	3	26	17	4	1	6	21	29	1.02174	22	LLWLWW		1-0
	9	Notts County	22	8	4	10	43	43	6	3	4	29	15	2	1	6	14	28	1.00000	20	LLLLDW
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	8	4	9	38	48	8	2	1	24	11	0	2	8	14	37	.79167	20	WLWDLL
	11	Bolton Wanderers	21	7	5	9	36	40	6	1	2	26	15	1	4	7	10	25	.90000	19	WLDDLL
	12	Accrington Stanley	21	6	7	8	46	57	5	3	3	27	26	1	4	5	19	31	.80702	19	WWWDLL
	13	Derby County	21	6	7	8	37	47	4	4	4	22	24	2	3	4	15	23	.78723	19	WDLWDL		0-1
	14	West Bromwich Albion	24	8	3	13	43	61	7	1	4	27	14	1	2	9	16	47	.70492	19	DLLWLL		1-2
	15	Burnley	22	7	4	11	30	37	5	2	2	19	10	2	2	9	11	27	.81081	18	DLWWLW
	16	Newton Heath	23	4	5	14	43	63	4	2	5	33	26	0	3	9	10	37	.68254	13	LLWLLL

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