The City Ground

ACCRINGTON STANLEY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 18, 1893 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 18, 1893 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Accrington Stanley
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Thorneyholme Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Lancashire Evening Post - Saturday 18 March 1893
: Football News (Nottingham) - Saturday 18 March 1893
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1892-93
Referee:: JB Brodie
Attendance:: 4,000
League Week:: 28 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 7 5
Opp Before/After:: 15 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Grantham Rovers (Friendly)
League:: Bolton Wanderers
Accrington Stanley:: Aug 21, 2006

GAME COUNT:
League:: 28 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 28 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 86 (of 5828)
Total:: 627 (of 7633)
Played:: 133 years, 5 months, 25 days ago

Review
The Lea brother's from Accrington were late to the game, and Accrington started with only 9 men.

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

Goal Scorers
John McPherson (30')

ACCRINGTON STANLEY
Manager:
Prior form: DLLLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Whitehead (52')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		William Brown (1890)
2	D	20	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	23	Albert Smith
5	M	26	John McPherson (30')
6	M	23	Peter McCracken
7	F	23	Arthur Shaw
8	M	24	William 'Tich' Smith
9	M	24	Neil McCallum
10	F	23	Horace Pike
11	F	19	Tom McInnes

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Horne
2	D	Hodge
3	D	Ditchfield
4	D	Shuttleworth
5	D	Matthews
6	M	Tattersall
7	M	T Lea
8	M	Whitehead (c)
9	M	Bowie
10	F	H Lea
11	F	Kirkham

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 18, 1893)

Home	Score	Away
Accrington Stanley	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa	3-1	Notts County
Bolton Wanderers	2-1	Blackburn Rovers
Burnley	4-2	Preston North End
Stoke	0-1	Sunderland
West Bromwich Albion	3-0	The Wednesday
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-4	Everton

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	Sunderland	24	19	2	3	86	29	12	2	0	52	17	7	0	3	34	12	57	40	WWWDWW
	2	Preston North End	22	15	1	6	44	29	9	0	1	25	8	6	1	5	19	21	15	31	LWWLWL
	3	Everton	25	12	4	9	58	46	6	3	3	32	17	6	1	6	26	29	12	28	LWWWWW
	4	Aston Villa	25	13	2	10	57	53	9	1	1	35	16	4	1	9	22	37	4	28	DWWLDW
	5	Blackburn Rovers	26	8	11	7	42	46	5	7	2	27	22	3	4	5	15	24	-4	27	DDWDDW
	6	Stoke	26	11	4	11	55	44	8	1	4	31	13	3	3	7	24	31	11	26	WWLLDW
	7	Nottingham Forest	27	10	6	11	44	46	7	2	6	30	27	3	4	5	14	19	-2	26	WWWWLL
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	11	4	9	43	49	10	2	1	28	12	1	2	8	15	37	-6	26	DLLWWW
	9	The Wednesday	25	11	2	12	50	53	7	2	4	31	25	4	0	8	19	28	-3	24	LLLLLL
	10	Bolton Wanderers	25	9	6	10	45	48	8	1	2	32	17	1	5	8	13	31	-3	24	LLLDWW
	11	West Bromwich Albion	26	10	3	13	49	65	7	1	4	27	14	3	2	9	22	51	-16	23	LWLLWW
	12	Notts County	25	9	4	12	46	47	7	3	4	31	15	2	1	8	15	32	-1	22	LDWWLL
	13	Derby County	24	7	7	10	44	53	5	4	4	27	25	2	3	6	17	28	-9	21	WDLWLL
	14	Burnley	24	8	4	12	33	38	6	2	2	22	10	2	2	10	11	28	-5	20	WWLWWL
	15	Accrington Stanley	24	6	7	11	48	67	5	3	4	27	29	1	4	7	21	38	-19	19	DLLLLL
	16	Newton Heath	26	4	5	17	44	75	4	2	6	33	31	0	3	11	11	44	-31	13	LLLLLL

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	Sunderland	25	20	2	3	87	29	12	2	0	52	17	8	0	3	35	12	58	42	WWDWWW		1-0
	2	Preston North End	23	15	1	7	46	33	9	0	1	25	8	6	1	6	21	25	13	31	WWLWLL		2-4
	3	Everton	26	13	4	9	62	48	6	3	3	32	17	7	1	6	30	31	14	30	WWWWWW		4-2
	4	Aston Villa	26	14	2	10	60	54	10	1	1	38	17	4	1	9	22	37	6	30	WWLDWW		3-1
2	5	Nottingham Forest	28	10	7	11	45	47	7	2	6	30	27	3	5	5	15	20	-2	27	WWWLLD		1-1
1	6	Blackburn Rovers	27	8	11	8	43	48	5	7	2	27	22	3	4	6	16	26	-5	27	DWDDWL		1-2
1	7	Stoke	27	11	4	12	55	45	8	1	5	31	14	3	3	7	24	31	10	26	WLLDWL		0-1
2	8	Bolton Wanderers	26	10	6	10	47	49	9	1	2	34	18	1	5	8	13	31	-2	26	LLDWWW		2-1
1	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	11	4	10	45	53	10	2	2	30	16	1	2	8	15	37	-8	26	LLWWWL		2-4
1	10	West Bromwich Albion	27	11	3	13	52	65	8	1	4	30	14	3	2	9	22	51	-13	25	WLLWWW		3-0
2	11	The Wednesday	26	11	2	13	50	56	7	2	4	31	25	4	0	9	19	31	-6	24	LLLLLL		0-3
	12	Notts County	26	9	4	13	47	50	7	3	4	31	15	2	1	9	16	35	-3	22	DWWLLL		1-3
1	13	Burnley	25	9	4	12	37	40	7	2	2	26	12	2	2	10	11	28	-3	22	WLWWLW		4-2
1	14	Derby County	24	7	7	10	44	53	5	4	4	27	25	2	3	6	17	28	-9	21	WDLWLL
	15	Accrington Stanley	25	6	8	11	49	68	5	4	4	28	30	1	4	7	21	38	-19	20	LLLLLD		1-1
	16	Newton Heath	26	4	5	17	44	75	4	2	6	33	31	0	3	11	11	44	-31	13	LLLLLL