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BOLTON WANDERERS 3 - 1 FOREST - Fri Mar 31, 1893 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Fri Mar 31, 1893 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bolton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Pike's Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-3 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Glasgow Herald - Saturday 01 April 1893

Season:: 1892-93
Referee:
Attendance:: 9,000
Pos Before/After:: 6 7
Opp Before/After:: 5 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 1)
Bolton Wanderers:: Oct 05, 1893

GAME COUNT:
League:: 29 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 29 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 87 (of 5724)
Total:: 631 (of 7505)
Played:: 131 years, 26 days ago

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

Goals
William 'Tich' Smith

BOLTON WANDERERS
Manager: John Bentley
Prior form: LDWWWW (Old to recent)

Goals
Paton (1')
Bentley
Wilson

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	22	Dan Allsop
2	D	20	Jack Earp	Last game
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	23	Peter McCracken
5	M	23	Albert Smith
6	M		John Bullock	Only appearance
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	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	Wilson
9	M	Paton
10	F	Bentley
11	F	?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Fri Mar 31, 1893)

Home	Score	Away
Accrington Stanley	0-3	Derby County
Blackburn Rovers	2-2	Sunderland
Bolton Wanderers	3-1	Nottingham Forest
Burnley	4-0	The Wednesday
Newton Heath	1-0	Stoke City
Preston North End	4-0	Notts County

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	25	20	2	3	87	29	12	2	0	52	17	8	0	3	35	12	3.00000	42	WWDWWW
	2	Aston Villa	27	15	2	10	66	58	11	1	1	44	21	4	1	9	22	37	1.13793	32	WLDWWW
	3	Preston North End	23	15	1	7	46	33	9	0	1	25	8	6	1	6	21	25	1.39394	31	WWLWLL
	4	Everton	26	13	4	9	62	48	6	3	3	32	17	7	1	6	30	31	1.29167	30	WWWWWW
	5	Bolton Wanderers	27	11	6	10	51	50	10	1	2	38	19	1	5	8	13	31	1.02000	28	LDWWWW
	6	Nottingham Forest	28	10	7	11	45	47	7	2	6	30	27	3	5	5	15	20	.95745	27	WWWLLD
	7	Blackburn Rovers	27	8	11	8	43	48	5	7	2	27	22	3	4	6	16	26	.89583	27	DWDDWL
	8	Stoke City	27	11	4	12	55	45	8	1	5	31	14	3	3	7	24	31	1.22222	26	WLLDWL
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	11	4	10	45	53	10	2	2	30	16	1	2	8	15	37	.84906	26	LLWWWL
	10	The Wednesday	27	11	3	13	52	58	7	2	4	31	25	4	1	9	21	33	.89655	25	LLLLLD
	11	West Bromwich Albion	27	11	3	13	52	65	8	1	4	30	14	3	2	9	22	51	.80000	25	WLLWWW
	12	Burnley	25	9	4	12	37	40	7	2	2	26	12	2	2	10	11	28	.92500	22	WLWWLW
	13	Notts County	27	9	4	14	48	54	7	3	4	31	15	2	1	10	17	39	.88889	22	WWLLLL
	14	Derby County	25	7	8	10	46	55	5	5	4	29	27	2	3	6	17	28	.83636	22	DLWLLD
	15	Accrington Stanley	26	6	8	12	53	74	5	4	4	28	30	1	4	8	25	44	.71622	20	LLLLDL
	16	Newton Heath	26	4	5	17	44	75	4	2	6	33	31	0	3	11	11	44	.58667	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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Sunderland	26	20	3	3	89	31	12	2	0	52	17	8	1	3	37	14	2.87097	43	WDWWWD		2-2
1	2	Preston North End	24	16	1	7	50	33	10	0	1	29	8	6	1	6	21	25	1.51515	33	WLWLLW		4-0
1	3	Aston Villa	27	15	2	10	66	58	11	1	1	44	21	4	1	9	22	37	1.13793	32	WLDWWW
	4	Everton	26	13	4	9	62	48	6	3	3	32	17	7	1	6	30	31	1.29167	30	WWWWWW
	5	Bolton Wanderers	28	12	6	10	54	51	11	1	2	41	20	1	5	8	13	31	1.05882	30	DWWWWW		3-1
1	6	Blackburn Rovers	28	8	12	8	45	50	5	8	2	29	24	3	4	6	16	26	.90000	28	WDDWLD		2-2
1	7	Nottingham Forest	29	10	7	12	46	50	7	2	6	30	27	3	5	6	16	23	.92000	27	WWLLDL		1-3
	8	Stoke City	28	11	4	13	55	46	8	1	5	31	14	3	3	8	24	32	1.19565	26	LLDWLL		0-1
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	11	4	10	45	53	10	2	2	30	16	1	2	8	15	37	.84906	26	LLWWWL
	10	The Wednesday	28	11	3	14	52	62	7	2	4	31	25	4	1	10	21	37	.83871	25	LLLLDL		0-4
	11	West Bromwich Albion	27	11	3	13	52	65	8	1	4	30	14	3	2	9	22	51	.80000	25	WLLWWW
	12	Burnley	26	10	4	12	41	40	8	2	2	30	12	2	2	10	11	28	1.02500	24	LWWLWW		4-0
1	13	Derby County	26	8	8	10	49	55	5	5	4	29	27	3	3	6	20	28	.89091	24	LWLLDW		3-0
1	14	Notts County	28	9	4	15	48	58	7	3	4	31	15	2	1	11	17	43	.82759	22	WLLLLL		0-4
	15	Accrington Stanley	27	6	8	13	53	77	5	4	5	28	33	1	4	8	25	44	.68831	20	LLLDLL		0-3
	16	Newton Heath	27	5	5	17	45	75	5	2	6	34	31	0	3	11	11	44	.60000	15	LLLLLW		1-0