The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 2 DERBY COUNTY - Sat Dec 30, 1893 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 30, 1893 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Derby County
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 4-2 WON

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1893-94
Referee:: Dale
Attendance:: 10,000
Pos Before/After:: 7 6
Opp Before/After:: 10 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield United (League Tier 1)
Derby County:: Apr 12, 1894

GAME COUNT:
League:: 48 (of 5045)
League Tier 1:: 48 (of 2297)
Competitive:: 106 (of 5768)
Total:: 660 (of 7556)
Played:: 131 years, 6 months, 5 days ago

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

Goals
John McPherson
Tom McInnes
James Collins
James Collins

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

Goals
Steve Bloomer
Archie Goodall

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	22	Dan Allsop
2	D	21	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	25	Alec Stewart
5	M	26	John McPherson
6	M	24	Peter McCracken
7	F	20	Tom McInnes
8	F	30	Alex Higgins
9	M	23	John Brodie
10	F		James Collins
11	F	24	Horace Pike

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Robinson
2	D	Jimmy Methven
3	D	Joe Leiper
4	D	Jack Cox
5	D	Archie Goodall
6	M	Ernest Hickinbottom
7	M	John Allan
8	M	Steve Bloomer
9	M	John Goodall
10	F	Johnny McMillan
11	F	Wattie Keay

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 30, 1893)

Home	Score	Away
Everton	7-1	West Bromwich Albion
Nottingham Forest	4-2	Derby County
Stoke City	0-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Sunderland	2-1	Bolton Wanderers

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	Aston Villa	22	14	4	4	58	28	9	1	0	36	6	5	3	4	22	22	2.07143	32	WWWWLW
	2	Burnley	20	12	2	6	46	33	10	0	0	31	6	2	2	6	15	27	1.39394	26	WWDWWW
	3	West Bromwich Albion	21	10	4	7	52	40	5	4	2	27	20	5	0	5	25	20	1.30000	24	WLDLWW
	4	Blackburn Rovers	19	11	2	6	40	32	8	0	1	26	11	3	2	5	14	21	1.25000	24	LWWLWL
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	11	2	7	37	40	9	1	2	29	19	2	1	5	8	21	.92500	24	WDWWWL
	6	Sheffield United	20	9	3	8	30	38	5	2	3	16	13	4	1	5	14	25	.78947	21	DWLLLL
	7	Nottingham Forest	17	8	3	6	34	23	5	2	2	20	7	3	1	4	14	16	1.47826	19	LDDWWW
	8	Everton	18	8	2	8	57	37	6	1	3	42	18	2	1	5	15	19	1.54054	18	WWLWLW
	9	Sunderland	17	7	4	6	39	29	5	3	1	27	9	2	1	5	12	20	1.34483	18	WLWLDW
	10	Derby County	17	8	2	7	38	37	6	1	3	32	21	2	1	4	6	16	1.02703	18	WWLLWW
	11	Stoke City	20	8	2	10	42	53	8	1	0	29	11	0	1	10	13	42	.79245	18	LWLWLD
	12	Preston North End	19	6	3	10	23	28	4	1	5	14	14	2	2	5	9	14	.82143	15	LLDLWD
	13	Bolton Wanderers	18	7	1	10	23	30	5	1	3	12	8	2	0	7	11	22	.76667	15	LWWLDL
	14	The Wednesday	23	4	7	12	34	53	4	2	5	21	19	0	5	7	13	34	.64151	15	LLWLDL
	15	Darwen	20	5	2	13	23	56	4	1	3	12	14	1	1	10	11	42	.41071	12	LWDLLL
	16	Newton Heath	17	4	1	12	15	34	3	1	3	10	11	1	0	9	5	23	.44118	9	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	Aston Villa	22	14	4	4	58	28	9	1	0	36	6	5	3	4	22	22	2.07143	32	WWWWLW
	2	Burnley	20	12	2	6	46	33	10	0	0	31	6	2	2	6	15	27	1.39394	26	WWDWWW
2	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	12	2	7	40	40	9	1	2	29	19	3	1	5	11	21	1.00000	26	DWWWLW		3-0
	4	Blackburn Rovers	19	11	2	6	40	32	8	0	1	26	11	3	2	5	14	21	1.25000	24	LWWLWL
2	5	West Bromwich Albion	22	10	4	8	53	47	5	4	2	27	20	5	0	6	26	27	1.12766	24	LDLWWL		1-7
1	6	Nottingham Forest	18	9	3	6	38	25	6	2	2	24	9	3	1	4	14	16	1.52000	21	DDWWWW		4-2
1	7	Sheffield United	20	9	3	8	30	38	5	2	3	16	13	4	1	5	14	25	.78947	21	DWLLLL
	8	Everton	19	9	2	8	64	38	7	1	3	49	19	2	1	5	15	19	1.68421	20	WLWLWW		7-1
	9	Sunderland	18	8	4	6	41	30	6	3	1	29	10	2	1	5	12	20	1.36667	20	LWLDWW		2-1
	10	Derby County	18	8	2	8	40	41	6	1	3	32	21	2	1	5	8	20	.97561	18	WLLWWL		2-4
	11	Stoke City	21	8	2	11	42	56	8	1	1	29	14	0	1	10	13	42	.75000	18	WLWLDL		0-3
	12	Preston North End	19	6	3	10	23	28	4	1	5	14	14	2	2	5	9	14	.82143	15	LLDLWD
	13	Bolton Wanderers	19	7	1	11	24	32	5	1	3	12	8	2	0	8	12	24	.75000	15	WWLDLL		1-2
	14	The Wednesday	23	4	7	12	34	53	4	2	5	21	19	0	5	7	13	34	.64151	15	LLWLDL
	15	Darwen	20	5	2	13	23	56	4	1	3	12	14	1	1	10	11	42	.41071	12	LWDLLL
	16	Newton Heath	17	4	1	12	15	34	3	1	3	10	11	1	0	9	5	23	.44118	9	LLLLLL