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BLACKBURN ROVERS 6 - 1 FOREST - Sat Feb 03, 1894 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 03, 1894 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-6 (Lost)

Attendance:: 6,000
Pos Before/After:: 8/8
Opp Before/After:: 2/2
Referee:: WH Stacey
Season:: 1893-94
Forest/Opp Tier:: 1/1

NEXT GAMES:
FA Cup:: Middlesbrough Ironopolis
League:: The Wednesday
League Tier 1:: The Wednesday

GAME COUNT:
League:: 52 (of 4860)
League Tier 1:: 52 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 111 (of 5556)
Total:: 661 (of 7304)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:
Horace Pike

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager:
Prior form: LWLLWW (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Dan Allsop
2	D	Archibald Ritchie
3	D	Adam Scott
4	M	Alec Stewart
5	F	John McPherson
6	M	Peter McCracken
7	M	Neil McCallum
8	F	William 'Tich' Smith
9	F	Alex Higgins
10	F	James Collins
11	F	Horace Pike

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All league games on this day (Sat Feb 03, 1894)

Home	F	A	Away
Aston Villa	5	1	Newton Heath
Blackburn Rovers	6	1	Nottingham Forest
Burnley	2	1	Bolton Wanderers
Darwen	2	1	Preston North End
Derby County	4	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Sheffield United	3	3	Stoke City
West Bromwich Albion	3	1	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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Aston Villa	24	15	5	4	65	32	9	1	0	36	6	6	4	4	29	26	2.031	35	WWLWDW
	2	Blackburn Rovers	22	13	2	7	48	35	10	0	1	33	12	3	2	6	15	23	1.371	28	LWLLWW
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	13	2	9	46	48	10	1	3	33	24	3	1	6	13	24	.958	28	WLWWLL
	4	Sunderland	22	11	4	7	54	37	8	3	1	39	14	3	1	6	15	23	1.459	26	WWWLWW
	5	Burnley	21	12	2	7	46	35	10	0	0	31	6	2	2	7	15	29	1.314	26	WDWWWL
	6	West Bromwich Albion	25	11	4	10	56	54	6	4	2	29	21	5	0	8	27	33	1.037	26	WWLWLL
	7	Everton	23	11	3	9	75	46	8	1	3	51	19	3	2	6	24	27	1.630	25	WWDWWL
	8	Nottingham Forest	21	11	3	7	44	29	7	2	3	28	13	4	1	4	16	16	1.517	25	WWWWLW
	9	Sheffield United	25	10	4	11	38	53	6	2	4	19	17	4	2	7	19	36	.717	24	LLDWLL
	10	Derby County	21	10	3	8	47	45	7	1	3	34	22	3	2	5	13	23	1.044	23	WWLDWW
	11	Stoke City	23	10	2	11	50	57	10	1	1	37	15	0	1	10	13	42	.877	22	WLDLWW
	12	The Wednesday	26	6	8	12	43	56	5	3	5	28	21	1	5	7	15	35	.768	20	LDLDWW
	13	Bolton Wanderers	22	8	2	12	27	38	6	2	3	15	9	2	0	9	12	29	.711	18	DLLDWL
	14	Preston North End	23	6	3	14	31	45	4	1	7	18	23	2	2	7	13	22	.689	15	WDLLLL
	15	Darwen	23	5	4	14	29	67	4	3	3	18	20	1	1	11	11	47	.433	14	LLLDDL
	16	Newton Heath	19	4	1	14	16	38	3	1	4	11	13	1	0	10	5	25	.421	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
	1	Aston Villa	25	16	5	4	70	33	10	1	0	41	7	6	4	4	29	26	2.121	37	WLWDWW
	2	Blackburn Rovers	23	14	2	7	54	36	11	0	1	39	13	3	2	6	15	23	1.500	30	WLLWWW
2	3	Burnley	22	13	2	7	48	36	11	0	0	33	7	2	2	7	15	29	1.333	28	DWWWLW
2	4	West Bromwich Albion	26	12	4	10	59	55	7	4	2	32	22	5	0	8	27	33	1.073	28	WLWLLW
2	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	13	2	10	47	52	10	1	3	33	24	3	1	7	14	28	.904	28	LWWLLL
2	6	Sunderland	22	11	4	7	54	37	8	3	1	39	14	3	1	6	15	23	1.459	26	WWWLWW
	7	Everton	24	11	3	10	76	49	8	1	3	51	19	3	2	7	25	30	1.551	25	WDWWLL
	8	Nottingham Forest	22	11	3	8	45	35	7	2	3	28	13	4	1	5	17	22	1.286	25	WWWLWL
1	9	Derby County	22	11	3	8	51	46	8	1	3	38	23	3	2	5	13	23	1.109	25	WLDWWW
1	10	Sheffield United	26	10	5	11	41	56	6	3	4	22	20	4	2	7	19	36	.732	25	LDWLLD
	11	Stoke City	24	10	3	11	53	60	10	1	1	37	15	0	2	10	16	45	.883	23	LDLWWD
	12	The Wednesday	26	6	8	12	43	56	5	3	5	28	21	1	5	7	15	35	.768	20	LDLDWW
	13	Bolton Wanderers	23	8	2	13	28	40	6	2	3	15	9	2	0	10	13	31	.700	18	LLDWLL
1	14	Darwen	24	6	4	14	31	68	5	3	3	20	21	1	1	11	11	47	.456	16	LLDDLW
1	15	Preston North End	24	6	3	15	32	47	4	1	7	18	23	2	2	8	14	24	.681	15	DLLLLL
	16	Newton Heath	20	4	1	15	17	43	3	1	4	11	13	1	0	11	6	30	.395	9	LLLLLL