FOREST 4 - 0 STOKE CITY - Sat Sep 12, 1896 (League Tier 1)
- Date:
- Sat Sep 12, 1896 (3:00 PM)
- Opponent:
- Stoke City
- Home/Away:
- Home
- Ground:
- Town Ground
- Game Type:
- League Tier 1
- Score:
- 4-0 (Won)
- Attendance:
- 5,000
- Pos Before/After:
- 12/5
- Opp Before/After:
- 6/15
- Referee:
- Season:
- 1896-97
- Forest/Opp Tier:
- 1/1
- NEXT GAMES:
- League Tier 1:
- Burnley
- GAME COUNT:
- League:
- 122 (of 4877)
- League Tier 1:
- 122 (of 2183)
- Competitive:
- 188 (of 5574)
- Total:
- 791 (of 7322)
- Sources:
- AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
- Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
FOREST
Manager: Harry Radford
Prior form: D (Old to recent)
Goals:
Frank Forman
John McPherson
Fred Forman
Chas Richards
Manager: Harry Radford
Prior form: D (Old to recent)
Goals:
Frank Forman
John McPherson
Fred Forman
Chas Richards
STOKE CITY
Manager:
Prior form: LW (Old to recent)
Goals:
Manager:
Prior form: LW (Old to recent)
Goals:
Lineup:
| Num | Pos | Player | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Dan Allsop | |
| 2 | D | James Iremonger | |
| 3 | D | Adam Scott | |
| 4 | M | Frank Forman  | |
| 5 | M | John McPherson | |
| 6 | M | Alec Stewart | |
| 7 | F | Fred Forman | |
| 8 | F | Chas Richards | |
| 9 | M | Adrian Capes | |
| 10 | F | Arthur Capes | |
| 11 | F | Tom McInnes |
Lineup:
| Num | Pos | Player |
|---|
| Home | F | A | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aston Villa | 2 | 2 | Sheffield United |
| Bolton Wanderers | 0 | 0 | Blackburn Rovers |
| Burnley | 1 | 0 | Bury |
| Liverpool | 2 | 0 | Derby County |
| Nottingham Forest | 4 | 0 | Stoke City |
| Preston North End | 5 | 3 | Sunderland |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 3 | 1 | West Bromwich Albion |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | 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 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.500 | 4 | WW | |
| 2 | Bury | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 99.999 | 3 | WD | |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.000 | 3 | DW | |
| 4 | Sheffield United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99.999 | 2 | W | |
| 5 | Everton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.000 | 2 | W | |
| 6 | Stoke City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | LW | |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | LW | |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | WL | |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .750 | 2 | WL | |
| 10 | Sunderland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .667 | 2 | LDD | |
| 11 | Liverpool | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2 | WLL | |
| 12 | Nottingham Forest | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | D | |
| 13 | Burnley | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 1 | LD | |
| 14 | Derby County | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 1 | LD | |
| 15 | Preston North End | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | D | |
| 16 | The Wednesday | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | LL | |
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 | |
 2 | 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.000 | 4 | DWD |
| 3 | 2 | Everton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.000 | 4 | WW |
 2 | 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.200 | 4 | WWL |
| 7 | 4 | Liverpool | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | WLLW |
| 7 | 5 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.000 | 3 | DW |
| 9 | 6 | Preston North End | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.667 | 3 | DW |
| 3 | 7 | Sheffield United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.500 | 3 | WD |
| 1 | 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | LWD |
| 4 | 9 | Burnley | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 | LDW |
| 8 | 10 | Bury | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 | WDL |
| 2 | 11 | Aston Villa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .833 | 3 | WLD |
| 4 | 12 | The Wednesday | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | LLW |
| 5 | 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .667 | 2 | WLL |
| 4 | 14 | Sunderland | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .625 | 2 | LDDL |
| 9 | 15 | Stoke City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .429 | 2 | LWL |
| 2 | 16 | Derby County | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .250 | 1 | LDL |