STOKE CITY 3 - 0 FOREST - Sat Oct 17, 1896 (League Tier 1)
- Date:
- Sat Oct 17, 1896 (3:00 PM)
- Opponent:
- Stoke City
- Home/Away:
- Away
- Ground:
- Victoria Ground
- Game Type:
- League Tier 1
- Score:
- 0-3 (Lost)
- Attendance:
- 6,000
- Position Before:
- 11
- Position After:
- 14
- Referee:
- Henn
- Season:
- 1896-97
- NEXT GAMES:
- League Tier 1:
- Burnley
- GAME COUNT:
- League:
- 127 (of 4785)
- League Tier 1
- 127 (of 2183)
- Competitive:
- 193 (of 5475)
- Total:
- 794 (of 7209)
- Sources:
- AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
- Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
Review:
The original referee (Mr Adams) missed his train so the senior lineman took his place
Forest Goals:
Stoke City Goals:
Forest:
Manager: Harry Radford
| Num | Pos | Player | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Dan Allsop | |
| 2 | D | Archibald Ritchie | |
| 3 | D | Adam Scott | |
| 4 | M | Frank Forman | |
| 5 | F | 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 |
TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME
Other league games on this day (Sat Oct 17, 1896)
Table before:
| Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | |
| 3 | Liverpool | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| 5 | Preston North End | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 6 | Everton | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 7 | |
| 9 | Burnley | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 6 | |
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 6 | |
| 11 | Nottingham Forest | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | |
| 12 | Derby County | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
| 14 | Stoke City | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 4 | |
| 15 | Sunderland | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 3 | |
| 16 | Bury | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -8 | 3 | |
Table after:
| Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 11 | |
| ⇧ | 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| ⇧ | 4 | Aston Villa | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Preston North End | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | |
| ⇩ | 6 | Liverpool | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 9 |
| ⇩ | 7 | Everton | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 8 | |
| ⇧ | 9 | West Bromwich Albion | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| ⇩ | 10 | Burnley | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 7 |
| ⇧ | 11 | Stoke City | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Derby County | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 5 | |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 5 | |
| ⇩ | 14 | Nottingham Forest | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Sunderland | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 5 | |
| 16 | Bury | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -8 | 4 | |