The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Sat Dec 12, 1896 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 12, 1896 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 (Won)

Season:: 1896-97
Referee:
Attendance:: 3,000
Pos Before/After:: 9 8
Opp Before/After:: 10 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Aston Villa (League Tier 1)
Blackburn Rovers:: Oct 16, 1897

GAME COUNT:
League:: 136 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 136 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 202 (of 5674)
Total:: 811 (of 7443)

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

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

Goals:
Adrian Capes
Chas Richards

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Joseph Warmlsey
Prior form: LLWDLL (Old to recent)

Goals:
?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Dan Allsop
2	D	Archibald Ritchie
3	D	James Iremonger
4	M	Frank Forman
5	M	John McPherson
6	M	Alec Stewart
7	F	Fred Forman
8	M	Adrian Capes ()
9	F	Chas Richards ()
10	F	Arthur Capes
11	F	Tom McInnes

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 12, 1896)

Home	Score	Away
Liverpool	3-1	Bury
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Blackburn Rovers
Sunderland	1-1	Everton
The Wednesday	0-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion	1-2	Stoke City

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	Bolton Wanderers	14	9	3	2	26	12	5	1	0	12	1	4	2	2	14	11	2.167	21	WDLWWW
	2	Aston Villa	14	9	3	2	31	15	4	2	1	14	7	5	1	1	17	8	2.067	21	WWDWWW
	3	Liverpool	16	7	4	5	23	15	4	2	1	12	2	3	2	4	11	13	1.533	18	WWWDDL
	4	Preston North End	14	7	4	3	32	21	6	1	1	23	13	1	3	2	9	8	1.524	18	WWLDLW
	5	Sheffield United	13	5	6	2	19	13	2	4	1	9	6	3	2	1	10	7	1.462	16	DLDWDL
	6	West Bromwich Albion	15	6	4	5	13	14	4	2	3	7	6	2	2	2	6	8	.929	16	LWLDWW
	7	Derby County	15	6	3	6	35	27	5	1	2	28	15	1	2	4	7	12	1.296	15	WWWWLD
	8	The Wednesday	14	5	4	5	21	23	4	1	2	15	10	1	3	3	6	13	.913	14	WDLLWD
	9	Nottingham Forest	14	4	5	5	23	24	4	2	1	17	8	0	3	4	6	16	.958	13	LDLWWL
	10	Blackburn Rovers	14	5	3	6	14	27	4	1	3	11	13	1	2	3	3	14	.519	13	LLWDLL
	11	Everton	13	5	2	6	20	19	3	1	3	15	10	2	1	3	5	9	1.053	12	LDLDWL
	12	Bury	13	3	6	4	17	22	2	3	1	11	9	1	3	3	6	13	.773	12	DDDWDW
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13	4	2	7	18	16	3	1	3	9	6	1	1	4	9	10	1.125	10	LLDWLW
	14	Stoke City	15	4	2	9	22	38	3	2	2	13	11	1	0	7	9	27	.579	10	LWLDLD
	15	Sunderland	14	2	4	8	11	24	1	2	2	5	8	1	2	6	6	16	.458	8	WWLLLD
	16	Burnley	13	2	3	8	16	31	2	3	1	8	7	0	0	7	8	24	.516	7	DLLLLL

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	Result(s)
	1	Bolton Wanderers	14	9	3	2	26	12	5	1	0	12	1	4	2	2	14	11	2.167	21	WDLWWW
	2	Aston Villa	14	9	3	2	31	15	4	2	1	14	7	5	1	1	17	8	2.067	21	WWDWWW
	3	Liverpool	17	8	4	5	26	16	5	2	1	15	3	3	2	4	11	13	1.625	20	WWDDLW	3-1
	4	Preston North End	14	7	4	3	32	21	6	1	1	23	13	1	3	2	9	8	1.524	18	WWLDLW
	5	Sheffield United	13	5	6	2	19	13	2	4	1	9	6	3	2	1	10	7	1.462	16	DLDWDL
	6	West Bromwich Albion	16	6	4	6	14	16	4	2	4	8	8	2	2	2	6	8	.875	16	WLDWWL	1-2
	7	Derby County	15	6	3	6	35	27	5	1	2	28	15	1	2	4	7	12	1.296	15	WWWWLD
1	8	Nottingham Forest	15	5	5	5	25	25	5	2	1	19	9	0	3	4	6	16	1.000	15	DLWWLW	2-1
1	9	The Wednesday	15	5	5	5	21	23	4	2	2	15	10	1	3	3	6	13	.913	15	DLLWDD	0-0
1	10	Everton	14	5	3	6	21	20	3	1	3	15	10	2	2	3	6	10	1.050	13	DLDWLD	1-1
1	11	Blackburn Rovers	15	5	3	7	15	29	4	1	3	11	13	1	2	4	4	16	.517	13	LWDLLL	1-2
	12	Bury	14	3	6	5	18	25	2	3	1	11	9	1	3	4	7	16	.720	12	DDWDWL	1-3
1	13	Stoke City	16	5	2	9	24	39	3	2	2	13	11	2	0	7	11	28	.615	12	WLDLDW	2-1
1	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14	4	3	7	18	16	3	1	3	9	6	1	2	4	9	10	1.125	11	LDWLWD	0-0
	15	Sunderland	15	2	5	8	12	25	1	3	2	6	9	1	2	6	6	16	.480	9	WLLLDD	1-1
	16	Burnley	13	2	3	8	16	31	2	3	1	8	7	0	0	7	8	24	.516	7	DLLLLL