The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 BURY - Mon Dec 28, 1896 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Dec 28, 1896 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-0 (Won)

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

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 1)
Bury:: Apr 04, 1898

GAME COUNT:
League:: 139 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 139 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 205 (of 5722)
Total:: 815 (of 7502)

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

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

Goals
Frank Forman
Adrian Capes
Tom McInnes

BURY
Manager:
Prior form: WDWLWD (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	Peter McCracken
7	F	Fred Forman
8	M	Adrian Capes
9	F	Chas Richards
10	F	Arthur Capes
11	F	Tom McInnes

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Mon Dec 28, 1896)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Bury
The Wednesday	6-0	Blackburn Rovers
Wolverhampton Wanderers	6-1	West Bromwich Albion

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	17	11	4	2	39	21	5	2	1	17	9	6	2	1	22	12	1.85714	26	WWWWDW
	2	Bolton Wanderers	16	9	4	3	28	15	5	2	0	14	3	4	2	3	14	12	1.86667	22	LWWWDL
	3	Derby County	18	9	3	6	47	30	8	1	2	40	18	1	2	4	7	12	1.56667	21	WLDWWW
	4	Liverpool	20	8	5	7	32	26	5	3	1	18	6	3	2	6	14	20	1.23077	21	DLWLDL
	5	Preston North End	16	7	6	3	35	24	6	2	1	25	15	1	4	2	10	9	1.45833	20	LDLWDD
	6	West Bromwich Albion	19	7	5	7	18	26	5	2	4	9	8	2	3	3	9	18	.69231	19	WWLDLW
	7	Sheffield United	14	6	6	2	21	13	3	4	1	11	6	3	2	1	10	7	1.61538	18	LDWDLW
	8	Everton	16	7	3	6	30	24	5	1	3	24	14	2	2	3	6	10	1.25000	17	DWLDWW
	9	The Wednesday	17	5	6	6	22	26	4	2	2	15	10	1	4	4	7	16	.84615	16	LWDDDL
	10	Nottingham Forest	17	5	5	7	27	30	5	2	1	19	9	0	3	6	8	21	.90000	15	WWLWLL
	11	Bury	16	4	7	5	22	27	3	3	1	13	9	1	4	4	9	18	.81481	15	WDWLWD
	12	Blackburn Rovers	18	6	3	9	17	32	4	1	4	12	15	2	2	5	5	17	.53125	15	LLLWLL
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	4	4	8	20	19	3	2	4	11	9	1	2	4	9	10	1.05263	12	WLWDDL
	14	Stoke City	17	5	2	10	26	43	3	2	2	13	11	2	0	8	13	32	.60465	12	LDLDWL
	15	Sunderland	18	3	5	10	16	32	1	3	3	6	10	2	2	7	10	22	.50000	11	LDDLWL
	16	Burnley	15	3	4	8	21	33	3	4	1	13	9	0	0	7	8	24	.63636	10	LLLLDW

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	Aston Villa	17	11	4	2	39	21	5	2	1	17	9	6	2	1	22	12	1.85714	26	WWWWDW
	2	Bolton Wanderers	16	9	4	3	28	15	5	2	0	14	3	4	2	3	14	12	1.86667	22	LWWWDL
	3	Derby County	18	9	3	6	47	30	8	1	2	40	18	1	2	4	7	12	1.56667	21	WLDWWW
	4	Liverpool	20	8	5	7	32	26	5	3	1	18	6	3	2	6	14	20	1.23077	21	DLWLDL
	5	Preston North End	16	7	6	3	35	24	6	2	1	25	15	1	4	2	10	9	1.45833	20	LDLWDD
	6	West Bromwich Albion	20	7	5	8	19	32	5	2	4	9	8	2	3	4	10	24	.59375	19	WLDLWL	1-6
	7	Sheffield United	14	6	6	2	21	13	3	4	1	11	6	3	2	1	10	7	1.61538	18	LDWDLW
1	8	The Wednesday	18	6	6	6	28	26	5	2	2	21	10	1	4	4	7	16	1.07692	18	WDDDLW	6-0
1	9	Everton	16	7	3	6	30	24	5	1	3	24	14	2	2	3	6	10	1.25000	17	DWLDWW
	10	Nottingham Forest	18	6	5	7	30	30	6	2	1	22	9	0	3	6	8	21	1.00000	17	WLWLLW	3-0
	11	Bury	17	4	7	6	22	30	3	3	1	13	9	1	4	5	9	21	.73333	15	DWLWDL	0-3
	12	Blackburn Rovers	19	6	3	10	17	38	4	1	4	12	15	2	2	6	5	23	.44737	15	LLWLLL	0-6
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	5	4	8	26	20	4	2	4	17	10	1	2	4	9	10	1.30000	14	LWDDLW	6-1
	14	Stoke City	17	5	2	10	26	43	3	2	2	13	11	2	0	8	13	32	.60465	12	LDLDWL
	15	Sunderland	18	3	5	10	16	32	1	3	3	6	10	2	2	7	10	22	.50000	11	LDDLWL
	16	Burnley	15	3	4	8	21	33	3	4	1	13	9	0	0	7	8	24	.63636	10	LLLLDW