The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 WEST BROMWICH ALBION - Sat Jan 02, 1897 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 02, 1897 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Albion Till We Die (Link)

Season:: 1896-97
Referee:: CJ Fox
Attendance:: 6,000
League Week:: 19 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 10 10
Opp Before/After:: 8 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (League Tier 1)
West Bromwich Albion:: Jan 23, 1897

GAME COUNT:
League:: 140 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 140 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 206 (of 5824)
Total:: 817 (of 7629)
Played:: 129 years, 7 months, 27 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Frank Heaven
Prior form: WLDLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Alf Dean

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Dan Allsop
2	D	24	Archibald Ritchie
3	D	20	James Iremonger
4	M	21	Frank Forman
5	M	29	John McPherson
6	M	28	Alec Stewart
7	F	27	Arthur Shaw
8	M	23	Adrian Capes
9	F	21	Chas Richards
10	F	21	Arthur Capes
11	F	23	Tom McInnes

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Joe Reader
2	D	George Cave
3	D	Billy Williams
4	D	Tom Perry
5	D	Tom Higgins
6	M	Patrick McManus
7	M	Alf Dean
8	M	Roddie McLeod
9	M	John Cameron
10	F	William Richards
11	F	Arthur Watson

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Jan 02, 1897)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	0-3	Burnley
Blackburn Rovers	2-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Liverpool	0-0	Sheffield United
Nottingham Forest	0-1	West Bromwich Albion
Stoke	2-3	Everton
Sunderland	1-2	Derby County
The Wednesday	1-0	Preston North End

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Aston Villa	17	11	4	2	39	21	5	2	1	17	9	6	2	1	22	12	18	26	WWWWDW
	2	Liverpool	21	9	5	7	36	27	5	3	1	18	6	4	2	6	18	21	9	23	LWLDLW
	3	Bolton Wanderers	18	9	4	5	29	20	5	2	1	15	7	4	2	4	14	13	9	22	WWDLLL
	4	Derby County	18	9	3	6	47	30	8	1	2	40	18	1	2	4	7	12	17	21	WLDWWW
	5	Preston North End	17	7	7	3	36	25	6	2	1	25	15	1	5	2	11	10	11	21	DLWDDD
	6	Sheffield United	16	7	6	3	23	15	4	4	2	13	8	3	2	1	10	7	8	20	WDLWWL
	7	Everton	17	8	3	6	32	25	5	1	3	24	14	3	2	3	8	11	7	19	WLDWWW
	8	West Bromwich Albion	20	7	5	8	19	32	5	2	4	9	8	2	3	4	10	24	-13	19	WLDLWL
	9	The Wednesday	18	6	6	6	28	26	5	2	2	21	10	1	4	4	7	16	2	18	WDDDLW
	10	Nottingham Forest	18	6	5	7	30	30	6	2	1	22	9	0	3	6	8	21	0	17	WLWLLW
	11	Bury	18	4	8	6	23	31	3	4	1	14	10	1	4	5	9	21	-8	16	WLWDLD
	12	Blackburn Rovers	19	6	3	10	17	38	4	1	4	12	15	2	2	6	5	23	-21	15	LLWLLL
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	5	4	8	26	20	4	2	4	17	10	1	2	4	9	10	6	14	LWDDLW
	14	Stoke	17	5	2	10	26	43	3	2	2	13	11	2	0	8	13	32	-17	12	LDLDWL
	15	Sunderland	19	3	6	10	17	33	1	4	3	7	11	2	2	7	10	22	-16	12	DDLWLD
	16	Burnley	16	3	5	8	22	34	3	4	1	13	9	0	1	7	9	25	-12	11	LLLDWD

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Aston Villa	18	11	4	3	39	24	5	2	2	17	12	6	2	1	22	12	15	26	WWWDWL		0-3
	2	Liverpool	22	9	6	7	36	27	5	4	1	18	6	4	2	6	18	21	9	24	WLDLWD		0-0
1	3	Derby County	19	10	3	6	49	31	8	1	2	40	18	2	2	4	9	13	18	23	LDWWWW		2-1
1	4	Bolton Wanderers	18	9	4	5	29	20	5	2	1	15	7	4	2	4	14	13	9	22	WWDLLL
1	5	Sheffield United	17	7	7	3	23	15	4	4	2	13	8	3	3	1	10	7	8	21	DLWWLD		0-0
1	6	Preston North End	18	7	7	4	36	26	6	2	1	25	15	1	5	3	11	11	10	21	LWDDDL		0-1
	7	Everton	18	9	3	6	35	27	5	1	3	24	14	4	2	3	11	13	8	21	LDWWWW		3-2
	8	West Bromwich Albion	21	8	5	8	20	32	5	2	4	9	8	3	3	4	11	24	-12	21	LDLWLW		1-0
	9	The Wednesday	19	7	6	6	29	26	6	2	2	22	10	1	4	4	7	16	3	20	DDDLWW		1-0
	10	Nottingham Forest	19	6	5	8	30	31	6	2	2	22	10	0	3	6	8	21	-1	17	LWLLWL		0-1
1	11	Blackburn Rovers	20	7	3	10	19	38	5	1	4	14	15	2	2	6	5	23	-19	17	LWLLLW		2-0
1	12	Bury	18	4	8	6	23	31	3	4	1	14	10	1	4	5	9	21	-8	16	WLWDLD
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	5	4	9	26	22	4	2	4	17	10	1	2	5	9	12	4	14	WDDLWL		0-2
2	14	Burnley	17	4	5	8	25	34	3	4	1	13	9	1	1	7	12	25	-9	13	LLDWDW		3-0
1	15	Stoke	18	5	2	11	28	46	3	2	3	15	14	2	0	8	13	32	-18	12	DLDWLL		2-3
1	16	Sunderland	20	3	6	11	18	35	1	4	4	8	13	2	2	7	10	22	-17	12	DLWLDL		1-2