The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 BOLTON WANDERERS - Sat Jan 16, 1897 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 16, 1897 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bolton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 (Won)

Season:: 1896-97
Referee:: J Adams
Attendance:: 5,000
Pos Before/After:: 10 10
Opp Before/After:: 6 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 1)
Bolton Wanderers:: Mar 20, 1897

GAME COUNT:
League:: 142 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 142 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 208 (of 5679)
Total:: 818 (of 7451)

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

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

Goals:
Adrian Capes
Tom McInnes

BOLTON WANDERERS
Manager: Frank Brettell
Prior form: WWDLLL (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	Willie Wragg
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 Jan 16, 1897)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-1	Sunderland
Blackburn Rovers	5-2	Derby County
Burnley	1-1	Sheffield United
Liverpool	1-0	Stoke City
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Bolton Wanderers
Preston North End	4-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion	1-4	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	Aston Villa	19	11	4	4	41	28	5	2	2	17	12	6	2	2	24	16	1.46429	26	WWDWLL
	2	Liverpool	23	10	6	7	38	28	5	4	1	18	6	5	2	6	20	22	1.35714	26	LDLWDW
	3	Derby County	20	11	3	6	51	32	9	1	2	42	19	2	2	4	9	13	1.59375	25	DWWWWW
	4	Sheffield United	18	8	7	3	30	15	5	4	2	20	8	3	3	1	10	7	2.00000	23	LWWLDW
	5	Everton	19	10	3	6	38	28	6	1	3	27	15	4	2	3	11	13	1.35714	23	DWWWWW
	6	Bolton Wanderers	18	9	4	5	29	20	5	2	1	15	7	4	2	4	14	13	1.45000	22	WWDLLL
	7	Preston North End	18	7	7	4	36	26	6	2	1	25	15	1	5	3	11	11	1.38462	21	LWDDDL
	8	West Bromwich Albion	21	8	5	8	20	32	5	2	4	9	8	3	3	4	11	24	.62500	21	LDLWLW
	9	The Wednesday	20	7	6	7	30	28	6	2	2	22	10	1	4	5	8	18	1.07143	20	DDLWWL
	10	Nottingham Forest	20	6	5	9	31	34	6	2	2	22	10	0	3	7	9	24	.91176	17	WLLWLL
	11	Blackburn Rovers	21	7	3	11	19	45	5	1	4	14	15	2	2	7	5	30	.42222	17	WLLLWL
	12	Bury	18	4	8	6	23	31	3	4	1	14	10	1	4	5	9	21	.74194	16	WLWDLD
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	5	4	10	27	24	4	2	5	18	12	1	2	5	9	12	1.12500	14	DDLWLL
	14	Stoke City	19	6	2	11	31	47	3	2	3	15	14	3	0	8	16	33	.65957	14	LDWLLW
	15	Sunderland	21	4	6	11	22	37	2	4	4	12	15	2	2	7	10	22	.59459	14	LWLDLW
	16	Burnley	18	4	5	9	26	37	3	4	2	14	12	1	1	7	12	25	.70270	13	LDWDWL

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	20	12	4	4	43	29	6	2	2	19	13	6	2	2	24	16	1.48276	28	WDWLLW	2-1
	2	Liverpool	24	11	6	7	39	28	6	4	1	19	6	5	2	6	20	22	1.39286	28	DLWDWW	1-0
2	3	Everton	20	11	3	6	42	29	6	1	3	27	15	5	2	3	15	14	1.44828	25	WWWWWW	4-1
1	4	Derby County	21	11	3	7	53	37	9	1	2	42	19	2	2	5	11	18	1.43243	25	WWWWWL	2-5
1	5	Sheffield United	19	8	8	3	31	16	5	4	2	20	8	3	4	1	11	8	1.93750	24	WWLDWD	1-1
1	6	Preston North End	19	8	7	4	40	26	7	2	1	29	15	1	5	3	11	11	1.53846	23	WDDDLW	4-0
1	7	Bolton Wanderers	19	9	4	6	29	22	5	2	1	15	7	4	2	5	14	15	1.31818	22	WDLLLL	0-2
	8	West Bromwich Albion	22	8	5	9	21	36	5	2	5	10	12	3	3	4	11	24	.58333	21	DLWLWL	1-4
	9	The Wednesday	20	7	6	7	30	28	6	2	2	22	10	1	4	5	8	18	1.07143	20	DDLWWL
	10	Nottingham Forest	21	7	5	9	33	34	7	2	2	24	10	0	3	7	9	24	.97059	19	LLWLLW	2-0
	11	Blackburn Rovers	22	8	3	11	24	47	6	1	4	19	17	2	2	7	5	30	.51064	19	LLLWLW	5-2
	12	Bury	18	4	8	6	23	31	3	4	1	14	10	1	4	5	9	21	.74194	16	WLWDLD
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	5	4	11	27	28	4	2	5	18	12	1	2	6	9	16	.96429	14	DLWLLL	0-4
2	14	Burnley	19	4	6	9	27	38	3	5	2	15	13	1	1	7	12	25	.71053	14	DWDWLD	1-1
1	15	Stoke City	20	6	2	12	31	48	3	2	3	15	14	3	0	9	16	34	.64583	14	DWLLWL	0-1
1	16	Sunderland	22	4	6	12	23	39	2	4	4	12	15	2	2	8	11	24	.58974	14	WLDLWL	1-2