The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 EVERTON - Wed Mar 10, 1897 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Mar 10, 1897 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Everton
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1896-97
Referee:: JH Strawson
Attendance:: 2,000
Pos Before/After:: 10 9
Opp Before/After:: 8 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sunderland (League Tier 1)
Everton:: Mar 12, 1898

GAME COUNT:
League:: 146 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 146 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 216 (of 5724)
Total:: 827 (of 7505)
Played:: 127 years, 1 month, 13 days ago

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

Goals
Fred Spencer (55')
Arthur Capes (62')
Chas Richards

EVERTON
Manager: Dick Molyneux
Prior form: WWWLLL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Dan Allsop
2	D		Adam Scott
3	M	27	Peter McCracken
4	M	21	Frank Forman
5	M	30	John McPherson
6	M		Willie Wragg
7	F		Fred Spencer (55')
8	M	23	Adrian Capes
9	F	21	Chas Richards
10	F	22	Arthur Capes (62')
11	F	23	Tom McInnes

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	B Menham
2	D	D Storrier
3	D	S Arridge
4	D	D Boyle
5	D	J Holt
6	M	B Stewart (c)
7	M	J Taylor
8	M	J Bell
9	M	J Cameron
10	F	E Chadwick
11	F	A Milward

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Wed Mar 10, 1897)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	3-0	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	Status
	1	Aston Villa	24	16	4	4	56	35	7	2	2	22	14	9	2	2	34	21	1.60000	36	LWWWWW
	2	Derby County	24	14	3	7	61	39	10	1	2	43	19	4	2	5	18	20	1.56410	31	WWLWWW
	3	Sheffield United	25	10	10	5	38	25	5	4	4	21	14	5	6	1	17	11	1.52000	30	LWLWDD
	4	Liverpool	26	12	6	8	43	34	7	4	1	22	6	5	2	7	21	28	1.26471	30	WDWWLW
	5	Preston North End	22	9	8	5	47	34	7	3	1	31	17	2	5	4	16	17	1.38235	26	DLWWDL
	6	The Wednesday	25	8	10	7	34	31	7	4	2	24	11	1	6	5	10	20	1.09677	26	LDDDDW
	7	Bolton Wanderers	22	10	5	7	32	25	5	2	2	16	10	5	3	5	16	15	1.28000	25	LLLWDL
	8	Everton	23	11	3	9	48	40	6	1	4	30	19	5	2	5	18	21	1.20000	25	WWWLLL
	9	West Bromwich Albion	25	9	5	11	27	42	6	2	6	15	16	3	3	5	12	26	.64286	23	LWLWLL
	10	Nottingham Forest	24	8	5	11	38	42	7	2	3	26	14	1	3	8	12	28	.90476	21	LLWLWL
	11	Bury	22	6	9	7	29	36	4	4	2	17	13	2	5	5	12	23	.80556	21	LDLWDW
	12	Blackburn Rovers	25	9	3	13	30	54	7	1	6	25	24	2	2	7	5	30	.55556	21	WLWLLW
	13	Stoke City	24	8	3	13	41	55	5	3	3	24	17	3	0	10	17	38	.74545	19	WLDWLW
	14	Sunderland	27	6	7	14	30	44	4	5	5	19	19	2	2	9	11	25	.68182	19	LLWLDW
	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	6	6	12	32	34	4	4	5	20	14	2	2	7	12	20	.94118	18	LLWDLD
	16	Burnley	24	4	7	13	33	49	3	5	4	18	19	1	2	9	15	30	.67347	15	DLLLDL

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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Aston Villa	24	16	4	4	56	35	7	2	2	22	14	9	2	2	34	21	1.60000	36	LWWWWW
	2	Derby County	24	14	3	7	61	39	10	1	2	43	19	4	2	5	18	20	1.56410	31	WWLWWW
	3	Sheffield United	25	10	10	5	38	25	5	4	4	21	14	5	6	1	17	11	1.52000	30	LWLWDD
	4	Liverpool	26	12	6	8	43	34	7	4	1	22	6	5	2	7	21	28	1.26471	30	WDWWLW
	5	Preston North End	22	9	8	5	47	34	7	3	1	31	17	2	5	4	16	17	1.38235	26	DLWWDL
	6	The Wednesday	25	8	10	7	34	31	7	4	2	24	11	1	6	5	10	20	1.09677	26	LDDDDW
	7	Bolton Wanderers	22	10	5	7	32	25	5	2	2	16	10	5	3	5	16	15	1.28000	25	LLLWDL
	8	Everton	24	11	3	10	48	43	6	1	4	30	19	5	2	6	18	24	1.11628	25	WWLLLL		0-3
1	9	Nottingham Forest	25	9	5	11	41	42	8	2	3	29	14	1	3	8	12	28	.97619	23	LWLWLW		3-0
1	10	West Bromwich Albion	25	9	5	11	27	42	6	2	6	15	16	3	3	5	12	26	.64286	23	LWLWLL
	11	Bury	22	6	9	7	29	36	4	4	2	17	13	2	5	5	12	23	.80556	21	LDLWDW
	12	Blackburn Rovers	25	9	3	13	30	54	7	1	6	25	24	2	2	7	5	30	.55556	21	WLWLLW
	13	Stoke City	24	8	3	13	41	55	5	3	3	24	17	3	0	10	17	38	.74545	19	WLDWLW
	14	Sunderland	27	6	7	14	30	44	4	5	5	19	19	2	2	9	11	25	.68182	19	LLWLDW
	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	6	6	12	32	34	4	4	5	20	14	2	2	7	12	20	.94118	18	LLWDLD
	16	Burnley	24	4	7	13	33	49	3	5	4	18	19	1	2	9	15	30	.67347	15	DLLLDL