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BOLTON WANDERERS 0 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 20, 1897 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 20, 1897 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bolton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Burnden Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-0 (Draw)
: Half-time: 0-0

Season:: 1896-97
Referee:
Attendance:: 1,000
Pos Before/After:: 9 9
Opp Before/After:: 6 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Grimsby Town (Friendly)
League:: Sheffield Wednesday
Bolton Wanderers:: Oct 23, 1897

GAME COUNT:
League:: 148 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 148 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 218 (of 5679)
Total:: 828 (of 7451)

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

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

Goals:

BOLTON WANDERERS
Manager: Frank Brettell
Prior form: LLWDLW (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Dan Allsop
2	D	James Iremonger
3	D	Adam Scott
4	M	Frank Forman
5	M	John McPherson
6	M	Willie Wragg
7	F	Fred Forman
8	F	Chas Richards
9	M	Adrian Capes
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 (Sat Mar 20, 1897)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2-1	Stoke City
Bolton Wanderers	0-0	Nottingham Forest
Burnley	0-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bury	0-1	Sheffield United

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	25	16	5	4	56	35	7	3	2	22	14	9	2	2	34	21	1.60000	37	WWWWWD
	2	Derby County	24	14	3	7	61	39	10	1	2	43	19	4	2	5	18	20	1.56410	31	WWLWWW
	3	Liverpool	27	12	7	8	43	34	7	4	1	22	6	5	3	7	21	28	1.26471	31	DWWLWD
	4	Sheffield United	26	10	10	6	38	27	5	4	5	21	16	5	6	1	17	11	1.40741	30	WLWDDL
	5	Preston North End	23	10	8	5	49	34	7	3	1	31	17	3	5	4	18	17	1.44118	28	LWWDLW
	6	Bolton Wanderers	23	11	5	7	34	26	6	2	2	18	11	5	3	5	16	15	1.30769	27	LLWDLW
	7	The Wednesday	26	8	10	8	34	33	7	4	2	24	11	1	6	6	10	22	1.03030	26	DDDDWL
	8	Everton	25	11	3	11	48	46	6	1	5	30	22	5	2	6	18	24	1.04348	25	WLLLLL
	9	Nottingham Forest	26	9	6	11	43	44	8	2	3	29	14	1	4	8	14	30	.97727	24	WLWLWD
	10	Bury	23	7	9	7	32	36	5	4	2	20	13	2	5	5	12	23	.88889	23	DLWDWW
	11	Blackburn Rovers	26	10	3	13	33	54	7	1	6	25	24	3	2	7	8	30	.61111	23	LWLLWW
	12	West Bromwich Albion	26	9	5	12	27	45	6	2	6	15	16	3	3	6	12	29	.60000	23	WLWLLL
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	7	6	12	34	34	5	4	5	22	14	2	2	7	12	20	1.00000	20	LWDLDW
	14	Sunderland	28	6	8	14	32	46	4	6	5	21	21	2	2	9	11	25	.69565	20	LWLDWD
	15	Stoke City	24	8	3	13	41	55	5	3	3	24	17	3	0	10	17	38	.74545	19	WLDWLW
	16	Burnley	25	4	7	14	34	51	3	5	4	18	19	1	2	10	16	32	.66667	15	LLLDLL

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	25	16	5	4	56	35	7	3	2	22	14	9	2	2	34	21	1.60000	37	WWWWWD
2	2	Sheffield United	27	11	10	6	39	27	5	4	5	21	16	6	6	1	18	11	1.44444	32	LWDDLW	1-0
1	3	Derby County	24	14	3	7	61	39	10	1	2	43	19	4	2	5	18	20	1.56410	31	WWLWWW
1	4	Liverpool	27	12	7	8	43	34	7	4	1	22	6	5	3	7	21	28	1.26471	31	DWWLWD
	5	Preston North End	23	10	8	5	49	34	7	3	1	31	17	3	5	4	18	17	1.44118	28	LWWDLW
	6	Bolton Wanderers	24	11	6	7	34	26	6	3	2	18	11	5	3	5	16	15	1.30769	28	LWDLWD	0-0
	7	The Wednesday	26	8	10	8	34	33	7	4	2	24	11	1	6	6	10	22	1.03030	26	DDDDWL
	8	Everton	25	11	3	11	48	46	6	1	5	30	22	5	2	6	18	24	1.04348	25	WLLLLL
	9	Nottingham Forest	27	9	7	11	43	44	8	2	3	29	14	1	5	8	14	30	.97727	25	LWLWDD	0-0
1	10	Blackburn Rovers	27	11	3	13	35	55	8	1	6	27	25	3	2	7	8	30	.63636	25	WLLWWW	2-1
1	11	Bury	24	7	9	8	32	37	5	4	3	20	14	2	5	5	12	23	.86486	23	LWDWWL	0-1
	12	West Bromwich Albion	26	9	5	12	27	45	6	2	6	15	16	3	3	6	12	29	.60000	23	WLWLLL
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	8	6	12	37	34	5	4	5	22	14	3	2	7	15	20	1.08824	22	WDLDWW	3-0
	14	Sunderland	28	6	8	14	32	46	4	6	5	21	21	2	2	9	11	25	.69565	20	LWLDWD
	15	Stoke City	25	8	3	14	42	57	5	3	3	24	17	3	0	11	18	40	.73684	19	LDWLWL	1-2
	16	Burnley	26	4	7	15	34	54	3	5	5	18	22	1	2	10	16	32	.62963	15	LLDLLL	0-3