The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 0 PRESTON NORTH END - Thu Apr 08, 1897 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Thu Apr 08, 1897 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Preston North End
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-0 (Draw)
: Half-time: 0-0

Attendance:: 3,000
Pos Before/After:: 10/8
Opp Before/After:: 5/4
Referee:: PJ Cooper
Season:: 1896-97
Forest Tier:: 1
Opponent Tier:: 1

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 1:: Wolverhampton Wanderers

GAME COUNT:
League:: 150 (of 4830)
League Tier 1:: 150 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 220 (of 5524)
Total:: 828 (of 7268)

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

FOREST
Manager: Harry Radford

Goals:

PRESTON NORTH END
Manager:

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Martin (1897-98)	Debut
2	D	Archibald Ritchie
3	D	Adam Scott
4	M	Frank Forman
5	F	John McPherson
6	M	Peter McCracken
7	F	Fred Spencer
8	M	Chris Goodchild
9	F	Chas Richards
10	F	Arthur Capes
11	F	TT Walker	Last game

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

All league games on this day (Thu Apr 08, 1897)

Home	F	A	Away
Nottingham Forest	0	0	Preston North End

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
	1	Aston Villa	27	18	5	4	64	38	8	3	2	28	16	10	2	2	36	22	1.684	41
	2	Derby County	26	15	4	7	66	43	10	2	2	45	21	5	2	5	21	22	1.535	34
	3	Sheffield United	28	12	10	6	40	27	6	4	5	22	16	6	6	1	18	11	1.481	34
	4	Liverpool	29	12	8	9	46	38	7	5	2	25	10	5	3	7	21	28	1.211	32
	5	Preston North End	25	11	9	5	55	37	8	3	1	35	18	3	6	4	20	19	1.486	31
	6	The Wednesday	28	9	11	8	39	35	8	4	2	27	11	1	7	6	12	24	1.114	29
	7	Bolton Wanderers	27	11	6	10	38	36	6	3	4	20	15	5	3	6	18	21	1.056	28
	8	Everton	26	11	3	12	49	50	6	1	5	30	22	5	2	7	19	28	.980	25
	9	Bury	25	8	9	8	35	37	6	4	3	23	14	2	5	5	12	23	.946	25
	10	Nottingham Forest	28	9	7	12	43	47	8	2	3	29	14	1	5	9	14	33	.915	25
	11	West Bromwich Albion	27	10	5	12	30	45	7	2	6	18	16	3	3	6	12	29	.667	25
	12	Blackburn Rovers	28	11	3	14	35	58	8	1	6	27	25	3	2	8	8	33	.603	25
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	9	6	12	39	35	5	4	5	22	14	4	2	7	17	21	1.114	24
	14	Sunderland	29	7	8	14	33	46	4	6	5	21	21	3	2	9	12	25	.717	22
	15	Stoke City	27	8	3	16	42	59	5	3	4	24	18	3	0	12	18	41	.712	19
	16	Burnley	29	5	7	17	38	61	3	5	6	20	25	2	2	11	18	36	.623	17

Points per win: 2

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
	1	Aston Villa	27	18	5	4	64	38	8	3	2	28	16	10	2	2	36	22	1.684	41
	2	Derby County	26	15	4	7	66	43	10	2	2	45	21	5	2	5	21	22	1.535	34
	3	Sheffield United	28	12	10	6	40	27	6	4	5	22	16	6	6	1	18	11	1.481	34
	4	Preston North End	26	11	10	5	55	37	8	3	1	35	18	3	7	4	20	19	1.486	32
	5	Liverpool	29	12	8	9	46	38	7	5	2	25	10	5	3	7	21	28	1.211	32
	6	The Wednesday	28	9	11	8	39	35	8	4	2	27	11	1	7	6	12	24	1.114	29
	7	Bolton Wanderers	27	11	6	10	38	36	6	3	4	20	15	5	3	6	18	21	1.056	28
	8	Nottingham Forest	29	9	8	12	43	47	8	3	3	29	14	1	5	9	14	33	.915	26
	9	Everton	26	11	3	12	49	50	6	1	5	30	22	5	2	7	19	28	.980	25
	10	Bury	25	8	9	8	35	37	6	4	3	23	14	2	5	5	12	23	.946	25
	11	West Bromwich Albion	27	10	5	12	30	45	7	2	6	18	16	3	3	6	12	29	.667	25
	12	Blackburn Rovers	28	11	3	14	35	58	8	1	6	27	25	3	2	8	8	33	.603	25
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	9	6	12	39	35	5	4	5	22	14	4	2	7	17	21	1.114	24
	14	Sunderland	29	7	8	14	33	46	4	6	5	21	21	3	2	9	12	25	.717	22
	15	Stoke City	27	8	3	16	42	59	5	3	4	24	18	3	0	12	18	41	.712	19
	16	Burnley	29	5	7	17	38	61	3	5	6	20	25	2	2	11	18	36	.623	17

Nottingham Forest from 1865 | Number of Seasons: 155 | Number of Games: 5524 | Number of Goals: 8092 | Number of Players: 1847