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
Position Before:: 8
Position After:: 8
Referee:: PJ Cooper
Season:: 1896-97

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 1:: Wolverhampton Wanderers

GAME COUNT:
League:: 150 (of 4763)
League Tier 1: 150 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 220 (of 5452)
Total:: 825 (of 7185)

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

Forest Goals:

Preston North End Goals:

Forest:
Manager: Harry Radford

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
Subs
12		-
13		-
14		-
15		-
16		-
17		-
18		-

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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	GD	Pts
	1	Aston Villa	27	18	5	4	64	38	8	3	2	28	16	10	2	2	36	22	26	41
	2	Derby County	26	15	4	7	66	43	10	2	2	45	21	5	2	5	21	22	23	34
	3	Sheffield United	28	12	10	6	40	27	6	4	5	22	16	6	6	1	18	11	13	34
	4	Liverpool	29	12	8	9	46	38	7	5	2	25	10	5	3	7	21	28	8	32
	5	Preston North End	25	11	9	5	55	37	8	3	1	35	18	3	6	4	20	19	18	31
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	28	9	11	8	39	35	8	4	2	27	11	1	7	6	12	24	4	29
	7	Bolton Wanderers	27	11	6	10	38	36	6	3	4	20	15	5	3	6	18	21	2	28
	8	Everton	26	11	3	12	49	50	6	1	5	30	22	5	2	7	19	28	-1	25
	9	Nottingham Forest	28	9	7	12	43	47	8	2	3	29	14	1	5	9	14	33	-4	25
	10	Blackburn Rovers	28	11	3	14	35	58	8	1	6	27	25	3	2	8	8	33	-23	25
	10	Bury	25	8	9	8	35	37	6	4	3	23	14	2	5	5	12	23	-2	25
	12	West Bromwich Albion	27	10	5	12	30	45	7	2	6	18	16	3	3	6	12	29	-15	25
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	9	6	12	39	35	5	4	5	22	14	4	2	7	17	21	4	24
	14	Sunderland	29	7	8	14	33	46	4	6	5	21	21	3	2	9	12	25	-13	22
	15	Stoke City	27	8	3	16	42	59	5	3	4	24	18	3	0	12	18	41	-17	19
	16	Burnley	29	5	7	17	38	61	3	5	6	20	25	2	2	11	18	36	-23	17

Table after:

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