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/Opp Tier:: 1/1

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 1:: Wolverhampton Wanderers

GAME COUNT:
League:: 150 (of 4860)
League Tier 1:: 150 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 220 (of 5556)
Total:: 828 (of 7304)

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

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

Goals:

PRESTON NORTH END
Manager:
Prior form: WDLWDW (Old to recent)

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

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

Home	F	A	Away
Nottingham Forest	0	0	Preston North End

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	27	18	5	4	64	38	8	3	2	28	16	10	2	2	36	22	1.684	41	WWWDWW
	2	Derby County	26	15	4	7	66	43	10	2	2	45	21	5	2	5	21	22	1.535	34	LWWWDW
	3	Sheffield United	28	12	10	6	40	27	6	4	5	22	16	6	6	1	18	11	1.481	34	WDDLWW
	4	Liverpool	29	12	8	9	46	38	7	5	2	25	10	5	3	7	21	28	1.211	32	WLWDLD
	5	Preston North End	25	11	9	5	55	37	8	3	1	35	18	3	6	4	20	19	1.486	31	WDLWDW
	6	The Wednesday	28	9	11	8	39	35	8	4	2	27	11	1	7	6	12	24	1.114	29	DDWLDW
	7	Bolton Wanderers	27	11	6	10	38	36	6	3	4	20	15	5	3	6	18	21	1.056	28	LWDLLL
	8	Everton	26	11	3	12	49	50	6	1	5	30	22	5	2	7	19	28	.980	25	LLLLLL
	9	Bury	25	8	9	8	35	37	6	4	3	23	14	2	5	5	12	23	.946	25	WDWWLW
	10	Nottingham Forest	28	9	7	12	43	47	8	2	3	29	14	1	5	9	14	33	.915	25	WLWDDL
	11	West Bromwich Albion	27	10	5	12	30	45	7	2	6	18	16	3	3	6	12	29	.667	25	LWLLLW
	12	Blackburn Rovers	28	11	3	14	35	58	8	1	6	27	25	3	2	8	8	33	.603	25	LLWWWL
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	9	6	12	39	35	5	4	5	22	14	4	2	7	17	21	1.114	24	DLDWWW
	14	Sunderland	29	7	8	14	33	46	4	6	5	21	21	3	2	9	12	25	.717	22	WLDWDW
	15	Stoke City	27	8	3	16	42	59	5	3	4	24	18	3	0	12	18	41	.712	19	WLWLLL
	16	Burnley	29	5	7	17	38	61	3	5	6	20	25	2	2	11	18	36	.623	17	LLLWLL

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
	1	Aston Villa	27	18	5	4	64	38	8	3	2	28	16	10	2	2	36	22	1.684	41	WWWDWW
	2	Derby County	26	15	4	7	66	43	10	2	2	45	21	5	2	5	21	22	1.535	34	LWWWDW
	3	Sheffield United	28	12	10	6	40	27	6	4	5	22	16	6	6	1	18	11	1.481	34	WDDLWW
1	4	Preston North End	26	11	10	5	55	37	8	3	1	35	18	3	7	4	20	19	1.486	32	DLWDWD
1	5	Liverpool	29	12	8	9	46	38	7	5	2	25	10	5	3	7	21	28	1.211	32	WLWDLD
	6	The Wednesday	28	9	11	8	39	35	8	4	2	27	11	1	7	6	12	24	1.114	29	DDWLDW
	7	Bolton Wanderers	27	11	6	10	38	36	6	3	4	20	15	5	3	6	18	21	1.056	28	LWDLLL
2	8	Nottingham Forest	29	9	8	12	43	47	8	3	3	29	14	1	5	9	14	33	.915	26	LWDDLD
1	9	Everton	26	11	3	12	49	50	6	1	5	30	22	5	2	7	19	28	.980	25	LLLLLL
1	10	Bury	25	8	9	8	35	37	6	4	3	23	14	2	5	5	12	23	.946	25	WDWWLW
	11	West Bromwich Albion	27	10	5	12	30	45	7	2	6	18	16	3	3	6	12	29	.667	25	LWLLLW
	12	Blackburn Rovers	28	11	3	14	35	58	8	1	6	27	25	3	2	8	8	33	.603	25	LLWWWL
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	9	6	12	39	35	5	4	5	22	14	4	2	7	17	21	1.114	24	DLDWWW
	14	Sunderland	29	7	8	14	33	46	4	6	5	21	21	3	2	9	12	25	.717	22	WLDWDW
	15	Stoke City	27	8	3	16	42	59	5	3	4	24	18	3	0	12	18	41	.712	19	WLWLLL
	16	Burnley	29	5	7	17	38	61	3	5	6	20	25	2	2	11	18	36	.623	17	LLLWLL