The City Ground

PRESTON NORTH END 3 - 0 FOREST - Sat Dec 25, 1897 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 25, 1897 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Preston North End
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Deepdale
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-3 (Lost)

Attendance:: 6,000
Position Before:: 8
Position After:: 10
Referee:: S Thomas
Season:: 1897-98

NEXT GAMES:
Friendly:: Notts County
League:: The Wednesday
League Tier 1:: The Wednesday

GAME COUNT:
League:: 167 (of 4764)
League Tier 1: 167 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 237 (of 5452)
Total:: 852 (of 7185)

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

Forest Goals:

Preston North End Goals:

Forest:
Manager: Harry Haslam

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Dan Allsop
2	D	Archibald Ritchie
3	D	James Iremonger
4	M	Frank Forman
5	F	John McPherson
6	M	Willie Wragg
7	F	Tom McInnes
8	F	Chas Richards
9	F	Len Benbow
10	F	Arthur Capes
11	F	Alf Spouncer
Subs
12		-
13		-
14		-
15		-
16		-
17		-
18		-

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Games on this day (Sat Dec 25, 1897)

Home	F	A	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	Sunderland
Bolton Wanderers	0	2	Liverpool
Derby County	1	2	Notts County
Everton	2	1	Aston Villa
Preston North End	3	0	Nottingham Forest
Sheffield Wednesday	4	0	Stoke City

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	17	10	3	4	42	30	9	0	0	34	15	1	3	4	8	15	12	23
	2	Sheffield United	15	8	6	1	33	19	4	2	0	15	9	4	4	1	18	10	14	22
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	8	4	5	31	22	6	2	1	20	8	2	2	4	11	14	9	20
	4	West Bromwich Albion	16	8	4	4	28	23	6	3	0	17	7	2	1	4	11	16	5	20
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	16	8	2	6	28	19	7	0	2	22	7	1	2	4	6	12	9	18
	6	Everton	15	7	4	4	26	23	5	1	1	17	7	2	3	3	9	16	3	18
	7	Bolton Wanderers	15	8	1	6	18	18	6	0	1	9	4	2	1	5	9	14	0	17
	8	Derby County	16	5	5	6	32	30	4	3	0	20	10	1	2	6	12	20	2	15
	9	Nottingham Forest	15	5	5	5	23	21	2	3	3	15	13	3	2	2	8	8	2	15
	10	Sunderland	14	5	4	5	19	19	4	2	1	10	5	1	2	4	9	14	0	14
	11	Liverpool	15	5	3	7	24	25	4	1	2	13	6	1	2	5	11	19	-1	13
	12	Preston North End	18	4	5	9	18	27	3	3	3	12	12	1	2	6	6	15	-9	13
	13	Blackburn Rovers	15	4	4	7	22	33	2	3	1	9	9	2	1	6	13	24	-11	12
	14	Stoke City	17	4	3	10	17	35	4	3	3	12	11	0	0	7	5	24	-18	11
	15	Bury	13	4	3	6	16	23	4	1	2	12	10	0	2	4	4	13	-7	11
	16	Notts County	16	1	6	9	17	27	1	4	3	12	12	0	2	6	5	15	-10	8

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	18	10	3	5	43	32	15	0	0	34	15	1	3	5	9	17	11	23
	2	Sheffield United	15	8	6	1	33	19	9	2	0	15	9	4	4	1	18	10	14	22
⇧	3	Sheffield Wednesday	17	9	2	6	32	19	8	0	2	26	7	1	2	4	6	12	13	20
⇩	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	8	4	5	31	22	8	2	1	20	8	2	2	4	11	14	9	20
⇩	5	West Bromwich Albion	16	8	4	4	28	23	7	3	0	17	7	2	1	4	11	16	5	20
⇧	5	Everton	16	8	4	4	28	24	8	1	1	19	8	2	3	3	9	16	4	20
	7	Bolton Wanderers	16	8	1	7	18	20	4	0	2	9	6	2	1	5	9	14	-2	17
	8	Derby County	17	5	5	7	33	32	10	3	1	21	12	1	2	6	12	20	1	15
⇧	9	Liverpool	16	6	3	7	26	25	6	1	2	13	6	2	2	5	13	19	1	15
⇩	10	Nottingham Forest	16	5	5	6	23	24	13	3	3	15	13	3	2	3	8	11	-1	15
⇧	11	Preston North End	19	5	5	9	21	27	13	3	3	15	12	1	2	6	6	15	-6	15
⇧	12	Blackburn Rovers	16	5	4	7	24	34	10	3	1	11	10	2	1	6	13	24	-10	14
⇩	13	Sunderland	15	5	4	6	20	21	5	2	1	10	5	1	2	5	10	16	-1	14
	14	Stoke City	18	4	3	11	17	39	11	3	3	12	11	0	0	8	5	28	-22	11
	15	Bury	13	4	3	6	16	23	10	1	2	12	10	0	2	4	4	13	-7	11
	16	Notts County	17	2	6	9	19	28	12	4	3	12	12	1	2	6	7	16	-9	10