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ASTON VILLA 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 30, 1898 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 30, 1898 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Villa Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 (Lost)

Attendance:: 9,000
Position Before:: 8
Position After:: 8
Referee:: T Armitt
Season:: 1897-98

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 1:: Blackburn Rovers

GAME COUNT:
League:: 181 (of 4775)
League Tier 1: 181 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 257 (of 5465)
Total:: 876 (of 7198)

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

Forest Goals:

Aston Villa Goals:

Forest:
Manager: Harry Haslam

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Dan Allsop
2	D	James Iremonger
3	D	Adam Scott
4	M	Frank Forman
5	F	John McPherson
6	M	Willie Wragg
7	F	Tom Bradshaw
8	F	Chas Richards
9	F	Len Benbow
10	F	Arthur Capes
11	F	Alf Spouncer

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Games on this day (Sat Apr 30, 1898)

Home	F	A	Away
Aston Villa	2	0	Nottingham Forest

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	Sheffield United	30	17	8	5	56	31	9	4	2	27	14	8	4	3	29	17	25	42
	2	Sunderland	30	16	5	9	43	30	12	2	1	27	8	4	3	8	16	22	13	37
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	14	7	9	57	41	10	4	1	36	14	4	3	8	21	27	16	35
	4	Everton	30	13	9	8	48	39	11	3	1	33	12	2	6	7	15	27	9	35
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	30	15	3	12	51	42	12	0	3	39	15	3	3	9	12	27	9	33
	6	West Bromwich Albion	30	11	10	9	44	45	8	5	2	25	16	3	5	7	19	29	-1	32
	7	Aston Villa	29	13	5	11	59	51	11	1	2	45	21	2	4	9	14	30	8	31
	8	Nottingham Forest	29	11	9	9	47	47	7	5	3	30	19	4	4	6	17	28	0	31
	9	Liverpool	30	11	6	13	48	45	7	4	4	27	16	4	2	9	21	29	3	28
	10	Derby County	30	11	6	13	57	61	10	3	2	40	19	1	3	11	17	42	-4	28
	11	Bolton Wanderers	30	11	4	15	28	41	9	2	4	18	13	2	2	11	10	28	-13	26
	12	Preston North End	30	8	8	14	35	43	7	5	3	26	15	1	3	11	9	28	-8	24
	13	Notts County	30	8	8	14	36	46	4	6	5	23	23	4	2	9	13	23	-10	24
	14	Bury	30	8	8	14	39	51	8	3	4	25	19	0	5	10	14	32	-12	24
	15	Blackburn Rovers	30	7	10	13	39	54	4	7	4	20	22	3	3	9	19	32	-15	24
	16	Stoke City	30	8	8	14	35	55	8	3	4	21	14	0	5	10	14	41	-20	24

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	Sheffield United	30	17	8	5	56	31	9	4	2	27	14	8	4	3	29	17	25	42
	2	Sunderland	30	16	5	9	43	30	12	2	1	27	8	4	3	8	16	22	13	37
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	14	7	9	57	41	10	4	1	36	14	4	3	8	21	27	16	35
	4	Everton	30	13	9	8	48	39	11	3	1	33	12	2	6	7	15	27	9	35
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	30	15	3	12	51	42	12	0	3	39	15	3	3	9	12	27	9	33
⇧	6	Aston Villa	30	14	5	11	61	51	12	1	2	47	21	2	4	9	14	30	10	33
⇩	7	West Bromwich Albion	30	11	10	9	44	45	8	5	2	25	16	3	5	7	19	29	-1	32
	8	Nottingham Forest	30	11	9	10	47	49	7	5	3	30	19	4	4	7	17	30	-2	31
	9	Liverpool	30	11	6	13	48	45	7	4	4	27	16	4	2	9	21	29	3	28
	10	Derby County	30	11	6	13	57	61	10	3	2	40	19	1	3	11	17	42	-4	28
	11	Bolton Wanderers	30	11	4	15	28	41	9	2	4	18	13	2	2	11	10	28	-13	26
	12	Preston North End	30	8	8	14	35	43	7	5	3	26	15	1	3	11	9	28	-8	24
	13	Notts County	30	8	8	14	36	46	4	6	5	23	23	4	2	9	13	23	-10	24
	14	Bury	30	8	8	14	39	51	8	3	4	25	19	0	5	10	14	32	-12	24
	15	Blackburn Rovers	30	7	10	13	39	54	4	7	4	20	22	3	3	9	19	32	-15	24
	16	Stoke City	30	8	8	14	35	55	8	3	4	21	14	0	5	10	14	41	-20	24