The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Sat Sep 03, 1898 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Sep 03, 1898 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST

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

Season:: 1898-99
Referee:: JE West
Attendance:: 15,000
Pos Before/After:: 11 17
Opp Before/After:: 4 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 1)
Blackburn Rovers:: Dec 31, 1898

GAME COUNT:
League:: 182 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 182 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 258 (of 5724)
Total:: 886 (of 7505)
Played:: 125 years, 7 months, 17 days ago

Notes:: First game at The City Ground

Review
This was the official opening of the City Ground and our first game played there. We lost this one 1-0, but it was the start of our tenure at the City Ground.

FOREST
Manager: Harry Hallam

Goals

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Joseph Warmlsey
Prior form: L (Old to recent)

Goals
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Dan Allsop
2	D	26	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	23	Frank Forman
5	M	31	John McPherson
6	M		Willie Wragg
7	F	25	Tom McInnes
8	F	23	Chas Richards
9	F	22	Len Benbow
10	F	23	Arthur Capes
11	F	21	Alf Spouncer

	Totals	Last Game
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	27	Dan Allsop	233		126	2
2	D	26	Archibald Ritchie	178		140	7
3	D		Adam Scott	211	3	126	2
4	M	23	Frank Forman	254	29	126	2
5	M	31	John McPherson	260	27	126	2
6	M		Willie Wragg	58	1	126	2
7	F	25	Tom McInnes	185	59	133	6
8	F	23	Chas Richards	85	27	126	2
9	F	22	Len Benbow	63	21	126	2
10	F	23	Arthur Capes	191	39	126	2
11	F	21	Alf Spouncer	341	54	126	2

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Sep 03, 1898)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	3-1	Stoke City
Bolton Wanderers	3-3	West Bromwich Albion
Burnley	1-1	Notts County
Derby County	1-2	Bury
Liverpool	4-0	The Wednesday
Newcastle United	2-4	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest	0-1	Blackburn Rovers
Preston North End	2-3	Sunderland
Sheffield United	1-1	Everton

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	Status
1	Everton	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.00000	2	W
2	Derby County	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.00000	1	D
3	Stoke City	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	1	D
4	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.50000	0	L
5	Aston Villa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
6	Bolton Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
7	Burnley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
8	Bury	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
9	Liverpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
10	Newcastle United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
11	Nottingham Forest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
12	Notts County	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
13	Preston North End	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
14	Sheffield United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
15	Sunderland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
16	The Wednesday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
17	West Bromwich Albion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0

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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Everton	2	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.50000	3	WD		1-1
7	2	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W		4-0
2	3	Aston Villa	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.00000	2	W		3-1
4	4	Bury	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2.00000	2	W		2-1
13	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	2.00000	2	W		4-2
9	6	Sunderland	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1.50000	2	W		3-2
3	7	Blackburn Rovers	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1.00000	2	LW		1-0
2	8	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D		3-3
2	9	Burnley	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D		1-1
2	10	Notts County	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.00000	1	D		1-1
3	11	Sheffield United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D		1-1
5	12	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	1.00000	1	D		3-3
11	13	Derby County	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	.50000	1	DL		1-2
11	14	Stoke City	2	0	1	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	.33333	1	DL		1-3
2	15	Preston North End	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.66667	0	L		2-3
6	16	Newcastle United	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.50000	0	L		2-4
6	17	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0	L		0-1
2	18	The Wednesday	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	.00000	0	L		0-4