The City Ground

STOKE CITY 2 - 1 FOREST - Mon Dec 26, 1898 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Dec 26, 1898 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Victoria Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 (Lost)

Season:: 1898-99
Referee:: A Scragg
Attendance:: 10,000
Pos Before/After:: 15 15
Opp Before/After:: 14 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackburn Rovers (League Tier 1)
Stoke City:: Sep 23, 1899

GAME COUNT:
League:: 200 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 200 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 276 (of 5674)
Total:: 904 (of 7443)

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

FOREST
Manager: Harry Haslam
Prior form: LLLWDL (Old to recent)

Goals:
Len Benbow

STOKE CITY
Manager: Horace Austerberry
Prior form: WLLLDL (Old to recent)

Goals:
?
?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Dan Allsop
2	D	James Iremonger
3	D	Adam Scott
4	M	Frank Forman
5	M	John McPherson
6	M	Robert Norris
7	M	James Suddick
8	F	Chas Richards	Last game
9	F	Len Benbow ()
10	F	Grenville Morris
11	F	Arthur Capes

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Mon Dec 26, 1898)

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

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	16	11	3	2	39	14	8	2	0	29	8	3	1	2	10	6	2.786	25	WWWDWL
	2	Everton	19	10	4	5	29	20	8	0	2	18	5	2	4	3	11	15	1.450	24	WLWWLW
	3	Burnley	18	9	5	4	31	24	7	2	1	24	11	2	3	3	7	13	1.292	23	DWWWWL
	4	Notts County	17	7	7	3	28	20	5	3	1	22	13	2	4	2	6	7	1.400	21	WLLWDW
	5	Bury	17	9	3	5	27	23	5	2	1	18	9	4	1	4	9	14	1.174	21	WWWLWW
	6	Sheffield United	19	5	10	4	25	28	3	7	0	14	10	2	3	4	11	18	.893	20	LWLDWL
	7	West Bromwich Albion	18	7	4	7	26	22	7	1	2	18	4	0	3	5	8	18	1.182	18	DWLWDW
	8	Liverpool	17	8	2	7	24	21	5	2	1	14	7	3	0	6	10	14	1.143	18	LWWLDW
	9	Blackburn Rovers	18	7	4	7	32	30	5	1	2	21	13	2	3	5	11	17	1.067	18	LLDWDL
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	7	3	8	27	27	4	2	2	12	8	3	1	6	15	19	1.000	17	LWWDLW
	11	Sunderland	17	7	2	8	24	26	6	1	2	14	5	1	1	6	10	21	.923	16	LWLLLL
	12	Derby County	17	4	8	5	29	35	4	3	1	17	12	0	5	4	12	23	.829	16	WLWLWD
	13	Preston North End	20	4	7	9	25	33	4	3	1	13	8	0	4	8	12	25	.758	15	LWDWLD
	14	Stoke City	19	5	5	9	25	36	5	3	2	16	12	0	2	7	9	24	.694	15	WLLLDL
	15	Nottingham Forest	18	4	6	8	19	26	2	4	3	10	12	2	2	5	9	14	.731	14	LLLWDL
	16	The Wednesday	16	5	4	7	18	27	5	2	1	16	9	0	2	6	2	18	.667	14	WLDLLD
	17	Newcastle United	18	4	5	9	27	32	3	2	3	17	12	1	3	6	10	20	.844	13	WLWLDW
	18	Bolton Wanderers	16	3	4	9	16	27	2	3	3	10	10	1	1	6	6	17	.593	10	WLDLLL

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	Result(s)
	1	Aston Villa	17	12	3	2	40	14	9	2	0	30	8	3	1	2	10	6	2.857	27	WWDWLW	1-0
1	2	Burnley	19	10	5	4	33	24	7	2	1	24	11	3	3	3	9	13	1.375	25	WWWWLW	2-0
1	3	Everton	19	10	4	5	29	20	8	0	2	18	5	2	4	3	11	15	1.450	24	WLWWLW
2	4	Sheffield United	20	6	10	4	27	29	4	7	0	16	11	2	3	4	11	18	.931	22	WLDWLW	2-1
1	5	Notts County	17	7	7	3	28	20	5	3	1	22	13	2	4	2	6	7	1.400	21	WLLWDW
1	6	Bury	18	9	3	6	28	26	5	2	1	18	9	4	1	5	10	17	1.077	21	WWLWWL	1-3
1	7	Liverpool	18	9	2	7	25	21	5	2	1	14	7	4	0	6	11	14	1.190	20	WWLDWW	1-0
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	19	7	4	8	26	23	7	1	3	18	5	0	3	5	8	18	1.130	18	WLWDWL	0-1
	9	Blackburn Rovers	19	7	4	8	32	32	5	1	3	21	15	2	3	5	11	17	1.000	18	LDWDLL	0-2
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	7	3	8	27	27	4	2	2	12	8	3	1	6	15	19	1.000	17	LWWDLW
1	11	Derby County	18	4	9	5	30	36	4	4	1	18	13	0	5	4	12	23	.833	17	LWLWDD	1-1
1	12	Preston North End	21	5	7	9	28	34	5	3	1	16	9	0	4	8	12	25	.824	17	WDWLDW	3-1
1	13	Stoke City	20	6	5	9	27	37	6	3	2	18	13	0	2	7	9	24	.730	17	LLLDLW	2-1
3	14	Sunderland	17	7	2	8	24	26	6	1	2	14	5	1	1	6	10	21	.923	16	LWLLLL
	15	Nottingham Forest	19	4	6	9	20	28	2	4	3	10	12	2	2	6	10	16	.714	14	LLWDLL	1-2
	16	The Wednesday	17	5	4	8	19	29	5	2	1	16	9	0	2	7	3	20	.655	14	LDLLDL	1-2
	17	Newcastle United	19	4	5	10	27	33	3	2	3	17	12	1	3	7	10	21	.818	13	LWLDWL	0-1
	18	Bolton Wanderers	17	3	5	9	17	28	2	3	3	10	10	1	2	6	7	18	.607	11	LDLLLD	1-1