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)

Attendance:: 10,000
Position Before:: 15
Position After:: 15
Referee:: J Rollins
Season:: 1898-99

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 1:: Blackburn Rovers

GAME COUNT:
League:: 200 (of 4795)
League Tier 1: 200 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 276 (of 5487)
Total:: 896 (of 7227)

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

FOREST
Manager: Harry Haslam

Goals:
Len Benbow

STOKE CITY
Manager:

Goals:

Lineup:

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	Robert Norris
7	M	James Suddick
8	F	Chas Richards	Last game
9	F	Len Benbow
10	F	Grenville Morris
11	F	Arthur Capes
Subs
12		-
13		-
14		-
15		-
16		-
17		-
18		-

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Other league games on this day (Mon Dec 26, 1898)

Home	F	A	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	Sheffield Wednesday
Stoke City	2	1	Nottingham Forest
West Bromwich Albion	0	1	Liverpool

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
	1	Aston Villa	16	11	3	2	39	14	8	2	0	29	8	3	1	2	10	6	2.786	25
	2	Everton	19	10	4	5	29	20	8	0	2	18	5	2	4	3	11	15	1.450	24
	3	Burnley	18	9	5	4	31	24	7	2	1	24	11	2	3	3	7	13	1.292	23
	4	Notts County	17	7	7	3	28	20	5	3	1	22	13	2	4	2	6	7	1.400	21
	5	Bury	17	9	3	5	27	23	5	2	1	18	9	4	1	4	9	14	1.174	21
	6	Sheffield United	19	5	10	4	25	28	3	7	0	14	10	2	3	4	11	18	.893	20
	7	West Bromwich Albion	18	7	4	7	26	22	7	1	2	18	4	0	3	5	8	18	1.182	18
	8	Liverpool	17	8	2	7	24	21	5	2	1	14	7	3	0	6	10	14	1.143	18
	9	Blackburn Rovers	18	7	4	7	32	30	5	1	2	21	13	2	3	5	11	17	1.067	18
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	7	3	8	27	27	4	2	2	12	8	3	1	6	15	19	1.000	17
	11	Sunderland	17	7	2	8	24	26	6	1	2	14	5	1	1	6	10	21	.923	16
	12	Derby County	17	4	8	5	29	35	4	3	1	17	12	0	5	4	12	23	.829	16
	13	Preston North End	20	4	7	9	25	33	4	3	1	13	8	0	4	8	12	25	.758	15
	14	Stoke City	19	5	5	9	25	36	5	3	2	16	12	0	2	7	9	24	.694	15
	15	Nottingham Forest	18	4	6	8	19	26	2	4	3	10	12	2	2	5	9	14	.731	14
	16	Sheffield Wednesday	16	5	4	7	18	27	5	2	1	16	9	0	2	6	2	18	.667	14
	17	Newcastle United	18	4	5	9	27	32	3	2	3	17	12	1	3	6	10	20	.844	13
	18	Bolton Wanderers	16	3	4	9	16	27	2	3	3	10	10	1	1	6	6	17	.593	10

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
	1	Aston Villa	17	12	3	2	40	14	9	2	0	30	8	3	1	2	10	6	2.857	27
	2	Burnley	19	10	5	4	33	24	7	2	1	24	11	3	3	3	9	13	1.375	25
	3	Everton	19	10	4	5	29	20	8	0	2	18	5	2	4	3	11	15	1.450	24
	4	Sheffield United	20	6	10	4	27	29	4	7	0	16	11	2	3	4	11	18	.931	22
	5	Notts County	17	7	7	3	28	20	5	3	1	22	13	2	4	2	6	7	1.400	21
	6	Bury	18	9	3	6	28	26	5	2	1	18	9	4	1	5	10	17	1.077	21
	7	Liverpool	18	9	2	7	25	21	5	2	1	14	7	4	0	6	11	14	1.190	20
	8	West Bromwich Albion	19	7	4	8	26	23	7	1	3	18	5	0	3	5	8	18	1.130	18
	9	Blackburn Rovers	19	7	4	8	32	32	5	1	3	21	15	2	3	5	11	17	1.000	18
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	7	3	8	27	27	4	2	2	12	8	3	1	6	15	19	1.000	17
	11	Derby County	18	4	9	5	30	36	4	4	1	18	13	0	5	4	12	23	.833	17
	12	Preston North End	21	5	7	9	28	34	5	3	1	16	9	0	4	8	12	25	.824	17
	13	Stoke City	20	6	5	9	27	37	6	3	2	18	13	0	2	7	9	24	.730	17
	14	Sunderland	17	7	2	8	24	26	6	1	2	14	5	1	1	6	10	21	.923	16
	15	Nottingham Forest	19	4	6	9	20	28	2	4	3	10	12	2	2	6	10	16	.714	14
	16	Sheffield Wednesday	17	5	4	8	19	29	5	2	1	16	9	0	2	7	3	20	.655	14
	17	Newcastle United	19	4	5	10	27	33	3	2	3	17	12	1	3	7	10	21	.818	13
	18	Bolton Wanderers	17	3	5	9	17	28	2	3	3	10	10	1	2	6	7	18	.607	11

Nottingham Forest from 1865 | Number of seasons: 155 | Number of matches: 5487 | Number of goals: 8037 | Number of players: 1834