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BLACKBURN ROVERS 3 - 3 FOREST - Sat Dec 31, 1898 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 31, 1898 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-3 (Draw)

Season:: 1898-99
Referee:: R Horrocks
Attendance:: 1,000
Pos Before/After:: 15 15
Opp Before/After:: 9 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (League Tier 1)
Blackburn Rovers:: Oct 21, 1899

GAME COUNT:
League:: 201 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 201 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 277 (of 5674)
Total:: 905 (of 7443)

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

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

Goals:
Grenville Morris
Grenville Morris
Frank Forman (Pen)

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

Goals:
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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	F	Tom Bradshaw
8	F	Arthur Capes
9	F	Len Benbow
10	F	Grenville Morris () ()
11	F	Alf Spouncer

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 31, 1898)

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

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	17	12	3	2	40	14	9	2	0	30	8	3	1	2	10	6	2.857	27	WWDWLW
	2	Burnley	19	10	5	4	33	24	7	2	1	24	11	3	3	3	9	13	1.375	25	WWWWLW
	3	Everton	19	10	4	5	29	20	8	0	2	18	5	2	4	3	11	15	1.450	24	WLWWLW
	4	Notts County	18	7	8	3	29	21	5	4	1	23	14	2	4	2	6	7	1.381	22	LLWDWD
	5	Sheffield United	20	6	10	4	27	29	4	7	0	16	11	2	3	4	11	18	.931	22	WLDWLW
	6	Liverpool	19	9	3	7	26	22	5	2	1	14	7	4	1	6	12	15	1.182	21	WLDWWD
	7	Bury	18	9	3	6	28	26	5	2	1	18	9	4	1	5	10	17	1.077	21	WWLWWL
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	8	3	8	32	28	5	2	2	17	9	3	1	6	15	19	1.143	19	WWDLWW
	9	Blackburn Rovers	19	7	4	8	32	32	5	1	3	21	15	2	3	5	11	17	1.000	18	LDWDLL
	10	West Bromwich Albion	20	7	4	9	27	28	7	1	3	18	5	0	3	6	9	23	.964	18	LWDWLL
	11	Derby County	18	4	9	5	30	36	4	4	1	18	13	0	5	4	12	23	.833	17	LWLWDD
	12	Preston North End	21	5	7	9	28	34	5	3	1	16	9	0	4	8	12	25	.824	17	WDWLDW
	13	Stoke City	20	6	5	9	27	37	6	3	2	18	13	0	2	7	9	24	.730	17	LLLDLW
	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
	16	The Wednesday	17	5	4	8	19	29	5	2	1	16	9	0	2	7	3	20	.655	14	LDLLDL
	17	Newcastle United	19	4	5	10	27	33	3	2	3	17	12	1	3	7	10	21	.818	13	LWLDWL
	18	Bolton Wanderers	17	3	5	9	17	28	2	3	3	10	10	1	2	6	7	18	.607	11	LDLLLD

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	18	12	3	3	40	17	9	2	0	30	8	3	1	3	10	9	2.353	27	WDWLWL	0-3
1	2	Everton	20	11	4	5	30	20	9	0	2	19	5	2	4	3	11	15	1.500	26	LWWLWW	1-0
1	3	Burnley	20	10	6	4	35	26	7	2	1	24	11	3	4	3	11	15	1.346	26	WWWLWD	2-2
	4	Notts County	19	7	9	3	31	23	5	5	1	25	16	2	4	2	6	7	1.348	23	LWDWDD	2-2
1	5	Liverpool	20	10	3	7	29	22	5	2	1	14	7	5	1	6	15	15	1.318	23	LDWWDW	3-0
1	6	Bury	19	9	4	6	28	26	5	3	1	18	9	4	1	5	10	17	1.077	22	WLWWLD	0-0
2	7	Sheffield United	21	6	10	5	27	30	4	7	0	16	11	2	3	5	11	19	.900	22	LDWLWL	0-1
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	8	4	8	32	28	5	3	2	17	9	3	1	6	15	19	1.143	20	WDLWWD	0-0
1	9	West Bromwich Albion	21	8	4	9	28	28	8	1	3	19	5	0	3	6	9	23	1.000	20	WDWLLW	1-0
1	10	Blackburn Rovers	20	7	5	8	35	35	5	2	3	24	18	2	3	5	11	17	1.000	19	DWDLLD	3-3
2	11	Stoke City	21	7	5	9	30	37	7	3	2	21	13	0	2	7	9	24	.811	19	LLDLWW	3-0
2	12	Sunderland	18	8	2	8	25	26	7	1	2	15	5	1	1	6	10	21	.962	18	WLLLLW	1-0
2	13	Derby County	19	4	10	5	30	36	4	4	1	18	13	0	6	4	12	23	.833	18	WLWDDD	0-0
2	14	Preston North End	22	5	7	10	28	35	5	3	1	16	9	0	4	9	12	26	.800	17	DWLDWL	0-1
	15	Nottingham Forest	20	4	7	9	23	31	2	4	3	10	12	2	3	6	13	19	.742	15	LWDLLD	3-3
1	16	Newcastle United	20	4	6	10	27	33	3	2	3	17	12	1	4	7	10	21	.818	14	WLDWLD	0-0
1	17	The Wednesday	18	5	4	9	19	32	5	2	2	16	12	0	2	7	3	20	.594	14	DLLDLL	0-3
	18	Bolton Wanderers	18	3	5	10	17	29	2	3	3	10	10	1	2	7	7	19	.586	11	DLLLDL	0-1