The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS - Sat Jan 21, 1899 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 21, 1899 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Wolverhampton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-0 (Won)

Season:: 1898-99
Referee:: J Adams
Attendance:: 6,000
Pos Before/After:: 14 13
Opp Before/After:: 10 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Aston Villa (FA Cup)
League:: Notts County
Wolverhampton Wanderers:: Sep 09, 1899

GAME COUNT:
League:: 205 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 205 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 281 (of 5674)
Total:: 909 (of 7443)

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

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

Goals:
Fred Spencer
Grenville Morris
Grenville Morris

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Manager: Jack Addenbrooke
Prior form: LWWDLD (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	F	Fred Spencer ()
8	F	Arthur Capes
9	F	Len Benbow
10	F	Grenville Morris () ()
11	F	Fred Forman

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Jan 21, 1899)

Home	Score	Away
Bolton Wanderers	6-1	Sunderland
Burnley	2-1	Bury
Derby County	9-0	The Wednesday
Liverpool	2-0	Everton
Newcastle United	3-0	Stoke City
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Sheffield United	1-3	Aston Villa
West Bromwich Albion	6-2	Blackburn Rovers

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	20	14	3	3	47	19	11	2	0	37	10	3	1	3	10	9	2.474	31	WLWLWW
	2	Everton	23	12	5	6	35	25	10	0	3	22	8	2	5	3	13	17	1.400	29	LWWLDW
	3	Liverpool	23	11	5	7	31	22	5	3	1	14	7	6	2	6	17	15	1.409	27	WDWWDD
	4	Notts County	22	8	10	4	36	32	6	5	1	28	17	2	5	3	8	15	1.125	26	WDDLDW
	5	Burnley	22	10	6	6	35	32	7	2	1	24	11	3	4	5	11	21	1.094	26	WLWDLL
	6	Blackburn Rovers	23	10	5	8	46	35	7	2	3	33	18	3	3	5	13	17	1.314	25	LLDWWW
	7	Bury	22	9	6	7	31	30	5	5	1	19	10	4	1	6	12	20	1.033	24	WLDDLD
	8	Sheffield United	24	6	11	7	30	38	4	8	1	18	15	2	3	6	12	23	.789	23	LWLLDL
	9	Sunderland	21	9	4	8	27	27	8	2	2	17	6	1	2	6	10	21	1.000	22	LLWWDD
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	8	5	9	33	30	5	4	2	17	9	3	1	7	16	21	1.100	21	LWWDLD
	11	West Bromwich Albion	23	8	5	10	30	33	8	1	3	19	5	0	4	7	11	28	.909	21	WLLWLD
	12	Stoke City	22	8	5	9	34	38	8	3	2	25	14	0	2	7	9	24	.895	21	LDLWWW
	13	Derby County	22	5	10	7	34	41	5	4	1	22	14	0	6	6	12	27	.829	20	DDDLWL
	14	Nottingham Forest	23	5	9	9	28	34	2	5	3	11	13	3	4	6	17	21	.824	19	LLDWDD
	15	Preston North End	24	6	7	11	30	38	6	3	1	18	10	0	4	10	12	28	.789	19	LDWLWL
	16	The Wednesday	21	6	6	9	21	33	6	2	2	17	12	0	4	7	4	21	.636	18	DLLDDW
	17	Newcastle United	22	4	7	11	30	38	3	3	3	19	14	1	4	8	11	24	.789	15	DWLDDL
	18	Bolton Wanderers	21	4	5	12	19	32	3	3	4	12	12	1	2	8	7	20	.594	13	LDLWLL

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	21	15	3	3	50	20	11	2	0	37	10	4	1	3	13	10	2.500	33	LWLWWW	3-1
1	2	Liverpool	24	12	5	7	33	22	6	3	1	16	7	6	2	6	17	15	1.500	29	DWWDDW	2-0
1	3	Everton	24	12	5	7	35	27	10	0	3	22	8	2	5	4	13	19	1.296	29	WWLDWL	0-2
1	4	Burnley	23	11	6	6	37	33	8	2	1	26	12	3	4	5	11	21	1.121	28	LWDLLW	2-1
1	5	Notts County	22	8	10	4	36	32	6	5	1	28	17	2	5	3	8	15	1.125	26	WDDLDW
	6	Blackburn Rovers	24	10	5	9	48	41	7	2	3	33	18	3	3	6	15	23	1.171	25	LDWWWL	2-6
	7	Bury	23	9	6	8	32	32	5	5	1	19	10	4	1	7	13	22	1.000	24	LDDLDL	1-2
3	8	West Bromwich Albion	24	9	5	10	36	35	9	1	3	25	7	0	4	7	11	28	1.029	23	LLWLDW	6-2
1	9	Sheffield United	25	6	11	8	31	41	4	8	2	19	18	2	3	6	12	23	.756	23	WLLDLL	1-3
3	10	Derby County	23	6	10	7	43	41	6	4	1	31	14	0	6	6	12	27	1.049	22	DDLWLW	9-0
2	11	Sunderland	22	9	4	9	28	33	8	2	2	17	6	1	2	7	11	27	.848	22	LWWDDL	1-6
2	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	8	5	10	33	33	5	4	2	17	9	3	1	8	16	24	1.000	21	WWDLDL	0-3
1	13	Nottingham Forest	24	6	9	9	31	34	3	5	3	14	13	3	4	6	17	21	.912	21	LDWDDW	3-0
2	14	Stoke City	23	8	5	10	34	41	8	3	2	25	14	0	2	8	9	27	.829	21	DLWWWL	0-3
	15	Preston North End	24	6	7	11	30	38	6	3	1	18	10	0	4	10	12	28	.789	19	LDWLWL
	16	The Wednesday	22	6	6	10	21	42	6	2	2	17	12	0	4	8	4	30	.500	18	LLDDWL	0-9
	17	Newcastle United	23	5	7	11	33	38	4	3	3	22	14	1	4	8	11	24	.868	17	WLDDLW	3-0
	18	Bolton Wanderers	22	5	5	12	25	33	4	3	4	18	13	1	2	8	7	20	.758	15	DLWLLW	6-1