The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 SHEFFIELD UNITED - Sat Mar 04, 1899 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 04, 1899 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 (Won)

Season:: 1898-99
Referee:: BH Hurst
Attendance:: 8,000
Pos Before/After:: 11 9
Opp Before/After:: 10 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Burnley (League Tier 1)
Sheffield United:: Nov 25, 1899

GAME COUNT:
League:: 208 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 208 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 287 (of 5721)
Total:: 915 (of 7500)

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

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

Goals
Fred Spencer
Fred Spencer

SHEFFIELD UNITED
Manager: JB Wolstinholm
Prior form: LDLLWL (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	Alf Spouncer

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 Mar 04, 1899)

Home	Score	Away
Derby County	1-1	Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Sheffield United
Sunderland	3-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
The Wednesday	1-2	Everton
West Bromwich Albion	0-1	Stoke City

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	23	15	3	5	50	23	11	2	0	37	10	4	1	5	13	13	2.17391	33	LWWWLL
	2	Liverpool	26	14	5	7	36	22	8	3	1	19	7	6	2	6	17	15	1.63636	33	WDDWWW
	3	Everton	25	13	5	7	39	29	10	0	3	22	8	3	5	4	17	21	1.34483	31	WLDWLW
	4	Blackburn Rovers	27	11	6	10	54	46	8	3	3	37	20	3	3	7	17	26	1.17391	28	WWLWLD
	5	Burnley	25	11	6	8	38	39	8	2	1	26	12	3	4	7	12	27	.97436	28	DLLWLL
	6	West Bromwich Albion	26	11	5	10	39	36	10	1	3	26	7	1	4	7	13	29	1.08333	27	WLDWWW
	7	Notts County	24	8	11	5	38	36	6	5	1	28	17	2	6	4	10	19	1.05556	27	DLDWDL
	8	Derby County	25	8	10	7	53	45	8	4	1	41	18	0	6	6	12	27	1.17778	26	LWLWWW
	9	Bury	26	10	6	10	36	40	6	5	1	22	12	4	1	9	14	28	.90000	26	LDLLWL
	10	Sheffield United	27	7	11	9	35	43	5	8	2	23	19	2	3	7	12	24	.81395	25	LDLLWL
	11	Nottingham Forest	26	7	10	9	32	34	4	6	3	15	13	3	4	6	17	21	.94118	24	WDDWDW
	12	Sunderland	24	10	4	10	29	34	8	2	2	17	6	2	2	8	12	28	.85294	24	WDDLLW
	13	Newcastle United	26	8	7	11	41	40	7	3	3	30	16	1	4	8	11	24	1.02500	23	DLWWWW
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	8	7	11	37	41	5	5	2	17	9	3	2	9	20	32	.90244	23	LDLLDD
	15	Stoke City	25	9	5	11	36	42	8	3	2	25	14	1	2	9	11	28	.85714	23	WWWLLW
	16	Preston North End	27	8	7	12	34	40	8	3	1	21	10	0	4	11	13	30	.85000	23	LWLWWL
	17	The Wednesday	26	6	7	13	22	47	6	2	4	18	15	0	5	9	4	32	.46809	19	WLLLLD
	18	Bolton Wanderers	24	5	5	14	27	39	4	3	6	20	19	1	2	8	7	20	.69231	15	WLLWLL

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	24	15	4	5	51	24	11	2	0	37	10	4	2	5	14	14	2.12500	34	WWWLLD	1-1
	2	Liverpool	26	14	5	7	36	22	8	3	1	19	7	6	2	6	17	15	1.63636	33	WDDWWW
	3	Everton	26	14	5	7	41	30	10	0	3	22	8	4	5	4	19	22	1.36667	33	LDWLWW	2-1
	4	Blackburn Rovers	27	11	6	10	54	46	8	3	3	37	20	3	3	7	17	26	1.17391	28	WWLWLD
	5	Burnley	25	11	6	8	38	39	8	2	1	26	12	3	4	7	12	27	.97436	28	DLLWLL
2	6	Derby County	26	8	11	7	54	46	8	5	1	42	19	0	6	6	12	27	1.17391	27	WLWWWD	1-1
	7	Notts County	24	8	11	5	38	36	6	5	1	28	17	2	6	4	10	19	1.05556	27	DLDWDL
2	8	West Bromwich Albion	27	11	5	11	39	37	10	1	4	26	8	1	4	7	13	29	1.05405	27	LDWWWL	0-1
2	9	Nottingham Forest	27	8	10	9	34	35	5	6	3	17	14	3	4	6	17	21	.97143	26	DDWDWW	2-1
2	10	Sunderland	25	11	4	10	32	34	9	2	2	20	6	2	2	8	12	28	.94118	26	DDLLWW	3-0
2	11	Bury	26	10	6	10	36	40	6	5	1	22	12	4	1	9	14	28	.90000	26	LDLLWL
3	12	Stoke City	26	10	5	11	37	42	8	3	2	25	14	2	2	9	12	28	.88095	25	WWLLWW	1-0
3	13	Sheffield United	28	7	11	10	36	45	5	8	2	23	19	2	3	8	13	26	.80000	25	DLLWLL	1-2
1	14	Newcastle United	26	8	7	11	41	40	7	3	3	30	16	1	4	8	11	24	1.02500	23	DLWWWW
1	15	Preston North End	27	8	7	12	34	40	8	3	1	21	10	0	4	11	13	30	.85000	23	LWLWWL
2	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	8	7	12	37	44	5	5	2	17	9	3	2	10	20	35	.84091	23	DLLDDL	0-3
	17	The Wednesday	27	6	7	14	23	49	6	2	5	19	17	0	5	9	4	32	.46939	19	LLLLDL	1-2
	18	Bolton Wanderers	24	5	5	14	27	39	4	3	6	20	19	1	2	8	7	20	.69231	15	WLLWLL