The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 BOLTON WANDERERS - Sat Apr 08, 1899 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 08, 1899 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bolton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST

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

Season:: 1898-99
Referee:: A Green
Attendance:: 3,000
Pos Before/After:: 10 11
Opp Before/After:: 18 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Millwall (Friendly)
League:: Derby County
Bolton Wanderers:: Dec 25, 1900

GAME COUNT:
League:: 213 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 213 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 292 (of 5724)
Total:: 927 (of 7505)
Played:: 125 years, 19 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Harry Hallam
Prior form: WWDWWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Fred Spencer

BOLTON WANDERERS
Manager: John Somerville
Prior form: LDWWLL (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Dan Allsop
2	D	23	James Iremonger
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	29	Peter McCracken
5	M	32	John McPherson
6	M		George Robinson	Debut
7	F		Fred Spencer
8	F	24	Arthur Capes
9	F	22	Len Benbow
10	F	21	Grenville Morris
11	F		A Radford	Last game

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 Apr 08, 1899)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	1-0	Sunderland
Bury	2-0	Notts County
Liverpool	4-0	Derby County
Newcastle United	1-0	Blackburn Rovers
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Bolton Wanderers
Preston North End	4-0	West Bromwich Albion
Stoke City	2-1	Everton

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	Status
	1	Aston Villa	29	16	5	8	57	37	12	2	0	40	11	4	3	8	17	26	1.54054	37	DLDWLL	Safe
	2	Liverpool	30	16	5	9	42	28	9	3	2	22	10	7	2	7	20	18	1.50000	37	WWWLLW	Safe
	3	Blackburn Rovers	31	14	7	10	58	47	9	4	3	39	21	5	3	7	19	26	1.23404	35	LDWDWW	Safe
	4	Burnley	30	14	7	9	43	42	10	3	1	30	14	4	4	8	13	28	1.02381	35	LDWWWL	Safe
	5	Notts County	31	11	13	7	44	43	8	6	2	31	20	3	7	5	13	23	1.02326	35	WDLLWW	Safe
	6	Everton	30	14	6	10	44	37	10	1	5	24	12	4	5	5	20	25	1.18919	34	WWDLLL	Safe
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	13	7	12	49	46	8	5	2	25	11	5	2	10	24	35	1.06522	33	LWWWWW	Safe
	8	Sunderland	31	13	6	12	39	40	10	3	3	25	10	3	3	9	14	30	.97500	32	DDLWWL	Safe
	9	Derby County	31	10	11	10	59	53	9	5	1	43	19	1	6	9	16	34	1.11321	31	DLLLWW	Safe
	10	Nottingham Forest	31	10	11	10	38	38	5	6	4	18	16	5	5	6	20	22	1.00000	31	WWDWWL	Safe
	11	West Bromwich Albion	31	12	6	13	41	43	11	1	5	28	9	1	5	8	13	34	.95349	30	WLDLLW	Safe
	12	Bury	30	12	6	12	42	46	7	5	3	26	17	5	1	9	16	29	.91304	30	WLLWLW	Safe
	13	Sheffield United	32	9	11	12	45	49	7	8	2	31	20	2	3	10	14	29	.91837	29	LLWWLL	Safe
	14	Stoke City	30	12	5	13	43	47	9	3	3	26	15	3	2	10	17	32	.91489	29	WWLWWL	Safe
	15	Newcastle United	31	9	8	14	45	46	8	3	4	32	17	1	5	10	13	29	.97826	26	WLDWLL
	16	Preston North End	30	9	7	14	37	43	9	3	2	24	12	0	4	12	13	31	.86047	25	WWLLWL
	17	The Wednesday	32	8	7	17	30	57	8	2	6	25	21	0	5	11	5	36	.52632	23	LLWLLW
	18	Bolton Wanderers	30	7	6	17	33	47	6	4	6	24	21	1	2	11	9	26	.70213	20	LDWWLL

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	Status	Result(s)
1	1	Liverpool	31	17	5	9	46	28	10	3	2	26	10	7	2	7	20	18	1.64286	39	WWLLWW	Safe	4-0
1	2	Aston Villa	29	16	5	8	57	37	12	2	0	40	11	4	3	8	17	26	1.54054	37	DLDWLL	Safe
1	3	Burnley	31	15	7	9	44	42	11	3	1	31	14	4	4	8	13	28	1.04762	37	DWWWLW	Safe	1-0
1	4	Blackburn Rovers	32	14	7	11	58	48	9	4	3	39	21	5	3	8	19	27	1.20833	35	DWDWWL	Safe	0-1
	5	Notts County	32	11	13	8	44	45	8	6	2	31	20	3	7	6	13	25	.97778	35	DLLWWL	Safe	0-2
	6	Everton	31	14	6	11	45	39	10	1	5	24	12	4	5	6	21	27	1.15385	34	WDLLLL	Safe	1-2
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	13	7	12	49	46	8	5	2	25	11	5	2	10	24	35	1.06522	33	LWWWWW	Safe
4	8	Bury	31	13	6	12	44	46	8	5	3	28	17	5	1	9	16	29	.95652	32	LLWLWW	Safe	2-0
1	9	Sunderland	32	13	6	13	39	41	10	3	3	25	10	3	3	10	14	31	.95122	32	DLWWLL	Safe	0-1
1	10	Derby County	32	10	11	11	59	57	9	5	1	43	19	1	6	10	16	38	1.03509	31	LLLWWL	Safe	0-4
1	11	Nottingham Forest	32	10	11	11	39	40	5	6	5	19	18	5	5	6	20	22	.97500	31	WDWWLL	Safe	1-2
2	12	Stoke City	31	13	5	13	45	48	10	3	3	28	16	3	2	10	17	32	.93750	31	WLWWLW	Safe	2-1
2	13	West Bromwich Albion	32	12	6	14	41	47	11	1	5	28	9	1	5	9	13	38	.87234	30	LDLLWL	Safe	0-4
1	14	Sheffield United	32	9	11	12	45	49	7	8	2	31	20	2	3	10	14	29	.91837	29	LLWWLL	Safe
	15	Newcastle United	32	10	8	14	46	46	9	3	4	33	17	1	5	10	13	29	1.00000	28	LDWLLW		1-0
	16	Preston North End	31	10	7	14	41	43	10	3	2	28	12	0	4	12	13	31	.95349	27	WLLWLW		4-0
	17	The Wednesday	32	8	7	17	30	57	8	2	6	25	21	0	5	11	5	36	.52632	23	LLWLLW
	18	Bolton Wanderers	31	8	6	17	35	48	6	4	6	24	21	2	2	11	11	27	.72917	22	DWWLLW		2-1