The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 MANCHESTER CITY - Wed Dec 27, 1899 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Dec 27, 1899 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON

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

Season:: 1899-00
Referee:: Towlson
Attendance:: 6,000
Pos Before/After:: 7 6
Opp Before/After:: 10 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Preston North End (League Tier 1)
Manchester City:: Apr 09, 1900

GAME COUNT:
League:: 233 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 233 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 312 (of 5736)
Total:: 954 (of 7523)
Played:: 124 years, 10 months, 25 days ago

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

Goals
Grenville Morris
Arthur Capes

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Sam Omerod
Prior form: WLWDLL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Dan Allsop
2	D		Edward Peers
3	D	23	James Iremonger
4	M	24	Frank Forman
5	M	32	John McPherson
6	M	24	Bob Norris
7	F	26	Fred Forman
8	F	24	John Calvey
9	F	22	Rabbie Beveridge
10	F	22	Grenville Morris
11	F	24	Arthur Capes

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Charlie Williams
2	D	Dick Ray
3	D	Di Jones
4	D	Bobby Moffatt
5	D	Buxton Smith
6	M	Billy Holmes
7	M	Jim Tonge
8	M	Jimmy Ross
9	M	Billy Gillespie
10	F	William S Smith
11	F	George Dougal

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Wed Dec 27, 1899)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Manchester 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	Status
	1	Sheffield United	20	13	7	0	39	15	7	3	0	24	6	6	4	0	15	9	2.60000	33	WDWDDW
	2	Aston Villa	19	12	3	4	44	19	7	2	1	26	9	5	1	3	18	10	2.31579	27	DWWDLW
	3	Sunderland	17	10	2	5	27	14	5	1	1	13	3	5	1	4	14	11	1.92857	22	LWLDWL
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	8	5	4	25	18	4	1	2	14	7	4	4	2	11	11	1.38889	21	DWWWLW
	5	Bury	17	9	3	5	29	24	8	1	1	21	10	1	2	4	8	14	1.20833	21	WWWLDW
	6	Stoke City	20	9	3	8	26	27	7	2	2	18	11	2	1	6	8	16	.96296	21	WLDLLW
	7	Nottingham Forest	17	7	5	5	29	26	6	1	0	17	6	1	4	5	12	20	1.11538	19	LWDWDL
	8	Derby County	17	7	3	7	24	23	6	1	4	21	13	1	2	3	3	10	1.04348	17	LLLDWW
	9	West Bromwich Albion	18	6	5	7	19	25	3	4	2	9	7	3	1	5	10	18	.76000	17	LLWDDD
	10	Manchester City	17	7	2	8	30	23	6	1	3	22	10	1	1	5	8	13	1.30435	16	WLWDLL
	11	Everton	18	6	4	8	21	25	4	0	4	12	10	2	4	4	9	15	.84000	16	WLLWWD
	12	Newcastle United	16	5	5	6	24	18	3	3	2	13	6	2	2	4	11	12	1.33333	15	DWDLDL
	13	Burnley	18	5	4	9	17	31	5	2	2	13	9	0	2	7	4	22	.54839	14	LWLDDL
	14	Notts County	18	5	3	10	28	41	3	2	5	20	18	2	1	5	8	23	.68293	13	DLLLWW
	15	Liverpool	19	4	4	11	25	33	3	3	3	16	15	1	1	8	9	18	.75758	12	DLWLWL
	16	Blackburn Rovers	15	6	0	9	24	32	5	0	2	18	11	1	0	7	6	21	.75000	12	LWLWWL
	17	Preston North End	17	3	4	10	13	29	2	3	3	7	12	1	1	7	6	17	.44828	10	LDLLDW
	18	Glossop North End	16	3	4	9	17	38	3	3	1	9	5	0	1	8	8	33	.44737	10	DLDWLL

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	Sheffield United	20	13	7	0	39	15	7	3	0	24	6	6	4	0	15	9	2.60000	33	WDWDDW
	2	Aston Villa	19	12	3	4	44	19	7	2	1	26	9	5	1	3	18	10	2.31579	27	DWWDLW
	3	Sunderland	17	10	2	5	27	14	5	1	1	13	3	5	1	4	14	11	1.92857	22	LWLDWL
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	8	5	4	25	18	4	1	2	14	7	4	4	2	11	11	1.38889	21	DWWWLW
	5	Bury	17	9	3	5	29	24	8	1	1	21	10	1	2	4	8	14	1.20833	21	WWWLDW
1	6	Nottingham Forest	18	8	5	5	31	26	7	1	0	19	6	1	4	5	12	20	1.19231	21	WDWDLW		2-0
1	7	Stoke City	20	9	3	8	26	27	7	2	2	18	11	2	1	6	8	16	.96296	21	WLDLLW
	8	Derby County	17	7	3	7	24	23	6	1	4	21	13	1	2	3	3	10	1.04348	17	LLLDWW
	9	West Bromwich Albion	18	6	5	7	19	25	3	4	2	9	7	3	1	5	10	18	.76000	17	LLWDDD
	10	Manchester City	18	7	2	9	30	25	6	1	3	22	10	1	1	6	8	15	1.20000	16	LWDLLL		0-2
	11	Everton	18	6	4	8	21	25	4	0	4	12	10	2	4	4	9	15	.84000	16	WLLWWD
	12	Newcastle United	16	5	5	6	24	18	3	3	2	13	6	2	2	4	11	12	1.33333	15	DWDLDL
	13	Burnley	18	5	4	9	17	31	5	2	2	13	9	0	2	7	4	22	.54839	14	LWLDDL
	14	Notts County	18	5	3	10	28	41	3	2	5	20	18	2	1	5	8	23	.68293	13	DLLLWW
	15	Liverpool	19	4	4	11	25	33	3	3	3	16	15	1	1	8	9	18	.75758	12	DLWLWL
	16	Blackburn Rovers	15	6	0	9	24	32	5	0	2	18	11	1	0	7	6	21	.75000	12	LWLWWL
	17	Preston North End	17	3	4	10	13	29	2	3	3	7	12	1	1	7	6	17	.44828	10	LDLLDW
	18	Glossop North End	16	3	4	9	17	38	3	3	1	9	5	0	1	8	8	33	.44737	10	DLDWLL