The City Ground

SEasON: 1897-98

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Next Season: 1898-99

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Harry Haslam
FA Cup:: Winners (Derby County (Crystal Palace) 3-1)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Arthur Capes, Chas Richards, Len Benbow (12 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	8 times	7 times	8 times	3 times	1 time
Conceded	17 times	7 times	3 times	2 times	1 time
Won By	4 times	8 times	2 times	2 times
Lost By	3 times	4 times	1 time	1 time	1 time

ATTENDANCES

Highest League Attendance:: 15,000 (League - Notts County)
Lowest League Attendance:: 3,000 (League - Preston North End)
Average League Attendance:: 7,733
Highest Cup Attendance:: 10,000 (League Tier 1 - Sheffield United)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 6,000 (League Tier 1 - Wolverhampton Wanderers)

MISC

Clean Sheets:: 6
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0

END OF SEasON TABLE

DIVISION ONE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Sheffield United	30	17	8	5	56	31	9	4	2	27	14	8	4	3	29	17	1.806	42		1-1	1-1
2	Sunderland	30	16	5	9	43	30	12	2	1	27	8	4	3	8	16	22	1.433	37		1-1	0-4
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	14	7	9	57	41	10	4	1	36	14	4	3	8	21	27	1.390	35		1-1	0-0
4	Everton	30	13	9	8	48	39	11	3	1	33	12	2	6	7	15	27	1.231	35		2-2	0-2
5	The Wednesday	30	15	3	12	51	42	12	0	3	39	15	3	3	9	12	27	1.214	33		1-0	6-3
6	Aston Villa	30	14	5	11	61	51	12	1	2	47	21	2	4	9	14	30	1.196	33		3-1	0-2
7	West Bromwich Albion	30	11	10	9	44	45	8	5	2	25	16	3	5	7	19	29	.978	32		0-1	0-2
8	Nottingham Forest	30	11	9	10	47	49	7	5	3	30	19	4	4	7	17	30	.959	31
9	Liverpool	30	11	6	13	48	45	7	4	4	27	16	4	2	9	21	29	1.067	28		2-3	2-1
10	Derby County	30	11	6	13	57	61	10	3	2	40	19	1	3	11	17	42	.934	28		3-4	0-5
11	Bolton Wanderers	30	11	4	15	28	41	9	2	4	18	13	2	2	11	10	28	.683	26		2-0	0-2
12	Preston North End	30	8	8	14	35	43	7	5	3	26	15	1	3	11	9	28	.814	24		4-1	0-3
13	Notts County	30	8	8	14	36	46	4	6	5	23	23	4	2	9	13	23	.783	24		1-1	3-1
14	Bury	30	8	8	14	39	51	8	3	4	25	19	0	5	10	14	32	.765	24		3-1	2-2
15	Blackburn Rovers	30	7	10	13	39	54	4	7	4	20	22	3	3	9	19	32	.722	24	Remained in 1st Div after league expansion	3-1	1-1
16	Stoke City	30	8	8	14	35	55	8	3	4	21	14	0	5	10	14	41	.636	24	Remained in 1st Div after playoffs	3-1	2-1

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Ground	Notes
1	Sat Sep 04, 1897	Notts County	H	1-1	Draw	15,000	9	City Ground (Town Ground)	Harry Haslam's first game as manager
2	Sat Sep 11, 1897	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-2	Loss	8,000	13	Stoney Lane
3	Sat Sep 18, 1897	Sheffield United	H	1-1	Draw	9,000	14	City Ground (Town Ground)
4	Sat Sep 25, 1897	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-0	Draw	6,000	12	Molineux
5	Sat Oct 02, 1897	Sunderland	H	1-1	Draw	8,000	13	City Ground (Town Ground)
6	Sat Oct 09, 1897	Notts County	A	3-1	Win	15,000	10	Trent Bridge
7	Sat Oct 16, 1897	Blackburn Rovers	H	3-1	Win	6,000	7	City Ground (Town Ground)
8	Sat Oct 23, 1897	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-2	Loss	5,000	11	Burnden Park
9	Sat Oct 30, 1897	Derby County	H	3-4	Loss	12,000	11	City Ground (Town Ground)
10	Sat Nov 06, 1897	Liverpool	A	2-1	Win	7,000	8	Anfield
11	Sat Nov 13, 1897	Preston North End	H	4-1	Win	3,000	7	City Ground (Town Ground)
12	Sat Nov 20, 1897	Stoke City	A	2-1	Win	3,000	5	Victoria Ground
13	Sat Nov 27, 1897	Liverpool	H	2-3	Loss	5,000	8	City Ground (Town Ground)
14	Sat Dec 04, 1897	Sheffield United	A	1-1	Draw	10,000	7	Bramall Lane
15	Sat Dec 11, 1897	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-1	Loss	6,000	8	City Ground (Town Ground)
16	Sat Dec 25, 1897	Preston North End	A	0-3	Loss	6,000	10	Deepdale
17	Sat Jan 01, 1898	The Wednesday	A	6-3	Win	5,000	11	Olive Grove
18	Sat Jan 08, 1898	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-0	Win	8,000	9	City Ground (Town Ground)
19	Sat Jan 15, 1898	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-1	Draw	5,000	8	Ewood Park
20	Sat Jan 22, 1898	The Wednesday	H	1-0	Win	10,000	8	City Ground (Town Ground)
21	Sat Feb 19, 1898	Stoke City	H	3-1	Win	6,000	7	City Ground (Town Ground)
22	Sat Mar 12, 1898	Everton	H	2-2	Draw	8,000	8	City Ground (Town Ground)
23	Sat Mar 26, 1898	Aston Villa	H	3-1	Win	4,000	7	City Ground (Town Ground)
24	Sat Apr 02, 1898	Everton	A	0-2	Loss	10,000	8	Goodison Park
25	Mon Apr 04, 1898	Bury	A	2-2	Draw	2,000	8	Gigg Lane
26	Fri Apr 08, 1898	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-1	Draw	10,000	8	City Ground (Town Ground)
27	Sat Apr 09, 1898	Bury	H	3-1	Win	6,000	8	City Ground (Town Ground)
28	Mon Apr 11, 1898	Derby County	A	0-5	Loss	16,000	8	Baseball Ground
29	Sat Apr 23, 1898	Sunderland	A	0-4	Loss	9,000	8	Newcastle Road
30	Sat Apr 30, 1898	Aston Villa	A	0-2	Loss	9,000	8	Villa Park

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Sat Jan 29, 1898	Grimsby Town	1			H	4-0	Win	6,000	City Ground (Town Ground)
Sat Feb 12, 1898	Gainsborough Trinity	2			H	4-0	Win	10,000	City Ground (Town Ground)
Sat Feb 26, 1898	West Bromwich Albion	Quarter			A	3-2	Win	16,500	Stoney Lane
Sat Mar 19, 1898	Southampton St Mary's	Semi			N	1-1	Draw	30,000	Bramall Lane	Played at Sheffield United
Thu Mar 24, 1898	Southampton St Mary's	Semi	Y	1	N	2-0	Win	12,000	Crystal Palace	Played at Crystal Palace
Sat Apr 16, 1898	Derby County	Final			N	3-1	Win	62,017	Crystal Palace	Played at Crystal Palace

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Thu Sep 02, 1897	Gainsborough Trinity	England	H	5-0	Win	400	City Ground (Town Ground)
Wed Sep 08, 1897	Loughborough	England	A	5-1	Win	500
Mon Sep 13, 1897	Langley Mill Rangers	England	A	2-0	Win	-
Mon Sep 20, 1897	Leicester Fosse	England	A	0-4	Loss	-
Wed Oct 27, 1897	Gainsborough Trinity	England	A	6-2	Win	2,000
Sat Dec 18, 1897	Derby County	England	A	4-2	Win	3,000
Mon Dec 27, 1897	Notts County	England	A	1-0	Win	10,000
Tue Apr 26, 1898	Newark	England	A	5-0	Win	1,200
Wed Apr 27, 1898	Worksop Town	England	A	4-1	Win	-
Thu Apr 28, 1898	Leicester Fosse	England	H	1-0	Win	1,500	City Ground (Town Ground)	Burford Cup

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Dan Allsop	32	15	8	9
GK		Martin (1897-98)	4	1	2	1
D		Adam Scott	31	15	9	7
D		Archibald Ritchie	25	14	5	6
D		James Iremonger	17	3	8	6
M		Adrian Capes	1		1
M		Chris Goodchild	1		1
M		Frank Forman	32	16	7	9	7
M		James Benbow	1	1
M		JB Hancock
M		John Thornley	1	1
M		Peter McCracken	9	3	4	2
M		Richardson (1898)	1			1
M		Willie Wragg	30	14	7	9	1
F		Alf Spouncer	29	14	7	8	7
F		Arthur Capes	33	15	9	9	12
F		Arthur Shaw	1			1
F		Chas Richards	31	15	6	10	12
F		Fred Forman	7		4	3
F		Fred Spencer	11	5	4	2	2
F		John McPherson	33	14	10	9	4
F		Len Benbow	30	13	8	9	12
F		Tom Bradshaw	6	3	1	2
F		Tom McInnes	29	14	8	7	7
		A Radford	1		1
		Parry (1897)
		Simpson

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
12	Arthur Capes	33
12	Chas Richards	31
12	Len Benbow	30
7	Alf Spouncer	29
7	Frank Forman	32
7	Tom McInnes	29
4	John McPherson	33
2	Fred Spencer	11
1	Willie Wragg	30

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1897-98

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Stoke City	Sat Nov 20, 1897	A	2-1	Sat Feb 19, 1898	H	3-1
The Wednesday	Sat Jan 01, 1898	A	6-3	Sat Jan 22, 1898	H	1-0