The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 ACCRINGTON STANLEY - Sat Jan 07, 1893 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 07, 1893 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Accrington Stanley
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Sheffield Evening Telegraph - Saturday 07 January 1893
: Empire News & The Umpire - Sunday 08 January 1893
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1892-93
Referee:: JC Tillotson
Attendance:: 3,000
League Week:: 21 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 15 13
Opp Before/After:: 8 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (League Tier 1)
Accrington Stanley:: Mar 18, 1893

GAME COUNT:
League:: 21 (of 5091)
League Tier 1:: 21 (of 2343)
Competitive:: 77 (of 5833)
Total:: 614 (of 7639)
Played:: 133 years, 9 months, 19 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Harry Radford
Prior form: DWLDWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Alex Higgins (10')
Alex Higgins (70')
William 'Tich' Smith (80')

ACCRINGTON STANLEY
Manager: None
Prior form: DWWWWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	21	Dan Allsop
2	D	20	Jack Earp
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	23	Albert Smith
5	M	25	John McPherson
6	M	23	Peter McCracken
7	F	23	Arthur Shaw
8	M	24	William 'Tich' Smith (80')
9	F	29	Alex Higgins (10') (70')
10	F	23	Horace Pike
11	F	19	Tom McInnes

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tom Hay
2	D	Charles Ditchfield
3	D	Jack McLennan
4	D	John Stevenson
5	D	Willie Almond
6	M	William Shuttleworth
7	M	Tom Lea
8	M	Jimmy Whitehead
9	M	Harry Cookson
10	F	Harry Lea
11	F	Johnny Kirkham

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Jan 07, 1893)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	5-1	The Wednesday
Blackburn Rovers	2-2	Derby County
Everton	6-0	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Accrington Stanley
Preston North End	1-2	Sunderland
Stoke	7-1	Newton Heath
West Bromwich Albion	7-1	Burnley

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Sunderland	18	14	1	3	63	22	9	1	0	36	11	5	0	3	27	11	41	29	WWWLWW
	2	Preston North End	19	14	1	4	38	21	9	0	0	24	6	5	1	4	14	15	17	29	LWWLWW
	3	The Wednesday	19	11	2	6	47	34	7	2	1	31	17	4	0	5	16	17	13	24	LWDLWW
	4	Aston Villa	21	11	1	9	48	44	7	1	1	28	15	4	0	8	20	29	4	23	WLWLDW
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	8	4	9	38	48	8	2	1	24	11	0	2	8	14	37	-10	20	WLWDLL
	6	Bolton Wanderers	20	7	5	8	36	34	6	1	2	26	15	1	4	6	10	19	2	19	LWLDDL
	7	Stoke	20	8	3	9	37	37	5	1	2	16	9	3	2	7	21	28	0	19	WLWLLL
	8	Accrington Stanley	19	6	7	6	46	50	5	3	2	27	22	1	4	4	19	28	-4	19	DWWWWD
	9	Blackburn Rovers	20	6	7	7	32	38	4	4	2	18	14	2	3	5	14	24	-6	19	LWWWLD
	10	Derby County	19	6	6	7	35	44	4	4	4	22	24	2	2	3	13	20	-9	18	DWWDLW
	11	Notts County	19	7	3	9	39	37	5	2	4	25	15	2	1	5	14	22	2	17	WWLLLL
	12	West Bromwich Albion	21	7	3	11	35	57	6	1	4	20	13	1	2	7	15	44	-22	17	LLLDLL
	13	Everton	18	6	4	8	38	44	3	3	3	19	17	3	1	5	19	27	-6	16	LLWWLL
	14	Burnley	20	6	4	10	25	30	5	2	2	19	10	1	2	8	6	20	-5	16	DLDLWW
	15	Nottingham Forest	20	5	6	9	29	38	3	2	4	18	20	2	4	5	11	18	-9	16	DWLDWW
	16	Newton Heath	20	4	5	11	41	49	4	2	4	32	23	0	3	7	9	26	-8	13	LWLLLW

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Sunderland	19	15	1	3	65	23	9	1	0	36	11	6	0	3	29	12	42	31	WWLWWW		2-1
	2	Preston North End	20	14	1	5	39	23	9	0	1	25	8	5	1	4	14	15	16	29	WWLWWL		1-2
1	3	Aston Villa	22	12	1	9	53	45	8	1	1	33	16	4	0	8	20	29	8	25	LWLDWW		5-1
1	4	The Wednesday	20	11	2	7	48	39	7	2	1	31	17	4	0	6	17	22	9	24	WDLWWL		1-5
2	5	Stoke	21	9	3	9	44	38	6	1	2	23	10	3	2	7	21	28	6	21	LWLLLW		7-1
3	6	Blackburn Rovers	21	6	8	7	34	40	4	5	2	20	16	2	3	5	14	24	-6	20	WWWLDD		2-2
2	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	8	4	9	38	48	8	2	1	24	11	0	2	8	14	37	-10	20	WLWDLL
2	8	Bolton Wanderers	20	7	5	8	36	34	6	1	2	26	15	1	4	6	10	19	2	19	LWLDDL
1	9	Accrington Stanley	20	6	7	7	46	53	5	3	2	27	22	1	4	5	19	31	-7	19	WWWWDL		0-3
	10	Derby County	20	6	7	7	37	46	4	4	4	22	24	2	3	3	15	22	-9	19	WWDLWD		2-2
1	11	West Bromwich Albion	22	8	3	11	42	58	7	1	4	27	14	1	2	7	15	44	-16	19	LLDLLW		7-1
1	12	Everton	19	7	4	8	44	44	4	3	3	25	17	3	1	5	19	27	0	18	LWWLLW		6-0
2	13	Nottingham Forest	21	6	6	9	32	38	4	2	4	21	20	2	4	5	11	18	-6	18	WLDWWW		3-0
3	14	Notts County	20	7	3	10	39	43	5	2	4	25	15	2	1	6	14	28	-4	17	WLLLLL		0-6
1	15	Burnley	21	6	4	11	26	37	5	2	2	19	10	1	2	9	7	27	-11	16	LDLWWL		1-7
	16	Newton Heath	21	4	5	12	42	56	4	2	4	32	23	0	3	8	10	33	-14	13	WLLLWL		1-7

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