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NEWTON HEATH 1 - 3 FOREST - Sat Jan 14, 1893 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 14, 1893 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Newton Heath
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: North Road (Manchester)
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 16 January 1893
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1892-93
Referee:
Attendance:: 6,000
League Week:: 23 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 6 6
Opp Before/After:: 16 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Casuals (FA Cup)
League:: Derby County
Newton Heath:: Sep 23, 1893

GAME COUNT:
League:: 23 (of 5093)
League Tier 1:: 23 (of 2345)
Competitive:: 79 (of 5835)
Total:: 616 (of 7641)
Played:: 133 years, 10 months, 1 day ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tom McInnes (20')
Horace Pike (40')
William 'Tich' Smith (85')

NEWTON HEATH
Manager: Alf Albut
Prior form: WLLLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Bobby Donaldson (5')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	21	Dan Allsop
2	D	20	Archibald Ritchie
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 (85')
9	F	29	Alex Higgins
10	F	23	Horace Pike (40')
11	F	19	Tom McInnes (20')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John Davies
2	D	Andrew Mitchell
3	D	John Clements
4	D	Arthur Henrys
5	D	William Stewart
6	M	Fred Erentz
7	M	Alf Farman
8	M	Billy Hood
9	M	Bobby Donaldson
10	F	James Colville
11	F	Thomas Fitzsimmons

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Jan 14, 1893)

Home	Score	Away
Accrington Stanley	0-4	Burnley
Everton	1-0	West Bromwich Albion
Newton Heath	1-3	Nottingham Forest
Notts County	0-0	Blackburn Rovers
Stoke	6-0	Bolton Wanderers
Sunderland	6-0	Aston Villa
The Wednesday	0-5	Preston North End

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	19	15	1	3	65	23	9	1	0	36	11	6	0	3	29	12	42	31	WWLWWW
	2	Preston North End	20	14	1	5	39	23	9	0	1	25	8	5	1	4	14	15	16	29	WWLWWL
	3	Aston Villa	22	12	1	9	53	45	8	1	1	33	16	4	0	8	20	29	8	25	LWLDWW
	4	The Wednesday	20	11	2	7	48	39	7	2	1	31	17	4	0	6	17	22	9	24	WDLWWL
	5	Stoke	21	9	3	9	44	38	6	1	2	23	10	3	2	7	21	28	6	21	LWLLLW
	6	Nottingham Forest	22	7	6	9	34	39	5	2	4	23	21	2	4	5	11	18	-5	20	LDWWWW
	7	Blackburn Rovers	21	6	8	7	34	40	4	5	2	20	16	2	3	5	14	24	-6	20	WWWLDD
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	8	4	9	38	48	8	2	1	24	11	0	2	8	14	37	-10	20	WLWDLL
	9	Bolton Wanderers	20	7	5	8	36	34	6	1	2	26	15	1	4	6	10	19	2	19	LWLDDL
	10	Accrington Stanley	20	6	7	7	46	53	5	3	2	27	22	1	4	5	19	31	-7	19	WWWWDL
	11	Derby County	20	6	7	7	37	46	4	4	4	22	24	2	3	3	15	22	-9	19	WWDLWD
	12	West Bromwich Albion	22	8	3	11	42	58	7	1	4	27	14	1	2	7	15	44	-16	19	LLDLLW
	13	Everton	20	7	4	9	45	46	4	3	3	25	17	3	1	6	20	29	-1	18	WWLLWL
	14	Notts County	20	7	3	10	39	43	5	2	4	25	15	2	1	6	14	28	-4	17	WLLLLL
	15	Burnley	21	6	4	11	26	37	5	2	2	19	10	1	2	9	7	27	-11	16	LDLWWL
	16	Newton Heath	21	4	5	12	42	56	4	2	4	32	23	0	3	8	10	33	-14	13	WLLLWL

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	20	16	1	3	71	23	10	1	0	42	11	6	0	3	29	12	48	33	WLWWWW		6-0
	2	Preston North End	21	15	1	5	44	23	9	0	1	25	8	6	1	4	19	15	21	31	WLWWLW		5-0
	3	Aston Villa	23	12	1	10	53	51	8	1	1	33	16	4	0	9	20	35	2	25	WLDWWL		0-6
	4	The Wednesday	21	11	2	8	48	44	7	2	2	31	22	4	0	6	17	22	4	24	DLWWLL		0-5
	5	Stoke	22	10	3	9	50	38	7	1	2	29	10	3	2	7	21	28	12	23	WLLLWW		6-0
	6	Nottingham Forest	23	8	6	9	37	40	5	2	4	23	21	3	4	5	14	19	-3	22	DWWWWW		3-1
	7	Blackburn Rovers	22	6	9	7	34	40	4	5	2	20	16	2	4	5	14	24	-6	21	WWLDDD		0-0
5	8	Everton	21	8	4	9	46	46	5	3	3	26	17	3	1	6	20	29	0	20	WLLWLW		1-0
1	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	8	4	9	38	48	8	2	1	24	11	0	2	8	14	37	-10	20	WLWDLL
1	10	Bolton Wanderers	21	7	5	9	36	40	6	1	2	26	15	1	4	7	10	25	-4	19	WLDDLL		0-6
1	11	Accrington Stanley	21	6	7	8	46	57	5	3	3	27	26	1	4	5	19	31	-11	19	WWWDLL		0-4
1	12	Derby County	20	6	7	7	37	46	4	4	4	22	24	2	3	3	15	22	-9	19	WWDLWD
1	13	West Bromwich Albion	23	8	3	12	42	59	7	1	4	27	14	1	2	8	15	45	-17	19	LDLLWL		0-1
	14	Notts County	21	7	4	10	39	43	5	3	4	25	15	2	1	6	14	28	-4	18	LLLLLD		0-0
	15	Burnley	22	7	4	11	30	37	5	2	2	19	10	2	2	9	11	27	-7	18	DLWWLW		4-0
	16	Newton Heath	22	4	5	13	43	59	4	2	5	33	26	0	3	8	10	33	-16	13	LLLWLL		1-3

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