The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Sat Mar 11, 1893 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 11, 1893 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Empire News & The Umpire - Sunday 12 March 1893
: Enfa.co.uk
: Liverpool Echo - Saturday, 11 March 1893

Season:: 1892-93
Referee:
Attendance:: 5,000
League Week:: 27 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 5 7
Opp Before/After:: 6 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Accrington Stanley (League Tier 1)
Blackburn Rovers:: Nov 25, 1893

GAME COUNT:
League:: 27 (of 5093)
League Tier 1:: 27 (of 2345)
Competitive:: 85 (of 5835)
Total:: 626 (of 7641)
Played:: 133 years, 7 months, 28 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Thomas Mitchell
Prior form: DDDWDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Harry Chippendale (50')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		William Brown (1890)
2	D	20	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	23	Albert Smith
5	M	26	John McPherson
6	M	23	Peter McCracken
7	F	23	Arthur Shaw
8	M	24	William 'Tich' Smith
9	F	19	Tom McInnes
10	F	23	Horace Pike
11	F	26	Harry Daft	Last game

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Nat Walton
2	D	John Murray
3	D	John Forbes
4	D	Geordie Dewar
5	D	Geordie Anderson
6	M	Harry Marshall
7	M	Willie Taylor
8	M	Harry Campbell
9	M	Bill Sawers
10	F	Matt Gillespie
11	F	Harry Chippendale

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 11, 1893)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	0-1	Blackburn Rovers
Stoke	1-0	Notts County
Sunderland	3-1	Derby County
The Wednesday	0-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers

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	23	18	2	3	83	28	11	2	0	49	16	7	0	3	34	12	55	38	WWWWDW
	2	Preston North End	22	15	1	6	44	29	9	0	1	25	8	6	1	5	19	21	15	31	LWWLWL
	3	Everton	25	12	4	9	58	46	6	3	3	32	17	6	1	6	26	29	12	28	LWWWWW
	4	Aston Villa	25	13	2	10	57	53	9	1	1	35	16	4	1	9	22	37	4	28	DWWLDW
	5	Nottingham Forest	26	10	6	10	44	45	7	2	5	30	26	3	4	5	14	19	-1	26	WWWWWL
	6	Blackburn Rovers	25	7	11	7	41	46	5	7	2	27	22	2	4	5	14	24	-5	25	DDDWDD
	7	Stoke	25	10	4	11	54	44	7	1	4	30	13	3	3	7	24	31	10	24	LWWLLD
	8	The Wednesday	24	11	2	11	50	52	7	2	3	31	24	4	0	8	19	28	-2	24	WLLLLL
	9	Bolton Wanderers	25	9	6	10	45	48	8	1	2	32	17	1	5	8	13	31	-3	24	LLLDWW
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	10	4	9	42	49	10	2	1	28	12	0	2	8	14	37	-7	24	WDLLWW
	11	West Bromwich Albion	26	10	3	13	49	65	7	1	4	27	14	3	2	9	22	51	-16	23	LWLLWW
	12	Notts County	24	9	4	11	46	46	7	3	4	31	15	2	1	7	15	31	0	22	LLDWWL
	13	Derby County	23	7	7	9	43	50	5	4	4	27	25	2	3	5	16	25	-7	21	LWDLWL
	14	Burnley	24	8	4	12	33	38	6	2	2	22	10	2	2	10	11	28	-5	20	WWLWWL
	15	Accrington Stanley	24	6	7	11	48	67	5	3	4	27	29	1	4	7	21	38	-19	19	DLLLLL
	16	Newton Heath	26	4	5	17	44	75	4	2	6	33	31	0	3	11	11	44	-31	13	LLLLLL

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	24	19	2	3	86	29	12	2	0	52	17	7	0	3	34	12	57	40	WWWDWW		3-1
	2	Preston North End	22	15	1	6	44	29	9	0	1	25	8	6	1	5	19	21	15	31	LWWLWL
	3	Everton	25	12	4	9	58	46	6	3	3	32	17	6	1	6	26	29	12	28	LWWWWW
	4	Aston Villa	25	13	2	10	57	53	9	1	1	35	16	4	1	9	22	37	4	28	DWWLDW
1	5	Blackburn Rovers	26	8	11	7	42	46	5	7	2	27	22	3	4	5	15	24	-4	27	DDWDDW		1-0
1	6	Stoke	26	11	4	11	55	44	8	1	4	31	13	3	3	7	24	31	11	26	WWLLDW		1-0
2	7	Nottingham Forest	27	10	6	11	44	46	7	2	6	30	27	3	4	5	14	19	-2	26	WWWWLL		0-1
2	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	11	4	9	43	49	10	2	1	28	12	1	2	8	15	37	-6	26	DLLWWW		1-0
1	9	The Wednesday	25	11	2	12	50	53	7	2	4	31	25	4	0	8	19	28	-3	24	LLLLLL		0-1
1	10	Bolton Wanderers	25	9	6	10	45	48	8	1	2	32	17	1	5	8	13	31	-3	24	LLLDWW
	11	West Bromwich Albion	26	10	3	13	49	65	7	1	4	27	14	3	2	9	22	51	-16	23	LWLLWW
	12	Notts County	25	9	4	12	46	47	7	3	4	31	15	2	1	8	15	32	-1	22	LDWWLL		0-1
	13	Derby County	24	7	7	10	44	53	5	4	4	27	25	2	3	6	17	28	-9	21	WDLWLL		1-3
	14	Burnley	24	8	4	12	33	38	6	2	2	22	10	2	2	10	11	28	-5	20	WWLWWL
	15	Accrington Stanley	24	6	7	11	48	67	5	3	4	27	29	1	4	7	21	38	-19	19	DLLLLL
	16	Newton Heath	26	4	5	17	44	75	4	2	6	33	31	0	3	11	11	44	-31	13	LLLLLL

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