The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 3 WEST BROMWICH ALBION - Sat Dec 08, 1894 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 08, 1894 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 5-3 WON

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Albion Till We Die (Link)
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1894-95
Referee:: CJ Fox
Attendance:: 5,000
League Week:: 14 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 11 10
Opp Before/After:: 10 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 1)
West Bromwich Albion:: Apr 15, 1895

GAME COUNT:
League:: 74 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 74 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 136 (of 5824)
Total:: 714 (of 7629)
Played:: 131 years, 8 months, 17 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
John McPherson
Albert Carnelly
Thomas Rose
James Collins
James Collins

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Edward Stephenson
Prior form: WDWWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Tom Perry
Roddie McLeod
Billy Bassett

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Dan Allsop
2	D	22	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	26	Alec Stewart
5	M	27	John McPherson
6	M	25	Peter McCracken
7	F	24	Horace Pike
8	F	23	Albert Carnelly
9	M		Thomas Rose
10	F		James Collins
11	F	21	Tom McInnes

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	23	Dan Allsop	49		14	1
2	D	22	Archibald Ritchie	74		14	1
3	D		Adam Scott	86	2	14	1
4	M	26	Alec Stewart	44		28	3
5	M	27	John McPherson	75	13	14	1
6	M	25	Peter McCracken	64		14	1
7	F	24	Horace Pike	71	19	14	1
8	F	23	Albert Carnelly	13	8	14	1
9	M		Thomas Rose	13	5	14	1
10	F		James Collins	39	11	65	12
11	F	21	Tom McInnes	72	30	14	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Joe Reader
2	D	Billy Williams
3	D	Jack Horton
4	D	Tom Perry
5	D	Charlie Perry
6	M	Jack Taggart
7	M	Billy Bassett
8	M	Roddie McLeod
9	M	Tom Hutchinson
10	F	William Richards
11	F	Jack Banks

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 08, 1894)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	3-0	Blackburn Rovers
Burnley	2-1	Preston North End
Everton	3-1	Bolton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest	5-3	West Bromwich Albion
Sheffield United	2-2	Liverpool
Stoke	0-2	The Wednesday
Sunderland	7-1	Small Heath
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-2	Derby County

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	Everton	14	10	3	1	47	21	6	1	0	25	6	4	2	1	22	15	26	23	LDDDWW
2	Aston Villa	17	10	1	6	41	23	7	0	1	27	7	3	1	5	14	16	18	21	WWLWWW
3	Sunderland	12	9	2	1	34	12	7	0	0	26	3	2	2	1	8	9	22	20	WDWDWW
4	Preston North End	16	7	4	5	27	25	3	2	1	10	7	4	2	4	17	18	2	18	DLLWLD
5	Blackburn Rovers	15	6	5	4	28	24	5	3	1	20	11	1	2	3	8	13	4	17	DWDWLL
6	Sheffield United	15	7	2	6	26	27	4	1	1	12	7	3	1	5	14	20	-1	16	WWLLLL
7	Small Heath	15	6	4	5	33	36	4	3	0	24	17	2	1	5	9	19	-3	16	DDLWWW
8	Burnley	14	6	3	5	25	19	5	1	1	15	6	1	2	4	10	13	6	15	DLWWLW
9	The Wednesday	13	7	0	6	24	25	6	0	1	19	10	1	0	5	5	15	-1	14	LLWLWL
10	West Bromwich Albion	14	5	3	6	26	26	5	2	1	22	11	0	1	5	4	15	0	13	WDWWLL
11	Nottingham Forest	13	6	1	6	22	26	4	0	2	11	8	2	1	4	11	18	-4	13	WWWDWL
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15	4	3	8	22	32	4	2	2	13	11	0	1	6	9	21	-10	11	WLDLDD
13	Stoke	13	3	3	7	18	31	3	1	3	13	14	0	2	4	5	17	-13	9	LDWWLD
14	Bolton Wanderers	15	2	4	9	20	32	1	2	4	11	14	1	2	5	9	18	-12	8	LLDLLD
15	Liverpool	16	1	6	9	21	42	1	4	3	13	16	0	2	6	8	26	-21	8	LLLDLD
16	Derby County	11	2	2	7	14	27	2	1	3	9	10	0	1	4	5	17	-13	6	LDDLLW

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	Everton	15	11	3	1	50	22	7	1	0	28	7	4	2	1	22	15	28	25	DDDWWW		3-1
	2	Aston Villa	18	11	1	6	44	23	8	0	1	30	7	3	1	5	14	16	21	23	WLWWWW		3-0
	3	Sunderland	13	10	2	1	41	13	8	0	0	33	4	2	2	1	8	9	28	22	DWDWWW		7-1
	4	Preston North End	17	7	4	6	28	27	3	2	1	10	7	4	2	5	18	20	1	18	LLWLDL		1-2
3	5	Burnley	15	7	3	5	27	20	6	1	1	17	7	1	2	4	10	13	7	17	LWWLWW		2-1
1	6	Blackburn Rovers	16	6	5	5	28	27	5	3	1	20	11	1	2	4	8	16	1	17	WDWLLL		0-3
1	7	Sheffield United	16	7	3	6	28	29	4	2	1	14	9	3	1	5	14	20	-1	17	WLLLLD		2-2
1	8	The Wednesday	14	8	0	6	26	25	6	0	1	19	10	2	0	5	7	15	1	16	LWLWLW		2-0
2	9	Small Heath	16	6	4	6	34	43	4	3	0	24	17	2	1	6	10	26	-9	16	DLWWWL		1-7
1	10	Nottingham Forest	14	7	1	6	27	29	5	0	2	16	11	2	1	4	11	18	-2	15	WWDWLW		5-3
1	11	West Bromwich Albion	15	5	3	7	29	31	5	2	1	22	11	0	1	6	7	20	-2	13	DWWLLL		3-5
	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	4	4	8	24	34	4	3	2	15	13	0	1	6	9	21	-10	12	LDLDDD		2-2
	13	Stoke	14	3	3	8	18	33	3	1	4	13	16	0	2	4	5	17	-15	9	DWWLDL		0-2
1	14	Liverpool	17	1	7	9	23	44	1	4	3	13	16	0	3	6	10	28	-21	9	LLDLDD		2-2
1	15	Bolton Wanderers	16	2	4	10	21	35	1	2	4	11	14	1	2	6	10	21	-14	8	LDLLDL		1-3
	16	Derby County	12	2	3	7	16	29	2	1	3	9	10	0	2	4	7	19	-13	7	DDLLWD		2-2