The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 STOKE - Sat Feb 23, 1895 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 23, 1895 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1894-95
Referee:: J Jeffries
Attendance:: 5,000
League Week:: 24 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 6 4
Opp Before/After:: 16 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Aston Villa (FA Cup)
League:: Bolton Wanderers
Stoke:: Nov 28, 1895

GAME COUNT:
League:: 84 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 84 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 148 (of 5824)
Total:: 727 (of 7629)
Played:: 131 years, 6 months, 0 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Albert Carnelly
Albert Carnelly
Tom McInnes

STOKE
Manager: Arthur Reeves
Prior form: LWDLDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Billy 'Chippy' Naughton

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Dan Allsop
2	D	22	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	26	Alec Stewart
5	M		Bert Abbott
6	M	25	Peter McCracken
7	F	25	Horace Pike
8	F	25	Arthur Shaw
9	F	24	Albert Carnelly
10	F	21	Tom McInnes
11	F	21	Fred Forman

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	George Clawley
2	D	Tommy Clare
3	D	Jack Eccles
4	D	Jimmy Turner
5	D	Jimmy Grewer
6	M	Davy Brodie
7	M	Arthur Brookfield
8	M	Billy 'Chippy' Naughton
9	M	Jimmie Robertson
10	F	Sammy Meston
11	F	Jimmy Mellor

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Feb 23, 1895)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	3-3	Aston Villa
Everton	4-2	Preston North End
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Stoke
Small Heath	1-2	West Bromwich Albion
Sunderland	2-0	Sheffield United
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-3	Blackburn Rovers

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	15	5	3	65	28	10	2	0	44	12	5	3	3	21	16	37	35	WDDWWD
	2	Aston Villa	25	16	2	7	67	32	11	0	1	42	8	5	2	6	25	24	35	34	WDWWLW
	3	Everton	22	14	5	3	62	32	9	2	0	36	10	5	3	3	26	22	30	33	LLWDWD
	4	Blackburn Rovers	24	10	6	8	49	39	8	4	1	35	14	2	2	7	14	25	10	26	WWDWLL
	5	Preston North End	24	11	4	9	42	36	6	2	3	19	10	5	2	6	23	26	6	26	WWLWLW
	6	Nottingham Forest	23	11	4	8	39	42	8	0	3	24	16	3	4	5	15	26	-3	26	LDDLWW
	7	Sheffield United	25	11	4	10	44	49	7	2	2	20	13	4	2	8	24	36	-5	26	LWLWDW
	8	The Wednesday	22	11	3	8	40	31	9	2	1	30	11	2	1	7	10	20	9	25	DWWDLL
	9	Burnley	22	11	3	8	35	30	8	1	2	22	12	3	2	6	13	18	5	25	LLWWWL
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	8	5	12	34	51	7	3	4	21	22	1	2	8	13	29	-17	21	WWLLWD
	11	Small Heath	23	7	5	11	41	62	5	4	1	29	20	2	1	10	12	42	-21	19	LLWLLD
	12	Bolton Wanderers	25	6	6	13	45	50	5	3	4	32	19	1	3	9	13	31	-5	18	WLDLWL
	13	West Bromwich Albion	23	7	3	13	39	51	7	2	4	31	21	0	1	9	8	30	-12	17	LLLLLW
	14	Liverpool	24	5	7	12	36	54	4	4	3	25	17	1	3	9	11	37	-18	17	LLWLWW
	15	Derby County	23	4	7	12	31	53	3	4	6	19	22	1	3	6	12	31	-22	15	LLLDDL
	16	Stoke	23	4	5	14	28	57	4	2	5	20	21	0	3	9	8	36	-29	13	LWDLDL

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	16	5	3	67	28	11	2	0	46	12	5	3	3	21	16	39	37	DDWWDW		2-0
	2	Aston Villa	26	16	3	7	70	35	11	0	1	42	8	5	3	6	28	27	35	35	DWWLWD		3-3
	3	Everton	23	15	5	3	66	34	10	2	0	40	12	5	3	3	26	22	32	35	LWDWDW		4-2
2	4	Nottingham Forest	24	12	4	8	42	43	9	0	3	27	17	3	4	5	15	26	-1	28	DDLWWW		3-1
1	5	Blackburn Rovers	25	10	7	8	52	42	8	4	1	35	14	2	3	7	17	28	10	27	WDWLLD		3-3
3	6	Burnley	23	11	4	8	38	33	8	2	2	25	15	3	2	6	13	18	5	26	LWWWLD		3-3
2	7	Preston North End	25	11	4	10	44	40	6	2	3	19	10	5	2	7	25	30	4	26	WLWLWL		2-4
1	8	Sheffield United	26	11	4	11	44	51	7	2	2	20	13	4	2	9	24	38	-7	26	WLWDWL		0-2
1	9	The Wednesday	22	11	3	8	40	31	9	2	1	30	11	2	1	7	10	20	9	25	DWWDLL
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	8	6	12	37	54	7	4	4	24	25	1	2	8	13	29	-17	22	WLLWDD		3-3
2	11	West Bromwich Albion	24	8	3	13	41	52	7	2	4	31	21	1	1	9	10	31	-11	19	LLLLWW		2-1
1	12	Small Heath	24	7	5	12	42	64	5	4	2	30	22	2	1	10	12	42	-22	19	LWLLDL		1-2
1	13	Bolton Wanderers	25	6	6	13	45	50	5	3	4	32	19	1	3	9	13	31	-5	18	WLDLWL
	14	Liverpool	24	5	7	12	36	54	4	4	3	25	17	1	3	9	11	37	-18	17	LLWLWW
	15	Derby County	23	4	7	12	31	53	3	4	6	19	22	1	3	6	12	31	-22	15	LLLDDL
	16	Stoke	24	4	5	15	29	60	4	2	5	20	21	0	3	10	9	39	-31	13	WDLDLL		1-3