The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 2 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Sat Dec 28, 1895 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 28, 1895 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 4-2 WON

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

Season:: 1895-96
Referee:: J Jeffries
Attendance:: 6,000
League Week:: 18 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 11 10
Opp Before/After:: 7 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Corinthians (Friendly)
League:: Bolton Wanderers
Blackburn Rovers:: Nov 14, 1896

GAME COUNT:
League:: 108 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 108 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 173 (of 5824)
Total:: 768 (of 7629)
Played:: 130 years, 7 months, 28 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Albert Carnelly
Albert Carnelly
Arthur Shaw
Tom McInnes

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

Goal Scorers
Jimmy Haydock
Harry Chippendale

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Dan Allsop
2	D	23	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	20	Frank Forman
5	M	28	John McPherson
6	M		Bert Abbott
7	F	26	Horace Pike
8	F	24	Albert Carnelly
9	F		Richard Smellie
10	F	26	Arthur Shaw
11	F	22	Tom McInnes	100th appearance

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Adam Ogilvie
2	D	Tom Brandon
3	D	John Murray
4	D	Tom Cleghorn
5	D	Geordie Anderson
6	M	Ted Killean
7	M	Jimmy Haydock
8	M	Jimmy Whitehead
9	M	Peter Turnbull
10	F	John Wilkie
11	F	Harry Chippendale

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 28, 1895)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-0	Bury
Nottingham Forest	4-2	Blackburn Rovers
The Wednesday	0-4	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	19	12	3	4	48	25	8	2	1	31	12	4	1	3	17	13	23	27	WWWWWW
	2	Derby County	17	12	2	3	49	22	10	0	0	37	8	2	2	3	12	14	27	26	WWWWDW
	3	Aston Villa	18	11	3	4	47	29	8	1	0	30	12	3	2	4	17	17	18	25	DWLWLW
	4	Stoke	21	12	0	9	41	29	9	0	1	32	7	3	0	8	9	22	12	24	WWLWWL
	5	Sunderland	18	8	5	5	26	22	5	3	0	15	8	3	2	5	11	14	4	21	LWWLDW
	6	Bolton Wanderers	18	9	2	7	27	24	5	1	1	13	8	4	1	6	14	16	3	20	LDLLWL
	7	Blackburn Rovers	14	8	3	3	25	17	6	1	1	17	9	2	2	2	8	8	8	19	DWWDWW
	8	The Wednesday	16	8	3	5	28	31	7	1	0	19	6	1	2	5	9	25	-3	19	WLWWLD
	9	Preston North End	18	8	2	8	28	37	5	2	1	18	14	3	0	7	10	23	-9	18	LWWWLL
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	6	1	11	34	38	6	0	4	23	13	0	1	7	11	25	-4	13	LLLWLL
	11	Nottingham Forest	17	6	1	10	26	31	6	0	2	21	8	0	1	8	5	23	-5	13	LWLLWD
	12	Sheffield United	17	5	3	9	20	33	5	2	2	13	9	0	1	7	7	24	-13	13	DWLLDD
	13	Bury	15	5	1	9	25	29	3	0	5	16	14	2	1	4	9	15	-4	11	WWLLLW
	14	West Bromwich Albion	18	3	4	11	21	38	3	2	5	13	17	0	2	6	8	21	-17	10	LLWLDD
	15	Burnley	18	3	4	11	17	31	2	3	2	9	7	1	1	9	8	24	-14	10	LLLLDL
	16	Small Heath	16	4	1	11	24	50	3	1	4	12	15	1	0	7	12	35	-26	9	WLLLDW

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	1	Derby County	18	13	2	3	53	22	10	0	0	37	8	3	2	3	16	14	31	28	WWWDWW		4-0
1	2	Everton	19	12	3	4	48	25	8	2	1	31	12	4	1	3	17	13	23	27	WWWWWW
	3	Aston Villa	19	12	3	4	49	29	9	1	0	32	12	3	2	4	17	17	20	27	WLWLWW		2-0
	4	Stoke	21	12	0	9	41	29	9	0	1	32	7	3	0	8	9	22	12	24	WWLWWL
	5	Sunderland	18	8	5	5	26	22	5	3	0	15	8	3	2	5	11	14	4	21	LWWLDW
	6	Bolton Wanderers	18	9	2	7	27	24	5	1	1	13	8	4	1	6	14	16	3	20	LDLLWL
	7	Blackburn Rovers	15	8	3	4	27	21	6	1	1	17	9	2	2	3	10	12	6	19	WWDWWL		2-4
	8	The Wednesday	17	8	3	6	28	35	7	1	1	19	10	1	2	5	9	25	-7	19	LWWLDL		0-4
	9	Preston North End	18	8	2	8	28	37	5	2	1	18	14	3	0	7	10	23	-9	18	LWWWLL
1	10	Nottingham Forest	18	7	1	10	30	33	7	0	2	25	10	0	1	8	5	23	-3	15	WLLWDW		4-2
1	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	6	1	11	34	38	6	0	4	23	13	0	1	7	11	25	-4	13	LLLWLL
	12	Sheffield United	17	5	3	9	20	33	5	2	2	13	9	0	1	7	7	24	-13	13	DWLLDD
	13	Bury	16	5	1	10	25	31	3	0	5	16	14	2	1	5	9	17	-6	11	WLLLWL		0-2
	14	West Bromwich Albion	18	3	4	11	21	38	3	2	5	13	17	0	2	6	8	21	-17	10	LLWLDD
	15	Burnley	18	3	4	11	17	31	2	3	2	9	7	1	1	9	8	24	-14	10	LLLLDL
	16	Small Heath	16	4	1	11	24	50	3	1	4	12	15	1	0	7	12	35	-26	9	WLLLDW