The City Ground

BURY 1 - 0 FOREST - Tue Mar 24, 1896 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Mar 24, 1896 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Gigg Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1895-96
Referee:: A Scragg
Attendance:: 4,000
League Week:: 26 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 13 13
Opp Before/After:: 11 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Wolverhampton Wanderers (League Tier 1)
Bury:: Dec 25, 1896

GAME COUNT:
League:: 116 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 116 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 182 (of 5824)
Total:: 783 (of 7629)
Played:: 130 years, 5 months, 1 day ago

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

Goal Scorers

BURY
Manager:
Prior form: DWWLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Joe Clegg (42')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Dan Allsop
2	D	23	Archibald Ritchie
3	D	20	James Iremonger
4	M	27	Alec Stewart
5	M	20	Frank Forman
6	M	26	Peter McCracken	100th appearance
7	F	22	Fred Forman
8	F	25	Albert Carnelly
9	F	20	Chas Richards
10	F	26	Arthur Shaw
11	F	22	Tom McInnes

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Archie Montgomery
2	D	Billy Barbour
3	D	Tommy Davidson
4	D	Jack Pray
5	D	Joe Clegg
6	M	George Ross
7	M	Tom Wyllie
8	M	Bob Barr
9	M	Harry Millar
10	F	James Henderson
11	F	Jack Plant

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Tue Mar 24, 1896)

Home	Score	Away
Bury	1-0	Nottingham Forest

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	Aston Villa	28	18	5	5	72	44	13	1	0	43	16	5	4	5	29	28	28	41	WDWDWL
	2	Derby County	25	16	4	5	62	29	11	1	1	40	12	5	3	4	22	17	33	36	WDDWWL
	3	Everton	26	15	5	6	60	37	10	2	1	37	14	5	3	5	23	23	23	35	DDWLLW
	4	Sunderland	27	12	7	8	45	39	9	5	0	32	13	3	2	8	13	26	6	31	WDWWWL
	5	Bolton Wanderers	25	13	4	8	40	29	9	2	1	26	12	4	2	7	14	17	11	30	WWDWDW
	6	Stoke	26	14	0	12	50	38	11	0	2	39	9	3	0	10	11	29	12	28	LLLWLW
	7	Blackburn Rovers	24	11	4	9	35	35	9	1	4	23	17	2	3	5	12	18	0	26	WWLLDW
	8	The Wednesday	26	10	5	11	40	50	9	2	3	28	18	1	3	8	12	32	-10	25	LDWLLL
	9	Preston North End	26	10	4	12	42	46	7	3	1	29	16	3	1	11	13	30	-4	24	LDWLLL
	10	Sheffield United	26	9	5	12	29	43	8	3	2	19	11	1	2	10	10	32	-14	23	LLWLDW
	11	Bury	24	10	2	12	45	42	5	1	6	28	22	5	1	6	17	20	3	22	DWWLWW
	12	Burnley	26	9	4	13	38	40	7	3	2	24	8	2	1	11	14	32	-2	22	WWLWLW
	13	Nottingham Forest	25	9	3	13	37	46	9	1	2	30	12	0	2	11	7	34	-9	21	WLDLWL
	14	Small Heath	25	7	2	16	36	73	6	2	5	20	22	1	0	11	16	51	-37	16	LDLWWL
	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	7	1	17	46	57	7	0	5	31	17	0	1	12	15	40	-11	15	LWLLLL
	16	West Bromwich Albion	26	5	5	16	26	55	4	3	6	15	20	1	2	10	11	35	-29	15	DLLWWL

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	Aston Villa	28	18	5	5	72	44	13	1	0	43	16	5	4	5	29	28	28	41	WDWDWL
	2	Derby County	25	16	4	5	62	29	11	1	1	40	12	5	3	4	22	17	33	36	WDDWWL
	3	Everton	26	15	5	6	60	37	10	2	1	37	14	5	3	5	23	23	23	35	DDWLLW
	4	Sunderland	27	12	7	8	45	39	9	5	0	32	13	3	2	8	13	26	6	31	WDWWWL
	5	Bolton Wanderers	25	13	4	8	40	29	9	2	1	26	12	4	2	7	14	17	11	30	WWDWDW
	6	Stoke	26	14	0	12	50	38	11	0	2	39	9	3	0	10	11	29	12	28	LLLWLW
	7	Blackburn Rovers	24	11	4	9	35	35	9	1	4	23	17	2	3	5	12	18	0	26	WWLLDW
	8	The Wednesday	26	10	5	11	40	50	9	2	3	28	18	1	3	8	12	32	-10	25	LDWLLL
2	9	Bury	25	11	2	12	46	42	6	1	6	29	22	5	1	6	17	20	4	24	WWLWWW		1-0
1	10	Preston North End	26	10	4	12	42	46	7	3	1	29	16	3	1	11	13	30	-4	24	LDWLLL
1	11	Sheffield United	26	9	5	12	29	43	8	3	2	19	11	1	2	10	10	32	-14	23	LLWLDW
	12	Burnley	26	9	4	13	38	40	7	3	2	24	8	2	1	11	14	32	-2	22	WWLWLW
	13	Nottingham Forest	26	9	3	14	37	47	9	1	2	30	12	0	2	12	7	35	-10	21	LDLWLL		0-1
	14	Small Heath	25	7	2	16	36	73	6	2	5	20	22	1	0	11	16	51	-37	16	LDLWWL
	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	7	1	17	46	57	7	0	5	31	17	0	1	12	15	40	-11	15	LWLLLL
	16	West Bromwich Albion	26	5	5	16	26	55	4	3	6	15	20	1	2	10	11	35	-29	15	DLLWWL