The City Ground

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 4 - 0 FOREST - Sat Jan 23, 1897 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 23, 1897 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Stoney Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-4 LOST

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

Season:: 1896-97
Referee:: J Lewis
Attendance:: 2,000
League Week:: 22 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 10 10
Opp Before/After:: 8 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (FA Cup)
League:: Sheffield United
West Bromwich Albion:: Sep 11, 1897

GAME COUNT:
League:: 143 (of 5060)
League Tier 1:: 143 (of 2312)
Competitive:: 209 (of 5790)
Total:: 820 (of 7585)
Played:: 128 years, 10 months, 20 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Frank Heaven
Prior form: DLWLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
William Richards
William Richards
William Richards
Billy Williams

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Dan Allsop
2	D	24	Archibald Ritchie
3	D	20	James Iremonger
4	M	21	Frank Forman
5	M	29	John McPherson
6	M	21	Willie Wragg
7	F	23	Fred Forman
8	M	23	Adrian Capes
9	F	21	Chas Richards
10	F	21	Arthur Capes
11	F	23	Tom McInnes

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	25	Dan Allsop	120		7	1
2	D	24	Archibald Ritchie	142		7	1
3	D	20	James Iremonger	17		7	1
4	M	21	Frank Forman	47	4	7	1
5	M	29	John McPherson	137	17	7	1
6	M	21	Willie Wragg	4		7	1
7	F	23	Fred Forman	55	11	7	1
8	M	23	Adrian Capes	22	6	7	1
9	F	21	Chas Richards	30	11	7	1
10	F	21	Arthur Capes	22	5	7	1
11	F	23	Tom McInnes	135	49	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Joe Reader
2	D	Thomas Evans
3	D	Billy Williams
4	D	Tom Perry
5	D	Tom Higgins
6	M	Jack Banks
7	M	Billy Bassett
8	M	Albert Flewitt
9	M	John Cameron
10	F	William Richards
11	F	Arthur Watson

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Jan 23, 1897)

Home	Score	Away
Derby County	1-0	Sunderland
Sheffield United	1-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Stoke	0-0	The Wednesday
West Bromwich Albion	4-0	Nottingham Forest

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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