The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 NOTTS COUNTY - Sat Sep 04, 1897 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Sep 04, 1897 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Notts County
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground (Town Ground)
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1897-98
Referee:
Attendance:: 15,000
League Week:: 1 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 12 9
Opp Before/After:: 13 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Loughborough (Friendly)
League:: West Bromwich Albion
Notts County:: Oct 09, 1897

GAME COUNT:
League:: 152 (of 5085)
League Tier 1:: 152 (of 2337)
Competitive:: 222 (of 5827)
Total:: 841 (of 7632)
Played:: 129 years, 0 days ago

Review
Bull (Notts County) went off injured after 55 minutes. Notts played with 10 men.

FOREST
Manager: Harry Hallam

Goal Scorers
Arthur Capes (62')

NOTTS COUNTY
Manager: Tom Harris
Prior form: L (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Walter Bull (25')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Dan Allsop
2	D	21	James Iremonger
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	22	Frank Forman
5	M	30	John McPherson
6	M	27	Peter McCracken
7	M		George Goodchild	Last game
8	F	22	Arthur Capes (62')
9	M	24	Adrian Capes	Last game
10	F	20	Alf Spouncer	Debut
11	F	24	Tom McInnes

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	George Toone
2	D	Tom Prescott
3	D	Will Gibson
4	D	Bob Crone
5	D	David Calderhead
6	M	Alec Stewart
7	M	Will Devey
8	M	John Allan
9	M	Tom Boucher
10	F	John Murphy
11	F	Walter Bull

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Sep 04, 1897)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	4-3	West Bromwich Albion
Derby County	3-1	Blackburn Rovers
Everton	2-1	Bolton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Notts County
Preston North End	1-3	Sheffield United
Stoke	2-2	Liverpool
The Wednesday	0-1	Sunderland
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-0	Bury

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	Stoke	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W
	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W
	3	Aston Villa	1	1	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W
	4	Sheffield United	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W
	5	Derby County	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
	6	The Wednesday	1	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	-3	0	L
	7	Blackburn Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	8	Bolton Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	9	Bury	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	10	Everton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	11	Liverpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	12	Nottingham Forest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	13	Notts County	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L
	14	Preston North End	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	L
	15	Sunderland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	16	West Bromwich Albion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	2	0	0	6	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	WW		3-0
2	2	Sheffield United	2	2	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	1	3	4	WW		3-1
	3	Aston Villa	2	2	0	0	9	5	2	0	0	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	WW		4-3
3	4	Stoke	2	1	1	0	4	2	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	WD		2-2
10	5	Sunderland	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W		1-0
4	6	Everton	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W		2-1
2	7	Derby County	2	1	0	1	4	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	LW		3-1
3	8	Liverpool	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D		2-2
3	9	Nottingham Forest	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D		1-1
3	10	Notts County	2	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	-2	1	LD		1-1
5	11	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	-1	0	L		3-4
4	12	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L		1-2
6	13	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L		1-3
8	14	The Wednesday	2	0	0	2	2	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	5	-4	0	LL		0-1
1	15	Preston North End	2	0	0	2	1	6	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	3	-5	0	LL		1-3
7	16	Bury	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	L		0-3