The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 1 PRESTON NORTH END - Sat Nov 13, 1897 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Nov 13, 1897 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Preston North End
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground (Town Ground)
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 4-1 WON

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1897-98
Referee:: J Lewis
Attendance:: 3,000
League Week:: 11 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 8 7
Opp Before/After:: 10 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Stoke City (League Tier 1)
Preston North End:: Dec 25, 1897

GAME COUNT:
League:: 162 (of 5060)
League Tier 1:: 162 (of 2312)
Competitive:: 232 (of 5790)
Total:: 855 (of 7585)
Played:: 128 years, 29 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Harry Hallam
Prior form: DWWLLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Chas Richards
Chas Richards
Alf Spouncer
Alf Spouncer

PRESTON NORTH END
Manager: EH Barr
Prior form: LDLLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Laurence Halsall

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Dan Allsop
2	D	25	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	22	Frank Forman
5	M	30	John McPherson
6	M	22	Willie Wragg
7	F		Fred Spencer
8	F	22	Chas Richards
9	F	24	Tom McInnes
10	F	22	Arthur Capes
11	F	20	Alf Spouncer

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	26	Dan Allsop	141		7	1
2	D	25	Archibald Ritchie	153		7	1
3	D		Adam Scott	167	3	7	1
4	M	22	Frank Forman	70	5	7	1
5	M	30	John McPherson	159	19	7	1
6	M	22	Willie Wragg	23	1	7	1
7	F		Fred Spencer	17	6	7	1
8	F	22	Chas Richards	49	14	7	1
9	F	24	Tom McInnes	152	52	7	1
10	F	22	Arthur Capes	44	10	7	1
11	F	20	Alf Spouncer	7	1	21	4

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Trainer
2	D	Bob Holmes
3	D	Hugh Dunn
4	D	Bob Blyth
5	D	Moses Sanders
6	M	Henry Matthew
7	M	William Eccleston
8	M	Jim Stevenson
9	M	Sandy Brown
10	F	Jackie Pierce
11	F	Laurence Halsall

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Nov 13, 1897)

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

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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