The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 WEST BROMWICH ALBION - Sat Dec 11, 1897 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 11, 1897 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground (Town Ground)
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST

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

Season:: 1897-98
Referee:: A Kingscott
Attendance:: 6,000
League Week:: 15 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 7 8
Opp Before/After:: 6 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Derby County (Friendly)
League:: Preston North End
West Bromwich Albion:: Feb 26, 1898

GAME COUNT:
League:: 166 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 166 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 236 (of 5828)
Total:: 859 (of 7633)
Played:: 128 years, 8 months, 29 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

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

Goal Scorers
Tom Perry

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Dan Allsop
2	D	25	Archibald Ritchie
3	D	21	James Iremonger
4	M	22	Frank Forman
5	M	30	John McPherson
6	M	22	Willie Wragg
7	F	24	Fred Forman
8	F	22	Chas Richards
9	F	21	Len Benbow
10	F	22	Arthur Capes
11	F	20	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Joe Reader
2	D	George Cave
3	D	Billy Williams
4	D	Tom Perry
5	D	Abraham Jones
6	M	Jack Banks
7	M	John Knowles
8	M	Albert Flewitt
9	M	George Reid
10	F	Archibald McKenzie
11	F	Ben Garfield

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 11, 1897)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	5-1	Blackburn Rovers
Bury	2-1	Bolton Wanderers
Derby County	2-2	Sunderland
Everton	1-0	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	0-1	West Bromwich Albion
Stoke	2-1	Sheffield United
The Wednesday	2-1	Preston North End
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-1	Liverpool

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	Sheffield United	14	8	6	0	32	17	4	2	0	15	9	4	4	0	17	8	15	22	WWWDDD
	2	Aston Villa	15	9	2	4	37	29	8	0	0	29	14	1	2	4	8	15	8	20	DWLWLW
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15	7	3	5	27	19	5	2	1	18	7	2	1	4	9	12	8	17	WLWLWW
	4	Bolton Wanderers	14	8	1	5	17	16	6	0	1	9	4	2	1	4	8	12	1	17	WLWWWL
	5	The Wednesday	14	7	2	5	26	16	6	0	2	20	6	1	2	3	6	10	10	16	LDWWWD
	6	West Bromwich Albion	14	6	4	4	26	23	5	3	0	16	7	1	1	4	10	16	3	16	DWDWWL
	7	Nottingham Forest	14	5	5	4	23	20	2	3	2	15	12	3	2	2	8	8	3	15	LWWWLD
	8	Everton	13	6	3	4	25	23	4	1	1	16	7	2	2	3	9	16	2	15	WLDLDW
	9	Derby County	15	5	4	6	30	28	4	2	0	18	8	1	2	6	12	20	2	14	WWDLDL
	10	Liverpool	13	5	3	5	23	22	4	1	1	13	5	1	2	4	10	17	1	13	WLLLWW
	11	Sunderland	12	5	2	5	17	17	4	1	1	10	5	1	1	4	7	12	0	12	LDLLLW
	12	Preston North End	16	3	5	8	15	25	2	3	3	10	12	1	2	5	5	13	-10	11	LWWLDL
	13	Blackburn Rovers	13	3	4	6	20	28	2	3	1	9	9	1	1	5	11	19	-8	10	LDWLDD
	14	Bury	11	3	3	5	14	21	3	1	2	10	9	0	2	3	4	12	-7	9	LDLWLD
	15	Stoke	15	3	2	10	15	34	3	2	3	10	10	0	0	7	5	24	-19	8	DLLLLL
	16	Notts County	14	1	5	8	15	24	1	3	3	10	10	0	2	5	5	14	-9	7	LWLLDD

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	Sheffield United	15	8	6	1	33	19	4	2	0	15	9	4	4	1	18	10	14	22	WWDDDL		1-2
	2	Aston Villa	16	10	2	4	42	30	9	0	0	34	15	1	2	4	8	15	12	22	WLWLWW		5-1
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	8	3	5	29	20	6	2	1	20	8	2	1	4	9	12	9	19	LWLWWW		2-1
1	4	The Wednesday	15	8	2	5	28	17	7	0	2	22	7	1	2	3	6	10	11	18	DWWWDW		2-1
1	5	West Bromwich Albion	15	7	4	4	27	23	5	3	0	16	7	2	1	4	11	16	4	18	WDWWLW		1-0
2	6	Everton	14	7	3	4	26	23	5	1	1	17	7	2	2	3	9	16	3	17	LDLDWW		1-0
3	7	Bolton Wanderers	15	8	1	6	18	18	6	0	1	9	4	2	1	5	9	14	0	17	LWWWLL		1-2
1	8	Nottingham Forest	15	5	5	5	23	21	2	3	3	15	13	3	2	2	8	8	2	15	WWWLDL		0-1
	9	Derby County	16	5	5	6	32	30	4	3	0	20	10	1	2	6	12	20	2	15	WDLDLD		2-2
	10	Liverpool	14	5	3	6	24	24	4	1	1	13	5	1	2	5	11	19	0	13	LLLWWL		1-2
	11	Sunderland	13	5	3	5	19	19	4	1	1	10	5	1	2	4	9	14	0	13	DLLLWD		2-2
2	12	Bury	12	4	3	5	16	22	4	1	2	12	10	0	2	3	4	12	-6	11	DLWLDW		2-1
1	13	Preston North End	17	3	5	9	16	27	2	3	3	10	12	1	2	6	6	15	-11	11	WWLDLL		1-2
1	14	Blackburn Rovers	14	3	4	7	21	33	2	3	1	9	9	1	1	6	12	24	-12	10	DWLDDL		1-5
	15	Stoke	16	4	2	10	17	35	4	2	3	12	11	0	0	7	5	24	-18	10	LLLLLW		2-1
	16	Notts County	15	1	5	9	15	25	1	3	3	10	10	0	2	6	5	15	-10	7	WLLDDL		0-1