The City Ground

PRESTON NORTH END 3 - 0 FOREST - Sat Dec 25, 1897 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 25, 1897 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Preston North End
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Deepdale
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-3 LOST

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1897-98
Referee:: JH Strawson
Attendance:: 6,000
League Week:: 16 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 8 10
Opp Before/After:: 12 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (Friendly)
League:: Sheffield Wednesday
Preston North End:: Oct 06, 1898

GAME COUNT:
League:: 167 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 167 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 237 (of 5828)
Total:: 861 (of 7633)
Played:: 128 years, 8 months, 14 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

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

Goal Scorers
Tom Pratt
Sandy Brown
Jim Stevenson

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	Tom McInnes
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	Jimmy Trainer
2	D	Bob Holmes
3	D	Hugh Dunn
4	D	Bob Blyth
5	D	Moses Sanders
6	M	Henry Matthew
7	M	Tom Smith
8	M	Tom Pratt
9	M	Sandy Brown
10	F	Jim Stevenson
11	F	Laurence Halsall

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 25, 1897)

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

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	17	10	3	4	42	30	9	0	0	34	15	1	3	4	8	15	12	23	LWLWWD
	2	Sheffield United	15	8	6	1	33	19	4	2	0	15	9	4	4	1	18	10	14	22	WWDDDL
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	8	4	5	31	22	6	2	1	20	8	2	2	4	11	14	9	20	WLWWWD
	4	West Bromwich Albion	16	8	4	4	28	23	6	3	0	17	7	2	1	4	11	16	5	20	DWWLWW
	5	The Wednesday	16	8	2	6	28	19	7	0	2	22	7	1	2	4	6	12	9	18	WWWDWL
	6	Everton	15	7	4	4	26	23	5	1	1	17	7	2	3	3	9	16	3	18	DLDWWD
	7	Bolton Wanderers	15	8	1	6	18	18	6	0	1	9	4	2	1	5	9	14	0	17	LWWWLL
	8	Nottingham Forest	15	5	5	5	23	21	2	3	3	15	13	3	2	2	8	8	2	15	WWWLDL
	9	Derby County	16	5	5	6	32	30	4	3	0	20	10	1	2	6	12	20	2	15	WDLDLD
	10	Sunderland	14	5	4	5	19	19	4	2	1	10	5	1	2	4	9	14	0	14	LLLWDD
	11	Liverpool	15	5	3	7	24	25	4	1	2	13	6	1	2	5	11	19	-1	13	LLWWLL
	12	Preston North End	18	4	5	9	18	27	3	3	3	12	12	1	2	6	6	15	-9	13	WLDLLW
	13	Blackburn Rovers	15	4	4	7	22	33	2	3	1	9	9	2	1	6	13	24	-11	12	WLDDLW
	14	Bury	13	4	3	6	16	23	4	1	2	12	10	0	2	4	4	13	-7	11	LWLDWL
	15	Stoke	17	4	3	10	17	35	4	3	3	12	11	0	0	7	5	24	-18	11	LLLLWD
	16	Notts County	16	1	6	9	17	27	1	4	3	12	12	0	2	6	5	15	-10	8	LLDDLD

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	18	10	3	5	43	32	9	0	0	34	15	1	3	5	9	17	11	23	WLWWDL		1-2
	2	Sheffield United	15	8	6	1	33	19	4	2	0	15	9	4	4	1	18	10	14	22	WWDDDL
2	3	The Wednesday	17	9	2	6	32	19	8	0	2	26	7	1	2	4	6	12	13	20	WWDWLW		4-0
1	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	8	4	5	31	22	6	2	1	20	8	2	2	4	11	14	9	20	WLWWWD
1	5	West Bromwich Albion	16	8	4	4	28	23	6	3	0	17	7	2	1	4	11	16	5	20	DWWLWW
	6	Everton	16	8	4	4	28	24	6	1	1	19	8	2	3	3	9	16	4	20	LDWWDW		2-1
	7	Bolton Wanderers	16	8	1	7	18	20	6	0	2	9	6	2	1	5	9	14	-2	17	WWWLLL		0-2
3	8	Liverpool	16	6	3	7	26	25	4	1	2	13	6	2	2	5	13	19	1	15	LWWLLW		2-0
	9	Derby County	17	5	5	7	33	32	4	3	1	21	12	1	2	6	12	20	1	15	DLDLDL		1-2
2	10	Nottingham Forest	16	5	5	6	23	24	2	3	3	15	13	3	2	3	8	11	-1	15	WWLDLL		0-3
1	11	Preston North End	19	5	5	9	21	27	4	3	3	15	12	1	2	6	6	15	-6	15	LDLLWW		3-0
2	12	Sunderland	15	5	4	6	20	21	4	2	1	10	5	1	2	5	10	16	-1	14	LLWDDL		1-2
	13	Blackburn Rovers	16	5	4	7	24	34	3	3	1	11	10	2	1	6	13	24	-10	14	LDDLWW		2-1
	14	Bury	13	4	3	6	16	23	4	1	2	12	10	0	2	4	4	13	-7	11	LWLDWL
	15	Stoke	18	4	3	11	17	39	4	3	3	12	11	0	0	8	5	28	-22	11	LLLWDL		0-4
	16	Notts County	17	2	6	9	19	28	1	4	3	12	12	1	2	6	7	16	-9	10	LDDLDW		2-1