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 5060)
League Tier 1:: 167 (of 2312)
Competitive:: 237 (of 5790)
Total:: 861 (of 7585)
Played:: 127 years, 11 months, 18 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

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	26	Dan Allsop	146		14	2
2	D	25	Archibald Ritchie	158		14	2
3	D	21	James Iremonger	32		14	2
4	M	22	Frank Forman	75	5	14	2
5	M	30	John McPherson	164	20	14	2
6	M	22	Willie Wragg	28	1	14	2
7	F	24	Tom McInnes	156	53	21	3
8	F	22	Chas Richards	54	16	14	2
9	F	21	Len Benbow	12	5	14	2
10	F	22	Arthur Capes	49	10	14	2
11	F	20	Alf Spouncer	11	5	14	2

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

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