The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 BOLTON WANDERERS - Sat Jan 08, 1898 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 08, 1898 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bolton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground (Town Ground)
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1897-98
Referee:: J Fox
Attendance:: 8,000
League Week:: 18 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 11 9
Opp Before/After:: 8 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackburn Rovers (League Tier 1)
Bolton Wanderers:: Dec 10, 1898

GAME COUNT:
League:: 169 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 169 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 239 (of 5828)
Total:: 864 (of 7633)
Played:: 128 years, 8 months, 3 days ago

Review
Played as a benefit for Tom McInnes

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

Goal Scorers
Len Benbow (47')
Arthur Capes (30')

BOLTON WANDERERS
Manager: Frank Brettell
Prior form: LLLLDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

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	24	Tom McInnes
8	F	22	Chas Richards
9	F	21	Len Benbow (47')
10	F	22	Arthur Capes (30')
11	F	20	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John Sutcliffe
2	D	John Somerville
3	D	Di Jones
4	D	Samuel Scott
5	D	Jimmy Cassidy
6	M	Archie Freebairn
7	M	Billy Thomson
8	M	Tom Miller
9	M	David Nicoll
10	F	Jocky Wright
11	F	Sandy Gilligan

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Jan 08, 1898)

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

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	18	9	7	2	38	23	4	3	1	17	12	5	4	1	21	11	15	25	DDLDLW
	2	Aston Villa	19	10	4	5	44	33	9	0	0	34	15	1	4	5	10	18	11	24	LWWDLD
	3	West Bromwich Albion	19	8	7	4	31	26	6	4	0	18	8	2	3	4	13	18	5	23	LWWDDD
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	8	6	5	33	24	6	4	1	22	10	2	2	4	11	14	9	22	WWWDDD
	5	The Wednesday	19	9	3	7	36	26	8	0	3	29	13	1	3	4	7	13	10	21	DWLWDL
	6	Everton	17	8	5	4	29	25	6	1	1	19	8	2	4	3	10	17	4	21	DWWDWD
	7	Sunderland	18	8	4	6	25	21	6	2	1	13	5	2	2	5	12	16	4	20	DDLWWW
	8	Bolton Wanderers	19	8	3	8	21	24	6	2	2	12	9	2	1	6	9	15	-3	19	LLLLDD
	9	Derby County	19	6	6	7	37	35	5	3	1	22	12	1	3	6	15	23	2	18	DLDLWD
	10	Liverpool	19	7	4	8	29	29	4	2	3	14	9	3	2	5	15	20	0	18	LLWLWD
	11	Nottingham Forest	17	6	5	6	29	27	2	3	3	15	13	4	2	3	14	14	2	17	WLDLLW
	12	Blackburn Rovers	18	5	6	7	26	36	3	4	1	12	11	2	2	6	14	25	-10	16	DLWWDD
	13	Preston North End	20	5	5	10	21	28	4	3	3	15	12	1	2	7	6	16	-7	15	DLLWWL
	14	Stoke	20	5	4	11	23	43	5	3	3	15	12	0	1	8	8	31	-20	14	LWDLWD
	15	Bury	16	4	5	7	20	29	4	2	2	15	13	0	3	5	5	16	-9	13	DWLLDD
	16	Notts County	19	2	6	11	20	33	1	4	4	13	15	1	2	7	7	18	-13	10	DLDWLL

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	19	10	7	2	39	23	5	3	1	18	12	5	4	1	21	11	16	27	DLDLWW		1-0
	2	Aston Villa	20	10	4	6	44	34	9	0	0	34	15	1	4	6	10	19	10	24	WWDLDL		0-1
3	3	Everton	18	9	5	4	30	25	7	1	1	20	8	2	4	3	10	17	5	23	WWDWDW		1-0
1	4	West Bromwich Albion	19	8	7	4	31	26	6	4	0	18	8	2	3	4	13	18	5	23	LWWDDD
1	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	8	6	6	35	27	6	4	1	22	10	2	2	5	13	17	8	22	WWDDDL		2-3
1	6	Sunderland	19	9	4	6	26	21	6	2	1	13	5	3	2	5	13	16	5	22	DLWWWW		1-0
2	7	The Wednesday	20	9	3	8	36	27	8	0	3	29	13	1	3	5	7	14	9	21	WLWDLL		0-1
1	8	Derby County	20	7	6	7	40	37	6	3	1	25	14	1	3	6	15	23	3	20	LDLWDW		3-2
2	9	Nottingham Forest	18	7	5	6	31	27	3	3	3	17	13	4	2	3	14	14	4	19	LDLLWW		2-0
2	10	Bolton Wanderers	20	8	3	9	21	26	6	2	2	12	9	2	1	7	9	17	-5	19	LLLDDL		0-2
1	11	Liverpool	20	7	4	9	30	31	4	2	3	14	9	3	2	6	16	22	-1	18	LWLWDL		1-2
	12	Blackburn Rovers	19	6	6	7	28	37	4	4	1	14	12	2	2	6	14	25	-9	18	LWWDDW		2-1
	13	Preston North End	21	6	5	10	23	29	5	3	3	17	13	1	2	7	6	16	-6	17	LLWWLW		2-1
	14	Stoke	21	5	4	12	23	44	5	3	4	15	13	0	1	8	8	31	-21	14	WDLWDL		0-1
	15	Bury	17	4	5	8	21	31	4	2	2	15	13	0	3	6	6	18	-10	13	WLLDDL		1-2
	16	Notts County	19	2	6	11	20	33	1	4	4	13	15	1	2	7	7	18	-13	10	DLDWLL