The City Ground

EVERTON 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 02, 1898 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 02, 1898 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Everton
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Goodison Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Everton Results (Link)

Season:: 1897-98
Referee:: W Rollins
Attendance:: 10,000
Pos Before/After:: 7 8
Opp Before/After:: 6 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 1)
Everton:: Oct 01, 1898

GAME COUNT:
League:: 175 (of 5043)
League Tier 1:: 175 (of 2295)
Competitive:: 250 (of 5766)
Total:: 875 (of 7554)
Played:: 127 years, 1 month, 13 days ago

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

Goals

EVERTON
Manager: Dick Molyneux
Prior form: LDWDDL (Old to recent)

Goals
L Bell (25')
J Divers (40')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Thomas Martin
2	D	22	James Iremonger
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	28	Peter McCracken
5	M	31	John McPherson
6	M	22	Willie Wragg
7	F	24	Tom McInnes
8	F	22	Chas Richards
9	F	21	Len Benbow
10	F	23	Arthur Capes
11	F	20	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	W Muir
2	D	W Balmer
3	D	D Storrier
4	D	D Boyle (c)
5	D	J Holt
6	M	J Taylor
7	M	B Williams
8	M	J Divers
9	M	L Bell
10	F	J Barlow
11	F	E Gee

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 02, 1898)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	1-1	Stoke City
Bolton Wanderers	2-0	West Bromwich Albion
Everton	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Notts County	3-2	Liverpool
Sheffield United	1-0	Sunderland
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-2	Blackburn Rovers

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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Sheffield United	27	14	8	5	52	31	7	4	2	24	14	7	4	3	28	17	1.67742	36	WWLDLL
	2	Sunderland	26	15	5	6	39	26	11	2	1	23	8	4	3	5	16	18	1.50000	35	WWDWWW
	3	West Bromwich Albion	26	11	10	5	44	35	8	5	1	25	13	3	5	4	19	22	1.25714	32	WDLDWD
	4	The Wednesday	27	14	3	10	48	33	11	0	3	36	15	3	3	7	12	18	1.45455	31	LWWWWL
	5	Aston Villa	26	13	4	9	57	44	11	0	1	43	18	2	4	8	14	26	1.29545	30	LLWWWL
	6	Everton	26	10	9	7	41	37	8	3	1	26	12	2	6	6	15	25	1.10811	29	LDWDDL
	7	Nottingham Forest	23	10	7	6	41	32	6	4	3	26	17	4	3	3	15	15	1.28125	27	WDWWDW
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	10	6	9	44	37	7	4	1	26	12	3	2	8	18	25	1.18919	26	LLWWLL
	9	Liverpool	26	9	6	11	37	39	5	4	4	19	16	4	2	7	18	23	.94872	24	LLWDWD
	10	Derby County	26	9	6	11	49	52	8	3	2	32	18	1	3	9	17	34	.94231	24	LWLLWL
	11	Bolton Wanderers	26	10	4	12	25	36	8	2	2	15	10	2	2	10	10	26	.69444	24	LLLWDW
	12	Blackburn Rovers	25	6	9	10	34	47	4	6	3	19	20	2	3	7	15	27	.72340	21	DLLDLD
	13	Preston North End	28	6	8	14	27	42	5	5	3	18	14	1	3	11	9	28	.64286	20	LLDLDD
	14	Stoke City	27	7	6	14	31	53	7	3	4	19	14	0	3	10	12	39	.58491	20	WDLLDW
	15	Bury	26	6	7	13	34	46	6	2	4	21	17	0	5	9	13	29	.73913	19	LLDLWD
	16	Notts County	26	5	8	13	28	41	3	6	5	20	21	2	2	8	8	20	.68293	18	LWWDLD

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Sheffield United	28	15	8	5	53	31	8	4	2	25	14	7	4	3	28	17	1.70968	38	WLDLLW		1-0
	2	Sunderland	27	15	5	7	39	27	11	2	1	23	8	4	3	6	16	19	1.44444	35	WDWWWL		0-1
	3	West Bromwich Albion	27	11	10	6	44	37	8	5	1	25	13	3	5	5	19	24	1.18919	32	DLDWDL		0-2
	4	The Wednesday	27	14	3	10	48	33	11	0	3	36	15	3	3	7	12	18	1.45455	31	LWWWWL
	5	Aston Villa	27	13	5	9	58	45	11	1	1	44	19	2	4	8	14	26	1.28889	31	LWWWLD		1-1
	6	Everton	27	11	9	7	43	37	9	3	1	28	12	2	6	6	15	25	1.16216	31	DWDDLW		2-0
1	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	11	6	9	47	39	8	4	1	29	14	3	2	8	18	25	1.20513	28	LWWLLW		3-2
1	8	Nottingham Forest	24	10	7	7	41	34	6	4	3	26	17	4	3	4	15	17	1.20588	27	DWWDWL		0-2
2	9	Bolton Wanderers	27	11	4	12	27	36	9	2	2	17	10	2	2	10	10	26	.75000	26	LLWDWW		2-0
	10	Derby County	26	9	6	11	49	52	8	3	2	32	18	1	3	9	17	34	.94231	24	LWLLWL
2	11	Liverpool	27	9	6	12	39	42	5	4	4	19	16	4	2	8	20	26	.92857	24	LWDWDL		2-3
	12	Blackburn Rovers	26	6	9	11	36	50	4	6	3	19	20	2	3	8	17	30	.72000	21	LLDLDL		2-3
1	13	Stoke City	28	7	7	14	32	54	7	3	4	19	14	0	4	10	13	40	.59259	21	DLLDWD		1-1
2	14	Notts County	27	6	8	13	31	43	4	6	5	23	23	2	2	8	8	20	.72093	20	WWDLDW		3-2
2	15	Preston North End	28	6	8	14	27	42	5	5	3	18	14	1	3	11	9	28	.64286	20	LLDLDD
1	16	Bury	26	6	7	13	34	46	6	2	4	21	17	0	5	9	13	29	.73913	19	LLDLWD