The City Ground

DERBY COUNTY 5 - 0 FOREST - Mon Apr 11, 1898 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Apr 11, 1898 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Derby County
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Baseball Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-5 LOST
: Half-time: 0-3

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1897-98
Referee:
Attendance:: 16,000
League Week:: 28 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 8 8
Opp Before/After:: 11 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Derby County (FA Cup)
League:: Sunderland
Derby County:: Apr 16, 1898

GAME COUNT:
League:: 179 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 179 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 254 (of 5829)
Total:: 879 (of 7634)
Played:: 128 years, 5 months, 7 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

DERBY COUNTY
Manager: Harry Newbould
Prior form: LLWLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Steve Bloomer (7')
Jimmy Turner (15')
Steve Bloomer (21')
John Boag (58')
Steve Bloomer (88')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Dan Allsop
2	D	25	Archibald Ritchie
3	D	22	James Iremonger
4	F	28	Arthur Shaw	Last game
5	M	22	Frank Forman
6	M	28	Peter McCracken
7	F	19	Tom Bradshaw
8	F	22	Chas Richards
9	F	21	Len Benbow
10	F	24	Fred Forman
11	F	24	Tom McInnes

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	27	Dan Allsop	159		2	1
2	D	25	Archibald Ritchie	169		18	6
3	D	22	James Iremonger	42		2	1
4	F	28	Arthur Shaw	97	15	404	54
5	M	22	Frank Forman	88	11	2	1
6	M	28	Peter McCracken	114		2	1
7	F	19	Tom Bradshaw	4		2	1
8	F	22	Chas Richards	69	25	3	2
9	F	21	Len Benbow	26	12	2	1
10	F	24	Fred Forman	68	14	121	20
11	F	24	Tom McInnes	172	58	2	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Fryer
2	D	Jimmy Methven
3	D	Joe Leiper
4	D	Jack Cox
5	D	Archie Goodall
6	M	Jimmy Turner
7	M	John Goodall
8	M	Steve Bloomer
9	M	John Boag
10	F	Jimmy Stevenson
11	F	Hugh McQueen

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Mon Apr 11, 1898)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	1-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Derby County	5-0	Nottingham Forest
Everton	2-0	Sunderland
Liverpool	4-0	The Wednesday
Sheffield United	2-0	West Bromwich Albion

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	29	16	8	5	54	31	8	4	2	25	14	8	4	3	29	17	23	40	LDLLWW	Champions
2	Sunderland	28	15	5	8	39	28	11	2	1	23	8	4	3	7	16	20	11	35	DWWWLL
3	The Wednesday	28	15	3	10	51	33	12	0	3	39	15	3	3	7	12	18	18	33	WWWWLW
4	Everton	29	12	9	8	46	39	10	3	1	31	12	2	6	7	15	27	7	33	DDLWWL
5	West Bromwich Albion	29	11	10	8	44	43	8	5	2	25	16	3	5	6	19	27	1	32	DWDLLL
6	Aston Villa	27	13	5	9	58	45	11	1	1	44	19	2	4	8	14	26	13	31	LWWWLD
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	12	7	9	50	40	9	4	1	31	14	3	3	8	19	26	10	31	WLLWDW
8	Nottingham Forest	27	11	9	7	47	38	7	5	3	30	19	4	4	4	17	19	9	31	DWLDDW
9	Bolton Wanderers	29	11	4	14	27	39	9	2	3	17	11	2	2	11	10	28	-12	26	WDWWLL
10	Liverpool	27	9	6	12	39	42	5	4	4	19	16	4	2	8	20	26	-3	24	LWDWDL
11	Derby County	28	9	6	13	49	60	8	3	2	32	18	1	3	11	17	42	-11	24	LLWLLL
12	Preston North End	30	8	8	14	35	43	7	5	3	26	15	1	3	11	9	28	-8	24	DLDDWW
13	Notts County	30	8	8	14	36	46	4	6	5	23	23	4	2	9	13	23	-10	24	LDWWLW
14	Stoke	30	8	8	14	35	55	8	3	4	21	14	0	5	10	14	41	-20	24	LDWDDW
15	Bury	29	7	8	14	38	51	7	3	4	24	19	0	5	10	14	32	-13	22	LWDDWL
16	Blackburn Rovers	28	6	10	12	37	52	4	7	4	20	22	2	3	8	17	30	-15	22	DLDLDL

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	30	17	8	5	56	31	9	4	2	27	14	8	4	3	29	17	25	42	DLLWWW	Champions	2-0
	2	Sunderland	29	15	5	9	39	30	11	2	1	23	8	4	3	8	16	22	9	35	WWWLLL		0-2
1	3	Everton	30	13	9	8	48	39	11	3	1	33	12	2	6	7	15	27	9	35	DLWWLW		2-0
1	4	The Wednesday	29	15	3	11	51	37	12	0	3	39	15	3	3	8	12	22	14	33	WWWLWL		0-4
2	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	13	7	9	52	41	9	4	1	31	14	4	3	8	21	27	11	33	LLWDWW		2-1
1	6	West Bromwich Albion	30	11	10	9	44	45	8	5	2	25	16	3	5	7	19	29	-1	32	WDLLLL		0-2
1	7	Aston Villa	28	13	5	10	59	47	11	1	2	45	21	2	4	8	14	26	12	31	WWWLDL		1-2
	8	Nottingham Forest	28	11	9	8	47	43	7	5	3	30	19	4	4	5	17	24	4	31	WLDDWL		0-5
1	9	Liverpool	28	10	6	12	43	42	6	4	4	23	16	4	2	8	20	26	1	26	WDWDLW		4-0
1	10	Derby County	29	10	6	13	54	60	9	3	2	37	18	1	3	11	17	42	-6	26	LWLLLW		5-0
2	11	Bolton Wanderers	29	11	4	14	27	39	9	2	3	17	11	2	2	11	10	28	-12	26	WDWWLL
	12	Preston North End	30	8	8	14	35	43	7	5	3	26	15	1	3	11	9	28	-8	24	DLDDWW
	13	Notts County	30	8	8	14	36	46	4	6	5	23	23	4	2	9	13	23	-10	24	LDWWLW
	14	Stoke	30	8	8	14	35	55	8	3	4	21	14	0	5	10	14	41	-20	24	LDWDDW
	15	Bury	29	7	8	14	38	51	7	3	4	24	19	0	5	10	14	32	-13	22	LWDDWL
	16	Blackburn Rovers	28	6	10	12	37	52	4	7	4	20	22	2	3	8	17	30	-15	22	DLDLDL