The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Sat Sep 03, 1898 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Sep 03, 1898 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1898-99
Referee:: JE West
Attendance:: 15,000
League Week:: 1 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 11 17
Opp Before/After:: 4 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 1)
Blackburn Rovers:: Dec 31, 1898

GAME COUNT:
League:: 182 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 182 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 258 (of 5824)
Total:: 886 (of 7629)
Played:: 127 years, 11 months, 16 days ago

Review
This was the official opening of the City Ground and our first game played there. We lost this one 1-0, but it was the start of our tenure at the City Ground.

FOREST
Manager: Harry Hallam

Goal Scorers

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Joseph Warmlsey
Prior form: L (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Thomas Jackson (85')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Dan Allsop
2	D	26	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	23	Frank Forman
5	M	31	John McPherson
6	M	23	Willie Wragg
7	F	25	Tom McInnes
8	F	23	Chas Richards
9	F	22	Len Benbow
10	F	23	Arthur Capes
11	F	21	Alf Spouncer

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	27	Dan Allsop	163		126	1
2	D	26	Archibald Ritchie	171		140	6
3	D		Adam Scott	188	3	126	1
4	M	23	Frank Forman	92	11	126	1
5	M	31	John McPherson	182	22	126	1
6	M	23	Willie Wragg	46	1	126	1
7	F	25	Tom McInnes	175	58	133	5
8	F	23	Chas Richards	73	25	126	1
9	F	22	Len Benbow	30	12	126	1
10	F	23	Arthur Capes	68	19	126	1
11	F	21	Alf Spouncer	29	7	126	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	James Carter
2	D	Tom Brandon
3	D	Bob Crompton
4	D	Tom Booth
5	D	Geordie Anderson
6	M	Peter Chambers
7	M	Bill Williams
8	M	Ben Hulse
9	M	Thomas Jackson
10	F	John Moreland
11	F	Daniel Hurst

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Sep 03, 1898)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	3-1	Stoke
Bolton Wanderers	3-3	West Bromwich Albion
Burnley	1-1	Notts County
Derby County	1-2	Bury
Liverpool	4-0	The Wednesday
Newcastle United	2-4	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest	0-1	Blackburn Rovers
Preston North End	2-3	Sunderland
Sheffield United	1-1	Everton

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	Everton	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W
2	Derby County	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
3	Stoke	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
4	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
5	Aston Villa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Bolton Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Burnley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Bury	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Liverpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Newcastle United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Nottingham Forest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Notts County	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Preston North End	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Sheffield United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Sunderland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	The Wednesday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	West Bromwich Albion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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	Everton	2	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	WD		1-1
7	2	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W		4-0
2	3	Aston Villa	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W		3-1
4	4	Bury	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	W		2-1
13	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	2	2	W		4-2
9	6	Sunderland	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1	2	W		3-2
3	7	Blackburn Rovers	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	2	LW		1-0
2	8	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D		3-3
2	9	Burnley	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D		1-1
2	10	Notts County	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D		1-1
3	11	Sheffield United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D		1-1
5	12	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	D		3-3
11	13	Derby County	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	-1	1	DL		1-2
11	14	Stoke	2	0	1	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	1	DL		1-3
2	15	Preston North End	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L		2-3
6	16	Newcastle United	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L		2-4
6	17	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L		0-1
2	18	The Wednesday	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0	L		0-4