The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 ASTON VILLA - Sat Feb 18, 1899 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 18, 1899 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: AVFCHistory.co.uk (Link)
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1898-99
Referee:: JE West
Attendance:: 10,000
League Week:: 26 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 11 11
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield United (FA Cup)
League:: Sheffield United
Aston Villa:: Dec 09, 1899

GAME COUNT:
League:: 207 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 207 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 285 (of 5824)
Total:: 914 (of 7629)
Played:: 127 years, 6 months, 0 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Grenville Morris (25')

ASTON VILLA
Manager: George Ramsay
Prior form: WLWWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Dan Allsop
2	D	22	James Iremonger
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	29	Peter McCracken
5	M	31	John McPherson
6	M	23	Bob Norris
7	F	19	Tom Bradshaw
8	F	23	Arthur Capes
9	F		Fred Spencer
10	F	21	Grenville Morris (25')
11	F	21	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Billy George
2	D	Jimmy Cowan
3	D	Albert Evans
4	D	Tommy Bowman
5	D	Howard Spencer
6	M	Albert Wilkes
7	M	Steve Smith
8	M	Jack Sharp
9	M	Jack Devey
10	F	Fred Wheldon
11	F	George Johnson

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Feb 18, 1899)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers	0-2	Stoke
Derby County	4-2	Notts County
Liverpool	2-0	Burnley
Newcastle United	2-0	Bury
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Aston Villa
Preston North End	1-0	Sheffield United
The Wednesday	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	Aston Villa	22	15	3	4	50	22	11	2	0	37	10	4	1	4	13	12	28	33	WLWWWL
	2	Liverpool	25	13	5	7	34	22	7	3	1	17	7	6	2	6	17	15	12	31	WWDDWW
	3	Everton	24	12	5	7	35	27	10	0	3	22	8	2	5	4	13	19	8	29	WWLDWL
	4	Burnley	24	11	6	7	38	37	8	2	1	26	12	3	4	6	12	25	1	28	WDLLWL
	5	Blackburn Rovers	26	11	5	10	52	44	8	2	3	35	18	3	3	7	17	26	8	27	WWWLWL
	6	Notts County	23	8	11	4	36	32	6	5	1	28	17	2	6	3	8	15	4	27	DDLDWD
	7	West Bromwich Albion	26	11	5	10	39	36	10	1	3	26	7	1	4	7	13	29	3	27	WLDWWW
	8	Bury	25	10	6	9	36	38	6	5	1	22	12	4	1	8	14	26	-2	26	DLDLLW
	9	Sheffield United	26	7	11	8	35	42	5	8	2	23	19	2	3	6	12	23	-7	25	LLDLLW
	10	Derby County	24	7	10	7	49	43	7	4	1	37	16	0	6	6	12	27	6	24	DLWLWW
	11	Nottingham Forest	25	6	10	9	31	34	3	6	3	14	13	3	4	6	17	21	-3	22	DWDDWD
	12	Sunderland	23	9	4	10	28	34	8	2	2	17	6	1	2	8	11	28	-6	22	WWDDLL
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	8	5	11	35	39	5	4	2	17	9	3	1	9	18	30	-4	21	WDLDLL
	14	Preston North End	25	7	7	11	32	38	7	3	1	20	10	0	4	10	12	28	-6	21	DWLWLW
	15	Stoke	24	8	5	11	34	42	8	3	2	25	14	0	2	9	9	28	-8	21	LWWWLL
	16	Newcastle United	24	6	7	11	37	39	5	3	3	26	15	1	4	8	11	24	-2	19	LDDLWW
	17	The Wednesday	24	6	6	12	22	46	6	2	3	18	14	0	4	9	4	32	-24	18	DDWLLL
	18	Bolton Wanderers	22	5	5	12	25	33	4	3	4	18	13	1	2	8	7	20	-8	15	DLWLLW

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	Aston Villa	23	15	3	5	50	23	11	2	0	37	10	4	1	5	13	13	27	33	LWWWLL		0-1
	2	Liverpool	26	14	5	7	36	22	8	3	1	19	7	6	2	6	17	15	14	33	WDDWWW		2-0
	3	Everton	24	12	5	7	35	27	10	0	3	22	8	2	5	4	13	19	8	29	WWLDWL
1	4	Blackburn Rovers	27	11	6	10	54	46	8	3	3	37	20	3	3	7	17	26	8	28	WWLWLD		2-2
1	5	Burnley	25	11	6	8	38	39	8	2	1	26	12	3	4	7	12	27	-1	28	DLLWLL		0-2
1	6	West Bromwich Albion	26	11	5	10	39	36	10	1	3	26	7	1	4	7	13	29	3	27	WLDWWW
1	7	Notts County	24	8	11	5	38	36	6	5	1	28	17	2	6	4	10	19	2	27	DLDWDL		2-4
2	8	Derby County	25	8	10	7	53	45	8	4	1	41	18	0	6	6	12	27	8	26	LWLWWW		4-2
1	9	Bury	26	10	6	10	36	40	6	5	1	22	12	4	1	9	14	28	-4	26	LDLLWL		0-2
1	10	Sheffield United	27	7	11	9	35	43	5	8	2	23	19	2	3	7	12	24	-8	25	LDLLWL		0-1
	11	Nottingham Forest	26	7	10	9	32	34	4	6	3	15	13	3	4	6	17	21	-2	24	WDDWDW		1-0
	12	Sunderland	24	10	4	10	29	34	8	2	2	17	6	2	2	8	12	28	-5	24	WDDLLW		1-0
1	13	Preston North End	26	8	7	11	33	38	8	3	1	21	10	0	4	10	12	28	-5	23	WLWLWW		1-0
1	14	Stoke	25	9	5	11	36	42	8	3	2	25	14	1	2	9	11	28	-6	23	WWWLLW		2-0
2	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	8	6	11	37	41	5	4	2	17	9	3	2	9	20	32	-4	22	DLDLLD		2-2
	16	Newcastle United	25	7	7	11	39	39	6	3	3	28	15	1	4	8	11	24	0	21	DDLWWW		2-0
	17	The Wednesday	25	6	6	13	22	47	6	2	4	18	15	0	4	9	4	32	-25	18	DWLLLL		0-1
	18	Bolton Wanderers	23	5	5	13	25	35	4	3	5	18	15	1	2	8	7	20	-10	15	LWLLWL		0-2