The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 WEST BROMWICH ALBION - Sat Apr 22, 1899 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 22, 1899 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-0 WON

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Albion Till We Die (Link)
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1898-99
Referee:
Attendance:: 3,000
League Week:: 34 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 12 11
Opp Before/After:: 14 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Burton United (Bass Charity Vase)
League:: Preston North End
West Bromwich Albion:: Oct 07, 1899

GAME COUNT:
League:: 215 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 215 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 294 (of 5824)
Total:: 931 (of 7629)
Played:: 127 years, 4 months, 2 days ago

Review
Original referee Cooper failed to turn up

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

Goal Scorers
Fred Forman
Fred Forman
Fred Forman

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Frank Heaven
Prior form: LDLLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Dan Allsop	200th appearance
2	D	23	James Iremonger
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	23	Frank Forman
5	M	29	Peter McCracken	Last game
6	M	23	George Robinson
7	M	27	Thomas Kent	Last game
8	F	25	Fred Forman
9	F		Fred Spencer
10	F	24	Arthur Capes
11	F	21	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Joe Reader
2	D	George Cave
3	D	Amos Adams
4	D	Archibald Dunn
5	D	Abraham Jones
6	M	Harry Hadley
7	M	Billy Bassett
8	M	Tom Perry
9	M	Arthur Smith
10	F	William Richards
11	F	Ben Garfield

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 22, 1899)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	6-1	Notts County
Burnley	0-0	Everton
Derby County	1-0	Sheffield United
Liverpool	2-0	Blackburn Rovers
Newcastle United	0-1	Sunderland
Nottingham Forest	3-0	West Bromwich Albion
Preston North End	1-1	The Wednesday
Stoke	1-1	Bury

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	Liverpool	32	18	5	9	47	28	11	3	2	27	10	7	2	7	20	18	19	41	WLLWWW	Safe
	2	Aston Villa	31	16	7	8	58	38	12	2	0	40	11	4	5	8	18	27	20	39	DWLLDD	Safe
	3	Burnley	33	15	8	10	45	47	11	4	1	32	15	4	4	9	13	32	-2	38	WWLWLD	Safe
	4	Notts County	33	12	13	8	46	45	9	6	2	33	20	3	7	6	13	25	1	37	LLWWLW	Safe
	5	Blackburn Rovers	33	14	8	11	60	50	9	5	3	41	23	5	3	8	19	27	10	36	WDWWLD	Safe
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	14	7	12	53	46	9	5	2	29	11	5	2	10	24	35	7	35	WWWWWW	Safe
	7	Everton	32	14	7	11	46	40	10	2	5	25	13	4	5	6	21	27	6	35	DLLLLD	Safe
	8	Bury	33	14	6	13	47	48	9	5	3	31	18	5	1	10	16	30	-1	34	WLWWWL	Safe
	9	Derby County	33	11	11	11	61	57	10	5	1	45	19	1	6	10	16	38	4	33	LLWWLW	Safe
	10	Sunderland	32	13	6	13	39	41	10	3	3	25	10	3	3	10	14	31	-2	32	DLWWLL	Safe
	11	Stoke	33	13	6	14	46	51	10	3	3	28	16	3	3	11	18	35	-5	32	WWLWLD	Safe
	12	Nottingham Forest	33	10	11	12	39	42	5	6	5	19	18	5	5	7	20	24	-3	31	DWWLLL	Safe
	13	Newcastle United	33	11	8	14	49	47	9	3	4	33	17	2	5	10	16	30	2	30	DWLLWW	Safe
	14	West Bromwich Albion	32	12	6	14	41	47	11	1	5	28	9	1	5	9	13	38	-6	30	LDLLWL	Safe
	15	Sheffield United	32	9	11	12	45	49	7	8	2	31	20	2	3	10	14	29	-4	29	LLWWLL	Safe
	16	Preston North End	32	10	8	14	43	45	10	3	2	28	12	0	5	12	15	33	-2	28	LLWLWD	Safe
	17	Bolton Wanderers	33	8	7	18	36	51	6	5	6	24	21	2	2	12	12	30	-15	23	WLLWLD	Relegated
	18	The Wednesday	33	8	7	18	31	60	8	2	7	26	24	0	5	11	5	36	-29	23	LWLLWL	Relegated

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	Liverpool	33	19	5	9	49	28	12	3	2	29	10	7	2	7	20	18	21	43	LLWWWW	Safe	2-0
	2	Aston Villa	32	17	7	8	64	39	13	2	0	46	12	4	5	8	18	27	25	41	WLLDDW	Safe	6-1
	3	Burnley	34	15	9	10	45	47	11	5	1	32	15	4	4	9	13	32	-2	39	WLWLDD	Safe	0-0
	4	Notts County	34	12	13	9	47	51	9	6	2	33	20	3	7	7	14	31	-4	37	LWWLWL	Safe	1-6
	5	Blackburn Rovers	34	14	8	12	60	52	9	5	3	41	23	5	3	9	19	29	8	36	DWWLDL	Safe	0-2
1	6	Everton	33	14	8	11	46	40	10	2	5	25	13	4	6	6	21	27	6	36	LLLLDD	Safe	0-0
1	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	14	7	12	53	46	9	5	2	29	11	5	2	10	24	35	7	35	WWWWWW	Safe
1	8	Derby County	34	12	11	11	62	57	11	5	1	46	19	1	6	10	16	38	5	35	LWWLWW	Safe	1-0
1	9	Bury	34	14	7	13	48	49	9	5	3	31	18	5	2	10	17	31	-1	35	LWWWLD	Safe	1-1
	10	Sunderland	33	14	6	13	40	41	10	3	3	25	10	4	3	10	15	31	-1	34	LWWLLW	Safe	1-0
1	11	Nottingham Forest	34	11	11	12	42	42	6	6	5	22	18	5	5	7	20	24	0	33	WWLLLW	Safe	3-0
1	12	Stoke	34	13	7	14	47	52	10	4	3	29	17	3	3	11	18	35	-5	33	WLWLDD	Safe	1-1
	13	Newcastle United	34	11	8	15	49	48	9	3	5	33	18	2	5	10	16	30	1	30	WLLWWL	Safe	0-1
	14	West Bromwich Albion	33	12	6	15	41	50	11	1	5	28	9	1	5	10	13	41	-9	30	DLLWLL	Safe	0-3
1	15	Preston North End	33	10	9	14	44	46	10	4	2	29	13	0	5	12	15	33	-2	29	LWLWDD	Safe	1-1
1	16	Sheffield United	33	9	11	13	45	50	7	8	2	31	20	2	3	11	14	30	-5	29	LWWLLL	Safe	0-1
1	17	The Wednesday	34	8	8	18	32	61	8	2	7	26	24	0	6	11	6	37	-29	24	WLLWLD	Relegated	1-1
1	18	Bolton Wanderers	33	8	7	18	36	51	6	5	6	24	21	2	2	12	12	30	-15	23	WLLWLD	Relegated