The City Ground

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Dec 24, 1898 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 24, 1898 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Stoney Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Albion Till We Die (Link)

Season:: 1898-99
Referee:: J Fox
Attendance:: 1,000
Pos Before/After:: 15 15
Opp Before/After:: 8 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Stoke City (League Tier 1)
West Bromwich Albion:: Apr 22, 1899

GAME COUNT:
League:: 199 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 199 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 275 (of 5724)
Total:: 904 (of 7505)
Played:: 125 years, 4 months, 1 day ago

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

Goals

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

Goals
Nock
Nock

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Dan Allsop
2	D	22	James Iremonger
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	23	Frank Forman
5	M	31	John McPherson	200th appearance
6	M		Robert Norris
7	M	20	James Suddick
8	F	23	Chas Richards
9	F	22	Len Benbow
10	F	21	Grenville Morris
11	F	23	Arthur Capes

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	Nock
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 24, 1898)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	1-3	Liverpool
Bury	5-2	Stoke City
Everton	4-0	Burnley
Notts County	1-0	Aston Villa
Sunderland	2-3	Newcastle United
West Bromwich Albion	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4-1	Sheffield United

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	Aston Villa	15	11	3	1	39	13	8	2	0	29	8	3	1	1	10	5	3.00000	25	WWWWDW
	2	Burnley	17	9	5	3	31	20	7	2	1	24	11	2	3	2	7	9	1.55000	23	LDWWWW
	3	Everton	18	9	4	5	25	20	7	0	2	14	5	2	4	3	11	15	1.25000	22	LWLWWL
	4	Sheffield United	18	5	10	3	24	24	3	7	0	14	10	2	3	3	10	14	1.00000	20	DLWLDW
	5	Notts County	16	6	7	3	27	20	4	3	1	21	13	2	4	2	6	7	1.35000	19	DWLLWD
	6	Bury	16	8	3	5	22	21	4	2	1	13	7	4	1	4	9	14	1.04762	19	WWWWLW
	7	Blackburn Rovers	17	7	4	6	31	27	5	1	1	20	10	2	3	5	11	17	1.14815	18	WLLDWD
	8	West Bromwich Albion	17	6	4	7	24	22	6	1	2	16	4	0	3	5	8	18	1.09091	16	LDWLWD
	9	Liverpool	16	7	2	7	21	20	5	2	1	14	7	2	0	6	7	13	1.05000	16	WLWWLD
	10	Sunderland	16	7	2	7	22	23	6	1	1	12	2	1	1	6	10	21	.95652	16	WLWLLL
	11	Derby County	17	4	8	5	29	35	4	3	1	17	12	0	5	4	12	23	.82857	16	WLWLWD
	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	6	3	8	23	26	3	2	2	8	7	3	1	6	15	19	.88462	15	LLWWDL
	13	Preston North End	20	4	7	9	25	33	4	3	1	13	8	0	4	8	12	25	.75758	15	LWDWLD
	14	Stoke City	18	5	5	8	23	31	5	3	2	16	12	0	2	6	7	19	.74194	15	WWLLLD
	15	Nottingham Forest	17	4	6	7	19	24	2	4	3	10	12	2	2	4	9	12	.79167	14	WLLLWD
	16	The Wednesday	16	5	4	7	18	27	5	2	1	16	9	0	2	6	2	18	.66667	14	WLDLLD
	17	Newcastle United	17	3	5	9	24	30	3	2	3	17	12	0	3	6	7	18	.80000	11	LWLWLD
	18	Bolton Wanderers	16	3	4	9	16	27	2	3	3	10	10	1	1	6	6	17	.59259	10	WLDLLL

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	Aston Villa	16	11	3	2	39	14	8	2	0	29	8	3	1	2	10	6	2.78571	25	WWWDWL		0-1
1	2	Everton	19	10	4	5	29	20	8	0	2	18	5	2	4	3	11	15	1.45000	24	WLWWLW		4-0
1	3	Burnley	18	9	5	4	31	24	7	2	1	24	11	2	3	3	7	13	1.29167	23	DWWWWL		0-4
1	4	Notts County	17	7	7	3	28	20	5	3	1	22	13	2	4	2	6	7	1.40000	21	WLLWDW		1-0
1	5	Bury	17	9	3	5	27	23	5	2	1	18	9	4	1	4	9	14	1.17391	21	WWWLWW		5-2
2	6	Sheffield United	19	5	10	4	25	28	3	7	0	14	10	2	3	4	11	18	.89286	20	LWLDWL		1-4
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	18	7	4	7	26	22	7	1	2	18	4	0	3	5	8	18	1.18182	18	DWLWDW		2-0
1	8	Liverpool	17	8	2	7	24	21	5	2	1	14	7	3	0	6	10	14	1.14286	18	LWWLDW		3-1
2	9	Blackburn Rovers	18	7	4	7	32	30	5	1	2	21	13	2	3	5	11	17	1.06667	18	LLDWDL		1-3
2	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	7	3	8	27	27	4	2	2	12	8	3	1	6	15	19	1.00000	17	LWWDLW		4-1
1	11	Sunderland	17	7	2	8	24	26	6	1	2	14	5	1	1	6	10	21	.92308	16	LWLLLL		2-3
1	12	Derby County	17	4	8	5	29	35	4	3	1	17	12	0	5	4	12	23	.82857	16	WLWLWD
	13	Preston North End	20	4	7	9	25	33	4	3	1	13	8	0	4	8	12	25	.75758	15	LWDWLD
	14	Stoke City	19	5	5	9	25	36	5	3	2	16	12	0	2	7	9	24	.69444	15	WLLLDL		2-5
	15	Nottingham Forest	18	4	6	8	19	26	2	4	3	10	12	2	2	5	9	14	.73077	14	LLLWDL		0-2
	16	The Wednesday	16	5	4	7	18	27	5	2	1	16	9	0	2	6	2	18	.66667	14	WLDLLD
	17	Newcastle United	18	4	5	9	27	32	3	2	3	17	12	1	3	6	10	20	.84375	13	WLWLDW		3-2
	18	Bolton Wanderers	16	3	4	9	16	27	2	3	3	10	10	1	1	6	6	17	.59259	10	WLDLLL