The City Ground

SEASON: 1896-97

Prev Season: 1895-96
This Season: 1896-97
Next Season: 1897-98

DIVISION: English First Division (Tier 1)

MANAGER(s):: Harry Radford
FA Cup:: Quarter Final (Liverpool (H) 0-1)

Top Goalscorer:: Adrian Capes, Chas Richards, Fred Forman (8 goals)

Competitive Games:: 35
Competitive Goals:: 50
Goals per game:: 1.4
League Games:: 30
League Points:: 26 out of 60 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 43.3%

Highest League Attendance:: 20,000 (Derby County)
Lowest League Attendance:: 2,000 (Everton)
Average League Attendance:: 6,437
Highest Cup Attendance:: 10,000 (Liverpool)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 10,000 (Liverpool)

Champions:: Aston Villa
FA Cup:: Aston Villa

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 4
4-0 (Sat Sep 12, 1896, Stoke City, Home, League Tier 1)
4-1 (Sat Oct 24, 1896, Burnley, Home, League Tier 1)

Biggest Winning Margin: 4
4-0 (Sat Sep 12, 1896, Stoke City, Home, League Tier 1)

Most Goals Conceded: 4
1-4 (Sat Dec 05, 1896, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Away, League Tier 1)
0-4 (Sat Jan 23, 1897, West Bromwich Albion, Away, League Tier 1)
2-4 (Sat Mar 06, 1897, Aston Villa, Home, League Tier 1)

Biggest Losing Margin: 4
0-4 (Sat Jan 23, 1897, West Bromwich Albion, Away, League Tier 1)

Clean Sheets:: 10
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 1
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1896-97

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Aston Villa	30	21	5	4	73	38	10	3	2	36	16	11	2	2	37	22	1.921	47		2-4	2-3
2	Sheffield United	30	13	10	7	42	29	6	4	5	22	16	7	6	2	20	13	1.448	36		2-2	3-0
3	Derby County	30	16	4	10	70	50	10	2	3	45	22	6	2	7	25	28	1.400	36		1-2	1-1
4	Preston North End	30	11	12	7	55	40	8	4	3	35	21	3	8	4	20	19	1.375	34		0-0	2-3
5	Liverpool	30	12	9	9	46	38	7	6	2	25	10	5	3	7	21	28	1.211	33		2-0	0-3
6	The Wednesday	30	10	11	9	42	37	9	4	2	29	11	1	7	7	13	26	1.135	31		2-2	0-3
7	Everton	30	14	3	13	62	57	8	1	6	42	29	6	2	7	20	28	1.088	31		3-0	1-3
8	Bolton Wanderers	30	12	6	12	40	43	7	3	5	22	18	5	3	7	18	25	.930	30		2-0	0-0
9	Bury	30	10	10	10	39	44	7	5	3	25	15	3	5	7	14	29	.886	30		3-0	0-2
10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	11	6	13	45	41	6	4	5	26	14	5	2	8	19	27	1.098	28		1-2	1-4
11	Nottingham Forest	30	9	8	13	44	49	8	3	4	30	16	1	5	9	14	33	.898	26
12	West Bromwich Albion	30	10	6	14	33	56	7	2	6	18	16	3	4	8	15	40	.589	26		0-1	0-4
13	Stoke City	30	11	3	16	48	59	8	3	4	30	18	3	0	12	18	41	.814	25		4-0	0-3
14	Blackburn Rovers	30	11	3	16	35	62	8	1	6	27	25	3	2	10	8	37	.565	25		2-1	0-0
15	Sunderland	30	7	9	14	34	47	4	6	5	21	21	3	3	9	13	26	.723	23	Remained in 1st Div after playoffs	2-1	2-2
16	Burnley	30	6	7	17	43	61	4	5	6	25	25	2	2	11	18	36	.705	19	Relegated after playoffs	4-1	2-2

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals
Scored	8 times	11 times	4 times	2 times
Conceded	9 times	7 times	6 times	3 times
Won By	3 times	3 times	4 times	1 time
Lost By	6 times	3 times	4 times	1 time

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	1	-	-	1	2	4	0	Aston Villa (2-4)
2		2	1	-	-	1	2	3	0	Aston Villa (2-3)
3		3	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	Liverpool (2-0)
4		4	3	1	1	1	7	5	3	Sheffield United (2-2), Preston North End (2-3), Sheffield United (3-0)
5	7	5	2	-	1	1	0	3	1	Liverpool (0-3), Preston North End (0-0)
6		6	4	1	3	-	4	2	5	The Wednesday (2-2), Blackburn Rovers (0-0), Bolton Wanderers (2-0), Bolton Wanderers (0-0)
7	7	7	3	1	-	2	5	6	2	Stoke City (4-0), Everton (1-3), The Wednesday (0-3)
8	23	8	3	1	-	2	3	5	2	West Bromwich Albion (0-1), West Bromwich Albion (0-4), Everton (3-0)
9	40	9	2	-	1	1	3	4	1	Burnley (2-2), Derby County (1-2)
10	118	10	2	2	-	-	6	2	4	Burnley (4-1), Blackburn Rovers (2-1)
11	26	11	2	1	1	-	4	1	3	Derby County (1-1), Bury (3-0)
12	6	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	3	13	2	-	-	2	1	4	0	Bury (0-2), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-2)
14	7	14	3	-	1	2	3	9	1	Stoke City (0-3), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-4), Sunderland (2-2)
15		15	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Sunderland (2-1)
16		16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

GAMES

Manager for all games: Harry Radford
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Sep 05, 1896	Derby County	A	1-1	4,000	11	Richards (?)
2	Sat Sep 12, 1896	Stoke City	H	4-0	5,000	5	Richards (?), Forman (?), Forman (?), McPherson (?)
3	Sat Sep 19, 1896	Burnley	A	2-2	4,000	7	Capes (?), Richards (?)
4	Sat Sep 26, 1896	Sheffield United	H	2-2	8,000	8	Forman (?), McInnes (?)
	Sat Oct 03, 1896	Derby County	H	1-1	20,000		Capes (?)
5	Sat Oct 10, 1896	Liverpool	A	0-3	8,000	11
6	Sat Oct 17, 1896	Stoke City	A	0-3	6,000	14
7	Sat Oct 24, 1896	Burnley	H	4-1	4,000	10	Capes (?), Richards (?, ?), Hollis (?)
8	Sat Oct 31, 1896	The Wednesday	H	2-2	8,000	10	Capes (?, ?)
9	Sat Nov 07, 1896	Preston North End	A	2-3	1,000	11	Capes (?), Capes (?)
10	Sat Nov 14, 1896	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-0	3,000	10
11	Wed Nov 18, 1896	Derby County	H	1-2	5,000	10	McInnes (?)
12	Sat Nov 21, 1896	Sunderland	H	2-1	4,000	9	Shaw (?, ?)
13	Sat Nov 28, 1896	Liverpool	H	2-0	7,000	8	Forman (7'), Spencer (35')
14	Sat Dec 05, 1896	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-4	3,000	9	Forman (?)
15	Sat Dec 12, 1896	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-1	3,000	8	Capes (?), Richards (?)
16	Sat Dec 19, 1896	Aston Villa	A	2-3	5,000	10	Capes (?), Forman (?)
17	Fri Dec 25, 1896	Bury	A	0-2	10,000	10
18	Mon Dec 28, 1896	Bury	H	3-0	8,000	10	Capes (7'), Forman (15'), McInnes (30')
19	Sat Jan 02, 1897	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-1	6,000	10
20	Sat Jan 09, 1897	Everton	A	1-3	7,000	10	Forman (70')
21	Sat Jan 16, 1897	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-0	5,000	10	Capes (?), McInnes (?)
22	Sat Jan 23, 1897	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-4	2,000	10
23	Sat Feb 20, 1897	Sheffield United	A	3-0	6,000	10	Richards (?), Forman (?), McPherson (? pen)
24	Sat Mar 06, 1897	Aston Villa	H	2-4	10,000	10	Spencer (?, ?)
25	Wed Mar 10, 1897	Everton	H	3-0	2,000	9	Richards (?), Spencer (55'), Capes (62')
26	Sat Mar 13, 1897	Sunderland	A	2-2	4,000	9	Capes (?), Spencer (?)
27	Sat Mar 20, 1897	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-0	1,000	9
28	Mon Apr 05, 1897	The Wednesday	A	0-3	2,000	10
29	Thu Apr 08, 1897	Preston North End	H	0-0	3,000	8
30	Sat Apr 10, 1897	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-2	5,000	10	Capes (15')

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 30, 1897	The Wednesday	1		A	1-0	16,095	Capes (?)
Sat Feb 13, 1897	Sunderland	2		A	3-1	16,000	Forman (?, ?), McInnes (?)
Sat Feb 27, 1897	Liverpool	Quarter		A	1-1	15,000	McInnes (15')
Wed Mar 03, 1897	Liverpool	Quarter	1	H	0-1	10,000

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Thu Sep 03, 1896	Burton Wanderers	England	H	8-0	-	Capes (?, ?, ?), Richards (?, ?, ?), Forman (?), McInnes (?)
Thu Sep 24, 1896	Grimsby Town	England	A	2-5	2,000	Abbott (?), Pike (?)
Sat Dec 26, 1896	Notts County	England	A	2-1	13,000	Forman (?), McInnes (?)
Thu Mar 25, 1897	Grimsby Town	England	H	3-0	2,000	Capes (?), Richards (?), McInnes (?)
Sat Mar 27, 1897	Woolwich Arsenal	England	A	0-1	3,000
Sat Apr 03, 1897	Leicester Fosse	England	A	0-3	-
Fri Apr 16, 1897	Tottenham Hotspur	England	A	1-1	-	? (?)
Mon Apr 19, 1897	Dundee	Scotland	N	2-1	-	Richards (?), Wragg (?)
Sat Apr 24, 1897	Lincoln City	England	A	2-2	-	Capes (?), Walker (?)

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Wed Apr 28, 1897	Mansfield	England	A	3-0	-	Capes (?), Richards (?), Wragg (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Harry Radford
Thu Sep 03, 1896	Friendly	Burton Wanderers			H	8-0	-	Capes (?, ?, ?), Richards (?, ?, ?), Forman (?), McInnes (?)
Sat Sep 05, 1896	League Tier 1	Derby County			A	1-1	4,000	Richards (?)
Sat Sep 12, 1896	League Tier 1	Stoke City			H	4-0	5,000	Richards (?), Forman (?), Forman (?), McPherson (?)
Sat Sep 19, 1896	League Tier 1	Burnley			A	2-2	4,000	Capes (?), Richards (?)
Thu Sep 24, 1896	Friendly	Grimsby Town			A	2-5	2,000	Abbott (?), Pike (?)
Sat Sep 26, 1896	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			H	2-2	8,000	Forman (?), McInnes (?)
Sat Oct 03, 1896	League Tier 1	Derby County			H	1-1	20,000	Capes (?)
Sat Oct 10, 1896	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	0-3	8,000
Sat Oct 17, 1896	League Tier 1	Stoke City			A	0-3	6,000
Sat Oct 24, 1896	League Tier 1	Burnley			H	4-1	4,000	Capes (?), Richards (?, ?), Hollis (?)
Sat Oct 31, 1896	League Tier 1	The Wednesday			H	2-2	8,000	Capes (?, ?)
Sat Nov 07, 1896	League Tier 1	Preston North End			A	2-3	1,000	Capes (?), Capes (?)
Sat Nov 14, 1896	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			A	0-0	3,000
Wed Nov 18, 1896	League Tier 1	Derby County			H	1-2	5,000	McInnes (?)
Sat Nov 21, 1896	League Tier 1	Sunderland			H	2-1	4,000	Shaw (?, ?)
Sat Nov 28, 1896	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	2-0	7,000	Forman (7'), Spencer (35')
Sat Dec 05, 1896	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	1-4	3,000	Forman (?)
Sat Dec 12, 1896	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			H	2-1	3,000	Capes (?), Richards (?)
Sat Dec 19, 1896	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	2-3	5,000	Capes (?), Forman (?)
Fri Dec 25, 1896	League Tier 1	Bury			A	0-2	10,000
Sat Dec 26, 1896	Friendly	Notts County			A	2-1	13,000	Forman (?), McInnes (?)
Mon Dec 28, 1896	League Tier 1	Bury			H	3-0	8,000	Capes (7'), Forman (15'), McInnes (30')
Sat Jan 02, 1897	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			H	0-1	6,000
Sat Jan 09, 1897	League Tier 1	Everton			A	1-3	7,000	Forman (70')
Sat Jan 16, 1897	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			H	2-0	5,000	Capes (?), McInnes (?)
Sat Jan 23, 1897	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			A	0-4	2,000
Sat Jan 30, 1897	FA Cup	The Wednesday	1		A	1-0	16,095	Capes (?)
Sat Feb 13, 1897	FA Cup	Sunderland	2		A	3-1	16,000	Forman (?, ?), McInnes (?)
Sat Feb 20, 1897	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			A	3-0	6,000	Richards (?), Forman (?), McPherson (? pen)
Sat Feb 27, 1897	FA Cup	Liverpool	Quarter		A	1-1	15,000	McInnes (15')
Wed Mar 03, 1897	FA Cup	Liverpool	Quarter	1	H	0-1	10,000
Sat Mar 06, 1897	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			H	2-4	10,000	Spencer (?, ?)
Wed Mar 10, 1897	League Tier 1	Everton			H	3-0	2,000	Richards (?), Spencer (55'), Capes (62')
Sat Mar 13, 1897	League Tier 1	Sunderland			A	2-2	4,000	Capes (?), Spencer (?)
Sat Mar 20, 1897	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			A	0-0	1,000
Thu Mar 25, 1897	Friendly	Grimsby Town			H	3-0	2,000	Capes (?), Richards (?), McInnes (?)
Sat Mar 27, 1897	Friendly	Woolwich Arsenal			A	0-1	3,000
Sat Apr 03, 1897	Friendly	Leicester Fosse			A	0-3	-
Mon Apr 05, 1897	League Tier 1	The Wednesday			A	0-3	2,000
Thu Apr 08, 1897	League Tier 1	Preston North End			H	0-0	3,000
Sat Apr 10, 1897	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	1-2	5,000	Capes (15')
Fri Apr 16, 1897	Friendly	Tottenham Hotspur			A	1-1	-	? (?)
Mon Apr 19, 1897	Friendly	Dundee			N	2-1	-	Richards (?), Wragg (?)
Sat Apr 24, 1897	Friendly	Lincoln City			A	2-2	-	Capes (?), Walker (?)
Wed Apr 28, 1897	Testimonial	Mansfield			A	3-0	-	Capes (?), Richards (?), Wragg (?)

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Wed Apr 28, 1897	Mansfield	England	A	3-0	-

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7) - £0				Out (7) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	George Goodchild	Bought			Joe Dewey	Sold
	Joe Dewey	Bought			Joshua Hollis	Sold
	Thomas Martin	Bought			TT Walker	Sold
	Wilkinson (1896)	Bought			Wilkinson (1896)	Sold
	Willie Wragg	Bought		1896	Horace Pike	Sold
Aug 01, 1896	Adrian Capes	Bought		1897	Bert Abbott	Sold
Sep 02, 1896	Arthur Capes	Bought		May 30, 1897	Alec Stewart	Sold

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Dan Allsop	England	25	33	11	8	13
GK		Thomas Martin	England		2		1	1
Defenders
D		Adam Scott	Scotland		24	6	9	8
D		Archibald Ritchie	Scotland	24	21	6	4	11
D		James Iremonger	England	20	24	9	5	9
D		Wilkinson (1896)			1		1
Midfielders
M		Adrian Capes	England	23	33	11	8	13	8
M		Alec Stewart	Scotland	27	19	4	5	9
M		Bert Abbott	England		1		1
M		Frank Forman	England	21	33	11	9	12	3
M		George Goodchild	England		3		1	2
M		Joe Dewey	England		1			1
M		John McPherson	Scotland	29	32	11	7	13	2
M		Joshua Hollis	England	21	1	1			1
M		Peter McCracken	Scotland	26	4	2	1	1
M		Willie Wragg	England	21	16	6	3	7
Forwards
F		Arthur Capes	England	21	35	11	9	14	7
F		Arthur Shaw	England	27	3	1		2	2
F		Chas Richards	England	20	31	9	9	12	8
F		Fred Forman	England	22	25	9	7	8	8
F		Fred Spencer	England		9	2	2	5	5
F		Horace Pike	England	26
F		Tom McInnes	Scotland	23	33	11	8	13	6
F		TT Walker	England		1		1

		Crofts (1897)

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Num Games
8	Adrian Capes	33
8	Chas Richards	31
8	Fred Forman	25
7	Arthur Capes	35
6	Tom McInnes	33
5	Fred Spencer	9
3	Frank Forman	33
2	Arthur Shaw	3
2	John McPherson	32
1	Joshua Hollis	1

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Aston Villa	Sat Dec 19, 1896	Away	2-3	Sat Mar 06, 1897	Home	2-4
West Bromwich Albion	Sat Jan 02, 1897	Home	0-1	Sat Jan 23, 1897	Away	0-4
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sat Dec 05, 1896	Away	1-4	Sat Apr 10, 1897	Home	1-2