The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 5 ASTON VILLA - Sat Nov 12, 1892 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Nov 12, 1892 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 4-5 LOST
: Half-time: 3-3

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: AVFCHistory.co.uk (Link)
: Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper - Sunday 13 November 1892
: Empire News & The Umpire - Sunday 13 November 1892
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1892-93
Referee:
Attendance:: 8,000
League Week:: 13 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 13 12
Opp Before/After:: 5 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sunderland (League Tier 1)
Aston Villa:: Oct 07, 1893

GAME COUNT:
League:: 13 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 13 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 69 (of 5829)
Total:: 604 (of 7634)
Played:: 133 years, 10 months, 5 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Harry Radford
Prior form: LLWLDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Neil McCallum (7')
Horace Pike (10')
Neil McCallum
Neil McCallum (65')

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

Goal Scorers
Charlie Athersmith (9')
Dennis Hodgetts
Charlie Athersmith
Jack Devey
Charlie Athersmith

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		William Brown (1890)
2	D	20	Archibald Ritchie
3	D	20	Jack Earp
4	M	24	William 'Tich' Smith
5	M	25	John McPherson
6	M	23	Peter McCracken
7	M	24	Neil McCallum (7') (65')
8	F	23	Arthur Shaw
9	F	29	Alex Higgins
10	F	22	Horace Pike (10')
11	F	19	Tom McInnes

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK		William Brown (1890)	18		7	1
2	D	20	Archibald Ritchie	14		7	1
3	D	20	Jack Earp	14		14	3
4	M	24	William 'Tich' Smith	18	4	7	1
5	M	25	John McPherson	11		7	1
6	M	23	Peter McCracken	12		7	1
7	M	24	Neil McCallum (7') (65')	17	4	7	1
8	F	23	Arthur Shaw	18	4	7	1
9	F	29	Alex Higgins	23	22	7	1
10	F	22	Horace Pike (10')	20	3	7	1
11	F	19	Tom McInnes	12	5	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bill Dunning
2	D	Arthur Stokes
3	D	Jimmy Cowan
4	D	Walter Evans
5	D	George Campbell
6	M	Fred Burton
7	M	Charlie Athersmith
8	M	Dennis Hodgetts
9	M	Jack Devey
10	F	Albert Brown
11	F	Charlie Hare

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Nov 12, 1892)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	3-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Derby County	1-0	Burnley
Everton	2-2	Stoke
Newton Heath	1-3	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	4-5	Aston Villa
West Bromwich Albion	4-0	Accrington Stanley

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	Preston North End	11	9	1	1	22	10	6	0	0	15	4	3	1	1	7	6	12	19	LWWWDW
2	Sunderland	10	8	1	1	42	11	5	1	0	24	6	3	0	1	18	5	31	17	WWWWLW
3	Bolton Wanderers	13	6	3	4	28	20	5	1	0	20	7	1	2	4	8	13	8	15	DLWWLL
4	The Wednesday	11	7	1	3	23	17	5	1	0	17	8	2	0	3	6	9	6	15	WDWWWW
5	Aston Villa	13	7	0	6	27	27	5	0	1	20	12	2	0	5	7	15	0	14	LWWLWW
6	West Bromwich Albion	11	6	2	3	22	24	5	1	0	13	5	1	1	3	9	19	-2	14	WWLWLW
7	Everton	11	4	3	4	25	24	2	2	1	11	7	2	1	3	14	17	1	11	LLWDLW
8	Stoke	11	4	2	5	22	23	2	1	2	8	7	2	1	3	14	16	-1	10	LLDWWW
9	Burnley	11	4	1	6	14	17	4	0	2	13	9	0	1	4	1	8	-3	9	LWLWLL
10	Notts County	11	3	3	5	18	22	2	2	2	9	6	1	1	3	9	16	-4	9	DWWLLL
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	4	1	5	17	24	4	1	1	13	7	0	0	4	4	17	-7	9	LWLLLD
12	Accrington Stanley	10	2	4	4	19	27	1	1	2	6	11	1	3	2	13	16	-8	8	DDLDWL
13	Nottingham Forest	12	2	4	6	16	23	1	1	2	7	7	1	3	4	9	16	-7	8	LLWLDD
14	Newton Heath	11	1	4	6	25	30	1	2	2	20	14	0	2	4	5	16	-5	6	LWLLDD
15	Derby County	10	2	2	6	18	27	1	1	4	12	17	1	1	2	6	10	-9	6	LLLWLL
16	Blackburn Rovers	10	1	4	5	16	28	1	3	1	9	10	0	1	4	7	18	-12	6	DLLLDD

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	Preston North End	11	9	1	1	22	10	6	0	0	15	4	3	1	1	7	6	12	19	LWWWDW
	2	Sunderland	10	8	1	1	42	11	5	1	0	24	6	3	0	1	18	5	31	17	WWWWLW
3	3	West Bromwich Albion	12	7	2	3	26	24	6	1	0	17	5	1	1	3	9	19	2	16	WLWLWW		4-0
1	4	Aston Villa	14	8	0	6	32	31	5	0	1	20	12	3	0	5	12	19	1	16	WWLWWW		5-4
2	5	Bolton Wanderers	13	6	3	4	28	20	5	1	0	20	7	1	2	4	8	13	8	15	DLWWLL
2	6	The Wednesday	11	7	1	3	23	17	5	1	0	17	8	2	0	3	6	9	6	15	WDWWWW
	7	Everton	12	4	4	4	27	26	2	3	1	13	9	2	1	3	14	17	1	12	LWDLWD		2-2
	8	Stoke	12	4	3	5	24	25	2	1	2	8	7	2	2	3	16	18	-1	11	LDWWWD		2-2
1	9	Notts County	12	4	3	5	21	23	2	2	2	9	6	2	1	3	12	17	-2	11	WWLLLW		3-1
1	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	4	2	5	20	27	4	1	1	13	7	0	1	4	7	20	-7	10	WLLLDD		3-3
2	11	Burnley	12	4	1	7	14	18	4	0	2	13	9	0	1	5	1	9	-4	9	WLWLLL		0-1
1	12	Nottingham Forest	13	2	4	7	20	28	1	1	3	11	12	1	3	4	9	16	-8	8	LWLDDL		4-5
2	13	Derby County	11	3	2	6	19	27	2	1	4	13	17	1	1	2	6	10	-8	8	LLWLLW		1-0
2	14	Accrington Stanley	11	2	4	5	19	31	1	1	2	6	11	1	3	3	13	20	-12	8	DLDWLL		0-4
1	15	Blackburn Rovers	11	1	5	5	19	31	1	4	1	12	13	0	1	4	7	18	-12	7	LLLDDD		3-3
2	16	Newton Heath	12	1	4	7	26	33	1	2	3	21	17	0	2	4	5	16	-7	6	WLLDDL		1-3

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