The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS - Sat Dec 24, 1892 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 24, 1892 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Wolverhampton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Lancashire Evening Post - Saturday 24 December 1892
: Nottingham Evening Post - Saturday 24 December 1892
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1892-93
Referee:
Attendance:: 6,000
League Week:: 19 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 14 14
Opp Before/After:: 8 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (Friendly)
League:: Blackburn Rovers
Wolverhampton Wanderers:: Sep 02, 1893

GAME COUNT:
League:: 19 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 19 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 75 (of 5828)
Total:: 611 (of 7633)
Played:: 133 years, 8 months, 17 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
John McPherson (15')
Albert Smith (17') - Albert Smith only goal
Alex Higgins

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Manager: Jack Addenbrooke
Prior form: DWDWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
H Wood (87')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	21	Dan Allsop	Debut
2	D	20	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	23	Albert Smith (17')
5	M	25	John McPherson (15')
6	M	23	Peter McCracken
7	F	23	Arthur Shaw
8	M	24	William 'Tich' Smith
9	F	29	Alex Higgins
10	F	23	Horace Pike
11	F	19	Tom McInnes

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	WC Rose
2	D	R Baugh
3	D	J Swift
4	D	A Kinsey
5	D	H Allen
6	M	A Malpass
7	M	C Baker
8	M	J Wykes
9	M	H Butcher
10	F	H Wood
11	F	W Devey

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 24, 1892)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	1-1	Bolton Wanderers
Blackburn Rovers	1-0	Notts County
Derby County	1-0	Stoke
Everton	0-1	Burnley
Newton Heath	1-5	The Wednesday
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion	1-3	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	Preston North End	17	12	1	4	34	19	7	0	0	20	4	5	1	4	14	15	15	25	LWLWWL
	2	Sunderland	14	11	1	2	51	14	7	1	0	27	6	4	0	2	24	8	37	23	LWWLWW
	3	The Wednesday	17	9	2	6	36	33	6	2	1	25	17	3	0	5	11	16	3	20	LWLWDL
	4	Aston Villa	19	10	0	9	43	42	7	0	1	27	14	3	0	8	16	28	1	20	WLWLWL
	5	Stoke	17	8	3	6	34	29	5	1	2	16	9	3	2	4	18	20	5	19	DWWWLW
	6	Notts County	17	7	3	7	38	32	5	2	3	24	11	2	1	4	14	21	6	17	WWWWLL
	7	Bolton Wanderers	17	7	3	7	34	29	6	1	1	26	12	1	2	6	8	17	5	17	LLLLWL
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	7	3	6	32	35	7	1	1	21	10	0	2	5	11	25	-3	17	DWDWLW
	9	Everton	16	6	4	6	35	39	3	3	2	19	16	3	1	4	16	23	-4	16	WDLLWW
	10	West Bromwich Albion	16	7	2	7	32	40	6	1	2	18	8	1	1	5	14	32	-8	16	WWLLLL
	11	Blackburn Rovers	16	4	6	6	28	35	3	4	1	17	13	1	2	5	11	22	-7	14	DWWDLW
	12	Accrington Stanley	16	4	6	6	36	47	3	2	2	17	19	1	4	4	19	28	-11	14	LLDDWW
	13	Derby County	15	4	5	6	29	36	3	3	4	20	23	1	2	2	9	13	-7	13	LWDDDW
	14	Nottingham Forest	18	3	6	9	25	37	2	2	4	15	19	1	4	5	10	18	-12	12	LLDWLD
	15	Burnley	18	4	4	10	19	30	4	2	2	14	10	0	2	8	5	20	-11	12	LDDLDL
	16	Newton Heath	17	3	5	9	32	41	3	2	3	24	17	0	3	6	8	24	-9	11	LWDLWL

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	1	Sunderland	15	12	1	2	54	15	7	1	0	27	6	5	0	2	27	9	39	25	WWLWWW		3-1
1	2	Preston North End	17	12	1	4	34	19	7	0	0	20	4	5	1	4	14	15	15	25	LWLWWL
	3	The Wednesday	18	10	2	6	41	34	6	2	1	25	17	4	0	5	16	17	7	22	WLWDLW		5-1
	4	Aston Villa	20	10	1	9	44	43	7	1	1	28	15	3	0	8	16	28	1	21	LWLWLD		1-1
	5	Stoke	18	8	3	7	34	30	5	1	2	16	9	3	2	5	18	21	4	19	WWWLWL		0-1
1	6	Bolton Wanderers	18	7	4	7	35	30	6	1	1	26	12	1	3	6	9	18	5	18	LLLWLD		1-1
1	7	Notts County	18	7	3	8	38	33	5	2	3	24	11	2	1	5	14	22	5	17	WWWLLL		0-1
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	7	3	7	33	38	7	1	1	21	10	0	2	6	12	28	-5	17	WDWLWL		1-3
	9	Everton	17	6	4	7	35	40	3	3	3	19	17	3	1	4	16	23	-5	16	DLLWWL		0-1
1	10	Blackburn Rovers	17	5	6	6	29	35	4	4	1	18	13	1	2	5	11	22	-6	16	WWDLWW		1-0
1	11	West Bromwich Albion	17	7	2	8	33	43	6	1	3	19	11	1	1	5	14	32	-10	16	WLLLLL		1-3
1	12	Derby County	16	5	5	6	30	36	4	3	4	21	23	1	2	2	9	13	-6	15	WDDDWW		1-0
1	13	Accrington Stanley	16	4	6	6	36	47	3	2	2	17	19	1	4	4	19	28	-11	14	LLDDWW
	14	Nottingham Forest	19	4	6	9	28	38	3	2	4	18	20	1	4	5	10	18	-10	14	LDWLDW		3-1
	15	Burnley	19	5	4	10	20	30	4	2	2	14	10	1	2	8	6	20	-10	14	DDLDLW		1-0
	16	Newton Heath	18	3	5	10	33	46	3	2	4	25	22	0	3	6	8	24	-13	11	WDLWLL		1-5

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