The City Ground

BLACKBURN ROVERS 0 - 1 FOREST - Sat Dec 31, 1892 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 31, 1892 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Evening Post - Saturday 31 December 1892
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1892-93
Referee:
Attendance:: 5,000
League Week:: 20 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 14 14
Opp Before/After:: 8 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Accrington Stanley (League Tier 1)
Blackburn Rovers:: Mar 11, 1893

GAME COUNT:
League:: 20 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 20 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 76 (of 5824)
Total:: 613 (of 7629)
Played:: 133 years, 7 months, 20 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Arthur Shaw (36')

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Thomas Mitchell
Prior form: WDLWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	21	Dan Allsop
2	D	20	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	23	Albert Smith
5	M	25	John McPherson
6	M	20	Thomas Hamilton
7	F	23	Arthur Shaw (36')
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	N Waltor
2	D	J Murray
3	D	J Forbes
4	D	G Dewar
5	D	G Anderson
6	M	W Marshall
7	M	H Chippendale
8	M	H Campbell
9	M	Sawyers
10	F	Hall
11	F	A Bowdler

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 31, 1892)

Home	Score	Away
Accrington Stanley	4-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Blackburn Rovers	0-1	Nottingham Forest
Burnley	5-0	West Bromwich Albion
Newton Heath	7-1	Derby County
Notts County	1-4	Aston Villa
Preston North End	2-1	Stoke

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	18	13	1	4	36	20	8	0	0	22	5	5	1	4	14	15	16	27	WLWWLW
	2	Sunderland	16	12	1	3	54	17	7	1	0	27	6	5	0	3	27	11	37	25	WLWWWL
	3	The Wednesday	18	10	2	6	41	34	6	2	1	25	17	4	0	5	16	17	7	22	WLWDLW
	4	Aston Villa	20	10	1	9	44	43	7	1	1	28	15	3	0	8	16	28	1	21	LWLWLD
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	8	4	7	36	39	8	2	1	24	11	0	2	6	12	28	-3	20	WLWLWD
	6	Bolton Wanderers	19	7	5	7	36	31	6	1	1	26	12	1	4	6	10	19	5	19	LLWLDD
	7	Stoke	19	8	3	8	36	35	5	1	2	16	9	3	2	6	20	26	1	19	WWLWLL
	8	Blackburn Rovers	18	6	6	6	31	36	4	4	1	18	13	2	2	5	13	23	-5	18	WDLWWW
	9	Notts County	18	7	3	8	38	33	5	2	3	24	11	2	1	5	14	22	5	17	WWWLLL
	10	West Bromwich Albion	19	7	3	9	35	46	6	1	4	20	13	1	2	5	15	33	-11	17	LLLLLD
	11	Everton	17	6	4	7	35	40	3	3	3	19	17	3	1	4	16	23	-5	16	DLLWWL
	12	Derby County	17	5	6	6	31	37	4	4	4	22	24	1	2	2	9	13	-6	16	DDDWWD
	13	Accrington Stanley	17	5	6	6	41	49	4	2	2	22	21	1	4	4	19	28	-8	16	LDDWWW
	14	Nottingham Forest	19	4	6	9	28	38	3	2	4	18	20	1	4	5	10	18	-10	14	LDWLDW
	15	Burnley	19	5	4	10	20	30	4	2	2	14	10	1	2	8	6	20	-10	14	DDLDLW
	16	Newton Heath	19	3	5	11	34	48	3	2	4	25	22	0	3	7	9	26	-14	11	DLWLLL

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	19	14	1	4	38	21	9	0	0	24	6	5	1	4	14	15	17	29	LWWLWW		2-1
	2	Sunderland	16	12	1	3	54	17	7	1	0	27	6	5	0	3	27	11	37	25	WLWWWL
1	3	Aston Villa	21	11	1	9	48	44	7	1	1	28	15	4	0	8	20	29	4	23	WLWLDW		4-1
1	4	The Wednesday	18	10	2	6	41	34	6	2	1	25	17	4	0	5	16	17	7	22	WLWDLW
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	8	4	8	36	43	8	2	1	24	11	0	2	7	12	32	-7	20	LWLWDL		0-4
	6	Bolton Wanderers	19	7	5	7	36	31	6	1	1	26	12	1	4	6	10	19	5	19	LLWLDD
	7	Stoke	20	8	3	9	37	37	5	1	2	16	9	3	2	7	21	28	0	19	WLWLLL		1-2
5	8	Accrington Stanley	18	6	6	6	45	49	5	2	2	26	21	1	4	4	19	28	-4	18	DDWWWW		4-0
1	9	Blackburn Rovers	19	6	6	7	31	37	4	4	2	18	14	2	2	5	13	23	-6	18	DLWWWL		0-1
1	10	Notts County	19	7	3	9	39	37	5	2	4	25	15	2	1	5	14	22	2	17	WWLLLL		1-4
1	11	West Bromwich Albion	20	7	3	10	35	51	6	1	4	20	13	1	2	6	15	38	-16	17	LLLLDL		0-5
1	12	Everton	17	6	4	7	35	40	3	3	3	19	17	3	1	4	16	23	-5	16	DLLWWL
2	13	Burnley	20	6	4	10	25	30	5	2	2	19	10	1	2	8	6	20	-5	16	DLDLWW		5-0
	14	Nottingham Forest	20	5	6	9	29	38	3	2	4	18	20	2	4	5	11	18	-9	16	DWLDWW		1-0
3	15	Derby County	18	5	6	7	32	44	4	4	4	22	24	1	2	3	10	20	-12	16	DDWWDL		1-7
	16	Newton Heath	20	4	5	11	41	49	4	2	4	32	23	0	3	7	9	26	-8	13	LWLLLW		7-1