The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 3 WEST BROMWICH ALBION - Sat Sep 30, 1893 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Sep 30, 1893 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-3 LOST

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Albion Till We Die (Link)
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1893-94
Referee:: T Armitt
Attendance:: 5,000
League Week:: 6 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 6 9
Opp Before/After:: 2 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bolton Wanderers (League Tier 1)
West Bromwich Albion:: Mar 26, 1894

GAME COUNT:
League:: 36 (of 5085)
League Tier 1:: 36 (of 2337)
Competitive:: 94 (of 5827)
Total:: 644 (of 7632)
Played:: 132 years, 11 months, 5 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
John McPherson
Tom McInnes

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Henry Jackson
Prior form: LWWDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Roddie McLeod
Roddie McLeod
Billy Bassett

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	22	Dan Allsop
2	D	21	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	24	Albert Smith
5	M	26	John McPherson
6	M	24	Alec Stewart
7	F	24	Arthur Shaw
8	M	25	Neil McCallum
9	F	29	Alex Higgins
10	F		James Collins
11	F	20	Tom McInnes

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Joe Reader
2	D	Bob Crone
3	D	Jack Horton
4	D	Tom Perry
5	D	Charlie Perry
6	M	Jack Taggart
7	M	Billy Bassett
8	M	Roddie McLeod
9	M	Archie Bastock
10	F	Tom Pearson
11	F	Alf 'Jasper' Geddes

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Sep 30, 1893)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	1-1	Derby County
Bolton Wanderers	0-3	Preston North End
Burnley	4-0	Stoke
Darwen	1-0	Newton Heath
Everton	7-1	Sunderland
Nottingham Forest	2-3	West Bromwich Albion
The Wednesday	4-2	Blackburn Rovers
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-4	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Aston Villa	5	3	1	1	14	9	3	0	0	11	4	0	1	1	3	5	5	7	WDWLW
	2	West Bromwich Albion	5	3	1	1	13	9	1	1	0	4	2	2	0	1	9	7	4	7	LWWDW
	3	Blackburn Rovers	4	3	0	1	12	5	2	0	0	8	1	1	0	1	4	4	7	6	WWLW
	4	Sheffield United	4	3	0	1	10	7	2	0	1	7	5	1	0	0	3	2	3	6	WLWW
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	3	0	2	8	13	3	0	0	7	3	0	0	2	1	10	-5	6	LWWWL
	6	Nottingham Forest	5	2	1	2	14	8	2	0	0	12	1	0	1	2	2	7	6	5	WLLWD
	7	Sunderland	4	1	3	0	6	5	0	2	0	2	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	5	DDWD
	8	Burnley	5	2	1	2	12	11	2	0	0	9	2	0	1	2	3	9	1	5	LWWLD
	9	Newton Heath	4	2	1	1	6	6	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	1	2	3	0	5	WLWD
	10	Bolton Wanderers	4	2	0	2	9	8	2	0	0	6	2	0	0	2	3	6	1	4	WLWL
	11	Derby County	5	2	0	3	12	11	1	0	1	9	6	1	0	2	3	5	1	4	LWWLL
	12	Preston North End	4	2	0	2	7	7	2	0	1	6	3	0	0	1	1	4	0	4	WLLW
	13	Everton	5	2	0	3	14	15	2	0	1	10	5	0	0	2	4	10	-1	4	LWLWL
	14	Stoke	5	2	0	3	8	14	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	3	3	12	-6	4	LWLLW
	15	Darwen	6	1	0	5	9	17	1	0	1	5	4	0	0	4	4	13	-8	2	LLLWLL
	16	The Wednesday	6	0	2	4	7	16	0	1	2	4	7	0	1	2	3	9	-9	2	DLLLDL

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	West Bromwich Albion	6	4	1	1	16	11	1	1	0	4	2	3	0	1	12	9	5	9	LWWDWW		3-2
1	2	Aston Villa	6	3	2	1	15	10	3	1	0	12	5	0	1	1	3	5	5	8	WDWLWD		1-1
1	3	Sheffield United	5	4	0	1	14	10	2	0	1	7	5	2	0	0	7	5	4	8	WLWWW		4-3
4	4	Burnley	6	3	1	2	16	11	3	0	0	13	2	0	1	2	3	9	5	7	LWWLDW		4-0
2	5	Blackburn Rovers	5	3	0	2	14	9	2	0	0	8	1	1	0	2	6	8	5	6	WWLWL		2-4
6	6	Preston North End	5	3	0	2	10	7	2	0	1	6	3	1	0	1	4	4	3	6	WLLWW		3-0
6	7	Everton	6	3	0	3	21	16	3	0	1	17	6	0	0	2	4	10	5	6	LWLWLW		7-1
3	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	3	0	3	11	17	3	0	1	10	7	0	0	2	1	10	-6	6	LWWWLL		3-4
3	9	Nottingham Forest	6	2	1	3	16	11	2	0	1	14	4	0	1	2	2	7	5	5	WLLWDL		2-3
1	10	Derby County	6	2	1	3	13	12	1	0	1	9	6	1	1	2	4	6	1	5	LWWLLD		1-1
2	11	Newton Heath	5	2	1	2	6	7	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	2	2	4	-1	5	WLWDL		0-1
5	12	Sunderland	5	1	3	1	7	12	0	2	0	2	2	1	1	1	5	10	-5	5	DDWDL		1-7
3	13	Bolton Wanderers	5	2	0	3	9	11	2	0	1	6	5	0	0	2	3	6	-2	4	WLWLL		0-3
2	14	The Wednesday	7	1	2	4	11	18	1	1	2	8	9	0	1	2	3	9	-7	4	LLLDLW		4-2
	15	Darwen	7	2	0	5	10	17	2	0	1	6	4	0	0	4	4	13	-7	4	LLWLLW		1-0
2	16	Stoke	6	2	0	4	8	18	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	4	3	16	-10	4	LWLLWL		0-4