The City Ground

DARWEN 0 - 4 FOREST - Sat Dec 23, 1893 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 23, 1893 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Darwen
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Barley Bank
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 4-0 (Won)

Season:: 1893-94
Referee:: J Lewis
Attendance:: 3,000
Pos Before/After:: 7 7
Opp Before/After:: 15 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (Friendly)
League:: Derby County
Darwen:: Mar 15, 1894

GAME COUNT:
League:: 47 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 47 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 105 (of 5674)
Total:: 657 (of 7443)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:
John McPherson
Tom McInnes
Alex Higgins
Alex Higgins

DARWEN
Manager:
Prior form: WWLLWD (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Dan Allsop
2	D	Archibald Ritchie
3	D	Adam Scott
4	M	J Connor
5	M	John McPherson ()
6	M	Peter McCracken
7	F	Tom McInnes ()
8	F	Alex Higgins () ()
9	M	John Brodie	Debut
10	F	James Collins
11	F	Horace Pike

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 23, 1893)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	1-0	Blackburn Rovers
Darwen	0-4	Nottingham Forest
Derby County	5-2	Stoke City
Everton	8-1	The Wednesday
Preston North End	2-0	Newton Heath
West Bromwich Albion	2-3	Sunderland
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-0	Aston Villa

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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Aston Villa	20	13	4	3	49	25	8	1	0	27	6	5	3	3	22	19	1.960	30	WWWWWW
	2	Blackburn Rovers	16	10	2	4	35	25	7	0	1	22	10	3	2	3	13	15	1.400	22	WWDLWW
	3	Sheffield United	18	9	3	6	28	31	5	2	3	16	13	4	1	3	12	18	.903	21	WDDWLL
	4	Burnley	17	9	2	6	40	32	8	0	0	26	5	1	2	6	14	27	1.250	20	LLLWWD
	5	West Bromwich Albion	18	8	4	6	39	36	4	4	1	22	16	4	0	5	17	20	1.083	20	LLDWLD
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	9	2	6	29	31	7	1	1	21	10	2	1	5	8	21	.935	20	LWWWDW
	7	Nottingham Forest	16	7	3	6	30	23	5	2	2	20	7	2	1	4	10	16	1.304	17	WLDDWW
	8	Stoke City	18	8	1	9	37	45	8	1	0	29	11	0	0	9	8	34	.822	17	WWLWLW
	9	Everton	17	7	2	8	49	36	5	1	3	34	17	2	1	5	15	19	1.361	16	LWWLWL
	10	Sunderland	16	6	4	6	36	27	5	3	1	27	9	1	1	5	9	18	1.333	16	LWLWLD
	11	Bolton Wanderers	16	7	0	9	21	23	5	0	3	11	7	2	0	6	10	16	.913	14	LLLWWL
	12	Derby County	15	6	2	7	27	34	4	1	3	21	18	2	1	4	6	16	.794	14	LWWWLL
	13	The Wednesday	20	4	6	10	32	43	4	2	4	21	18	0	4	6	11	25	.744	14	DLWLLW
	14	Preston North End	17	5	2	10	18	25	3	0	5	9	11	2	2	5	9	14	.720	12	DLLLDL
	15	Darwen	17	5	2	10	22	39	4	1	2	12	10	1	1	8	10	29	.564	12	WWLLWD
	16	Newton Heath	16	4	1	11	15	32	3	1	3	10	11	1	0	8	5	21	.469	9	WLLLLL

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Aston Villa	21	13	4	4	49	28	8	1	0	27	6	5	3	4	22	22	1.750	30	WWWWWL	0-3
	2	Blackburn Rovers	17	10	2	5	35	26	7	0	1	22	10	3	2	4	13	16	1.346	22	WDLWWL	0-1
1	3	Burnley	18	10	2	6	41	32	9	0	0	27	5	1	2	6	14	27	1.281	22	LLWWDW	1-0
2	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	10	2	6	32	31	8	1	1	24	10	2	1	5	8	21	1.032	22	WWWDWW	3-0
2	5	Sheffield United	18	9	3	6	28	31	5	2	3	16	13	4	1	3	12	18	.903	21	WDDWLL
1	6	West Bromwich Albion	19	8	4	7	41	39	4	4	2	24	19	4	0	5	17	20	1.051	20	LDWLDL	2-3
	7	Nottingham Forest	17	8	3	6	34	23	5	2	2	20	7	3	1	4	14	16	1.478	19	LDDWWW	4-0
1	8	Everton	18	8	2	8	57	37	6	1	3	42	18	2	1	5	15	19	1.541	18	WWLWLW	8-1
1	9	Sunderland	17	7	4	6	39	29	5	3	1	27	9	2	1	5	12	20	1.345	18	WLWLDW	3-2
2	10	Stoke City	19	8	1	10	39	50	8	1	0	29	11	0	0	10	10	39	.780	17	WLWLWL	2-5
1	11	Derby County	16	7	2	7	32	36	5	1	3	26	20	2	1	4	6	16	.889	16	WWWLLW	5-2
1	12	Bolton Wanderers	16	7	0	9	21	23	5	0	3	11	7	2	0	6	10	16	.913	14	LLLWWL
1	13	Preston North End	18	6	2	10	20	25	4	0	5	11	11	2	2	5	9	14	.800	14	LLLDLW	2-0
1	14	The Wednesday	21	4	6	11	33	51	4	2	4	21	18	0	4	7	12	33	.647	14	LWLLWL	1-8
	15	Darwen	18	5	2	11	22	43	4	1	3	12	14	1	1	8	10	29	.512	12	WLLWDL	0-4
	16	Newton Heath	17	4	1	12	15	34	3	1	3	10	11	1	0	9	5	23	.441	9	LLLLLL	0-2