The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 2 PRESTON NORTH END - Sat Mar 24, 1894 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 24, 1894 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Preston North End
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 4-2 WON

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1893-94
Referee:
Attendance:: 6,000
League Week:: 27 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 8 5
Opp Before/After:: 15 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 1)
Preston North End:: Oct 04, 1894

GAME COUNT:
League:: 57 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 57 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 119 (of 5829)
Total:: 677 (of 7634)
Played:: 132 years, 5 months, 27 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
John McPherson
John McPherson
John McPherson
Tom McInnes

PRESTON NORTH END
Manager: EH Barr
Prior form: LLLLLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
David Smith
Jimmy Ross

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Dan Allsop
2	D	21	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	25	Alec Stewart
5	M	27	John McPherson
6	M	24	Peter McCracken
7	F	24	Arthur Shaw
8	F	30	Alex Higgins
9	M	26	James Connor
10	F		James Collins
11	F	20	Tom McInnes

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Trainer
2	D	Hugh Dunn
3	D	Fred Nidd
4	D	James Sharp
5	D	Billy Greer
6	M	Moses Sanders
7	M	John Cowan
8	M	Jimmy Ross
9	M	Harry Millar
10	F	David Smith
11	F	Adam Henderson

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 24, 1894)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-1	Blackburn Rovers
Everton	3-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Newton Heath	2-2	Bolton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest	4-2	Preston North End
Stoke	2-0	Sunderland
West Bromwich Albion	0-1	Derby County

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	26	16	5	5	72	36	10	1	1	43	10	6	4	4	29	26	36	37	LWDWWL
	2	Sunderland	26	15	4	7	65	40	10	3	1	42	14	5	1	6	23	26	25	34	WWWWWW
	3	Burnley	26	14	3	9	51	39	12	0	1	36	9	2	3	8	15	30	12	31	LWDLWL
	4	Blackburn Rovers	26	14	2	10	57	46	11	0	2	39	15	3	2	8	18	31	11	30	WWWLLL
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	14	2	11	49	55	11	1	3	34	24	3	1	8	15	31	-6	30	WLLLWL
	6	Derby County	26	13	3	10	61	55	8	1	4	39	27	5	2	6	22	28	6	29	WWLLWW
	7	Sheffield United	28	12	5	11	46	58	7	3	4	25	22	5	2	7	21	36	-12	29	WLLDWW
	8	Nottingham Forest	26	12	4	10	50	40	8	2	3	32	14	4	2	7	18	26	10	28	WLLWLD
	9	West Bromwich Albion	27	12	4	11	60	58	7	4	2	32	22	5	0	9	28	36	2	28	LWLLWL
	10	The Wednesday	29	9	8	12	48	56	7	3	5	32	21	2	5	7	16	35	-8	26	DWWWWW
	11	Everton	26	11	3	12	77	53	8	1	3	51	19	3	2	9	26	34	24	25	WWLLLL
	12	Stoke	26	11	3	12	58	67	11	1	1	40	16	0	2	11	18	51	-9	25	LWWDWL
	13	Bolton Wanderers	25	9	3	13	32	43	6	3	3	16	10	3	0	10	16	33	-11	21	DWLLWD
	14	Darwen	27	7	5	15	35	73	6	4	3	23	22	1	1	12	12	51	-38	19	DLWDWL
	15	Preston North End	26	7	3	16	35	51	5	1	7	21	24	2	2	9	14	27	-16	17	LLLLLW
	16	Newton Heath	25	6	1	18	32	58	5	1	7	26	28	1	0	11	6	30	-26	13	LLLWLW

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	Aston Villa	27	17	5	5	74	37	11	1	1	45	11	6	4	4	29	26	37	39	WDWWLW		2-1
	2	Sunderland	27	15	4	8	65	42	10	3	1	42	14	5	1	7	23	28	23	34	WWWWWL		0-2
	3	Burnley	26	14	3	9	51	39	12	0	1	36	9	2	3	8	15	30	12	31	LWDLWL
2	4	Derby County	27	14	3	10	62	55	8	1	4	39	27	6	2	6	23	28	7	31	WLLWWW		1-0
3	5	Nottingham Forest	27	13	4	10	54	42	9	2	3	36	16	4	2	7	18	26	12	30	LLWLDW		4-2
2	6	Blackburn Rovers	27	14	2	11	58	48	11	0	2	39	15	3	2	9	19	33	10	30	WWLLLL		1-2
2	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	14	2	12	49	58	11	1	3	34	24	3	1	9	15	34	-9	30	LLLWLL		0-3
1	8	Sheffield United	28	12	5	11	46	58	7	3	4	25	22	5	2	7	21	36	-12	29	WLLDWW
	9	West Bromwich Albion	28	12	4	12	60	59	7	4	3	32	23	5	0	9	28	36	1	28	WLLWLL		0-1
1	10	Everton	27	12	3	12	80	53	9	1	3	54	19	3	2	9	26	34	27	27	WLLLLW		3-0
1	11	Stoke	27	12	3	12	60	67	12	1	1	42	16	0	2	11	18	51	-7	27	WWDWLW		2-0
2	12	The Wednesday	29	9	8	12	48	56	7	3	5	32	21	2	5	7	16	35	-8	26	DWWWWW
	13	Bolton Wanderers	26	9	4	13	34	45	6	3	3	16	10	3	1	10	18	35	-11	22	WLLWDD		2-2
	14	Darwen	27	7	5	15	35	73	6	4	3	23	22	1	1	12	12	51	-38	19	DLWDWL
	15	Preston North End	27	7	3	17	37	55	5	1	7	21	24	2	2	10	16	31	-18	17	LLLLWL		2-4
	16	Newton Heath	26	6	2	18	34	60	5	2	7	28	30	1	0	11	6	30	-26	14	LLWLWD		2-2