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ASTON VILLA 3 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 14, 1894 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 14, 1894 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Wellington Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-3 LOST
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: AVFCHistory.co.uk (Link)
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1893-94
Referee:: JC Tillotson
Attendance:: 4,000
League Week:: 30 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 4 6
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (United Counties League)
League:: Burnley
Aston Villa:: Oct 06, 1894

GAME COUNT:
League:: 60 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 60 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 122 (of 5824)
Total:: 685 (of 7629)
Played:: 132 years, 4 months, 7 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
George Geary (20') - George Geary first goal

ASTON VILLA
Manager: George Ramsay
Prior form: WWLWDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Charlie Athersmith
Bob Chatt
Jack Devey

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Dan Allsop
2	D	22	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	25	William 'Tich' Smith	Last game
5	M	27	John McPherson
6	M	25	Alec Stewart
7	F	24	Horace Pike
8	F	24	Arthur Shaw
9	M		Thomas Rose
10	F		James Collins
11	F	18	George Geary (20')	Debut

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bill Dunning
2	D	John Baird
3	D	Jimmy Cowan
4	D	Jim Elliott
5	D	Jack Reynolds
6	M	Willie Groves
7	M	Charlie Athersmith
8	M	Steve Smith
9	M	Jack Devey
10	F	Dennis Hodgetts
11	F	Bob Chatt

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 14, 1894)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	3-1	Nottingham Forest
Blackburn Rovers	5-0	Stoke
Burnley	4-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Darwen	2-3	Derby County
Newton Heath	1-3	Preston North End

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	29	18	6	5	81	41	11	2	1	46	12	7	4	4	35	29	40	42	WWLWDW	Champions
	2	Sunderland	29	17	4	8	72	42	11	3	1	46	14	6	1	7	26	28	30	38	WWWLWW
	3	Derby County	29	15	4	10	70	60	9	2	4	47	32	6	2	6	23	28	10	34	LWWWWD
	4	Nottingham Forest	29	14	4	11	56	45	10	2	3	38	16	4	2	8	18	29	11	32	WLDWLW
	5	Blackburn Rovers	29	15	2	12	64	53	12	0	2	43	15	3	2	10	21	38	11	32	LLLLWL
	6	Burnley	29	14	4	11	57	49	12	0	2	39	15	2	4	9	18	34	8	32	LWLLDL
	7	West Bromwich Albion	30	14	4	12	66	59	8	4	3	35	23	6	0	9	31	36	7	32	LWLLWW
	8	Everton	29	14	3	12	89	57	11	1	3	63	23	3	2	9	26	34	32	31	LLLWWW
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	14	3	12	50	59	11	1	3	34	24	3	2	9	16	35	-9	31	LLWLLD
	10	Sheffield United	30	13	5	12	47	61	8	3	4	26	22	5	2	8	21	39	-14	31	LDWWWL
	11	Stoke	29	13	3	13	65	74	13	1	1	45	17	0	2	12	20	57	-9	29	DWLWWL
	12	The Wednesday	30	9	8	13	48	57	7	3	5	32	21	2	5	8	16	36	-9	26	WWWWWL
	13	Bolton Wanderers	28	9	4	15	36	51	6	3	4	16	13	3	1	11	20	38	-15	22	LWDDLL
	14	Preston North End	29	9	3	17	41	55	7	1	7	25	24	2	2	10	16	31	-14	21	LLWLWW
	15	Darwen	29	7	5	17	35	80	6	4	4	23	25	1	1	13	12	55	-45	19	WDWLLL
	16	Newton Heath	29	6	2	21	35	69	5	2	7	28	30	1	0	14	7	39	-34	14	LWDLLL

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	30	19	6	5	84	42	12	2	1	49	13	7	4	4	35	29	42	44	WLWDWW	Champions	3-1
	2	Sunderland	29	17	4	8	72	42	11	3	1	46	14	6	1	7	26	28	30	38	WWWLWW
	3	Derby County	30	16	4	10	73	62	9	2	4	47	32	7	2	6	26	30	11	36	WWWWDW		3-2
1	4	Blackburn Rovers	30	16	2	12	69	53	13	0	2	48	15	3	2	10	21	38	16	34	LLLWLW		5-0
1	5	Burnley	30	15	4	11	61	51	13	0	2	43	17	2	4	9	18	34	10	34	WLLDLW		4-2
2	6	Nottingham Forest	30	14	4	12	57	48	10	2	3	38	16	4	2	9	19	32	9	32	LDWLWL		1-3
	7	West Bromwich Albion	30	14	4	12	66	59	8	4	3	35	23	6	0	9	31	36	7	32	LWLLWW
	8	Everton	29	14	3	12	89	57	11	1	3	63	23	3	2	9	26	34	32	31	LLLWWW
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	14	3	13	52	63	11	1	3	34	24	3	2	10	18	39	-11	31	LWLLDL		2-4
	10	Sheffield United	30	13	5	12	47	61	8	3	4	26	22	5	2	8	21	39	-14	31	LDWWWL
	11	Stoke	30	13	3	14	65	79	13	1	1	45	17	0	2	13	20	62	-14	29	WLWWLL		0-5
	12	The Wednesday	30	9	8	13	48	57	7	3	5	32	21	2	5	8	16	36	-9	26	WWWWWL
1	13	Preston North End	30	10	3	17	44	56	7	1	7	25	24	3	2	10	19	32	-12	23	LWLWWW		3-1
1	14	Bolton Wanderers	28	9	4	15	36	51	6	3	4	16	13	3	1	11	20	38	-15	22	LWDDLL
	15	Darwen	30	7	5	18	37	83	6	4	5	25	28	1	1	13	12	55	-46	19	DWLLLL		2-3
	16	Newton Heath	30	6	2	22	36	72	5	2	8	29	33	1	0	14	7	39	-36	14	WDLLLL		1-3