The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 BURNLEY - Sat Mar 07, 1896 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 07, 1896 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Burnley
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON

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

Season:: 1895-96
Referee:
Attendance:: 5,000
League Week:: 24 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 12 10
Opp Before/After:: 10 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Kettering Town (Friendly)
League:: Stoke City
Burnley:: Sep 19, 1896

GAME COUNT:
League:: 114 (of 5085)
League Tier 1:: 114 (of 2337)
Competitive:: 180 (of 5827)
Total:: 779 (of 7632)
Played:: 130 years, 5 months, 25 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Albert Carnelly
Chas Richards

BURNLEY
Manager: Harry Bradshaw
Prior form: WWWWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Tom Nicol

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Dan Allsop
2	D	23	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Arthur Hunt	Only appearance
4	M	20	Frank Forman
5	M	29	John McPherson
6	M	27	Alec Stewart
7	F	22	Fred Forman
8	F	25	Albert Carnelly
9	F	20	Chas Richards
10	F	26	Arthur Shaw
11	F	22	Tom McInnes

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Willie Tatham
2	D	Robinson Tattersall
3	D	Tom McLintock
4	D	Walter 'Senior' Place
5	D	Joe Taylor
6	M	Archie Livingstone
7	M	Tom Nicol
8	M	Jimmy Hill
9	M	Hugh Robertson
10	F	Billy Bowes
11	F	Walter 'Junior' Place

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 07, 1896)

Home	Score	Away
Bolton Wanderers	2-2	Aston Villa
Everton	3-2	Preston North End
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Burnley
Sheffield United	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Small Heath	1-0	Bury
Sunderland	2-1	The Wednesday
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-2	West Bromwich Albion

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	25	17	4	4	65	36	12	1	0	41	15	5	3	4	24	21	29	38	WWWWDW
	2	Derby County	24	16	4	4	62	27	11	1	0	40	10	5	3	4	22	17	35	36	LWDDWW
	3	Everton	25	14	5	6	57	35	9	2	1	34	12	5	3	5	23	23	22	33	WDDWLL
	4	Sunderland	25	11	7	7	43	33	8	5	0	30	12	3	2	7	13	21	10	29	DLWDWW
	5	Bolton Wanderers	23	12	3	8	37	27	8	1	1	23	10	4	2	7	14	17	10	27	LLWWDW
	6	The Wednesday	24	10	5	9	38	46	9	2	3	28	18	1	3	6	10	28	-8	25	LWLDWL
	7	Stoke	23	12	0	11	44	36	9	0	2	33	9	3	0	9	11	27	8	24	LWWLLL
	8	Preston North End	24	10	4	10	40	42	7	3	1	29	16	3	1	9	11	26	-2	24	DWLDWL
	9	Blackburn Rovers	22	10	3	9	32	33	8	1	4	21	16	2	2	5	11	17	-1	23	LLWWLL
	10	Burnley	24	8	4	12	35	38	6	3	2	22	8	2	1	10	13	30	-3	20	WWWWLW
	11	Sheffield United	24	8	4	12	26	42	8	2	2	18	10	0	2	10	8	32	-16	20	WDLLWL
	12	Nottingham Forest	23	8	3	12	35	44	8	1	2	28	11	0	2	10	7	33	-9	19	WDWLDL
	13	Bury	21	8	2	11	37	37	4	1	6	23	19	4	1	5	14	18	0	18	LLWDWW
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	7	1	16	45	55	7	0	4	30	15	0	1	12	15	40	-10	15	LLWLLL
	15	Small Heath	23	6	2	15	34	71	5	2	5	19	22	1	0	10	15	49	-37	14	WLLDLW
	16	West Bromwich Albion	24	4	5	15	23	51	4	3	5	14	17	0	2	10	9	34	-28	13	LLDLLW

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	26	17	5	4	67	38	12	1	0	41	15	5	4	4	26	23	29	39	WWWDWD		2-2
	2	Derby County	24	16	4	4	62	27	11	1	0	40	10	5	3	4	22	17	35	36	LWDDWW
	3	Everton	26	15	5	6	60	37	10	2	1	37	14	5	3	5	23	23	23	35	DDWLLW		3-2
	4	Sunderland	26	12	7	7	45	34	9	5	0	32	13	3	2	7	13	21	11	31	LWDWWW		2-1
	5	Bolton Wanderers	24	12	4	8	39	29	8	2	1	25	12	4	2	7	14	17	10	28	LWWDWD		2-2
	6	The Wednesday	25	10	5	10	39	48	9	2	3	28	18	1	3	7	11	30	-9	25	WLDWLL		1-2
	7	Stoke	23	12	0	11	44	36	9	0	2	33	9	3	0	9	11	27	8	24	LWWLLL
1	8	Blackburn Rovers	23	10	4	9	33	34	8	1	4	21	16	2	3	5	12	18	-1	24	LWWLLD		1-1
1	9	Preston North End	25	10	4	11	42	45	7	3	1	29	16	3	1	10	13	29	-3	24	WLDWLL		2-3
2	10	Nottingham Forest	24	9	3	12	37	45	9	1	2	30	12	0	2	10	7	33	-8	21	DWLDLW		2-1
	11	Sheffield United	25	8	5	12	27	43	8	3	2	19	11	0	2	10	8	32	-16	21	DLLWLD		1-1
2	12	Burnley	25	8	4	13	36	40	6	3	2	22	8	2	1	11	14	32	-4	20	WWWLWL		1-2
	13	Bury	22	8	2	12	37	38	4	1	6	23	19	4	1	6	14	19	-1	18	LWDWWL		0-1
1	14	Small Heath	24	7	2	15	35	71	6	2	5	20	22	1	0	10	15	49	-36	16	LLDLWW		1-0
1	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	7	1	17	46	57	7	0	5	31	17	0	1	12	15	40	-11	15	LWLLLL		1-2
	16	West Bromwich Albion	25	5	5	15	25	52	4	3	5	14	17	1	2	10	11	35	-27	15	LDLLWW		2-1