The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 THE WEDNESDAY - Tue Apr 07, 1896 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Apr 07, 1896 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: The Wednesday
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON

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

Season:: 1895-96
Referee:
Attendance:: 8,000
League Week:: 30 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 13 13
Opp Before/After:: 7 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: St. Bernards (Friendly)
League:: Derby County
The Wednesday:: Oct 31, 1896

GAME COUNT:
League:: 120 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 120 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 186 (of 5829)
Total:: 788 (of 7634)
Played:: 130 years, 5 months, 15 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Chas Richards

THE WEDNESDAY
Manager: Arthur Dickinson
Prior form: WLLLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Dan Allsop
2	D	23	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
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	Last game
9	F		Richard Smellie	Last game
10	F	20	Chas Richards
11	F	22	Tom McInnes

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Massey
2	D	Jack Earp
3	D	Ambrose Langley
4	D	Bob Petrie
5	D	Tommy Crawshaw
6	M	Jimmy Jamieson
7	M	Archie Brash
8	M	Bob Ferrier
9	M	Harry Davis
10	F	Alex Brady
11	F	Fred Spiksley

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Tue Apr 07, 1896)

Home	Score	Away
Derby County	2-1	Everton
Nottingham Forest	1-0	The Wednesday
Small Heath	2-1	Sheffield United
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-0	Bury

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	30	20	5	5	78	45	14	1	0	47	17	6	4	5	31	28	33	45	WDWLWW	Champions
	2	Derby County	28	16	6	6	66	34	11	1	1	40	12	5	5	5	26	22	32	38	WWLLDD
	3	Everton	28	15	7	6	63	40	10	4	1	40	17	5	3	5	23	23	23	37	WLLWDD
	4	Bolton Wanderers	28	15	5	8	47	32	11	2	1	32	14	4	3	7	15	18	15	35	WDWWWD
	5	Sunderland	29	14	7	8	51	41	10	5	0	36	14	4	2	8	15	27	10	35	WWWLWW
	6	Stoke	29	15	0	14	55	45	12	0	2	42	9	3	0	12	13	36	10	30	WLWLLW
	7	The Wednesday	28	12	5	11	44	50	10	2	3	31	18	2	3	8	13	32	-6	29	WLLLWW
	8	Blackburn Rovers	26	12	4	10	38	39	10	1	4	26	18	2	3	6	12	21	-1	28	LLDWWL
	9	Preston North End	30	11	6	13	44	48	8	5	2	31	18	3	1	11	13	30	-4	28	LLWDDL
	10	Sheffield United	29	10	6	13	39	48	9	4	2	28	12	1	2	11	11	36	-9	26	LDWDLW
	11	Burnley	29	9	7	13	42	44	7	5	2	27	11	2	2	11	15	33	-2	25	WLWDDD
	12	Bury	28	11	3	14	48	53	6	1	7	30	24	5	2	7	18	29	-5	25	WWWLDL
	13	Nottingham Forest	29	10	3	16	41	57	10	1	3	33	16	0	2	13	8	41	-16	23	WLLLLW
	14	Small Heath	28	7	4	17	37	77	6	2	5	20	22	1	2	12	17	55	-40	18	WWLDLD
	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	8	1	19	55	65	8	0	5	37	18	0	1	14	18	47	-10	17	LLLWLL
	16	West Bromwich Albion	29	5	7	17	27	57	4	4	6	15	20	1	3	11	12	37	-30	17	WWLDLD

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	20	5	5	78	45	14	1	0	47	17	6	4	5	31	28	33	45	WDWLWW	Champions
	2	Derby County	29	17	6	6	68	35	12	1	1	42	13	5	5	5	26	22	33	40	WLLDDW		2-1
	3	Everton	29	15	7	7	64	42	10	4	1	40	17	5	3	6	24	25	22	37	LLWDDL		1-2
	4	Bolton Wanderers	28	15	5	8	47	32	11	2	1	32	14	4	3	7	15	18	15	35	WDWWWD
	5	Sunderland	29	14	7	8	51	41	10	5	0	36	14	4	2	8	15	27	10	35	WWWLWW
	6	Stoke	29	15	0	14	55	45	12	0	2	42	9	3	0	12	13	36	10	30	WLWLLW
	7	The Wednesday	29	12	5	12	44	51	10	2	3	31	18	2	3	9	13	33	-7	29	LLLWWL		0-1
	8	Blackburn Rovers	26	12	4	10	38	39	10	1	4	26	18	2	3	6	12	21	-1	28	LLDWWL
	9	Preston North End	30	11	6	13	44	48	8	5	2	31	18	3	1	11	13	30	-4	28	LLWDDL
	10	Sheffield United	30	10	6	14	40	50	9	4	2	28	12	1	2	12	12	38	-10	26	DWDLWL		1-2
	11	Burnley	29	9	7	13	42	44	7	5	2	27	11	2	2	11	15	33	-2	25	WLWDDD
	12	Bury	29	11	3	15	48	54	6	1	7	30	24	5	2	8	18	30	-6	25	WWLDLL		0-1
	13	Nottingham Forest	30	11	3	16	42	57	11	1	3	34	16	0	2	13	8	41	-15	25	LLLLWW		1-0
	14	Small Heath	29	8	4	17	39	78	7	2	5	22	23	1	2	12	17	55	-39	20	WLDLDW		2-1
	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	9	1	19	56	65	9	0	5	38	18	0	1	14	18	47	-9	19	LLWLLW		1-0
	16	West Bromwich Albion	29	5	7	17	27	57	4	4	6	15	20	1	3	11	12	37	-30	17	WWLDLD