The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Sat Dec 12, 1896 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 12, 1896 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1896-97
Referee:
Attendance:: 3,000
League Week:: 15 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 9 8
Opp Before/After:: 10 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Aston Villa (League Tier 1)
Blackburn Rovers:: Oct 16, 1897

GAME COUNT:
League:: 136 (of 5061)
League Tier 1:: 136 (of 2313)
Competitive:: 202 (of 5791)
Total:: 812 (of 7586)
Played:: 129 years, 3 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Adrian Capes
Chas Richards

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Joseph Warmlsey
Prior form: LLWDLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
John Wilkie

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Dan Allsop
2	D	24	Archibald Ritchie
3	D	20	James Iremonger
4	M	21	Frank Forman
5	M	29	John McPherson
6	M	28	Alec Stewart
7	F	23	Fred Forman
8	M	23	Adrian Capes
9	F	21	Chas Richards
10	F	21	Arthur Capes
11	F	23	Tom McInnes

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	25	Dan Allsop	113		7	1
2	D	24	Archibald Ritchie	135		7	1
3	D	20	James Iremonger	10		7	1
4	M	21	Frank Forman	41	2	14	2
5	M	29	John McPherson	130	17	7	1
6	M	28	Alec Stewart	102	2	7	1
7	F	23	Fred Forman	49	10	7	1
8	M	23	Adrian Capes	15	3	7	1
9	F	21	Chas Richards	23	10	24	4
10	F	21	Arthur Capes	15	4	7	1
11	F	23	Tom McInnes	128	47	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Adam Ogilvie
2	D	Tom Brandon
3	D	Tom Nicol
4	D	Tom Booth
5	D	Geordie Dewar
6	M	Geordie Anderson
7	M	Harry Chippendale
8	M	Jimmy Whitehead
9	M	Josh Hargreaves
10	F	John Wilkie
11	F	John Campbell

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 12, 1896)

Home	Score	Away
Liverpool	3-1	Bury
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Blackburn Rovers
Sunderland	1-1	Everton
The Wednesday	0-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion	1-2	Stoke

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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