The City Ground

ASTON VILLA 3 - 2 FOREST - Sat Dec 19, 1896 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 19, 1896 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Wellington Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-3 LOST
: Half-time: 1-2

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

Season:: 1896-97
Referee:: F Bye
Attendance:: 5,000
League Week:: 16 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 8 10
Opp Before/After:: 2 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 1)
Aston Villa:: Mar 06, 1897

GAME COUNT:
League:: 137 (of 5061)
League Tier 1:: 137 (of 2313)
Competitive:: 203 (of 5791)
Total:: 813 (of 7586)
Played:: 128 years, 11 months, 26 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Frank Forman
Arthur Capes

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

Goal Scorers
Jack Reynolds
Jack Devey (15')
Charlie Athersmith

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	114		7	1
2	D	24	Archibald Ritchie	136		7	1
3	D	20	James Iremonger	11		7	1
4	M	21	Frank Forman	42	2	7	1
5	M	29	John McPherson	131	17	7	1
6	M	28	Alec Stewart	103	2	7	1
7	F	23	Fred Forman	50	10	7	1
8	M	23	Adrian Capes	16	4	7	1
9	F	21	Chas Richards	24	11	7	1
10	F	21	Arthur Capes	16	4	7	1
11	F	23	Tom McInnes	129	47	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Whitehouse
2	D	Jimmy Cowan
3	D	Howard Spencer
4	D	Albert Evans
5	D	Jack Reynolds
6	M	Jimmy Crabtree
7	M	Steve Smith
8	M	Charlie Athersmith
9	M	Fred Wheldon
10	F	Jack Devey
11	F	Bob Chatt

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 19, 1896)

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

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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