The City Ground

BURY 2 - 0 FOREST - Fri Dec 25, 1896 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Fri Dec 25, 1896 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Gigg Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 (Lost)

Season:: 1896-97
Referee:: JE West
Attendance:: 10,000
Pos Before/After:: 10 10
Opp Before/After:: 13 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (Friendly)
League:: Bury
Bury:: Dec 28, 1896

GAME COUNT:
League:: 138 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 138 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 204 (of 5676)
Total:: 813 (of 7448)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:

BURY
Manager:
Prior form: DDWDWL (Old to recent)

Goals:
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Lineup:

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

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Fri Dec 25, 1896)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	1-2	Sunderland
Bury	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Derby County	8-1	West Bromwich Albion
Liverpool	3-3	Aston Villa

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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Aston Villa	15	10	3	2	34	17	5	2	1	17	9	5	1	1	17	8	2.000	23	WDWWWW
	2	Bolton Wanderers	15	9	4	2	28	14	5	2	0	14	3	4	2	2	14	11	2.000	22	DLWWWD
	3	Liverpool	18	8	4	6	28	19	5	2	1	15	3	3	2	5	13	16	1.474	20	WDDLWL
	4	Preston North End	15	7	5	3	33	22	6	1	1	23	13	1	4	2	10	9	1.500	19	WLDLWD
	5	Derby County	16	7	3	6	38	29	6	1	2	31	17	1	2	4	7	12	1.310	17	WWWLDW
	6	West Bromwich Albion	17	6	5	6	16	18	4	2	4	8	8	2	3	2	8	10	.889	17	LDWWLD
	7	Sheffield United	13	5	6	2	19	13	2	4	1	9	6	3	2	1	10	7	1.462	16	DLDWDL
	8	The Wednesday	16	5	6	5	22	24	4	2	2	15	10	1	4	3	7	14	.917	16	LLWDDD
	9	Everton	15	6	3	6	25	22	4	1	3	19	12	2	2	3	6	10	1.136	15	LDWLDW
	10	Nottingham Forest	16	5	5	6	27	28	5	2	1	19	9	0	3	5	8	19	.964	15	LWWLWL
	11	Blackburn Rovers	16	6	3	7	16	29	4	1	3	11	13	2	2	4	5	16	.552	15	WDLLLW
	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15	4	4	7	19	17	3	2	3	10	7	1	2	4	9	10	1.118	12	DWLWDD
	13	Bury	14	3	6	5	18	25	2	3	1	11	9	1	3	4	7	16	.720	12	DDWDWL
	14	Stoke City	17	5	2	10	26	43	3	2	2	13	11	2	0	8	13	32	.605	12	LDLDWL
	15	Sunderland	16	2	5	9	12	26	1	3	3	6	10	1	2	6	6	16	.462	9	LLLDDL
	16	Burnley	14	2	4	8	17	32	2	4	1	9	8	0	0	7	8	24	.531	8	LLLLLD

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Aston Villa	16	10	4	2	37	20	5	2	1	17	9	5	2	1	20	11	1.850	24	DWWWWD	3-3
	2	Bolton Wanderers	15	9	4	2	28	14	5	2	0	14	3	4	2	2	14	11	2.000	22	DLWWWD
	3	Liverpool	19	8	5	6	31	22	5	3	1	18	6	3	2	5	13	16	1.409	21	DDLWLD	3-3
1	4	Derby County	17	8	3	6	46	30	7	1	2	39	18	1	2	4	7	12	1.533	19	WWLDWW	8-1
1	5	Preston North End	15	7	5	3	33	22	6	1	1	23	13	1	4	2	10	9	1.500	19	WLDLWD
	6	West Bromwich Albion	18	6	5	7	17	26	4	2	4	8	8	2	3	3	9	18	.654	17	DWWLDL	1-8
	7	Sheffield United	13	5	6	2	19	13	2	4	1	9	6	3	2	1	10	7	1.462	16	DLDWDL
	8	The Wednesday	16	5	6	5	22	24	4	2	2	15	10	1	4	3	7	14	.917	16	LLWDDD
	9	Everton	15	6	3	6	25	22	4	1	3	19	12	2	2	3	6	10	1.136	15	LDWLDW
	10	Nottingham Forest	17	5	5	7	27	30	5	2	1	19	9	0	3	6	8	21	.900	15	WWLWLL	0-2
	11	Blackburn Rovers	17	6	3	8	17	31	4	1	4	12	15	2	2	4	5	16	.548	15	DLLLWL	1-2
1	12	Bury	15	4	6	5	20	25	3	3	1	13	9	1	3	4	7	16	.800	14	DWDWLW	2-0
1	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15	4	4	7	19	17	3	2	3	10	7	1	2	4	9	10	1.118	12	DWLWDD
	14	Stoke City	17	5	2	10	26	43	3	2	2	13	11	2	0	8	13	32	.605	12	LDLDWL
	15	Sunderland	17	3	5	9	14	27	1	3	3	6	10	2	2	6	8	17	.519	11	LLDDLW	2-1
	16	Burnley	14	2	4	8	17	32	2	4	1	9	8	0	0	7	8	24	.531	8	LLLLLD