The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 BURY - Mon Dec 28, 1896 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Dec 28, 1896 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 3-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1896-97
Referee:: White
Attendance:: 8,000
League Week:: 18 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 10 10
Opp Before/After:: 11 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 1)
Bury:: Apr 04, 1898

GAME COUNT:
League:: 139 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 139 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 205 (of 5829)
Total:: 816 (of 7634)
Played:: 129 years, 8 months, 19 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Adrian Capes (7')
Frank Forman (15')
Tom McInnes (30')

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

Goal Scorers

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 (15')
5	M	29	John McPherson
6	M	27	Peter McCracken
7	F	23	Fred Forman
8	M	23	Adrian Capes (7')
9	F	21	Chas Richards
10	F	21	Arthur Capes
11	F	23	Tom McInnes (30')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Archie Montgomery
2	D	Billy Barbour
3	D	Tommy Davidson
4	D	Jack Pray
5	D	Joe Clegg
6	M	George Ross
7	M	Tom Wyllie
8	M	Tom Pangborn
9	M	Harry Millar
10	F	James Henderson
11	F	Jack Plant

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Mon Dec 28, 1896)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Bury
The Wednesday	6-0	Blackburn Rovers
Wolverhampton Wanderers	6-1	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	17	11	4	2	39	21	5	2	1	17	9	6	2	1	22	12	18	26	WWWWDW
	2	Bolton Wanderers	16	9	4	3	28	15	5	2	0	14	3	4	2	3	14	12	13	22	LWWWDL
	3	Derby County	18	9	3	6	47	30	8	1	2	40	18	1	2	4	7	12	17	21	WLDWWW
	4	Liverpool	20	8	5	7	32	26	5	3	1	18	6	3	2	6	14	20	6	21	DLWLDL
	5	Preston North End	16	7	6	3	35	24	6	2	1	25	15	1	4	2	10	9	11	20	LDLWDD
	6	West Bromwich Albion	19	7	5	7	18	26	5	2	4	9	8	2	3	3	9	18	-8	19	WWLDLW
	7	Sheffield United	14	6	6	2	21	13	3	4	1	11	6	3	2	1	10	7	8	18	LDWDLW
	8	Everton	16	7	3	6	30	24	5	1	3	24	14	2	2	3	6	10	6	17	DWLDWW
	9	The Wednesday	17	5	6	6	22	26	4	2	2	15	10	1	4	4	7	16	-4	16	LWDDDL
	10	Nottingham Forest	17	5	5	7	27	30	5	2	1	19	9	0	3	6	8	21	-3	15	WWLWLL
	11	Bury	16	4	7	5	22	27	3	3	1	13	9	1	4	4	9	18	-5	15	WDWLWD
	12	Blackburn Rovers	18	6	3	9	17	32	4	1	4	12	15	2	2	5	5	17	-15	15	LLLWLL
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	4	4	8	20	19	3	2	4	11	9	1	2	4	9	10	1	12	WLWDDL
	14	Stoke	17	5	2	10	26	43	3	2	2	13	11	2	0	8	13	32	-17	12	LDLDWL
	15	Sunderland	18	3	5	10	16	32	1	3	3	6	10	2	2	7	10	22	-16	11	LDDLWL
	16	Burnley	15	3	4	8	21	33	3	4	1	13	9	0	0	7	8	24	-12	10	LLLLDW

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	17	11	4	2	39	21	5	2	1	17	9	6	2	1	22	12	18	26	WWWWDW
	2	Bolton Wanderers	16	9	4	3	28	15	5	2	0	14	3	4	2	3	14	12	13	22	LWWWDL
	3	Derby County	18	9	3	6	47	30	8	1	2	40	18	1	2	4	7	12	17	21	WLDWWW
	4	Liverpool	20	8	5	7	32	26	5	3	1	18	6	3	2	6	14	20	6	21	DLWLDL
	5	Preston North End	16	7	6	3	35	24	6	2	1	25	15	1	4	2	10	9	11	20	LDLWDD
	6	West Bromwich Albion	20	7	5	8	19	32	5	2	4	9	8	2	3	4	10	24	-13	19	WLDLWL		1-6
	7	Sheffield United	14	6	6	2	21	13	3	4	1	11	6	3	2	1	10	7	8	18	LDWDLW
1	8	The Wednesday	18	6	6	6	28	26	5	2	2	21	10	1	4	4	7	16	2	18	WDDDLW		6-0
1	9	Everton	16	7	3	6	30	24	5	1	3	24	14	2	2	3	6	10	6	17	DWLDWW
	10	Nottingham Forest	18	6	5	7	30	30	6	2	1	22	9	0	3	6	8	21	0	17	WLWLLW		3-0
	11	Bury	17	4	7	6	22	30	3	3	1	13	9	1	4	5	9	21	-8	15	DWLWDL		0-3
	12	Blackburn Rovers	19	6	3	10	17	38	4	1	4	12	15	2	2	6	5	23	-21	15	LLWLLL		0-6
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	5	4	8	26	20	4	2	4	17	10	1	2	4	9	10	6	14	LWDDLW		6-1
	14	Stoke	17	5	2	10	26	43	3	2	2	13	11	2	0	8	13	32	-17	12	LDLDWL
	15	Sunderland	18	3	5	10	16	32	1	3	3	6	10	2	2	7	10	22	-16	11	LDDLWL
	16	Burnley	15	3	4	8	21	33	3	4	1	13	9	0	0	7	8	24	-12	10	LLLLDW