The City Ground

EVERTON 3 - 1 FOREST - Sat Jan 09, 1897 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 09, 1897 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Everton
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Goodison Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-3 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Everton Results (Link)

Season:: 1896-97
Referee:: JC Tillotson
Attendance:: 7,000
League Week:: 20 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 10 10
Opp Before/After:: 7 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bolton Wanderers (League Tier 1)
Everton:: Mar 10, 1897

GAME COUNT:
League:: 141 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 141 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 207 (of 5828)
Total:: 818 (of 7633)
Played:: 129 years, 8 months, 0 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Fred Forman (70')

EVERTON
Manager: Dick Molyneux
Prior form: LDWWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jack Taylor (44')
Jack Bell (48')
Jack Bell

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Dan Allsop
2	D	24	Archibald Ritchie
3	D	20	James Iremonger
4	M	21	Willie Wragg
5	M	29	John McPherson
6	M	27	Peter McCracken
7	F	23	Fred Forman (70')
8	M	23	Adrian Capes
9	F	21	Chas Richards
10	F	21	Arthur Capes
11	F	23	Tom McInnes

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bob Menham
2	D	George Barker
3	D	Smart Arridge
4	D	Dickie Boyle
5	D	Johnny Holt
6	M	Billy Stewart (c)
7	M	Jack Taylor
8	M	Jack Bell
9	M	Abe Hartley
10	F	Edgar Chadwick
11	F	Alf Milward

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Jan 09, 1897)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	1-3	Stoke
Derby County	2-1	The Wednesday
Everton	3-1	Nottingham Forest
Sheffield United	7-0	Blackburn Rovers
Sunderland	4-2	Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-2	Liverpool

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	18	11	4	3	39	24	5	2	2	17	12	6	2	1	22	12	15	26	WWWDWL
	2	Liverpool	22	9	6	7	36	27	5	4	1	18	6	4	2	6	18	21	9	24	WLDLWD
	3	Derby County	19	10	3	6	49	31	8	1	2	40	18	2	2	4	9	13	18	23	LDWWWW
	4	Bolton Wanderers	18	9	4	5	29	20	5	2	1	15	7	4	2	4	14	13	9	22	WWDLLL
	5	Sheffield United	17	7	7	3	23	15	4	4	2	13	8	3	3	1	10	7	8	21	DLWWLD
	6	Preston North End	18	7	7	4	36	26	6	2	1	25	15	1	5	3	11	11	10	21	LWDDDL
	7	Everton	18	9	3	6	35	27	5	1	3	24	14	4	2	3	11	13	8	21	LDWWWW
	8	West Bromwich Albion	21	8	5	8	20	32	5	2	4	9	8	3	3	4	11	24	-12	21	LDLWLW
	9	The Wednesday	19	7	6	6	29	26	6	2	2	22	10	1	4	4	7	16	3	20	DDDLWW
	10	Nottingham Forest	19	6	5	8	30	31	6	2	2	22	10	0	3	6	8	21	-1	17	LWLLWL
	11	Blackburn Rovers	20	7	3	10	19	38	5	1	4	14	15	2	2	6	5	23	-19	17	LWLLLW
	12	Bury	18	4	8	6	23	31	3	4	1	14	10	1	4	5	9	21	-8	16	WLWDLD
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	5	4	9	26	22	4	2	4	17	10	1	2	5	9	12	4	14	WDDLWL
	14	Burnley	17	4	5	8	25	34	3	4	1	13	9	1	1	7	12	25	-9	13	LLDWDW
	15	Stoke	18	5	2	11	28	46	3	2	3	15	14	2	0	8	13	32	-18	12	DLDWLL
	16	Sunderland	20	3	6	11	18	35	1	4	4	8	13	2	2	7	10	22	-17	12	DLWLDL

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	19	11	4	4	41	28	5	2	2	17	12	6	2	2	24	16	13	26	WWDWLL		2-4
	2	Liverpool	23	10	6	7	38	28	5	4	1	18	6	5	2	6	20	22	10	26	LDLWDW		2-1
	3	Derby County	20	11	3	6	51	32	9	1	2	42	19	2	2	4	9	13	19	25	DWWWWW		2-1
1	4	Sheffield United	18	8	7	3	30	15	5	4	2	20	8	3	3	1	10	7	15	23	LWWLDW		7-0
2	5	Everton	19	10	3	6	38	28	6	1	3	27	15	4	2	3	11	13	10	23	DWWWWW		3-1
2	6	Bolton Wanderers	18	9	4	5	29	20	5	2	1	15	7	4	2	4	14	13	9	22	WWDLLL
1	7	Preston North End	18	7	7	4	36	26	6	2	1	25	15	1	5	3	11	11	10	21	LWDDDL
	8	West Bromwich Albion	21	8	5	8	20	32	5	2	4	9	8	3	3	4	11	24	-12	21	LDLWLW
	9	The Wednesday	20	7	6	7	30	28	6	2	2	22	10	1	4	5	8	18	2	20	DDLWWL		1-2
	10	Nottingham Forest	20	6	5	9	31	34	6	2	2	22	10	0	3	7	9	24	-3	17	WLLWLL		1-3
	11	Blackburn Rovers	21	7	3	11	19	45	5	1	4	14	15	2	2	7	5	30	-26	17	WLLLWL		0-7
	12	Bury	18	4	8	6	23	31	3	4	1	14	10	1	4	5	9	21	-8	16	WLWDLD
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	5	4	10	27	24	4	2	5	18	12	1	2	5	9	12	3	14	DDLWLL		1-2
1	14	Stoke	19	6	2	11	31	47	3	2	3	15	14	3	0	8	16	33	-16	14	LDWLLW		3-1
1	15	Sunderland	21	4	6	11	22	37	2	4	4	12	15	2	2	7	10	22	-15	14	LWLDLW		4-2
2	16	Burnley	18	4	5	9	26	37	3	4	2	14	12	1	1	7	12	25	-11	13	LDWDWL		1-3