The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 BOLTON WANDERERS - Sat Jan 16, 1897 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 16, 1897 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bolton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1896-97
Referee:: J Adams
Attendance:: 5,000
League Week:: 21 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 10 10
Opp Before/After:: 6 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 1)
Bolton Wanderers:: Mar 20, 1897

GAME COUNT:
League:: 142 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 142 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 208 (of 5824)
Total:: 819 (of 7629)
Played:: 129 years, 7 months, 12 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Adrian Capes
Tom McInnes

BOLTON WANDERERS
Manager: Frank Brettell
Prior form: WWDLLL (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
5	M	29	John McPherson
6	M	21	Willie Wragg
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

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John Sutcliffe
2	D	John Somerville
3	D	Di Jones
4	D	Alex Paton
5	D	Jimmy McGeachan
6	M	Archie Freebairn
7	M	Billy Thomson
8	M	Sandy Gilligan
9	M	David Nicoll
10	F	Jocky Wright
11	F	Bob Jack

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Jan 16, 1897)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-1	Sunderland
Blackburn Rovers	5-2	Derby County
Burnley	1-1	Sheffield United
Liverpool	1-0	Stoke
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Bolton Wanderers
Preston North End	4-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion	1-4	Everton

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

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	20	12	4	4	43	29	6	2	2	19	13	6	2	2	24	16	14	28	WDWLLW		2-1
	2	Liverpool	24	11	6	7	39	28	6	4	1	19	6	5	2	6	20	22	11	28	DLWDWW		1-0
2	3	Everton	20	11	3	6	42	29	6	1	3	27	15	5	2	3	15	14	13	25	WWWWWW		4-1
1	4	Derby County	21	11	3	7	53	37	9	1	2	42	19	2	2	5	11	18	16	25	WWWWWL		2-5
1	5	Sheffield United	19	8	8	3	31	16	5	4	2	20	8	3	4	1	11	8	15	24	WWLDWD		1-1
1	6	Preston North End	19	8	7	4	40	26	7	2	1	29	15	1	5	3	11	11	14	23	WDDDLW		4-0
1	7	Bolton Wanderers	19	9	4	6	29	22	5	2	1	15	7	4	2	5	14	15	7	22	WDLLLL		0-2
	8	West Bromwich Albion	22	8	5	9	21	36	5	2	5	10	12	3	3	4	11	24	-15	21	DLWLWL		1-4
	9	The Wednesday	20	7	6	7	30	28	6	2	2	22	10	1	4	5	8	18	2	20	DDLWWL
	10	Nottingham Forest	21	7	5	9	33	34	7	2	2	24	10	0	3	7	9	24	-1	19	LLWLLW		2-0
	11	Blackburn Rovers	22	8	3	11	24	47	6	1	4	19	17	2	2	7	5	30	-23	19	LLLWLW		5-2
	12	Bury	18	4	8	6	23	31	3	4	1	14	10	1	4	5	9	21	-8	16	WLWDLD
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	5	4	11	27	28	4	2	5	18	12	1	2	6	9	16	-1	14	DLWLLL		0-4
2	14	Burnley	19	4	6	9	27	38	3	5	2	15	13	1	1	7	12	25	-11	14	DWDWLD		1-1
1	15	Stoke	20	6	2	12	31	48	3	2	3	15	14	3	0	9	16	34	-17	14	DWLLWL		0-1
1	16	Sunderland	22	4	6	12	23	39	2	4	4	12	15	2	2	8	11	24	-16	14	WLDLWL		1-2