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WEST BROMWICH ALBION 4 - 0 FOREST - Sat Jan 23, 1897 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 23, 1897 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Stoney Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-4 (Lost)

Season:: 1896-97
Referee:: J Lewis
Attendance:: 2,000
Pos Before/After:: 10 10
Opp Before/After:: 8 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (FA Cup)
League:: Sheffield United
West Bromwich Albion:: Sep 11, 1897

GAME COUNT:
League:: 143 (of 4931)
League Tier 1:: 143 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 209 (of 5634)
Total:: 819 (of 7394)

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

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

Goals:

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Frank Heaven
Prior form: DLWLWL (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	Willie Wragg
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 (Sat Jan 23, 1897)

Home	Score	Away
Derby County	1-0	Sunderland
Sheffield United	1-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Stoke City	0-0	The Wednesday
West Bromwich Albion	4-0	Nottingham Forest

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	20	12	4	4	43	29	6	2	2	19	13	6	2	2	24	16	1.483	28	WDWLLW
	2	Liverpool	24	11	6	7	39	28	6	4	1	19	6	5	2	6	20	22	1.393	28	DLWDWW
	3	Everton	20	11	3	6	42	29	6	1	3	27	15	5	2	3	15	14	1.448	25	WWWWWW
	4	Derby County	21	11	3	7	53	37	9	1	2	42	19	2	2	5	11	18	1.432	25	WWWWWL
	5	Sheffield United	19	8	8	3	31	16	5	4	2	20	8	3	4	1	11	8	1.938	24	WWLDWD
	6	Preston North End	19	8	7	4	40	26	7	2	1	29	15	1	5	3	11	11	1.538	23	WDDDLW
	7	Bolton Wanderers	19	9	4	6	29	22	5	2	1	15	7	4	2	5	14	15	1.318	22	WDLLLL
	8	West Bromwich Albion	22	8	5	9	21	36	5	2	5	10	12	3	3	4	11	24	.583	21	DLWLWL
	9	The Wednesday	20	7	6	7	30	28	6	2	2	22	10	1	4	5	8	18	1.071	20	DDLWWL
	10	Nottingham Forest	21	7	5	9	33	34	7	2	2	24	10	0	3	7	9	24	.971	19	LLWLLW
	11	Blackburn Rovers	22	8	3	11	24	47	6	1	4	19	17	2	2	7	5	30	.511	19	LLLWLW
	12	Bury	18	4	8	6	23	31	3	4	1	14	10	1	4	5	9	21	.742	16	WLWDLD
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	5	4	11	27	28	4	2	5	18	12	1	2	6	9	16	.964	14	DLWLLL
	14	Burnley	19	4	6	9	27	38	3	5	2	15	13	1	1	7	12	25	.711	14	DWDWLD
	15	Stoke City	20	6	2	12	31	48	3	2	3	15	14	3	0	9	16	34	.646	14	DWLLWL
	16	Sunderland	22	4	6	12	23	39	2	4	4	12	15	2	2	8	11	24	.590	14	WLDLWL

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	20	12	4	4	43	29	6	2	2	19	13	6	2	2	24	16	1.483	28	WDWLLW
	2	Liverpool	24	11	6	7	39	28	6	4	1	19	6	5	2	6	20	22	1.393	28	DLWDWW
1	3	Derby County	22	12	3	7	54	37	10	1	2	43	19	2	2	5	11	18	1.459	27	WWWWLW	1-0
1	4	Everton	20	11	3	6	42	29	6	1	3	27	15	5	2	3	15	14	1.448	25	WWWWWW
	5	Sheffield United	20	8	8	4	32	19	5	4	3	21	11	3	4	1	11	8	1.684	24	WLDWDL	1-3
	6	Preston North End	19	8	7	4	40	26	7	2	1	29	15	1	5	3	11	11	1.538	23	WDDDLW
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	23	9	5	9	25	36	6	2	5	14	12	3	3	4	11	24	.694	23	LWLWLW	4-0
1	8	Bolton Wanderers	19	9	4	6	29	22	5	2	1	15	7	4	2	5	14	15	1.318	22	WDLLLL
	9	The Wednesday	21	7	7	7	30	28	6	2	2	22	10	1	5	5	8	18	1.071	21	DLWWLD	0-0
	10	Nottingham Forest	22	7	5	10	33	38	7	2	2	24	10	0	3	8	9	28	.868	19	LWLLWL	0-4
	11	Blackburn Rovers	22	8	3	11	24	47	6	1	4	19	17	2	2	7	5	30	.511	19	LLLWLW
1	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	6	4	11	30	29	4	2	5	18	12	2	2	6	12	17	1.034	16	LWLLLW	3-1
1	13	Bury	18	4	8	6	23	31	3	4	1	14	10	1	4	5	9	21	.742	16	WLWDLD
1	14	Stoke City	21	6	3	12	31	48	3	3	3	15	14	3	0	9	16	34	.646	15	WLLWLD	0-0
1	15	Burnley	19	4	6	9	27	38	3	5	2	15	13	1	1	7	12	25	.711	14	DWDWLD
	16	Sunderland	23	4	6	13	23	40	2	4	4	12	15	2	2	9	11	25	.575	14	LDLWLL	0-1