The City Ground

THE WEDNESDAY 3 - 0 FOREST - Mon Apr 05, 1897 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Apr 05, 1897 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: The Wednesday
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Olive Grove
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-3 (Lost)

Season:: 1896-97
Referee:: A Green
Attendance:: 2,000
Pos Before/After:: 9 10
Opp Before/After:: 7 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Preston North End (League Tier 1)
The Wednesday:: Jan 01, 1898

GAME COUNT:
League:: 149 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 149 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 219 (of 5721)
Total:: 832 (of 7500)

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

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

Goals

THE WEDNESDAY
Manager: Arthur Dickinson
Prior form: DDDWLD (Old to recent)

Goals
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Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Dan Allsop
2	D	James Iremonger
3	D	Adam Scott
4	M	Frank Forman
5	M	John McPherson
6	M	Willie Wragg
7	F	Fred Spencer
8	M	Chris Goodchild	Debut
9	M	Adrian Capes
10	F	Arthur Capes
11	F	Chas Richards

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Mon Apr 05, 1897)

Home	Score	Away
Bolton Wanderers	1-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Burnley	2-3	Derby County
The Wednesday	3-0	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	27	18	5	4	64	38	8	3	2	28	16	10	2	2	36	22	1.68421	41	WWWDWW
	2	Sheffield United	28	12	10	6	40	27	6	4	5	22	16	6	6	1	18	11	1.48148	34	WDDLWW
	3	Derby County	25	14	4	7	63	41	10	2	2	45	21	4	2	5	18	20	1.53659	32	WLWWWD
	4	Liverpool	29	12	8	9	46	38	7	5	2	25	10	5	3	7	21	28	1.21053	32	WLWDLD
	5	Preston North End	25	11	9	5	55	37	8	3	1	35	18	3	6	4	20	19	1.48649	31	WDLWDW
	6	Bolton Wanderers	26	11	6	9	37	34	6	3	3	19	13	5	3	6	18	21	1.08824	28	DLWDLL
	7	The Wednesday	27	8	11	8	36	35	7	4	2	24	11	1	7	6	12	24	1.02857	27	DDDWLD
	8	Everton	26	11	3	12	49	50	6	1	5	30	22	5	2	7	19	28	.98000	25	LLLLLL
	9	Nottingham Forest	27	9	7	11	43	44	8	2	3	29	14	1	5	8	14	30	.97727	25	LWLWDD
	10	Bury	25	8	9	8	35	37	6	4	3	23	14	2	5	5	12	23	.94595	25	WDWWLW
	11	West Bromwich Albion	27	10	5	12	30	45	7	2	6	18	16	3	3	6	12	29	.66667	25	LWLLLW
	12	Blackburn Rovers	28	11	3	14	35	58	8	1	6	27	25	3	2	8	8	33	.60345	25	LLWWWL
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	8	6	12	37	34	5	4	5	22	14	3	2	7	15	20	1.08824	22	WDLDWW
	14	Sunderland	29	7	8	14	33	46	4	6	5	21	21	3	2	9	12	25	.71739	22	WLDWDW
	15	Stoke City	27	8	3	16	42	59	5	3	4	24	18	3	0	12	18	41	.71186	19	WLWLLL
	16	Burnley	28	5	7	16	36	58	3	5	5	18	22	2	2	11	18	36	.62069	17	DLLLWL

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	27	18	5	4	64	38	8	3	2	28	16	10	2	2	36	22	1.68421	41	WWWDWW
1	2	Derby County	26	15	4	7	66	43	10	2	2	45	21	5	2	5	21	22	1.53488	34	LWWWDW	3-2
1	3	Sheffield United	28	12	10	6	40	27	6	4	5	22	16	6	6	1	18	11	1.48148	34	WDDLWW
	4	Liverpool	29	12	8	9	46	38	7	5	2	25	10	5	3	7	21	28	1.21053	32	WLWDLD
	5	Preston North End	25	11	9	5	55	37	8	3	1	35	18	3	6	4	20	19	1.48649	31	WDLWDW
1	6	The Wednesday	28	9	11	8	39	35	8	4	2	27	11	1	7	6	12	24	1.11429	29	DDWLDW	3-0
1	7	Bolton Wanderers	27	11	6	10	38	36	6	3	4	20	15	5	3	6	18	21	1.05556	28	LWDLLL	1-2
	8	Everton	26	11	3	12	49	50	6	1	5	30	22	5	2	7	19	28	.98000	25	LLLLLL
1	9	Bury	25	8	9	8	35	37	6	4	3	23	14	2	5	5	12	23	.94595	25	WDWWLW
1	10	Nottingham Forest	28	9	7	12	43	47	8	2	3	29	14	1	5	9	14	33	.91489	25	WLWDDL	0-3
	11	West Bromwich Albion	27	10	5	12	30	45	7	2	6	18	16	3	3	6	12	29	.66667	25	LWLLLW
	12	Blackburn Rovers	28	11	3	14	35	58	8	1	6	27	25	3	2	8	8	33	.60345	25	LLWWWL
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	9	6	12	39	35	5	4	5	22	14	4	2	7	17	21	1.11429	24	DLDWWW	2-1
	14	Sunderland	29	7	8	14	33	46	4	6	5	21	21	3	2	9	12	25	.71739	22	WLDWDW
	15	Stoke City	27	8	3	16	42	59	5	3	4	24	18	3	0	12	18	41	.71186	19	WLWLLL
	16	Burnley	29	5	7	17	38	61	3	5	6	20	25	2	2	11	18	36	.62295	17	LLLWLL	2-3