The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS - Sat Apr 10, 1897 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 10, 1897 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Wolverhampton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1896-97
Referee:: CJ Fox
Attendance:: 5,000
League Week:: 30 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 8 10
Opp Before/After:: 13 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tottenham Hotspur (Friendly)
League:: Notts County
Wolverhampton Wanderers:: Sep 25, 1897

GAME COUNT:
League:: 151 (of 5085)
League Tier 1:: 151 (of 2337)
Competitive:: 221 (of 5827)
Total:: 835 (of 7632)
Played:: 129 years, 4 months, 25 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Adrian Capes (15') - Adrian Capes last goal

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Manager: Jack Addenbrooke
Prior form: DLDWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Billy Smith (75')
George Eccles (82')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Thomas Martin
2	D	24	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	21	Frank Forman
5	M	30	John McPherson
6	M	21	Willie Wragg
7	F		Fred Spencer
8	M		George Goodchild
9	M	23	Adrian Capes (15')
10	F	22	Arthur Capes
11	F	23	Tom McInnes

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK		Thomas Martin	1		2	1
2	D	24	Archibald Ritchie	145		2	1
3	D		Adam Scott	156	3	2	1
4	M	21	Frank Forman	59	4	2	1
5	M	30	John McPherson	148	18	2	1
6	M	21	Willie Wragg	15		5	2
7	F		Fred Spencer	9	5	2	1
8	M		George Goodchild	2		2	1
9	M	23	Adrian Capes (15')	32	7	5	2
10	F	22	Arthur Capes	34	7	2	1
11	F	23	Tom McInnes	145	51	21	6

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Billy Tennant
2	D	George Eccles
3	D	George Fleming
4	D	Hill Griffiths
5	D	Billy Owen
6	M	Billy Malpass
7	M	Jack Tonks
8	M	Joe McMain
9	M	Billy Beats
10	F	Harry Wood
11	F	Billy Smith

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 10, 1897)

Home	Score	Away
Bolton Wanderers	2-1	The Wednesday
Burnley	5-0	West Bromwich Albion
Bury	1-0	Derby County
Liverpool	0-0	Preston North End
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Stoke	1-0	Blackburn Rovers

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

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	27	18	5	4	64	38	8	3	2	28	16	10	2	2	36	22	26	41	WWWDWW	Champions
	2	Derby County	27	15	4	8	66	44	10	2	2	45	21	5	2	6	21	23	22	34	WWWDWL		0-1
	3	Sheffield United	28	12	10	6	40	27	6	4	5	22	16	6	6	1	18	11	13	34	WDDLWW
	4	Preston North End	27	11	11	5	55	37	8	3	1	35	18	3	8	4	20	19	18	33	LWDWDD		0-0
	5	Liverpool	30	12	9	9	46	38	7	6	2	25	10	5	3	7	21	28	8	33	LWDLDD		0-0
1	6	Bolton Wanderers	28	12	6	10	40	37	7	3	4	22	16	5	3	6	18	21	3	30	WDLLLW		2-1
1	7	The Wednesday	29	9	11	9	40	37	8	4	2	27	11	1	7	7	13	26	3	29	DWLDWL		1-2
2	8	Bury	26	9	9	8	36	37	7	4	3	24	14	2	5	5	12	23	-1	27	DWWLWW		1-0
4	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	10	6	12	41	36	5	4	5	22	14	5	2	7	19	22	5	26	LDWWWW		2-1
2	10	Nottingham Forest	30	9	8	13	44	49	8	3	4	30	16	1	5	9	14	33	-5	26	WDDLDL		1-2
2	11	Everton	26	11	3	12	49	50	6	1	5	30	22	5	2	7	19	28	-1	25	LLLLLL
1	12	West Bromwich Albion	28	10	5	13	30	50	7	2	6	18	16	3	3	7	12	34	-20	25	WLLLWL		0-5
1	13	Blackburn Rovers	29	11	3	15	35	59	8	1	6	27	25	3	2	9	8	34	-24	25	LWWWLL		0-1
	14	Sunderland	29	7	8	14	33	46	4	6	5	21	21	3	2	9	12	25	-13	22	WLDWDW
	15	Stoke	28	9	3	16	43	59	6	3	4	25	18	3	0	12	18	41	-16	21	LWLLLW		1-0
	16	Burnley	30	6	7	17	43	61	4	5	6	25	25	2	2	11	18	36	-18	19	LLWLLW		5-0