The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 THE WEDNESDAY - Sat Jan 22, 1898 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 22, 1898 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: The Wednesday
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground (Town Ground)
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1897-98
Referee:: J Fox
Attendance:: 10,000
League Week:: 20 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 8 8
Opp Before/After:: 6 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Grimsby Town (FA Cup)
League:: Stoke City
The Wednesday:: Sep 10, 1898

GAME COUNT:
League:: 171 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 171 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 241 (of 5829)
Total:: 866 (of 7634)
Played:: 128 years, 7 months, 29 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Harry Hallam
Prior form: DLLWWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Tom McInnes

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

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Dan Allsop
2	D	25	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	22	Frank Forman
5	M	22	John Thornley	Debut
6	M	22	Willie Wragg
7	F	24	Tom McInnes
8	F	22	Chas Richards
9	F	21	Len Benbow
10	F	22	Arthur Capes
11	F	20	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Massey
2	D	Jack Earp
3	D	Ambrose Langley
4	D	Thomas Stevenson
5	D	Tommy Crawshaw
6	M	Jimmy Jamieson
7	M	Bob Ferrier
8	M	Willie Dryburgh
9	M	Albert Kaye
10	F	Alex Brady
11	F	Fred Spiksley

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Jan 22, 1898)

Home	Score	Away
Derby County	3-1	Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest	1-0	The Wednesday
Sheffield United	2-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Sunderland	1-0	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	Sheffield United	20	11	7	2	41	24	5	3	1	18	12	6	4	1	23	12	17	29	LDLWWW
	2	West Bromwich Albion	20	9	7	4	34	27	7	4	0	21	9	2	3	4	13	18	7	25	WWDDDW
	3	Sunderland	20	10	4	6	28	22	7	2	1	15	6	3	2	5	13	16	6	24	LWWWWW
	4	Aston Villa	21	10	4	7	45	36	9	0	1	35	17	1	4	6	10	19	9	24	WDLDLL
	5	Everton	20	9	6	5	33	29	7	2	1	21	9	2	4	4	12	20	4	24	DWDWLD
	6	The Wednesday	21	10	3	8	39	28	9	0	3	32	14	1	3	5	7	14	11	23	LWDLLW
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	8	6	6	35	27	6	4	1	22	10	2	2	5	13	17	8	22	WWDDDL
	8	Nottingham Forest	19	7	6	6	32	28	3	3	3	17	13	4	3	3	15	15	4	20	DLLWWD
	9	Derby County	21	7	6	8	41	40	6	3	1	25	14	1	3	7	16	26	1	20	DLWDWL
	10	Blackburn Rovers	20	6	7	7	29	38	4	5	1	15	13	2	2	6	14	25	-9	19	WWDDWD
	11	Bolton Wanderers	21	8	3	10	21	28	6	2	2	12	9	2	1	8	9	19	-7	19	LLDDLL
	12	Liverpool	20	7	4	9	30	31	4	2	3	14	9	3	2	6	16	22	-1	18	LWLWDL
	13	Preston North End	22	6	5	11	24	32	5	3	3	17	13	1	2	8	7	19	-8	17	LWWLWL
	14	Stoke	23	6	5	12	26	45	6	3	4	17	13	0	2	8	9	32	-19	17	LWDLWD
	15	Bury	18	4	5	9	22	33	4	2	2	15	13	0	3	7	7	20	-11	13	LLDDLL
	16	Notts County	20	3	6	11	23	35	2	4	4	16	17	1	2	7	7	18	-12	12	LDWLLW

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	Sheffield United	21	12	7	2	43	25	6	3	1	20	13	6	4	1	23	12	18	31	DLWWWW		2-1
1	2	Sunderland	21	11	4	6	29	22	8	2	1	16	6	3	2	5	13	16	7	26	WWWWWW		1-0
1	3	West Bromwich Albion	20	9	7	4	34	27	7	4	0	21	9	2	3	4	13	18	7	25	WWDDDW
	4	Aston Villa	22	10	4	8	46	39	9	0	1	35	17	1	4	7	11	22	7	24	DLDLLL		1-3
	5	Everton	20	9	6	5	33	29	7	2	1	21	9	2	4	4	12	20	4	24	DWDWLD
	6	The Wednesday	22	10	3	9	39	29	9	0	3	32	14	1	3	6	7	15	10	23	WDLLWL		0-1
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	8	6	7	36	29	6	4	1	22	10	2	2	6	14	19	7	22	WDDDLL		1-2
	8	Nottingham Forest	20	8	6	6	33	28	4	3	3	18	13	4	3	3	15	15	5	22	LLWWDW		1-0
	9	Derby County	22	8	6	8	44	41	7	3	1	28	15	1	3	7	16	26	3	22	LWDWLW		3-1
	10	Blackburn Rovers	20	6	7	7	29	38	4	5	1	15	13	2	2	6	14	25	-9	19	WWDDWD
	11	Bolton Wanderers	21	8	3	10	21	28	6	2	2	12	9	2	1	8	9	19	-7	19	LLDDLL
	12	Liverpool	21	7	4	10	30	32	4	2	3	14	9	3	2	7	16	23	-2	18	WLWDLL		0-1
	13	Preston North End	22	6	5	11	24	32	5	3	3	17	13	1	2	8	7	19	-8	17	LWWLWL
	14	Stoke	23	6	5	12	26	45	6	3	4	17	13	0	2	8	9	32	-19	17	LWDLWD
	15	Bury	18	4	5	9	22	33	4	2	2	15	13	0	3	7	7	20	-11	13	LLDDLL
	16	Notts County	20	3	6	11	23	35	2	4	4	16	17	1	2	7	7	18	-12	12	LDWLLW