The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 STOKE CITY - Sat Feb 19, 1898 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 19, 1898 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground (Town Ground)
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 (Won)

Season:: 1897-98
Referee:: J Lewis
Attendance:: 6,000
Pos Before/After:: 8 7
Opp Before/After:: 14 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (FA Cup)
League:: Everton
Stoke City:: Oct 15, 1898

GAME COUNT:
League:: 172 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 172 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 244 (of 5672)
Total:: 868 (of 7440)

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

FOREST
Manager: Harry Haslam
Prior form: LLWWDW (Old to recent)

Goals:
Frank Forman
Arthur Capes
Alf Spouncer

STOKE CITY
Manager: Horace Austerberry
Prior form: WDLWDL (Old to recent)

Goals:
?

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	Tom McInnes
8	F	Chas Richards
9	F	Tom Bradshaw	Debut
10	F	Arthur Capes
11	F	Alf Spouncer

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Feb 19, 1898)

Home	Score	Away
Derby County	1-2	The Wednesday
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Stoke City
Sheffield United	0-1	Notts County
West Bromwich Albion	2-2	Sunderland

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	Sheffield United	23	14	7	2	51	25	7	3	1	24	13	7	4	1	27	12	2.040	35	WWWWWW
	2	Sunderland	22	12	4	6	30	22	8	2	1	16	6	4	2	5	14	16	1.364	28	WWWWWW
	3	West Bromwich Albion	21	10	7	4	37	28	7	4	0	21	9	3	3	4	16	19	1.321	27	WDDDWW
	4	Aston Villa	23	11	4	8	50	39	10	0	1	39	17	1	4	7	11	22	1.282	26	LDLLLW
	5	The Wednesday	23	11	3	9	41	30	10	0	3	34	15	1	3	6	7	15	1.367	25	DLLWLW
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	9	6	7	40	31	7	4	1	26	12	2	2	6	14	19	1.290	24	DDDLLW
	7	Everton	21	9	6	6	34	31	7	2	1	21	9	2	4	5	13	22	1.097	24	WDWLDL
	8	Nottingham Forest	20	8	6	6	33	28	4	3	3	18	13	4	3	3	15	15	1.179	22	LLWWDW
	9	Derby County	22	8	6	8	44	41	7	3	1	28	15	1	3	7	16	26	1.073	22	LWDWLW
	10	Blackburn Rovers	21	6	7	8	30	41	4	5	2	16	16	2	2	6	14	25	.732	19	WDDWDL
	11	Bolton Wanderers	22	8	3	11	21	32	6	2	2	12	9	2	1	9	9	23	.656	19	LDDLLL
	12	Liverpool	22	7	4	11	30	36	4	2	4	14	13	3	2	7	16	23	.833	18	LWDLLL
	13	Preston North End	24	6	5	13	24	37	5	3	3	17	13	1	2	10	7	24	.649	17	WLWLLL
	14	Stoke City	24	6	5	13	28	49	6	3	4	17	13	0	2	9	11	36	.571	17	WDLWDL
	15	Bury	19	5	5	9	23	33	5	2	2	16	13	0	3	7	7	20	.697	15	LDDLLW
	16	Notts County	21	3	6	12	23	36	2	4	5	16	18	1	2	7	7	18	.639	12	DWLLWL

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	Sheffield United	24	14	7	3	51	26	7	3	2	24	14	7	4	1	27	12	1.962	35	WWWWWL	0-1
	2	Sunderland	23	12	5	6	32	24	8	2	1	16	6	4	3	5	16	18	1.333	29	WWWWWD	2-2
	3	West Bromwich Albion	22	10	8	4	39	30	7	5	0	23	11	3	3	4	16	19	1.300	28	DDDWWD	2-2
1	4	The Wednesday	24	12	3	9	43	31	10	0	3	34	15	2	3	6	9	16	1.387	27	LLWLWW	2-1
1	5	Aston Villa	23	11	4	8	50	39	10	0	1	39	17	1	4	7	11	22	1.282	26	LDLLLW
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	9	6	7	40	31	7	4	1	26	12	2	2	6	14	19	1.290	24	DDDLLW
1	7	Nottingham Forest	21	9	6	6	36	29	5	3	3	21	14	4	3	3	15	15	1.241	24	LWWDWW	3-1
1	8	Everton	21	9	6	6	34	31	7	2	1	21	9	2	4	5	13	22	1.097	24	WDWLDL
	9	Derby County	23	8	6	9	45	43	7	3	2	29	17	1	3	7	16	26	1.047	22	WDWLWL	1-2
	10	Blackburn Rovers	21	6	7	8	30	41	4	5	2	16	16	2	2	6	14	25	.732	19	WDDWDL
	11	Bolton Wanderers	22	8	3	11	21	32	6	2	2	12	9	2	1	9	9	23	.656	19	LDDLLL
	12	Liverpool	22	7	4	11	30	36	4	2	4	14	13	3	2	7	16	23	.833	18	LWDLLL
	13	Preston North End	24	6	5	13	24	37	5	3	3	17	13	1	2	10	7	24	.649	17	WLWLLL
	14	Stoke City	25	6	5	14	29	52	6	3	4	17	13	0	2	10	12	39	.558	17	DLWDLL	1-3
	15	Bury	19	5	5	9	23	33	5	2	2	16	13	0	3	7	7	20	.697	15	LDDLLW
	16	Notts County	22	4	6	12	24	36	2	4	5	16	18	2	2	7	8	18	.667	14	WLLWLW	1-0