The City Ground

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

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

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1897-98
Referee:: J Lewis
Attendance:: 6,000
League Week:: 21 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 8 7
Opp Before/After:: 14 14

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

GAME COUNT:
League:: 172 (of 5060)
League Tier 1:: 172 (of 2312)
Competitive:: 244 (of 5789)
Total:: 869 (of 7584)
Played:: 127 years, 9 months, 21 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Frank Forman
Arthur Capes
Alf Spouncer

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

Goal Scorers
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Dan Allsop
2	D	25	Archibald Ritchie
3	D	21	James Iremonger
4	M	22	Frank Forman
5	M	30	John McPherson
6	M	22	Willie Wragg
7	F	24	Tom McInnes
8	F	22	Chas Richards
9	F	18	Tom Bradshaw	Debut
10	F	22	Arthur Capes
11	F	20	Alf Spouncer

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	27	Dan Allsop	153		7	1
2	D	25	Archibald Ritchie	164		7	1
3	D	21	James Iremonger	34		35	4
4	M	22	Frank Forman	81	6	7	1
5	M	30	John McPherson	170	21	7	1
6	M	22	Willie Wragg	35	1	7	1
7	F	24	Tom McInnes	163	56	7	1
8	F	22	Chas Richards	61	23	7	1
9	F	18	Tom Bradshaw	Debut
10	F	22	Arthur Capes	56	12	7	1
11	F	20	Alf Spouncer	18	5	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Zeke Johnston
2	D	Arthur Rowley
3	D	Jack Eccles
4	D	Joe 'Judge' Murphy
5	D	Alf Wood
6	M	Peter Durber
7	M	Harry Pugh
8	M	Harry Mellor
9	M	Jim Hingerty
10	F	Willie Maxwell
11	F	Jimmy Hill

All 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
Sheffield United	0-1	Notts County
West Bromwich Albion	2-2	Sunderland

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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