The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS - Fri Apr 08, 1898 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Fri Apr 08, 1898 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Wolverhampton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground (Town Ground)
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1897-98
Referee:: J Lewis
Attendance:: 10,000
League Week:: 26 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 8 8
Opp Before/After:: 7 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 1)
Wolverhampton Wanderers:: Sep 24, 1898

GAME COUNT:
League:: 177 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 177 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 252 (of 5824)
Total:: 877 (of 7629)
Played:: 128 years, 4 months, 18 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Frank Forman

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

Goal Scorers
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Thomas Martin	Last game
2	D	22	James Iremonger
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	22	Frank Forman
5	M	31	John McPherson
6	M	22	Willie Wragg
7	F	24	Tom McInnes
8	F	22	Chas Richards
9	F	21	Len Benbow
10	F	23	Arthur Capes
11	F	20	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tom Baddeley
2	D	Harry Davies
3	D	Joe Blackett
4	D	Hill Griffiths
5	D	Billy Owen
6	M	George Fleming
7	M	John Chadburn
8	M	Harry Wood
9	M	Billy Beats
10	F	Billy Smith
11	F	Jack Miller

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Fri Apr 08, 1898)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	1-1	Stoke
Bolton Wanderers	0-1	Sheffield United
Bury	1-0	Sunderland
Everton	3-0	Derby County
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Preston North End	3-1	Notts County

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	28	15	8	5	53	31	8	4	2	25	14	7	4	3	28	17	22	38	WLDLLW
	2	Sunderland	27	15	5	7	39	27	11	2	1	23	8	4	3	6	16	19	12	35	WDWWWL
	3	West Bromwich Albion	28	11	10	7	44	40	8	5	2	25	16	3	5	5	19	24	4	32	LDWDLL
	4	The Wednesday	27	14	3	10	48	33	11	0	3	36	15	3	3	7	12	18	15	31	LWWWWL
	5	Aston Villa	27	13	5	9	58	45	11	1	1	44	19	2	4	8	14	26	13	31	LWWWLD
	6	Everton	27	11	9	7	43	37	9	3	1	28	12	2	6	6	15	25	6	31	DWDDLW
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	11	6	9	47	39	8	4	1	29	14	3	2	8	18	25	8	28	LWWLLW
	8	Nottingham Forest	25	10	8	7	43	36	6	4	3	26	17	4	4	4	17	19	7	28	WWDWLD
	9	Bolton Wanderers	27	11	4	12	27	36	9	2	2	17	10	2	2	10	10	26	-9	26	LLWDWW
	10	Derby County	26	9	6	11	49	52	8	3	2	32	18	1	3	9	17	34	-3	24	LWLLWL
	11	Liverpool	27	9	6	12	39	42	5	4	4	19	16	4	2	8	20	26	-3	24	LWDWDL
	12	Notts County	28	7	8	13	34	43	4	6	5	23	23	3	2	8	11	20	-9	22	WDLDWW
	13	Blackburn Rovers	26	6	9	11	36	50	4	6	3	19	20	2	3	8	17	30	-14	21	LLDLDL
	14	Stoke	28	7	7	14	32	54	7	3	4	19	14	0	4	10	13	40	-22	21	DLLDWD
	15	Bury	27	6	8	13	36	48	6	3	4	23	19	0	5	9	13	29	-12	20	LDLWDD
	16	Preston North End	28	6	8	14	27	42	5	5	3	18	14	1	3	11	9	28	-15	20	LLDLDD

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	29	16	8	5	54	31	8	4	2	25	14	8	4	3	29	17	23	40	LDLLWW	Champions	1-0
	2	Sunderland	28	15	5	8	39	28	11	2	1	23	8	4	3	7	16	20	11	35	DWWWLL		0-1
3	3	Everton	28	12	9	7	46	37	10	3	1	31	12	2	6	6	15	25	9	33	WDDLWW		3-0
1	4	West Bromwich Albion	28	11	10	7	44	40	8	5	2	25	16	3	5	5	19	24	4	32	LDWDLL
1	5	The Wednesday	27	14	3	10	48	33	11	0	3	36	15	3	3	7	12	18	15	31	LWWWWL
1	6	Aston Villa	27	13	5	9	58	45	11	1	1	44	19	2	4	8	14	26	13	31	LWWWLD
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	11	7	9	48	40	8	4	1	29	14	3	3	8	19	26	8	29	WWLLWD		1-1
	8	Nottingham Forest	26	10	9	7	44	37	6	5	3	27	18	4	4	4	17	19	7	29	WDWLDD		1-1
	9	Bolton Wanderers	28	11	4	13	27	37	9	2	3	17	11	2	2	10	10	26	-10	26	LWDWWL		0-1
1	10	Liverpool	27	9	6	12	39	42	5	4	4	19	16	4	2	8	20	26	-3	24	LWDWDL
1	11	Derby County	27	9	6	12	49	55	8	3	2	32	18	1	3	10	17	37	-6	24	WLLWLL		0-3
3	12	Bury	28	7	8	13	37	48	7	3	4	24	19	0	5	9	13	29	-11	22	DLWDDW		1-0
1	13	Notts County	29	7	8	14	35	46	4	6	5	23	23	3	2	9	12	23	-11	22	DLDWWL		1-3
1	14	Blackburn Rovers	27	6	10	11	37	51	4	7	3	20	21	2	3	8	17	30	-14	22	LDLDLD		1-1
1	15	Preston North End	29	7	8	14	30	43	6	5	3	21	15	1	3	11	9	28	-13	22	LDLDDW		3-1
2	16	Stoke	29	7	8	14	33	55	7	3	4	19	14	0	5	10	14	41	-22	22	LLDWDD		1-1