The City Ground

NEWCASTLE UNITED 0 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 11, 1899 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 11, 1899 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Newcastle United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. James Park (Newcastle)
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1898-99
Referee:: AJ Barker
Attendance:: 15,000
League Week:: 29 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 9 7
Opp Before/After:: 14 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Suffolk County (Friendly)
League:: Liverpool
Newcastle United:: Dec 02, 1899

GAME COUNT:
League:: 210 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 210 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 289 (of 5824)
Total:: 918 (of 7629)
Played:: 127 years, 5 months, 10 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Fred Spencer (30')

NEWCASTLE UNITED
Manager: Frank Watt
Prior form: DLWWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Dan Allsop
2	D	23	James Iremonger
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	23	Frank Forman
5	M	29	Peter McCracken
6	M	23	Bob Norris
7	F	25	Fred Forman
8	F		Fred Spencer (30')
9	F	22	Len Benbow
10	F	21	Grenville Morris
11	F	21	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Matt Kingsley
2	D	Billy Lindsay
3	D	Jimmy Jackson
4	D	Tommy Ghee
5	D	Jack Ostler
6	M	Jimmy Stott
7	M	Joe Rogers
8	M	Jimmy Stevenson
9	M	Jock Peddie
10	F	Sandy MacFarlane
11	F	Willie Wardrope

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 11, 1899)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	2-1	Derby County
Everton	0-0	Sunderland
Newcastle United	0-1	Nottingham Forest
Notts County	1-0	The Wednesday
Preston North End	1-2	Liverpool
Sheffield United	3-1	Bolton Wanderers
Stoke	0-1	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	24	15	4	5	51	24	11	2	0	37	10	4	2	5	14	14	27	34	WWWLLD
	2	Liverpool	26	14	5	7	36	22	8	3	1	19	7	6	2	6	17	15	14	33	WDDWWW
	3	Everton	26	14	5	7	41	30	10	0	3	22	8	4	5	4	19	22	11	33	LDWLWW
	4	Burnley	26	11	7	8	39	40	8	3	1	27	13	3	4	7	12	27	-1	29	LLWLLD
	5	Blackburn Rovers	27	11	6	10	54	46	8	3	3	37	20	3	3	7	17	26	8	28	WWLWLD
	6	Notts County	25	8	12	5	38	36	6	6	1	28	17	2	6	4	10	19	2	28	LDWDLD
	7	West Bromwich Albion	28	11	6	11	39	37	10	1	4	26	8	1	5	7	13	29	2	28	DWWWLD
	8	Derby County	26	8	11	7	54	46	8	5	1	42	19	0	6	6	12	27	8	27	WLWWWD
	9	Nottingham Forest	28	8	11	9	35	36	5	6	3	17	14	3	5	6	18	22	-1	27	DWDWWD
	10	Sunderland	25	11	4	10	32	34	9	2	2	20	6	2	2	8	12	28	-2	26	DDLLWW
	11	Bury	26	10	6	10	36	40	6	5	1	22	12	4	1	9	14	28	-4	26	LDLLWL
	12	Stoke	26	10	5	11	37	42	8	3	2	25	14	2	2	9	12	28	-5	25	WWLLWW
	13	Sheffield United	28	7	11	10	36	45	5	8	2	23	19	2	3	8	13	26	-9	25	DLLWLL
	14	Newcastle United	26	8	7	11	41	40	7	3	3	30	16	1	4	8	11	24	1	23	DLWWWW
	15	Preston North End	27	8	7	12	34	40	8	3	1	21	10	0	4	11	13	30	-6	23	LWLWWL
	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	8	7	12	37	44	5	5	2	17	9	3	2	10	20	35	-7	23	DLLDDL
	17	The Wednesday	27	6	7	14	23	49	6	2	5	19	17	0	5	9	4	32	-26	19	LLLLDL
	18	Bolton Wanderers	24	5	5	14	27	39	4	3	6	20	19	1	2	8	7	20	-12	15	WLLWLL

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	1	Liverpool	27	15	5	7	38	23	8	3	1	19	7	7	2	6	19	16	15	35	DDWWWW	Safe	2-1
1	2	Aston Villa	24	15	4	5	51	24	11	2	0	37	10	4	2	5	14	14	27	34	WWWLLD	Safe
	3	Everton	27	14	6	7	41	30	10	1	3	22	8	4	5	4	19	22	11	34	DWLWWD	Safe	0-0
	4	Burnley	27	12	7	8	41	41	9	3	1	29	14	3	4	7	12	27	0	31	LWLLDW		2-1
	5	Blackburn Rovers	28	12	6	10	55	46	8	3	3	37	20	4	3	7	18	26	9	30	WLWLDW		1-0
	6	Notts County	26	9	12	5	39	36	7	6	1	29	17	2	6	4	10	19	3	30	DWDLDW		1-0
2	7	Nottingham Forest	29	9	11	9	36	36	5	6	3	17	14	4	5	6	19	22	0	29	WDWWDW		1-0
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	28	11	6	11	39	37	10	1	4	26	8	1	5	7	13	29	2	28	DWWWLD
1	9	Derby County	27	8	11	8	55	48	8	5	1	42	19	0	6	7	13	29	7	27	LWWWDL		1-2
	10	Sunderland	26	11	5	10	32	34	9	2	2	20	6	2	3	8	12	28	-2	27	DLLWWD		0-0
2	11	Sheffield United	29	8	11	10	39	46	6	8	2	26	20	2	3	8	13	26	-7	27	LLWLLW		3-1
1	12	Bury	26	10	6	10	36	40	6	5	1	22	12	4	1	9	14	28	-4	26	LDLLWL
1	13	Stoke	27	10	5	12	37	43	8	3	3	25	15	2	2	9	12	28	-6	25	WLLWWL		0-1
	14	Newcastle United	27	8	7	12	41	41	7	3	4	30	17	1	4	8	11	24	0	23	LWWWWL		0-1
1	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	8	7	12	37	44	5	5	2	17	9	3	2	10	20	35	-7	23	DLLDDL
1	16	Preston North End	28	8	7	13	35	42	8	3	2	22	12	0	4	11	13	30	-7	23	WLWWLL		1-2
	17	The Wednesday	28	6	7	15	23	50	6	2	5	19	17	0	5	10	4	33	-27	19	LLLDLL		0-1
	18	Bolton Wanderers	25	5	5	15	28	42	4	3	6	20	19	1	2	9	8	23	-14	15	LLWLLL		1-3