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LIVERPOOL 0 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 25, 1899 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 25, 1899 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Liverpool
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Anfield
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 (Won)

Season:: 1898-99
Referee:
Attendance:: 12,000
Pos Before/After:: 7 6
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (Friendly)
League:: Bury
Liverpool:: Dec 16, 1899

GAME COUNT:
League:: 211 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 211 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 290 (of 5722)
Total:: 920 (of 7502)

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

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

Goals
Len Benbow

LIVERPOOL
Manager: Tom Watson
Prior form: DDWWWW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Dan Allsop
2	D	James Iremonger
3	D	Adam Scott
4	M	Frank Forman
5	M	John McPherson
6	M	Robert Norris
7	F	Fred Forman
8	F	Fred Spencer
9	F	Len Benbow
10	F	Grenville Morris
11	F	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 25, 1899)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	3-1	The Wednesday
Liverpool	0-1	Nottingham Forest
Newcastle United	2-0	Derby County
Notts County	0-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Sheffield United	5-0	West Bromwich Albion
Stoke City	1-0	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	Aston Villa	26	15	5	6	52	28	11	2	0	37	10	4	3	6	15	18	1.85714	35	WLLDLD
	2	Liverpool	27	15	5	7	38	23	8	3	1	19	7	7	2	6	19	16	1.65217	35	DDWWWW
	3	Everton	28	14	6	8	42	33	10	1	3	22	8	4	5	5	20	25	1.27273	34	WLWWDL
	4	Burnley	28	13	7	8	42	41	9	3	1	29	14	4	4	7	13	27	1.02439	33	WLLDWW
	5	Blackburn Rovers	29	12	7	10	55	46	8	4	3	37	20	4	3	7	18	26	1.19565	31	LWLDWD
	6	Notts County	28	9	13	6	40	39	7	6	1	29	17	2	7	5	11	22	1.02564	31	DLDWDL
	7	Nottingham Forest	29	9	11	9	36	36	5	6	3	17	14	4	5	6	19	22	1.00000	29	WDWWDW
	8	West Bromwich Albion	29	11	6	12	39	38	10	1	5	26	9	1	5	7	13	29	1.02632	28	WWWLDL
	9	Sunderland	27	11	6	10	33	35	9	3	2	21	7	2	3	8	12	28	.94286	28	LLWWDD
	10	Bury	28	11	6	11	39	43	7	5	2	25	15	4	1	9	14	28	.90698	28	LLWLLW
	11	Derby County	27	8	11	8	55	48	8	5	1	42	19	0	6	7	13	29	1.14583	27	LWWWDL
	12	Sheffield United	29	8	11	10	39	46	6	8	2	26	20	2	3	8	13	26	.84783	27	LLWLLW
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	9	7	12	39	44	5	5	2	17	9	4	2	10	22	35	.88636	25	LLDDLW
	14	Preston North End	29	9	7	13	37	42	9	3	2	24	12	0	4	11	13	30	.88095	25	LWWLLW
	15	Stoke City	27	10	5	12	37	43	8	3	3	25	15	2	2	9	12	28	.86047	25	WLLWWL
	16	Newcastle United	28	8	8	12	41	41	7	3	4	30	17	1	5	8	11	24	1.00000	24	WWWWLD
	17	The Wednesday	29	7	7	15	27	51	7	2	5	23	18	0	5	10	4	33	.52941	21	LLDLLW
	18	Bolton Wanderers	26	5	6	15	28	42	4	4	6	20	19	1	2	9	8	23	.66667	16	LWLLLD

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	Aston Villa	27	16	5	6	55	29	12	2	0	40	11	4	3	6	15	18	1.89655	37	LLDLDW	3-1
	2	Liverpool	28	15	5	8	38	24	8	3	2	19	8	7	2	6	19	16	1.58333	35	DWWWWL	0-1
	3	Everton	28	14	6	8	42	33	10	1	3	22	8	4	5	5	20	25	1.27273	34	WLWWDL
	4	Burnley	28	13	7	8	42	41	9	3	1	29	14	4	4	7	13	27	1.02439	33	WLLDWW
	5	Blackburn Rovers	29	12	7	10	55	46	8	4	3	37	20	4	3	7	18	26	1.19565	31	LWLDWD
1	6	Nottingham Forest	30	10	11	9	37	36	5	6	3	17	14	5	5	6	20	22	1.02778	31	DWWDWW	1-0
1	7	Notts County	29	9	13	7	40	41	7	6	2	29	19	2	7	5	11	22	.97561	31	LDWDLL	0-2
4	8	Sheffield United	30	9	11	10	44	46	7	8	2	31	20	2	3	8	13	26	.95652	29	LWLLWW	5-0
	9	Sunderland	28	11	6	11	33	36	9	3	2	21	7	2	3	9	12	29	.91667	28	LWWDDL	0-1
	10	Bury	28	11	6	11	39	43	7	5	2	25	15	4	1	9	14	28	.90698	28	LLWLLW
3	11	West Bromwich Albion	30	11	6	13	39	43	10	1	5	26	9	1	5	8	13	34	.90698	28	WWLDLL	0-5
1	12	Derby County	28	8	11	9	55	50	8	5	1	42	19	0	6	8	13	31	1.10000	27	WWWDLL	0-2
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	10	7	12	41	44	5	5	2	17	9	5	2	10	24	35	.93182	27	LDDLWW	2-0
1	14	Stoke City	28	11	5	12	38	43	9	3	3	26	15	2	2	9	12	28	.88372	27	LLWWLW	1-0
1	15	Newcastle United	29	9	8	12	43	41	8	3	4	32	17	1	5	8	11	24	1.04878	26	WWWLDW	2-0
2	16	Preston North End	29	9	7	13	37	42	9	3	2	24	12	0	4	11	13	30	.88095	25	LWWLLW
	17	The Wednesday	30	7	7	16	28	54	7	2	5	23	18	0	5	11	5	36	.51852	21	LDLLWL	1-3
	18	Bolton Wanderers	26	5	6	15	28	42	4	4	6	20	19	1	2	9	8	23	.66667	16	LWLLLD