The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 BURY - Sat Apr 01, 1899 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 01, 1899 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-2

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

Season:: 1898-99
Referee:: A Kingscott
Attendance:: 3,000
League Week:: 31 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 6 8
Opp Before/After:: 12 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Corinthians (Friendly)
League:: Bolton Wanderers
Bury:: Nov 04, 1899

GAME COUNT:
League:: 212 (of 5085)
League Tier 1:: 212 (of 2337)
Competitive:: 291 (of 5827)
Total:: 923 (of 7632)
Played:: 127 years, 5 months, 3 days ago

Review
Norris dislocated elbow on 30 minutes

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

Goal Scorers
Fred Spencer (2')

BURY
Manager:
Prior form: LWLLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
William Brimblecombe (20')
John Berry (22')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Dan Allsop
2	D	23	James Iremonger
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	29	Peter McCracken
5	M	32	John McPherson
6	M	24	Bob Norris
7	F	25	Fred Forman
8	F		Fred Spencer (2')
9	F	22	Len Benbow
10	F	24	Arthur Capes
11	F	21	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Archie Montgomery
2	D	Jack Darroch
3	D	Tommy Davidson
4	D	Jack Pray
5	D	Joe Leeming
6	M	George Ross
7	M	William Brimblecombe
8	M	Billy Wood
9	M	James McLuckie
10	F	John Berry
11	F	Michael Kelly

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 01, 1899)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2-1	Sheffield United
Bolton Wanderers	2-1	Liverpool
Derby County	1-0	Preston North End
Everton	1-2	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Bury
Sunderland	4-2	Aston Villa
The Wednesday	1-0	Burnley
West Bromwich Albion	2-0	Newcastle United
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-2	Stoke

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	27	16	5	6	55	29	12	2	0	40	11	4	3	6	15	18	26	37	LLDLDW	Safe
	2	Liverpool	28	15	5	8	38	24	8	3	2	19	8	7	2	6	19	16	14	35	DWWWWL	Safe
	3	Burnley	29	14	7	8	43	41	10	3	1	30	14	4	4	7	13	27	2	35	LLDWWW	Safe
	4	Everton	28	14	6	8	42	33	10	1	3	22	8	4	5	5	20	25	9	34	WLWWDL	Safe
	5	Blackburn Rovers	29	12	7	10	55	46	8	4	3	37	20	4	3	7	18	26	9	31	LWLDWD
	6	Nottingham Forest	30	10	11	9	37	36	5	6	3	17	14	5	5	6	20	22	1	31	DWWDWW
	7	Notts County	29	9	13	7	40	41	7	6	2	29	19	2	7	5	11	22	-1	31	LDWDLL
	8	Sunderland	29	12	6	11	35	37	9	3	2	21	7	3	3	9	14	30	-2	30	WWDDLW
	9	Sheffield United	31	9	11	11	44	47	7	8	2	31	20	2	3	9	13	27	-3	29	WLLWWL
	10	Stoke	29	12	5	12	41	44	9	3	3	26	15	3	2	9	15	29	-3	29	LWWLWW
	11	West Bromwich Albion	30	11	6	13	39	43	10	1	5	26	9	1	5	8	13	34	-4	28	WWLDLL
	12	Bury	29	11	6	12	40	45	7	5	3	26	17	4	1	9	14	28	-5	28	LWLLWL
	13	Derby County	29	8	11	10	56	52	8	5	1	42	19	0	6	9	14	33	4	27	WWDLLL
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	10	7	12	41	44	5	5	2	17	9	5	2	10	24	35	-3	27	LDDLWW
	15	Newcastle United	29	9	8	12	43	41	8	3	4	32	17	1	5	8	11	24	2	26	WWWLDW
	16	Preston North End	29	9	7	13	37	42	9	3	2	24	12	0	4	11	13	30	-5	25	LWWLLW
	17	The Wednesday	31	7	7	17	29	57	7	2	6	24	21	0	5	11	5	36	-28	21	DLLWLL
	18	Bolton Wanderers	27	6	6	15	30	43	5	4	6	22	20	1	2	9	8	23	-13	18	WLLLDW

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	Aston Villa	28	16	5	7	57	33	12	2	0	40	11	4	3	7	17	22	24	37	LDLDWL	Safe	2-4
	2	Liverpool	29	15	5	9	39	26	8	3	2	19	8	7	2	7	20	18	13	35	WWWWLL	Safe	1-2
	3	Burnley	30	14	7	9	43	42	10	3	1	30	14	4	4	8	13	28	1	35	LDWWWL	Safe	0-1
	4	Everton	29	14	6	9	43	35	10	1	4	23	10	4	5	5	20	25	8	34	LWWDLL	Safe	1-2
	5	Blackburn Rovers	30	13	7	10	57	47	9	4	3	39	21	4	3	7	18	26	10	33	WLDWDW	Safe	2-1
1	6	Notts County	30	10	13	7	42	42	7	6	2	29	19	3	7	5	13	23	0	33	DWDLLW	Safe	2-1
1	7	Sunderland	30	13	6	11	39	39	10	3	2	25	9	3	3	9	14	30	0	32	WDDLWW		4-2
2	8	Nottingham Forest	31	10	11	10	38	38	5	6	4	18	16	5	5	6	20	22	0	31	WWDWWL		1-2
2	9	West Bromwich Albion	31	12	6	13	41	43	11	1	5	28	9	1	5	8	13	34	-2	30	WLDLLW		2-0
2	10	Bury	30	12	6	12	42	46	7	5	3	26	17	5	1	9	16	29	-4	30	WLLWLW		2-1
2	11	Derby County	30	9	11	10	57	52	9	5	1	43	19	0	6	9	14	33	5	29	WDLLLW		1-0
2	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	11	7	12	44	46	6	5	2	20	11	5	2	10	24	35	-2	29	DDLWWW		3-2
4	13	Sheffield United	32	9	11	12	45	49	7	8	2	31	20	2	3	10	14	29	-4	29	LLWWLL		1-2
4	14	Stoke	30	12	5	13	43	47	9	3	3	26	15	3	2	10	17	32	-4	29	WWLWWL		2-3
	15	Newcastle United	30	9	8	13	43	43	8	3	4	32	17	1	5	9	11	26	0	26	WWLDWL		0-2
	16	Preston North End	30	9	7	14	37	43	9	3	2	24	12	0	4	12	13	31	-6	25	WWLLWL		0-1
	17	The Wednesday	32	8	7	17	30	57	8	2	6	25	21	0	5	11	5	36	-27	23	LLWLLW		1-0
	18	Bolton Wanderers	28	7	6	15	32	44	6	4	6	24	21	1	2	9	8	23	-12	20	LLLDWW		2-1