The City Ground

DERBY COUNTY 2 - 0 FOREST - Thu Apr 20, 1899 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Thu Apr 20, 1899 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Derby County
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Baseball Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST

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

Season:: 1898-99
Referee:: VR Daines
Attendance:: 500
League Week:: 33 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 12 12
Opp Before/After:: 11 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 1)
Derby County:: Oct 28, 1899

GAME COUNT:
League:: 214 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 214 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 293 (of 5824)
Total:: 930 (of 7629)
Played:: 127 years, 4 months, 8 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

DERBY COUNTY
Manager: Harry Newbould
Prior form: LLLWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Steve Bloomer
Steve Bloomer

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Dan Allsop
2	D	27	Archibald Ritchie	Last game
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	23	George Robinson
5	M	23	Frank Forman
6	M	29	Peter McCracken
7	M	27	Thomas Kent	Debut
8	F	25	Fred Forman
9	M	21	James Suddick	Last game
10	F	24	Arthur Capes
11	F	21	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Fryer
2	D	Jackie Kifford
3	D	Jonathan Staley
4	D	Jack Cox
5	D	Robert Paterson
6	M	Charles Leckie
7	M	Tom Arkesden
8	M	Steve Bloomer
9	M	John Boag
10	F	Billy MacDonald
11	F	John Cooke

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Thu Apr 20, 1899)

Home	Score	Away
Derby County	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Liverpool	1-0	Bury

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	Liverpool	31	17	5	9	46	28	10	3	2	26	10	7	2	7	20	18	18	39	WWLLWW	Safe
	2	Aston Villa	31	16	7	8	58	38	12	2	0	40	11	4	5	8	18	27	20	39	DWLLDD	Safe
	3	Burnley	33	15	8	10	45	47	11	4	1	32	15	4	4	9	13	32	-2	38	WWLWLD	Safe
	4	Notts County	33	12	13	8	46	45	9	6	2	33	20	3	7	6	13	25	1	37	LLWWLW	Safe
	5	Blackburn Rovers	33	14	8	11	60	50	9	5	3	41	23	5	3	8	19	27	10	36	WDWWLD	Safe
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	14	7	12	53	46	9	5	2	29	11	5	2	10	24	35	7	35	WWWWWW	Safe
	7	Everton	32	14	7	11	46	40	10	2	5	25	13	4	5	6	21	27	6	35	DLLLLD	Safe
	8	Bury	32	14	6	12	47	47	9	5	3	31	18	5	1	9	16	29	0	34	LWLWWW	Safe
	9	Sunderland	32	13	6	13	39	41	10	3	3	25	10	3	3	10	14	31	-2	32	DLWWLL	Safe
	10	Stoke	33	13	6	14	46	51	10	3	3	28	16	3	3	11	18	35	-5	32	WWLWLD	Safe
	11	Derby County	32	10	11	11	59	57	9	5	1	43	19	1	6	10	16	38	2	31	LLLWWL	Safe
	12	Nottingham Forest	32	10	11	11	39	40	5	6	5	19	18	5	5	6	20	22	-1	31	WDWWLL	Safe
	13	Newcastle United	33	11	8	14	49	47	9	3	4	33	17	2	5	10	16	30	2	30	DWLLWW	Safe
	14	West Bromwich Albion	32	12	6	14	41	47	11	1	5	28	9	1	5	9	13	38	-6	30	LDLLWL	Safe
	15	Sheffield United	32	9	11	12	45	49	7	8	2	31	20	2	3	10	14	29	-4	29	LLWWLL	Safe
	16	Preston North End	32	10	8	14	43	45	10	3	2	28	12	0	5	12	15	33	-2	28	LLWLWD	Safe
	17	Bolton Wanderers	33	8	7	18	36	51	6	5	6	24	21	2	2	12	12	30	-15	23	WLLWLD	Relegated
	18	The Wednesday	33	8	7	18	31	60	8	2	7	26	24	0	5	11	5	36	-29	23	LWLLWL	Relegated

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	Liverpool	32	18	5	9	47	28	11	3	2	27	10	7	2	7	20	18	19	41	WLLWWW	Safe	1-0
	2	Aston Villa	31	16	7	8	58	38	12	2	0	40	11	4	5	8	18	27	20	39	DWLLDD	Safe
	3	Burnley	33	15	8	10	45	47	11	4	1	32	15	4	4	9	13	32	-2	38	WWLWLD	Safe
	4	Notts County	33	12	13	8	46	45	9	6	2	33	20	3	7	6	13	25	1	37	LLWWLW	Safe
	5	Blackburn Rovers	33	14	8	11	60	50	9	5	3	41	23	5	3	8	19	27	10	36	WDWWLD	Safe
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	14	7	12	53	46	9	5	2	29	11	5	2	10	24	35	7	35	WWWWWW	Safe
	7	Everton	32	14	7	11	46	40	10	2	5	25	13	4	5	6	21	27	6	35	DLLLLD	Safe
	8	Bury	33	14	6	13	47	48	9	5	3	31	18	5	1	10	16	30	-1	34	WLWWWL	Safe	0-1
2	9	Derby County	33	11	11	11	61	57	10	5	1	45	19	1	6	10	16	38	4	33	LLWWLW	Safe	2-0
1	10	Sunderland	32	13	6	13	39	41	10	3	3	25	10	3	3	10	14	31	-2	32	DLWWLL	Safe
1	11	Stoke	33	13	6	14	46	51	10	3	3	28	16	3	3	11	18	35	-5	32	WWLWLD	Safe
	12	Nottingham Forest	33	10	11	12	39	42	5	6	5	19	18	5	5	7	20	24	-3	31	DWWLLL	Safe	0-2
	13	Newcastle United	33	11	8	14	49	47	9	3	4	33	17	2	5	10	16	30	2	30	DWLLWW	Safe
	14	West Bromwich Albion	32	12	6	14	41	47	11	1	5	28	9	1	5	9	13	38	-6	30	LDLLWL	Safe
	15	Sheffield United	32	9	11	12	45	49	7	8	2	31	20	2	3	10	14	29	-4	29	LLWWLL	Safe
	16	Preston North End	32	10	8	14	43	45	10	3	2	28	12	0	5	12	15	33	-2	28	LLWLWD	Safe
	17	Bolton Wanderers	33	8	7	18	36	51	6	5	6	24	21	2	2	12	12	30	-15	23	WLLWLD	Relegated
	18	The Wednesday	33	8	7	18	31	60	8	2	7	26	24	0	5	11	5	36	-29	23	LWLLWL	Relegated