The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 ASTON VILLA - Sat Apr 20, 1901 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 20, 1901 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: AVFCHistory.co.uk (Link)
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1900-01
Referee:: J Adams
Attendance:: 5,000
League Week:: 33 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 4 3
Opp Before/After:: 11 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Liverpool (League Tier 1)
Aston Villa:: Dec 28, 1901

GAME COUNT:
League:: 283 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 283 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 371 (of 5828)
Total:: 1017 (of 7633)
Played:: 125 years, 4 months, 21 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Arthur Capes (28')
John Calvey (75')
Arthur Capes (76')

ASTON VILLA
Manager: George Ramsay
Prior form: LWLDDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Joe Bache (14')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	20	Harry Linacre
2	D	24	William McCurdy
3	D	25	James Iremonger
4	M	25	George Robinson
5	M	34	John McPherson
6	F		Sam Timmins
7	F	27	Fred Forman
8	F	26	Arthur Capes (28') (76')
9	F	25	John Calvey (75')
10	F	24	Grenville Morris
11	F	21	Tom Forman	Debut

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Whitley
2	D	Alf Wood
3	D	Albert Evans
4	D	Jimmy Crabtree
5	D	Tommy Bowman
6	M	Albert Wilkes
7	M	Bobby Templeton
8	M	Steve Smith
9	M	Jack Devey
10	F	Joe Bache
11	F	Billy Garraty

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 20, 1901)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bury	0-0	Liverpool
Everton	2-3	Bolton Wanderers
Manchester City	2-1	Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Aston Villa

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	Sunderland	33	14	13	6	55	26	12	3	2	43	11	2	10	4	12	15	29	41	WDWLWL	Safe
	2	Notts County	34	18	4	12	54	46	13	2	2	39	18	5	2	10	15	28	8	40	WWWLWL	Safe
	3	Liverpool	30	16	6	8	54	35	11	2	3	34	13	5	4	5	20	22	19	38	WWDWWW	Safe
	4	Nottingham Forest	32	15	7	10	50	33	9	4	3	29	13	6	3	7	21	20	17	37	LDWLLL	Safe
	5	Bury	32	16	5	11	53	37	11	2	3	31	10	5	3	8	22	27	16	37	WLLWLW	Safe
	6	Newcastle United	31	14	9	8	41	33	10	4	1	27	11	4	5	7	14	22	8	37	WLDWWW	Safe
	7	Everton	32	15	5	12	51	38	10	4	2	35	14	5	1	10	16	24	13	35	WLWLLW	Safe
	8	The Wednesday	32	12	10	10	50	39	12	2	2	37	16	0	8	8	13	23	11	34	DWLDWW	Safe
	9	Blackburn Rovers	33	11	9	13	37	47	8	4	4	22	18	3	5	9	15	29	-10	31	LWLLWL	Safe
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	9	13	10	39	52	6	10	1	21	15	3	3	9	18	37	-13	31	DWWDLW	Safe
	11	Aston Villa	31	10	10	11	44	41	8	5	4	32	18	2	5	7	12	23	3	30	LWLDDL	Safe
	12	Sheffield United	31	11	7	13	33	49	8	4	4	22	21	3	3	9	11	28	-16	29	WWLDDL	Safe
	13	Bolton Wanderers	32	11	7	14	35	53	9	5	2	20	12	2	2	12	15	41	-18	29	WLWLLW	Safe
	14	Manchester City	32	11	6	15	42	57	10	3	2	26	15	1	3	13	16	42	-15	28	LDDLWL	Safe
	15	Derby County	32	10	7	15	49	41	8	4	3	37	17	2	3	12	12	24	8	27	LLDLWL
	16	Stoke	34	11	5	18	46	57	8	3	6	23	15	3	2	12	23	42	-11	27	LDLLWW
	17	Preston North End	34	9	7	18	49	75	6	4	7	29	30	3	3	11	20	45	-26	25	WLLWWL	Relegated
	18	West Bromwich Albion	31	7	8	16	34	57	4	4	6	20	22	3	4	10	14	35	-23	22	WLLLLW

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	Sunderland	33	14	13	6	55	26	12	3	2	43	11	2	10	4	12	15	29	41	WDWLWL	Safe
	2	Notts County	34	18	4	12	54	46	13	2	2	39	18	5	2	10	15	28	8	40	WWWLWL	Safe
1	3	Nottingham Forest	33	16	7	10	53	34	10	4	3	32	14	6	3	7	21	20	19	39	DWLLLW	Safe	3-1
1	4	Liverpool	31	16	7	8	54	35	11	2	3	34	13	5	5	5	20	22	19	39	WDWWWD	Safe	0-0
	5	Bury	33	16	6	11	53	37	11	3	3	31	10	5	3	8	22	27	16	38	LLWLWD	Safe	0-0
	6	Newcastle United	32	14	9	9	42	35	10	4	1	27	11	4	5	8	15	24	7	37	LDWWWL	Safe	1-2
	7	Everton	33	15	5	13	53	41	10	4	3	37	17	5	1	10	16	24	12	35	LWLLWL	Safe	2-3
	8	The Wednesday	32	12	10	10	50	39	12	2	2	37	16	0	8	8	13	23	11	34	DWLDWW	Safe
	9	Blackburn Rovers	34	12	9	13	39	47	9	4	4	24	18	3	5	9	15	29	-8	33	WLLWLW	Safe	2-0
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	9	13	11	39	54	6	10	1	21	15	3	3	10	18	39	-15	31	WWDLWL	Safe	0-2
2	11	Bolton Wanderers	33	12	7	14	38	55	9	5	2	20	12	3	2	12	18	43	-17	31	LWLLWW	Safe	3-2
1	12	Aston Villa	32	10	10	12	45	44	8	5	4	32	18	2	5	8	13	26	1	30	WLDDLL	Safe	1-3
1	13	Manchester City	33	12	6	15	44	58	11	3	2	28	16	1	3	13	16	42	-14	30	DDLWLW	Safe	2-1
2	14	Sheffield United	31	11	7	13	33	49	8	4	4	22	21	3	3	9	11	28	-16	29	WWLDDL	Safe
	15	Derby County	32	10	7	15	49	41	8	4	3	37	17	2	3	12	12	24	8	27	LLDLWL
	16	Stoke	34	11	5	18	46	57	8	3	6	23	15	3	2	12	23	42	-11	27	LDLLWW
	17	Preston North End	34	9	7	18	49	75	6	4	7	29	30	3	3	11	20	45	-26	25	WLLWWL	Relegated
	18	West Bromwich Albion	31	7	8	16	34	57	4	4	6	20	22	3	4	10	14	35	-23	22	WLLLLW