The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 2 DARWEN - Sat Sep 13, 1890 (Football Alliance)

Date:: Sat Sep 13, 1890 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Darwen
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Gregory Ground
Game Type:: Football Alliance
Score:: 5-2 WON

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Pete Attaway - A Complete Record

Season:: 1890-91
Referee:
Attendance:: 3,000
League Week:: 2 of 22
Pos Before/After:: 1 2
Opp Before/After:: 5 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Heart Of Midlothian (Friendly)
Football Alliance:: Manchester United
League:: Everton
Darwen:: Dec 13, 1890

GAME COUNT:
Football Alliance:: 24 (of 66)
Total:: 484 (of 7629)
Played:: 135 years, 11 months, 5 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Harry Radford
Prior form: W (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Alex Higgins
William 'Tich' Smith
William 'Tich' Smith
Neil McCallum
Arthur Shaw

DARWEN
Manager:
Prior form: L (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
?
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Walter Cox
2	D	18	Jack Earp
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	21	Albert Smith
5	M		David Russell
6	M		Tommy Jeacock
7	M	22	Neil McCallum
8	M	21	William 'Tich' Smith
9	F	26	Alex Higgins
10	F	21	Arthur Shaw
11	F	20	Horace Pike

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 Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Sep 13, 1890)

Home	Score	Away
Crewe Alexandra	8-3	Bootle
Grimsby Town	3-1	Newton Heath LYR
Nottingham Forest	5-2	Darwen
Small Heath	0-3	Sunderland Albion
Stoke	6-3	Birmingham St George's

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FOOTBALL ALLIANCE								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	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	4	2	W
	2	Sunderland Albion	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	3	2	W
	3	Walsall Town Swifts	1	1	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W
	4	Newton Heath LYR	1	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W
	5	Darwen	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	-2	0	L
	6	Small Heath	1	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	-3	0	L
	7	Birmingham St George's	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0	L
	8	Bootle	1	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0	L
	9	Crewe Alexandra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	10	Grimsby Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	11	Stoke	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	12	The Wednesday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Table after:

	FOOTBALL ALLIANCE								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	Sunderland Albion	2	2	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	1	6	4	WW		3-0
1	2	Nottingham Forest	2	2	0	0	10	3	1	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	5	1	7	4	WW		5-2
7	3	Grimsby Town	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W		3-1
5	4	Crewe Alexandra	1	1	0	0	8	3	1	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	W		8-3
2	5	Walsall Town Swifts	1	1	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W
5	6	Stoke	1	1	0	0	6	3	1	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W		6-3
3	7	Newton Heath LYR	2	1	0	1	5	5	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	1	3	0	2	WL		1-3
3	8	Darwen	2	0	0	2	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	9	-5	0	LL		2-5
2	9	Birmingham St George's	2	0	0	2	4	10	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	3	6	-6	0	LL		3-6
2	10	Bootle	2	0	0	2	4	13	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	3	8	-9	0	LL		3-8
5	11	Small Heath	2	0	0	2	2	8	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	2	5	-6	0	LL		0-3
	12	The Wednesday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0