The City Ground

DARWEN 4 - 4 FOREST - Sat Dec 13, 1890 (Football Alliance)

Date:: Sat Dec 13, 1890 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Darwen
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Barley Bank
Game Type:: Football Alliance
Score:: 4-4 DRAWN

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

Season:: 1890-91
Referee:: Holbrook
Attendance:: 4,000
Pos Before/After:: 2 2
Opp Before/After:: 7 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Burnley (Friendly)
Football Alliance:: Grimsby Town
League:: Everton
Darwen:: Jan 02, 1892

GAME COUNT:
Football Alliance:: 34 (of 66)
Total:: 503 (of 7523)
Played:: 133 years, 11 months, 9 days ago

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

Goals
Alex Higgins
Alex Higgins
Alex Higgins
Alex Higgins

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

Goals
?
?
?
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		William Brown
2	D	18	Jack Earp
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	21	Albert Smith
5	M		David Russell
6	M		Tommy Jeacock
7	F	25	Teddy May
8	M	22	William 'Tich' Smith
9	F	27	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 Dec 13, 1890)

Home	Score	Away
Bootle	1-1	Crewe Alexandra
Darwen	4-4	Nottingham Forest
Newton Heath LYR	3-1	Small Heath
Sunderland Albion	2-1	Grimsby Town
The Wednesday	2-4	Stoke
Walsall Town Swifts	1-1	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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Stoke	13	6	5	2	26	25	6	1	0	17	9	0	4	2	9	16	1.04000	17	LDWDWD
	2	Nottingham Forest	11	7	3	1	40	12	5	1	0	31	8	2	2	1	9	4	3.33333	15*	DWWWWL
	3	Sunderland Albion	9	5	3	1	25	12	2	2	0	9	2	3	1	1	16	10	2.08333	13	DLDWDW
	4	Walsall Town Swifts	9	6	1	2	17	15	3	0	1	10	10	3	1	1	7	5	1.13333	13	LWWWDL
	5	Birmingham St George's	9	5	0	4	26	26	4	0	2	19	15	1	0	2	7	11	1.00000	10	WLLWWW
	6	Crewe Alexandra	9	4	1	4	31	28	2	0	2	12	10	2	1	2	19	18	1.10714	9	WWLDLW
	7	Darwen	9	4	1	4	23	22	2	1	0	13	3	2	0	4	10	19	1.04545	9	LWDLWW
	8	Grimsby Town	10	3	3	4	12	13	3	1	0	8	3	0	2	4	4	10	.92308	9	LWDLDL
	9	Newton Heath LYR	10	3	1	6	20	32	3	1	1	15	12	0	0	5	5	20	.62500	7	LWWLLL
	10	Bootle	11	1	4	6	16	30	1	4	2	12	12	0	0	4	4	18	.53333	6	LDDLDD
	11	Small Heath	9	1	2	6	19	26	1	0	3	8	9	0	2	3	11	17	.73077	4	DLWDLL
	12	The Wednesday	9	1	2	6	17	31	1	2	2	11	14	0	0	4	6	17	.54839	4	LLLLWD

*Nottingham Forest deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player

Table after:

	FOOTBALL ALLIANCE								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Stoke	14	7	5	2	30	27	6	1	0	17	9	1	4	2	13	18	1.11111	19	DWDWDW		4-2
	2	Nottingham Forest	12	7	4	1	44	16	5	1	0	31	8	2	3	1	13	8	2.75000	16*	WWWWLD		4-4
	3	Sunderland Albion	10	6	3	1	27	13	3	2	0	11	3	3	1	1	16	10	2.07692	15	LDWDWW		2-1
	4	Walsall Town Swifts	10	6	2	2	18	16	3	1	1	11	11	3	1	1	7	5	1.12500	14	WWWDLD		1-1
	5	Birmingham St George's	10	5	1	4	27	27	4	0	2	19	15	1	1	2	8	12	1.00000	11	LLWWWD		1-1
	6	Crewe Alexandra	10	4	2	4	32	29	2	0	2	12	10	2	2	2	20	19	1.10345	10	WLDLWD		1-1
	7	Darwen	10	4	2	4	27	26	2	2	0	17	7	2	0	4	10	19	1.03846	10	WDLWWD		4-4
	8	Grimsby Town	11	3	3	5	13	15	3	1	0	8	3	0	2	5	5	12	.86667	9	WDLDLL		1-2
	9	Newton Heath LYR	11	4	1	6	23	33	4	1	1	18	13	0	0	5	5	20	.69697	9	WWLLLW		3-1
	10	Bootle	12	1	5	6	17	31	1	5	2	13	13	0	0	4	4	18	.54839	7	DDLDDD		1-1
	11	Small Heath	10	1	2	7	20	29	1	0	3	8	9	0	2	4	12	20	.68966	4	LWDLLL		1-3
	12	The Wednesday	10	1	2	7	19	35	1	2	3	13	18	0	0	4	6	17	.54286	4	LLLWDL		2-4

*Nottingham Forest deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player