The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 GRIMSBY TOWN - Sat Dec 27, 1890 (Football Alliance)

Date:: Sat Dec 27, 1890 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Grimsby Town
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: Football Alliance
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN

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

Season:: 1890-91
Referee:: A Kennedy
Attendance:: 3,000
Pos Before/After:: 2 2
Opp Before/After:: 8 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bolton Wanderers (Friendly)
Football Alliance:: Sunderland Albion
League:: Everton
Grimsby Town:: Apr 09, 1891

GAME COUNT:
Football Alliance:: 35 (of 66)
Total:: 506 (of 7523)
Played:: 133 years, 10 months, 26 days ago

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

Goals
Alex Higgins

GRIMSBY TOWN
Manager: None
Prior form: WDLDLL (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	M	22	Neil McCallum
8	M	22	William 'Tich' Smith
9	F	27	Alex Higgins
10	F	21	Arthur Shaw
11	F	21	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 27, 1890)

Home	Score	Away
Newton Heath LYR	2-1	Bootle
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Grimsby Town
Stoke	4-2	Small Heath
Sunderland Albion	1-1	Walsall Town Swifts

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	15	8	5	2	36	29	7	1	0	23	11	1	4	2	13	18	1.24138	21	WDWDWW
	2	Nottingham Forest	12	7	4	1	44	16	5	1	0	31	8	2	3	1	13	8	2.75000	16*	WWWWLD
	3	Sunderland Albion	10	6	3	1	27	13	3	2	0	11	3	3	1	1	16	10	2.07692	15	LDWDWW
	4	Walsall Town Swifts	10	6	2	2	18	16	3	1	1	11	11	3	1	1	7	5	1.12500	14	WWWDLD
	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
	6	Crewe Alexandra	10	4	2	4	32	29	2	0	2	12	10	2	2	2	20	19	1.10345	10	WLDLWD
	7	Darwen	11	4	2	5	29	32	2	2	0	17	7	2	0	5	12	25	.90625	10	DLWWDL
	8	Grimsby Town	11	3	3	5	13	15	3	1	0	8	3	0	2	5	5	12	.86667	9	WDLDLL
	9	Newton Heath LYR	11	4	1	6	23	33	4	1	1	18	13	0	0	5	5	20	.69697	9	WWLLLW
	10	Bootle	12	1	5	6	17	31	1	5	2	13	13	0	0	4	4	18	.54839	7	DDLDDD
	11	Small Heath	10	1	2	7	20	29	1	0	3	8	9	0	2	4	12	20	.68966	4	LWDLLL
	12	The Wednesday	10	1	2	7	19	35	1	2	3	13	18	0	0	4	6	17	.54286	4	LLLWDL

*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	16	9	5	2	40	31	8	1	0	27	13	1	4	2	13	18	1.29032	23	DWDWWW		4-2
	2	Nottingham Forest	13	7	5	1	45	17	5	2	0	32	9	2	3	1	13	8	2.64706	17*	WWWLDD		1-1
	3	Sunderland Albion	11	6	4	1	28	14	3	3	0	12	4	3	1	1	16	10	2.00000	16	DWDWWD		1-1
	4	Walsall Town Swifts	11	6	3	2	19	17	3	1	1	11	11	3	2	1	8	6	1.11765	15	WWDLDD		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
3	6	Newton Heath LYR	12	5	1	6	25	34	5	1	1	20	14	0	0	5	5	20	.73529	11	WLLLWW		2-1
1	7	Crewe Alexandra	10	4	2	4	32	29	2	0	2	12	10	2	2	2	20	19	1.10345	10	WLDLWD
1	8	Darwen	11	4	2	5	29	32	2	2	0	17	7	2	0	5	12	25	.90625	10	DLWWDL
1	9	Grimsby Town	12	3	4	5	14	16	3	1	0	8	3	0	3	5	6	13	.87500	10	DLDLLD		1-1
	10	Bootle	13	1	5	7	18	33	1	5	2	13	13	0	0	5	5	20	.54545	7	DLDDDL		1-2
	11	Small Heath	11	1	2	8	22	33	1	0	3	8	9	0	2	5	14	24	.66667	4	WDLLLL		2-4
	12	The Wednesday	10	1	2	7	19	35	1	2	3	13	18	0	0	4	6	17	.54286	4	LLLWDL

*Nottingham Forest deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player