The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 5 SMALL HEATH - Thu Feb 26, 1891 (Football Alliance)

Date:: Thu Feb 26, 1891 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Small Heath
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: Football Alliance
Score:: 4-5 LOST

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1890-91
Referee:: G Turner
Attendance:: 2,500
Pos Before/After:: 2 2
Opp Before/After:: 11 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (Football Alliance)
Football Alliance:: Birmingham City
League:: Everton
Small Heath:: Feb 28, 1891

GAME COUNT:
Football Alliance:: 39 (of 66)
Total:: 518 (of 7556)
Played:: 134 years, 4 months, 6 days ago

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

Goals
Horace Pike
Horace Pike
Horace Pike
John Duncan

SMALL HEATH
Manager:
Prior form: LLLWWL (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?
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Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Jack Holland
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		John Duncan
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 (Thu Feb 26, 1891)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	4-5	Small Heath

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	19	11	6	2	46	34	8	2	0	28	14	3	4	2	18	20	1.35294	28	WWWDWW
	2	Nottingham Forest	16	8	6	2	56	24	5	3	0	33	10	3	3	2	23	14	2.33333	20*	LDDDLW
	3	Sunderland Albion	14	6	7	1	32	18	3	3	0	12	4	3	4	1	20	14	1.77778	19	WWDDDD
	4	Birmingham St George's	15	8	2	5	46	40	7	0	2	32	19	1	2	3	14	21	1.15000	18	DDWLWW
	5	Walsall Town Swifts	14	7	4	3	26	28	4	1	1	14	13	3	3	2	12	15	.92857	18	LDDDLW
	6	Newton Heath LYR	18	7	3	8	33	46	5	3	2	24	19	2	0	6	9	27	.71739	17	LLDWWD
	7	Darwen	16	7	2	7	45	46	5	2	0	30	13	2	0	7	15	33	.97826	16	LLWWWL
	8	Crewe Alexandra	16	5	3	8	43	50	3	1	5	20	27	2	2	3	23	23	.86000	13	DWLLLL
	9	Grimsby Town	14	4	4	6	19	21	3	1	0	8	3	1	3	6	11	18	.90476	12	DLLDLW
	10	Bootle	17	2	6	9	31	44	2	6	2	23	18	0	0	7	8	26	.70455	10	DLDWLL
	11	Small Heath	15	3	2	10	37	44	3	0	4	20	15	0	2	6	17	29	.84091	8	LLLWWL
	12	The Wednesday	14	2	3	9	29	48	2	2	4	21	23	0	1	5	8	25	.60417	7	DLWLLD

*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	19	11	6	2	46	34	8	2	0	28	14	3	4	2	18	20	1.35294	28	WWWDWW
	2	Nottingham Forest	17	8	6	3	60	29	5	3	1	37	15	3	3	2	23	14	2.06897	20*	DDDLWL		4-5
	3	Sunderland Albion	14	6	7	1	32	18	3	3	0	12	4	3	4	1	20	14	1.77778	19	WWDDDD
	4	Birmingham St George's	15	8	2	5	46	40	7	0	2	32	19	1	2	3	14	21	1.15000	18	DDWLWW
	5	Walsall Town Swifts	14	7	4	3	26	28	4	1	1	14	13	3	3	2	12	15	.92857	18	LDDDLW
	6	Newton Heath LYR	18	7	3	8	33	46	5	3	2	24	19	2	0	6	9	27	.71739	17	LLDWWD
	7	Darwen	16	7	2	7	45	46	5	2	0	30	13	2	0	7	15	33	.97826	16	LLWWWL
	8	Crewe Alexandra	16	5	3	8	43	50	3	1	5	20	27	2	2	3	23	23	.86000	13	DWLLLL
	9	Grimsby Town	14	4	4	6	19	21	3	1	0	8	3	1	3	6	11	18	.90476	12	DLLDLW
1	10	Small Heath	16	4	2	10	42	48	3	0	4	20	15	1	2	6	22	33	.87500	10	LLWWLW		5-4
1	11	Bootle	17	2	6	9	31	44	2	6	2	23	18	0	0	7	8	26	.70455	10	DLDWLL
	12	The Wednesday	14	2	3	9	29	48	2	2	4	21	23	0	1	5	8	25	.60417	7	DLWLLD

*Nottingham Forest deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player