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SMALL HEATH 4 - 2 FOREST - Sat Feb 28, 1891 (Football Alliance)

Date:: Sat Feb 28, 1891 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Small Heath
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Muntz Street
Game Type:: Football Alliance
Score:: 2-4 LOST

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

Season:: 1890-91
Referee:: A Chaplin
Attendance:: 5,000
Pos Before/After:: 2 2
Opp Before/After:: 10 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield United (Friendly)
Football Alliance:: Walsall
League:: Everton
Small Heath:: Oct 08, 1891

GAME COUNT:
Football Alliance:: 40 (of 66)
Total:: 519 (of 7505)
Played:: 133 years, 1 month, 23 days ago

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

Goals
Alex Higgins
Neil McCallum

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

Goals
?
?
?
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Jack Holland
2	D	18	Jack Earp
3	M		David Russell
4	M	21	Albert Smith
5	D		Harry Pike
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 the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Feb 28, 1891)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham St George's	4-2	Crewe Alexandra
Grimsby Town	3-0	Walsall Town Swifts
Small Heath	4-2	Nottingham Forest

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	17	8	6	3	60	29	5	3	1	37	15	3	3	2	23	14	2.06897	20*	DDDLWL
	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	Small Heath	16	4	2	10	42	48	3	0	4	20	15	1	2	6	22	33	.87500	10	LLWWLW
	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

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	18	8	6	4	62	33	5	3	1	37	15	3	3	3	25	18	1.87879	20*	DDLWLL		2-4
1	3	Birmingham St George's	16	9	2	5	50	42	8	0	2	36	21	1	2	3	14	21	1.19048	20	DWLWWW		4-2
1	4	Sunderland Albion	14	6	7	1	32	18	3	3	0	12	4	3	4	1	20	14	1.77778	19	WWDDDD
	5	Walsall Town Swifts	15	7	4	4	26	31	4	1	1	14	13	3	3	3	12	18	.83871	18	DDDLWL		0-3
	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
1	8	Grimsby Town	15	5	4	6	22	21	4	1	0	11	3	1	3	6	11	18	1.04762	14	LLDLWW		3-0
1	9	Crewe Alexandra	17	5	3	9	45	54	3	1	5	20	27	2	2	4	25	27	.83333	13	WLLLLL		2-4
	10	Small Heath	17	5	2	10	46	50	4	0	4	24	17	1	2	6	22	33	.92000	12	LWWLWW		4-2
	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