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GRIMSBY TOWN 3 - 0 FOREST - Thu Apr 09, 1891 (Football Alliance)

Date:: Thu Apr 09, 1891 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Grimsby Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Blundell Park
Game Type:: Football Alliance
Score:: 0-3 LOST

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

Season:: 1890-91
Referee:
Attendance:: 4,000
Pos Before/After:: 5 5
Opp Before/After:: 4 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Glasgow Rangers (Friendly)
Football Alliance:: Burton United
League:: Everton
Grimsby Town:: Nov 21, 1891

GAME COUNT:
Football Alliance:: 44 (of 66)
Total:: 531 (of 7505)
Played:: 133 years, 10 days ago

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

Goals

GRIMSBY TOWN
Manager: None
Prior form: WWWWDW (Old to recent)

Goals
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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		John Duncan
10	F	21	Arthur Shaw
11	F	25	Teddy May

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 (Thu Apr 09, 1891)

Home	Score	Away
Grimsby Town	3-0	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	22	13	7	2	57	39	9	2	0	33	15	4	5	2	24	24	1.46154	33	DWWWDW	Champions
	2	Sunderland Albion	21	10	7	4	57	27	7	3	0	35	5	3	4	4	22	22	2.11111	27	WLWWLL
	3	Birmingham St George's	22	12	2	8	64	62	9	0	2	41	22	3	2	6	23	40	1.03226	26	WWLLLW
	4	Grimsby Town	21	10	5	6	40	27	8	2	0	28	9	2	3	6	12	18	1.48148	25	WWWWDW
	5	Nottingham Forest	21	9	7	5	66	36	6	4	1	39	15	3	3	4	27	21	1.83333	23*	WLLWDL
	6	Walsall Town Swifts	21	9	4	8	34	42	6	1	4	22	22	3	3	4	12	20	.80952	22	LLLWLW
	7	Darwen	21	9	3	9	55	59	6	3	1	36	20	3	0	8	19	39	.93220	21	LLDWWL
	8	Crewe Alexandra	21	7	4	10	53	65	4	1	5	22	27	3	3	5	31	38	.81538	18	LLWLDW
	9	Newton Heath LYR	21	7	3	11	36	53	5	3	3	25	22	2	0	8	11	31	.67925	17	WWDLLL
	10	Small Heath	21	7	2	12	56	60	6	0	5	34	23	1	2	7	22	37	.93333	16	WWWLWL
	11	Bootle	22	3	7	12	40	61	3	6	2	28	18	0	1	10	12	43	.65574	13	LLDLWL
	12	The Wednesday	22	4	5	13	39	66	4	3	4	30	26	0	2	9	9	40	.59091	13	LDLWLW

*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	22	13	7	2	57	39	9	2	0	33	15	4	5	2	24	24	1.46154	33	DWWWDW	Champions
	2	Sunderland Albion	21	10	7	4	57	27	7	3	0	35	5	3	4	4	22	22	2.11111	27	WLWWLL
1	3	Grimsby Town	22	11	5	6	43	27	9	2	0	31	9	2	3	6	12	18	1.59259	27	WWWDWW		3-0
1	4	Birmingham St George's	22	12	2	8	64	62	9	0	2	41	22	3	2	6	23	40	1.03226	26	WWLLLW
	5	Nottingham Forest	22	9	7	6	66	39	6	4	1	39	15	3	3	5	27	24	1.69231	23*	LLWDLL		0-3
	6	Walsall Town Swifts	21	9	4	8	34	42	6	1	4	22	22	3	3	4	12	20	.80952	22	LLLWLW
	7	Darwen	21	9	3	9	55	59	6	3	1	36	20	3	0	8	19	39	.93220	21	LLDWWL
	8	Crewe Alexandra	21	7	4	10	53	65	4	1	5	22	27	3	3	5	31	38	.81538	18	LLWLDW
	9	Newton Heath LYR	21	7	3	11	36	53	5	3	3	25	22	2	0	8	11	31	.67925	17	WWDLLL
	10	Small Heath	21	7	2	12	56	60	6	0	5	34	23	1	2	7	22	37	.93333	16	WWWLWL
	11	Bootle	22	3	7	12	40	61	3	6	2	28	18	0	1	10	12	43	.65574	13	LLDLWL
	12	The Wednesday	22	4	5	13	39	66	4	3	4	30	26	0	2	9	9	40	.59091	13	LDLWLW

*Nottingham Forest deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player