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FOREST 5 - 1 WALSALL TOWN SWIFTS - Sat Sep 12, 1891 (Football Alliance)

Date:: Sat Sep 12, 1891 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Walsall Town Swifts
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: Football Alliance
Score:: 5-1 WON

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

Season:: 1891-92
Referee:: JH Strawson
Attendance:: 3,000
League Week:: 3 of 22
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 4 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sunderland Albion (Friendly)
Football Alliance:: Birmingham St George's
League:: Everton
Walsall Town Swifts:: Apr 02, 1892

GAME COUNT:
Football Alliance:: 47 (of 66)
Total:: 539 (of 7568)
Played:: 134 years, 6 days ago

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

Goals
Alex Higgins
Alex Higgins
John McPherson
William 'Tich' Smith
Thomas Hamilton

WALSALL TOWN SWIFTS
Manager: AG Burton
Prior form: L (Old to recent)

Goals
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		William Brown
2	D	19	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	19	Thomas Hamilton
5	M		David Russell
6	M		Fred Thompson
7	F	21	William Mason
8	M	22	William 'Tich' Smith
9	F	27	Alex Higgins
10	M	24	John McPherson
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 Sep 12, 1891)

Home	Score	Away
Ardwick	3-3	Bootle
Burton Swifts	3-2	Newton Heath LYR
Nottingham Forest	5-1	Walsall Town Swifts
Small Heath	2-2	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	Nottingham Forest	2	2	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	4	1	11.00000	4	WW
	2	Birmingham St George's	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	3.00000	2	W
	3	Small Heath	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.00000	2	W
	4	Walsall Town Swifts	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.33333	0	L
	5	Bootle	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.25000	0	L
	6	Burton Swifts	2	0	0	2	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	10	.10000	0	LL
	7	Ardwick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
	8	Crewe Alexandra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
	9	Grimsby Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
	10	Lincoln City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
	11	Newton Heath LYR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
	12	The Wednesday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0

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	Nottingham Forest	3	3	0	0	16	2	2	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	4	1	8.00000	6	WWW		5-1
	2	Birmingham St George's	2	1	1	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	3	1.66667	3	WD		2-2
	3	Small Heath	2	1	1	0	5	3	1	1	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.66667	3	WD		2-2
2	4	Burton Swifts	3	1	0	2	4	12	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	2	1	10	.33333	2	LLW		3-2
2	5	Ardwick	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D		3-3
1	6	Bootle	2	0	1	1	4	7	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	0	3	3	.57143	1	LD		3-3
4	7	Newton Heath LYR	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	.66667	0	L		2-3
4	8	Walsall Town Swifts	2	0	0	2	2	8	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	5	.25000	0	LL		1-5
1	9	Crewe Alexandra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
1	10	Grimsby Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
1	11	Lincoln City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
	12	The Wednesday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0