The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 BIRMINGHAM ST GEORGE'S - Thu Sep 24, 1891 (Football Alliance)

Date:: Thu Sep 24, 1891 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham St George's
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: Football Alliance
Score:: 3-0 WON

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

Season:: 1891-92
Referee:: G Turner
Attendance:: 1,500
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Queen's Park (Friendly)
Football Alliance:: Birmingham City
League:: Everton
Birmingham St George's:: Oct 31, 1891

GAME COUNT:
Football Alliance:: 48 (of 66)
Total:: 542 (of 7505)
Played:: 132 years, 6 months, 26 days ago

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

Goals
John McPherson
Alex Higgins
David Russell

BIRMINGHAM ST GEORGE'S
Manager:
Prior form: WDW (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	22	Albert Smith
5	M		David Russell
6	M	19	Thomas Hamilton
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 the games in Division 2 on this day (Thu Sep 24, 1891)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	3-0	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	3	3	0	0	16	2	2	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	4	1	8.00000	6	WWW
	2	Birmingham St George's	3	2	1	0	11	4	1	0	0	6	1	1	1	0	5	3	2.75000	5	WDW
	3	Burton Swifts	4	2	0	2	10	15	2	0	0	9	5	0	0	2	1	10	.66667	4	LLWW
	4	Small Heath	3	1	1	1	8	9	1	1	0	5	3	0	0	1	3	6	.88889	3	WDL
	5	Lincoln City	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W
	6	Newton Heath LYR	2	1	0	1	6	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	2	3	2.00000	2	LW
	7	The Wednesday	1	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.00000	2	W
	8	Ardwick	2	0	1	1	3	6	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	3	.50000	1	DL
	9	Bootle	3	0	1	2	4	11	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	1	3	7	.36364	1	LDL
	10	Grimsby Town	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	.50000	0	L
	11	Walsall Town Swifts	3	0	0	3	3	14	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	2	11	.21429	0	LLL
	12	Crewe Alexandra	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	4	4	0	0	19	2	3	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	4	1	9.50000	8	WWWW		3-0
	2	Birmingham St George's	4	2	1	1	11	7	1	0	0	6	1	1	1	1	5	6	1.57143	5	WDWL		0-3
	3	Burton Swifts	4	2	0	2	10	15	2	0	0	9	5	0	0	2	1	10	.66667	4	LLWW
	4	Small Heath	3	1	1	1	8	9	1	1	0	5	3	0	0	1	3	6	.88889	3	WDL
	5	Lincoln City	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W
	6	Newton Heath LYR	2	1	0	1	6	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	2	3	2.00000	2	LW
	7	The Wednesday	1	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.00000	2	W
	8	Ardwick	2	0	1	1	3	6	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	3	.50000	1	DL
	9	Bootle	3	0	1	2	4	11	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	1	3	7	.36364	1	LDL
	10	Grimsby Town	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	.50000	0	L
	11	Walsall Town Swifts	3	0	0	3	3	14	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	2	11	.21429	0	LLL
	12	Crewe Alexandra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0