The City Ground

GRIMSBY TOWN 1 - 1 FOREST - Thu Apr 28, 1892 (Football Alliance)

Date:: Thu Apr 28, 1892 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Grimsby Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Blundell Park
Game Type:: Football Alliance
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN

Sources:
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1891-92
Referee:
Attendance:: 1,000
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 8 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester City (Friendly)
League:: Everton
Grimsby Town:: Feb 16, 1893

GAME COUNT:
Football Alliance:: 66 (of 66)
Total:: 587 (of 7523)
Played:: 132 years, 6 months, 25 days ago

Review
Originally scheduled for April 9th, but referee failed to show up

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

Goals
Alex Higgins

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

Goals
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		William Brown
2	D	20	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	20	Thomas Hamilton
5	M	25	John McPherson
6	M		Fred Thompson
7	F	22	William Mason
8	M		John Bullock
9	F	22	Horace Pike
10	F	28	Alex Higgins
11	F	22	Arthur Shaw

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 Apr 28, 1892)

Home	Score	Away
Grimsby Town	1-1	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	Nottingham Forest	21	14	4	3	58	21	8	3	0	38	6	6	1	3	20	15	2.76190	32	DWWLWL	Champions
	2	Newton Heath LYR	22	12	7	3	60	32	7	4	0	32	13	5	3	3	28	19	1.87500	31	LWLDWW
	3	Small Heath	22	12	5	5	53	36	8	2	1	32	11	4	3	4	21	25	1.47222	29	WWWWLW
	4	The Wednesday	22	12	4	6	65	35	10	0	1	45	16	2	4	5	20	19	1.85714	28	DLWDLW
	5	Burton Swifts	22	12	2	8	54	52	8	1	2	38	23	4	1	6	16	29	1.03846	26	WWLWLW
	6	Ardwick	22	6	6	10	39	51	5	3	3	28	21	1	3	7	11	30	.76471	18	LLWWDD
	7	Bootle	22	8	2	12	42	64	7	1	3	27	19	1	1	9	15	45	.65625	18	WLWWLL
	8	Grimsby Town	21	6	5	10	39	38	6	2	2	26	8	0	3	8	13	30	1.02632	17	LWDLWW
	9	Crewe Alexandra	22	6	5	11	34	49	5	3	3	18	16	1	2	8	16	33	.69388	17	WLDWLW
	10	Lincoln City	22	6	5	11	36	56	4	4	3	23	20	2	1	8	13	36	.64286	17	LLWLDW
	11	Walsall Town Swifts	22	6	3	13	33	59	6	1	4	28	18	0	2	9	5	41	.55932	15	LDWLDL
	12	Birmingham St George's	22	5	4	13	34	54	4	2	5	22	19	1	2	8	12	35	.62963	14	DLWLLL

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	22	14	5	3	59	22	8	3	0	38	6	6	2	3	21	16	2.68182	33	WWLWLD	Champions	1-1
	2	Newton Heath LYR	22	12	7	3	60	32	7	4	0	32	13	5	3	3	28	19	1.87500	31	LWLDWW
	3	Small Heath	22	12	5	5	53	36	8	2	1	32	11	4	3	4	21	25	1.47222	29	WWWWLW
	4	The Wednesday	22	12	4	6	65	35	10	0	1	45	16	2	4	5	20	19	1.85714	28	DLWDLW
	5	Burton Swifts	22	12	2	8	54	52	8	1	2	38	23	4	1	6	16	29	1.03846	26	WWLWLW
2	6	Grimsby Town	22	6	6	10	40	39	6	3	2	27	9	0	3	8	13	30	1.02564	18	WDLWWD		1-1
1	7	Ardwick	22	6	6	10	39	51	5	3	3	28	21	1	3	7	11	30	.76471	18	LLWWDD
1	8	Bootle	22	8	2	12	42	64	7	1	3	27	19	1	1	9	15	45	.65625	18	WLWWLL
	9	Crewe Alexandra	22	6	5	11	34	49	5	3	3	18	16	1	2	8	16	33	.69388	17	WLDWLW
	10	Lincoln City	22	6	5	11	36	56	4	4	3	23	20	2	1	8	13	36	.64286	17	LLWLDW
	11	Walsall Town Swifts	22	6	3	13	33	59	6	1	4	28	18	0	2	9	5	41	.55932	15	LDWLDL
	12	Birmingham St George's	22	5	4	13	34	54	4	2	5	22	19	1	2	8	12	35	.62963	14	DLWLLL