The City Ground

FOOTBALL ALLIANCE

First played:: 1889
Last played:: 1892
Seasons:: 3
Wikipedia:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_Alliance
Holders:: Nottingham Forest

A precursor to the Football League. We played in the Alliance for our first three league seasons (1889, 1890 and 1891) before being accepted in the Football League in 1892.

RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 8
8-2 (Sat Nov 22, 1890, Home, Manchester United)

Biggest Winning Margin: 7
7-0 (Sat Oct 18, 1890, Home, Bootle)
7-0 (Sat Feb 21, 1891, Away, Crewe Alexandra)
7-0 (Thu Sep 03, 1891, Home, Burton United)

Most Goals Conceded: 12
0-12 (Sat Mar 08, 1890, Away, Birmingham City)

Biggest Losing Margin: 12
0-12 (Sat Mar 08, 1890, Away, Birmingham City)

Highest Attendance Home:: 8,000 (Sat Mar 19, 1892, Manchester United)
Highest Attendance Away:: 16,000 (Fri Jan 01, 1892, Manchester United)

MOST APPEARANCES
61 games: Horace Pike (1885-97)
42 games: Arthur Shaw (1887-99)
42 games: Tommy Jeacock (1888-95)
41 games: Albert Smith (1888-94)
40 games: Adam Scott (1890-00)

TOP SCORER(S)
48 goals: Alex Higgins (39 games)

HAT TRICKS

Hat Tricks Scored By Us

No hat tricks scored

Scored Against Us

No hat tricks conceded

Overall Football Alliance Record

Cup	First Game	Last Game	Seasons	P	W	D	L	F	A
Football Alliance	Sep 07, 1889	Apr 28, 1892	3	66	29	17	20	156	123

All Football Alliance games

Season	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Scorers
1889-90	Sat Sep 07, 1889	Walsall Town Swifts	A	3-1	Edge (? OG), Hodder (?, ?)
	Sat Sep 21, 1889	Grimsby Town	A	0-4
	Sat Sep 28, 1889	Bootle	H	2-2	Pike (?), Plackett (?)
	Sat Oct 05, 1889	Grimsby Town	H	1-2	Plackett (?)
	Sat Oct 12, 1889	Birmingham St George's	A	3-1	Plackett (?, ?, ?)
	Sat Oct 19, 1889	Crewe Alexandra	A	1-1	? (?)
	Sat Nov 02, 1889	Small Heath	H	0-0
	Sat Nov 09, 1889	Sunderland Albion	A	0-4
	Sat Nov 23, 1889	Long Eaton Rangers	A	3-5	? (?), Shaw (?), Burton (?)
	Sat Dec 07, 1889	Sunderland Albion	H	3-1	Smith (?), Pike (?), Tolley (?)
	Sat Dec 14, 1889	Crewe Alexandra	H	2-5	Burton (?), Pike (?)
	Sat Dec 28, 1889	The Wednesday	A	1-3	Weightman (?)
	Sat Jan 04, 1890	The Wednesday	H	1-3	Pike (?)
	Sat Feb 01, 1890	Darwen	H	3-1	Shaw (?), Guttridge (?), Pike (?)
	Sat Feb 15, 1890	Newton Heath LYR	H	1-3	Pike (?)
	Sat Feb 22, 1890	Long Eaton Rangers	H	1-1	Weightman (?)
	Sat Mar 08, 1890	Small Heath	A	0-12
	Thu Mar 20, 1890	Birmingham St George's	H	2-2	Tutin (?), Pike (?)
	Sat Mar 22, 1890	Darwen	A	0-9
	Sat Mar 29, 1890	Walsall Town Swifts	H	3-0	Tutin (?), Pike (?, ?)
	Sat Apr 05, 1890	Newton Heath LYR	A	1-0	Guttridge (?)
	Mon Apr 07, 1890	Bootle	A	0-2
1890-91	Sat Sep 06, 1890	Bootle	A	5-1	? (?), Higgins (?, ?), Pike (?), Rorke (?)
	Sat Sep 13, 1890	Darwen	H	5-2	Higgins (?), Shaw (?), McCallum (?), Smith (?, ?)
	Sat Sep 20, 1890	Newton Heath LYR	A	1-1	Shaw (?)
	Sat Sep 27, 1890	Crewe Alexandra	H	5-2	Higgins (?, ?), Pike (?), McCallum (?), Smith (?)
	Fri Oct 03, 1890	Stoke	H	2-2	Pike (?), Lindley (?)
	Sat Oct 11, 1890	Sunderland Albion	A	0-0
	Sat Oct 18, 1890	Bootle	H	7-0	Higgins (?), Pike (?), May (?, ?, ?, ?), Smith (?)
	Sat Nov 01, 1890	The Wednesday	A	2-0	Higgins (?, ?)
	Sat Nov 08, 1890	Birmingham St George's	H	4-0	Siddons (? OG), Higgins (?, ?), Pike (?)
	Sat Nov 22, 1890	Newton Heath LYR	H	8-2	Higgins (?), Shaw (?, ?, ?), Pike (?, ?, ?), McCallum (?)
	Sat Nov 29, 1890	Stoke	A	1-2	? (?)
	Sat Dec 13, 1890	Darwen	A	4-4	Higgins (?, ?, ?, ?)
	Sat Dec 27, 1890	Grimsby Town	H	1-1	Higgins (?)
	Sat Jan 24, 1891	Sunderland Albion	H	1-1	McCallum (?)
	Mon Feb 02, 1891	Birmingham St George's	A	3-6	Russell (?), Rowan (?), May (?)
	Sat Feb 21, 1891	Crewe Alexandra	A	7-0	Higgins (?, ?, ?, ?), McCallum (?, ?), May (?)
	Thu Feb 26, 1891	Small Heath	H	4-5	Pike (?, ?, ?), Duncan (?)
	Sat Feb 28, 1891	Small Heath	A	2-4	Higgins (?), McCallum (?)
	Sat Mar 14, 1891	Walsall Town Swifts	H	2-0	? (? OG), Higgins (?)
	Sat Mar 21, 1891	The Wednesday	H	0-0
	Sat Apr 04, 1891	Walsall Town Swifts	A	2-3	Pike (?), McCallum (?)
	Thu Apr 09, 1891	Grimsby Town	A	0-3
1891-92	Thu Sep 03, 1891	Burton Swifts	H	7-0	Higgins (?, ?, ?), Shaw (?), Pike (?, ?), Smith (?)
	Sat Sep 05, 1891	Bootle	A	4-1	Graham (? OG), Higgins (?, ?), Mason (?)
	Sat Sep 12, 1891	Walsall Town Swifts	H	5-1	Higgins (?, ?), McPherson (?), Hamilton (?), Smith (?)
	Thu Sep 24, 1891	Birmingham St George's	H	3-0	Higgins (?), Russell (?), McPherson (?)
	Thu Oct 08, 1891	Small Heath	H	2-0	Higgins (?), Smith (?)
	Sat Oct 17, 1891	Crewe Alexandra	H	5-0	Higgins (?, ?), Shaw (?), Pike (?, ?)
	Sat Oct 31, 1891	Birmingham St George's	A	2-1	Higgins (?, ?)
	Sat Nov 07, 1891	The Wednesday	H	1-1	Higgins (?)
	Sat Nov 14, 1891	Ardwick	A	3-1	Higgins (?), Pike (?, ?)
	Thu Nov 19, 1891	Ardwick	H	4-0	Higgins (?), Russell (? pen, ?), Smith (?)
	Sat Nov 21, 1891	Grimsby Town	H	3-3	Higgins (?, ?, ?)
	Sat Nov 28, 1891	The Wednesday	A	1-3	Pike (?)
	Sat Dec 12, 1891	Bootle	H	5-1	Russell (?), McPherson (?), Lindley (?), Mason (?), Smith (?)
	Fri Jan 01, 1892	Newton Heath LYR	A	1-1	Higgins (?)
	Sat Jan 09, 1892	Burton Swifts	A	3-1	Pike (?), Mason (?, ?)
	Sat Feb 06, 1892	Lincoln City	H	0-0
	Sat Feb 20, 1892	Lincoln City	A	4-1	Higgins (?, ?, ?, ?)
	Sat Mar 19, 1892	Newton Heath LYR	H	3-0	Higgins (?), McPherson (?), Mason (?)
	Sat Apr 02, 1892	Walsall Town Swifts	A	0-3
	Sat Apr 16, 1892	Small Heath	A	2-1	Oscroft (?), Mason (?)
	Sat Apr 23, 1892	Crewe Alexandra	A	0-2
	Thu Apr 28, 1892	Grimsby Town	A	1-1	Higgins (?)