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)

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 games

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