The City Ground

FOOTBALL ALLIANCE RECORD
A precursor to the Football League. Forest played in the Alliance for their first three league seasons (1889, 1890, 1891) before being accepted in the Football League in 1892.

Football Alliance Record

Cup	First Game	Last Game	Seasons	P	W	D	L	F	A
Football Alliance	Sep 07, 1889	Apr 28, 1892	3	63	29	16	18	153	107

All Football Alliance games

Season	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Ground	Notes
1889-90	Sat Sep 07, 1889	Walsall	A	3-1	W	Fellows Park	First match in the Football Alliance
	Sat Sep 21, 1889	Grimsby Town	A	0-4	L	Blundell Park
	Sat Sep 28, 1889	Bootle	H	2-2	D	Town Ground
	Sat Oct 05, 1889	Grimsby Town	H	1-2	L	Town Ground
	Sat Oct 12, 1889	Birmingham St George's	A	3-1	W	St. Andrews
	Sat Oct 19, 1889	Crewe Alexandra	A	1-1	D	Gresty Road
	Sat Nov 02, 1889	Small Heath	H	0-0	D	Town Ground
	Sat Nov 09, 1889	Sunderland Albion	A	0-4	L	Blue House Field
	Sat Nov 23, 1889	Long Eaton Rangers	A	3-5	L	Recreation Ground
	Sat Dec 07, 1889	Sunderland Albion	H	3-1	W	Town Ground
	Sat Dec 14, 1889	Crewe Alexandra	H	2-5	L	Town Ground
	Sat Dec 28, 1889	The Wednesday	A	1-3	L	Olive Grove
	Sat Jan 04, 1890	The Wednesday	H	1-3	L	Town Ground
	Sat Feb 01, 1890	Darwen	H	3-1	W	Town Ground
	Sat Feb 15, 1890	Newton Heath	H	1-3	L	Town Ground
	Sat Feb 22, 1890	Long Eaton Rangers	H	1-1	D	Town Ground
	Thu Mar 20, 1890	Birmingham St George's	H	2-2	D	Town Ground
	Sat Mar 22, 1890	Darwen	A	0-9	L	Barley Bank
	Sat Mar 29, 1890	Walsall Town Swifts	H	3-0	W	Town Ground
	Sat Apr 05, 1890	Newton Heath	A	1-0	W	North Road (Manchester)
	Mon Apr 07, 1890	Bootle	A	0-2	L	Hawthorne Road
1890-91	Sat Sep 06, 1890	Bootle	A	5-1	W	Hawthorne Road
	Sat Sep 13, 1890	Darwen	H	5-2	W	Gregory Ground
	Sat Sep 20, 1890	Newton Heath	A	1-1	D	North Road (Manchester)
	Sat Sep 27, 1890	Crewe Alexandra	H	5-2	W	Gregory Ground
	Sat Oct 11, 1890	Sunderland Albion	A	0-0	D	Blue House Field
	Sat Oct 18, 1890	Bootle	H	7-0	W	Town Ground
	Sat Nov 01, 1890	The Wednesday	A	2-0	W	Olive Grove
	Sat Nov 08, 1890	Birmingham St George's	H	4-0	W	Town Ground
	Sat Nov 22, 1890	Newton Heath	H	8-2	W	Town Ground
	Sat Dec 13, 1890	Darwen	A	4-4	D	Barley Bank
	Sat Dec 27, 1890	Grimsby Town	H	1-1	D	Town Ground
	Sat Jan 24, 1891	Sunderland Albion	H	1-1	D	Town Ground
	Mon Feb 02, 1891	Birmingham St George's	A	3-6	L	St. Andrews
	Sat Feb 21, 1891	Crewe Alexandra	A	7-0	W	Gresty Road
	Thu Feb 26, 1891	Small Heath	H	4-5	L	Town Ground
	Sat Feb 28, 1891	Small Heath	A	2-4	L	Muntz Street
	Sat Mar 14, 1891	Walsall Town Swifts	H	2-0	W	Town Ground
	Sat Mar 21, 1891	The Wednesday	H	0-0	D	Town Ground
	Sat Apr 04, 1891	Walsall Town Swifts	A	2-3	L	The Chuckery
	Thu Apr 09, 1891	Grimsby Town	A	0-3	L	Blundell Park
1891-92	Thu Sep 03, 1891	Burton Swifts	H	7-0	W	Town Ground
	Sat Sep 05, 1891	Bootle	A	4-1	W	Hawthorne Road	Forest arrived 45 minutes late
	Sat Sep 12, 1891	Walsall Town Swifts	H	5-1	W	Town Ground
	Thu Sep 24, 1891	Birmingham St George's	H	3-0	W	Town Ground
	Thu Oct 08, 1891	Small Heath	H	2-0	W	Town Ground
	Sat Oct 17, 1891	Crewe Alexandra	H	5-0	W	Town Ground
	Sat Oct 31, 1891	Birmingham St George's	A	2-1	W	Cape Hill Ground
	Sat Nov 07, 1891	The Wednesday	H	1-1	D	Town Ground
	Sat Nov 14, 1891	Ardwick	A	3-1	W	Hyde Road
	Thu Nov 19, 1891	Ardwick	H	4-0	W	Town Ground
	Sat Nov 21, 1891	Grimsby Town	H	3-3	D	Town Ground
	Sat Nov 28, 1891	The Wednesday	A	1-3	L	Olive Grove
	Sat Dec 12, 1891	Bootle	H	5-1	W	Gregory Ground
	Fri Jan 01, 1892	Newton Heath	A	1-1	D	North Road (Manchester)
	Sat Jan 09, 1892	Burton Swifts	A	3-1	W	Peel Croft
	Sat Feb 06, 1892	Lincoln City	H	0-0	D	Town Ground
	Sat Feb 20, 1892	Lincoln City	A	4-1	W	John O'Gaunts
	Sat Mar 19, 1892	Newton Heath	H	3-0	W	Town Ground
	Sat Apr 02, 1892	Walsall Town Swifts	A	0-3	L	The Chuckery
	Sat Apr 16, 1892	Small Heath	A	2-1	W	Muntz Street	Forest secure the Alliance title
	Sat Apr 23, 1892	Crewe Alexandra	A	0-2	L	Gresty Road
	Thu Apr 28, 1892	Grimsby Town	A	1-1	D	Blundell Park