The City Ground

SEASON: 1878-79

Prev Season: 1877-78
This Season: 1878-79
Next Season: 1879-80

DIVISION:: -
MANAGER(s):
FA Cup:: Semi Final (Old Etonians (Kennington Oval) 1-2)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: AH Smith (3 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals
Scored	1 time	3 times	1 time
Conceded	2 times	1 time
Won By	1 time	3 times
Lost By	1 time

Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days			Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days		Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green = win; Blue = draw; Red = loss)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 0
Lowest League Attendance:: 0
Average League Attendance:: 0
Highest Cup Attendance:: 400
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 400

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 2
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 2 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1878-79)

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GAMES

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Nov 16, 1878	Notts County	1	A	3-1	Win	500	Turner (?), Goodyer (?), Smith (?)
Sat Dec 21, 1878	Sheffield FC	2	H	2-0	Win	400	Smith (?), Moss (? OG)
Tue Jan 28, 1879	Old Harrovians	3	A	2-0	Win	200	Widdowson (?), Welch (? OG)
Tue Feb 25, 1879	Oxford University	Quarter	A	2-1	Win	-	Smith (?), Goodyer (?)
Sat Mar 22, 1879	Old Etonians	Semi	N	1-2	Loss	700	Bishop (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Oct 12, 1878	Stoke	England	H	2-1	Win	-	Luntley (?), Goodyer (3)
Sat Oct 19, 1878	Derby Town	England	H	0-0	Draw	-
Sat Oct 26, 1878	Glasgow Rangers	Scotland	H	0-2	Loss	-
Mon Oct 28, 1878	Birmingham	England	A	1-2	Loss	-	? (?)
Sat Nov 09, 1878	Birmingham	England	A	3-1	Win	-	Widdowson (?, ?), Turner (?)
Sat Nov 30, 1878	Chesterfield	England	H	4-0	Win	-	Goodyer (?, ?), Smith (?), Slack (? OG)
Sat Dec 07, 1878	Sheffield Wednesday	England	A	0-1	Loss	-
Wed Dec 11, 1878	Law Society	England	H	7-0	Win	-	Widdowson (?), Danks (? OG), ? (?, ?, ?, ?), Warner (? OG)
Sat Jan 18, 1879	Edinburgh University	Scotland	H	4-1	Win	1,500	Earp (?), Widdowson (?, ?), Smith (?)
Sat Feb 08, 1879	Chesterfield	England	A	6-0	Win	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Feb 15, 1879	Birmingham	England	H	6-1	Win	400	Widdowson (?, ?, ?, ?, 36), Smith (?)
Sat Feb 22, 1879	Derby Town	England	A	0-3	Loss	-
Sat Mar 08, 1879	Chesterfield	England	H	5-1	Win	-	Smith (?), Widdowson (?, ?), Goodyer (?), Turner (?)
Sat Mar 29, 1879	Spital	England	A	1-2	Loss	-	? (?)
Sat Apr 12, 1879	Glasgow Rangers	Scotland	A	0-3	Loss	6,000
Sat Apr 19, 1879	Stoke	England	A	0-0	Draw	-

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (2)				Out (1)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
1878	Charles Caborn	Bought			J Bishop	Sold
	James Luntley	Bought

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		John Sands	5	4		1
Defenders
D		Charles Caborn	5	4		1
D		Ernest Jardine	2	2
D		James Luntley
Midfielders
M		Arthur Goodyer	5	4		1	2
M		Edwin Luntley	5	4		1
M		Leonard Lindley
M		Mark Holroyd	5	4		1
Forwards
F		J Bishop	1			1	1
F		Sam Widdowson	5	4		1	1
F		Teddy Earp	4	4
F		Walter Luntley	4	3		1

		AH Smith	5	4		1	3
		Arthur Bates	4	3		1
		Arthur Maddock
		Claude Hill
		Edward Godber
		F Johnson
		George Golland
		Herbert Rothera
		J Johnstone
		John Turner	5	4		1	1
		L Luntley

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
3	AH Smith	5
2	Arthur Goodyer	5
2	Own Goals	5
1	J Bishop	1
1	John Turner	5
1	Sam Widdowson	5

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score