SEASON: 1878-79


Prev Season: 1877-78
This Season: 1878-79
Next Season: 1879-80
DIVISION: -
MANAGER(s):
-
FA Cup:
Semi Final (Old Etonians (N) 1-2)

Top Goalscorer:
AH Smith (3 goals)
GAME COUNTS
Competitive Games:
5
Competitive Goals:
10
Goals per game:
2.0
League Games:
League Points:
out of ( points per win)
Points Percentage:
-

ATTENDANCES (HOME)
Highest League Attendance:
-
Lowest League Attendance:
-
Average League Attendance:
-
Highest Cup Attendance:
400 (Sheffield FC)
Lowest Cup Attendance:
400 (Sheffield FC)

MISCELLANEOUS
Clean Sheets:
2
Yellow Cards:
0
Red Cards:
0   
Own goals (for):
2   (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):
1   (scored by us for opponents)   (AH Smith)
Penalties scored:
0
Penalties conceded:
0
Penalties missed:
0
Penalties saved:
0


TABLE


GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins
Goal count:1 goal2 goals3 goals4 goals5+ goals
Scored1 time3 times1 time
Conceded2 times1 time
Won By1 time3 times
Lost By1 time

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
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
PWDLFAPointsResults (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)



GAMES
  
FA Cup
DateOpponentRoundReplayH/AScoreAttScorers
Sat Nov 16, 1878Notts County1A3-1500Turner (?), Goodyer (?), Smith (?)
Sat Dec 21, 1878Sheffield FC2H2-0400Smith (?), Moss (? OG)
Tue Jan 28, 1879Old Harrovians3A2-0200Widdowson (?), Welch (? OG)
Tue Feb 25, 1879Oxford UniversityQuarterA2-1-Smith (?), Goodyer (?)
Sat Mar 22, 1879Old EtoniansSemiN1-2700Bishop (?)

Friendly
DateOpponentCountryH/AScoreAttScorers
Sat Oct 12, 1878StokeEnglandH2-1-Luntley (?), Goodyer (3')
Sat Oct 19, 1878Derby TownEnglandH0-0-
Sat Oct 26, 1878Glasgow RangersScotlandH0-2-
Mon Oct 28, 1878BirminghamEnglandA1-2-? (?)
Sat Nov 09, 1878BirminghamEnglandA3-1-Widdowson (?, ?), Turner (?)
Sat Nov 30, 1878ChesterfieldEnglandH4-0-Goodyer (?, ?), Smith (?), Slack (? OG)
Thu Dec 05, 1878Law SocietyEnglandH7-0-Widdowson (?), Danks (? OG), ? (?, ?, ?, ?), Warner (? OG)
Sat Dec 07, 1878Sheffield WednesdayEnglandA0-1-
Sat Jan 18, 1879Edinburgh UniversityScotlandH4-11,500Earp (?), Widdowson (?, ?), Smith (?)
Sat Feb 08, 1879ChesterfieldEnglandA6-0-? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Feb 15, 1879BirminghamEnglandH6-1400Widdowson (?, ?, ?, ?, 36'), Smith (?)
Sat Feb 22, 1879Derby TownEnglandA0-3-
Sat Mar 08, 1879ChesterfieldEnglandH5-1-Smith (?), Widdowson (?, ?), Goodyer (?), Turner (?)
Sat Mar 29, 1879SpitalEnglandA1-2-? (?)
Sat Apr 12, 1879Glasgow RangersScotlandA0-36,000
Sat Apr 19, 1879StokeEnglandA0-0-



TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.
In (2) - £0 Out (1) - £0
Date Player Details Fee Date Player Details Fee
James LuntleyBoughtJ BishopSold
1878Charles CabornBought


SQUAD
*Age = Player age on August 1stSeason Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos Num Player Country Age* P W D L Goals Yellows Reds Went Off Came On Unused Sub Notes
Goalkeepers
GK John Sands England19541
Defenders
D Charles Caborn21541
DErnest Jardine22
DJames Luntley England
Midfielders
M Arthur Goodyer England5412
MEdwin Luntley England21431
MLeonard Lindley England17
MMark Holroyd541
Forwards
FJ Bishop111
F Sam Widdowson England275411
FTeddy Earp England44
F Walter Luntley England541
AH Smith5413
Arthur Bates England26431
Arthur Maddock
Claude Hill
Edward Godber
F Johnson
George Golland
Herbert Rothera England
J Johnstone
John Turner5411


GOALSCORERS


Number of different scorers: 15
Goals (Pens)PlayerGames
3AH Smith5
2Arthur Goodyer5
2Own Goals5
1J Bishop1
1John Turner5
1Sam Widdowson5


LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season
Game 1 Game 2
Opponent Date H/A Score Date H/A Score



LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season
Game 1 Game 2
Opponent Date H/A Score Date H/A Score