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SEASON: 1880-81

Prev Season: 1879-80
This Season: 1880-81
Next Season: 1881-82

DIVISION:: -
MANAGER(s):
FA Cup:: 2nd Round (Aston Villa (H) 1-2)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Sam Widdowson (1 goal)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

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

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

			Record against teams
Forest Pos	Num Days		Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 0
Lowest League Attendance:: 0
Average League Attendance:: 0
Highest Cup Attendance:: 5,000
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 5,000

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 0
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1880-81)

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GAMES

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Nov 01, 1880	Caius College	1			H	-		-
Sat Dec 04, 1880	Aston Villa	2			H	1-2	Loss	5,000	Widdowson (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Oct 02, 1880	Aston Villa	England	A	0-4	Loss	-
Sat Oct 09, 1880	Wednesbury Strollers	England	A	3-0	Win	1,000	? (?, ?, ?)
Sat Oct 16, 1880	Notts County	England	H	4-0	Win	-	Widdowson (?, ?, ?), Earp (?)
Sat Oct 23, 1880	Darwen	England	A	4-4	Draw	4,500	Turner (?, ?), Widdowson (?, ?)
Sat Oct 30, 1880	Glasgow Rangers	Scotland	H	2-1	Win	2,000	Earp (?, ?)
Sat Nov 13, 1880	Aston Villa	England	H	0-2	Loss	3,500
Sat Nov 20, 1880	Nottingham Forest XI	England	H	2-4	Loss	-	? (?, ?)
Sat Nov 27, 1880	Nottingham Forest XI	England	H	-		-
Thu Dec 09, 1880	Cambridge University	England	H	3-1	Win	1,000	Widdowson (?), Smith (?), Johnson (?)
Sat Dec 11, 1880	Glasgow Rangers	Scotland	A	2-2	Draw	3,000	? (?), Widdowson (?)
Mon Dec 27, 1880	Blackburn Rovers	England	H	0-4	Loss	1,000
Sat Jan 01, 1881	Sheffield	England	A	1-2	Loss	-	Widdowson (?)
Sat Jan 08, 1881	Leicestershire Rangers	England	H	12-0	Win	-	Wright (?, ?, ?), Widdowson (?, ?), Caborn (?), Norman (?), Earp (?, ?, ?, 10), ? (?)
Sat Jan 29, 1881	Darwen	England	H	3-0	Win	500	Widdowson (?), Wright (?), Norman (?)
Sat Feb 12, 1881	South Derbyshire XI	England	H	2-0	Win	-	? (?), Parr (?)
Sat Feb 19, 1881	Vale of Leven	England	H	2-0	Win	2,000	Widdowson (?), Unwin (?)
Sat Feb 26, 1881	Clapham Rovers	England	H	3-0	Win	-	Widdowson (?, ?, ?)
Tue Mar 01, 1881	Sheffield Club	England	H	1-0	Win	-	Gunn (?)
Sat Mar 05, 1881	Notts County	England	A	0-1	Loss	-
Sat Mar 12, 1881	Blackburn Rovers	England	A	3-3	Draw	4,000	Billyeald (?), ? (?), Earp (7)
Sat Mar 19, 1881	South Derbyshire XI	England	A	2-2	Draw	-	? (?, ?)
Sat Apr 09, 1881	South Derbyshire XI	England	A	17-0	Win	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)

Wednesbury Cup

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Dec 18, 1880	Stoke	A	2-1	Win	-	? (?, ?)
Sat Apr 02, 1881	Elwells	A	4-0	Win	600	Widdowson (?, ?), Gunn (?), Kendrick (? OG)
Sat May 07, 1881	Wednesbury Old Athletic	A	1-4	Loss	-	? (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (5)				Out (0)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Billy Gunn	Bought
	George Smith	Bought
	George Unwin	Bought
	H Sheldon	Bought
	Salathiel Norman	Bought

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Fred Beardsley
GK		John Sands	1			1
D		Charles Caborn	1			1
D		Ernest Jardine	1			1
D		Henry Billyeald
D		James Luntley
M		Arthur Ward
M		Edwin Luntley	1			1
M		H Sheldon
M		Mark Holroyd	1			1
F		Billy Gunn
F		George Smith
F		George Unwin
F		Sam Widdowson	1			1	1
F		Teddy Earp	1			1
F		Walter Luntley	1			1
		AH Smith	1			1
		Claude Hill
		F Johnson
		H Emmet
		J Smith (1880)
		John Turner	1			1
		Leonard Lindley
		Percy Snook
		Pickergill
		Salathiel Norman
		W Wright
		William Hancock
		William Parr	1			1

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
1	Sam Widdowson	1

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season