The City Ground

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

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

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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