The City Ground

SEASON: 1887-88

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This Season: 1887-88
Next Season: 1888-89

DIVISION:: -
MANAGER(s):
FA Cup:: 5th Round (The Wednesday (H) 2-4)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Tinsley Lindley (3 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored		4 times		1 time
Conceded	2 times		1 time
Won By	2 times	1 time		1 time
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:: 11,500
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 6,000

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 2
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1887-88)

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GAMES

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Oct 15, 1887	Notts Swifts	1	H	2-1	Win	-	Norman (?), Tutin (?)
Sat Nov 05, 1887	Mellors	2	H	2-0	Win	-	Leighton (?, ?)
Sat Nov 26, 1887	Notts County	3	H	2-1	Win	11,500	Lindley (?), Burton (?)
Sat Dec 17, 1887	Old Etonians	4	H	6-0	Win	6,000	Norman (?), Fox (?, ?), Danks (?, ?), Lindley (?)
Sat Jan 07, 1888	The Wednesday	5	H	2-4	Loss	8,000	Lindley (?), Burton (?)

Birmingham Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Oct 29, 1887	Stoke On Trent				A	1-2	Loss	-	Danks (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Sep 17, 1887	Preston North End	England	A	2-5	Loss	4,000	Lindley (?), Danks (?)
Sat Sep 24, 1887	Wednesbury Old Athletic	England	H	3-2	Win	1,200	Fox (?), Winfield (?, ?)
Sat Oct 01, 1887	Long Eaton Rangers	England	H	1-0	Win	1,500	Liddell (?)
Thu Oct 06, 1887	Sheffield Wednesday	England	H	2-1	Win	-	Winfield (?), Brayshaw (? OG)
Sat Oct 08, 1887	Stoke	England	H	2-1	Win	-	Fox (?), Lindley (?)
Sat Oct 22, 1887	Burslem Port Vale	England	H	1-1	Draw	-	Shaw (?)
Sat Nov 12, 1887	Lincoln City	England	A	1-1	Draw	-	? (?)
Thu Nov 17, 1887	Corinthians	England	H	2-1	Win	800	Jackson (?), Leighton (?)
Sat Dec 03, 1887	Notts	England	H	0-1	Loss	-
Sat Dec 10, 1887	Accrington	England	H	2-0	Win	800	Pike (?), Winfield (?)
Mon Dec 26, 1887	Notts	England	A	0-0	Draw	12,000
Tue Dec 27, 1887	Bolton Wanderers	England	H	3-2	Win	3,000	Danks (?), Burton (?), Shaw (?)
Sat Jan 14, 1888	Preston North End	England	H	2-1	Win	-	Burton (?), Pike (?)
Sat Jan 21, 1888	Grimsby Town	England	H	2-0	Win	-	Norman (?), Tutin (?)
Sat Jan 28, 1888	Cambridge University	England	A	1-5	Loss	-	Leighton (?)
Sat Feb 04, 1888	Lincoln City	England	H	2-0	Win	-	Leighton (?), Weightman (?)
Tue Feb 14, 1888	Burnley	England	H	1-2	Loss	-	Lindley (?)
Sat Feb 18, 1888	Cambridge University	England	H	0-3	Loss	1,500
Sat Mar 03, 1888	Stoke On Trent	England	A	0-3	Loss	-
Sat Mar 10, 1888	Aston Unity	England	H	4-3	Win	-	Parr (?, ?), Leighton (?, ?)
Fri Mar 30, 1888	Burnley	England	A	1-3	Loss	-	Townsley (? OG)
Sat Mar 31, 1888	Bolton Wanderers	England	A	1-3	Loss	3,000	Guttridge (?)
Mon Apr 02, 1888	Bootle	England	A	1-4	Loss	-	? (?)
Sat Apr 21, 1888	Burslem Port Vale	England	A	2-7	Loss	-	? (?, ?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (5)				Out (4)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Arthur Shaw	Bought			James Irons	Sold
	Frank Guttridge	Bought			R Warner	Sold
	Lawrence Plackett	Bought			Sam Widdowson	Sold
	Oliver Tolley	Bought			Thomas Parr	Sold
Jan 28, 1893	Harry Daft	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	2	2
GK		Horace Mosley
D		Charles Caborn	3	2		1
D		Frank Williamson
D		Harry Pike	5	4		1
D		Henry Billyeald	1	1
D		James Luntley
D		Thomas Parr	1	1
D		William McLeod
M		Arthur Pike	1	1
M		Arthur Ward	5	4		1
M		Frank Guttridge
M		George Tutin	2	1		1	1
M		James Irons	1	1
M		Oliver Tutin	1	1
M		Thomas Danks	3	3			2
F		Arthur Shaw
F		Frank Burton	3	2		1	2
F		Fred Weightman
F		Frederick Fox	5	4		1	2
F		Harry Daft
F		Horace Pike
F		Lawrence Plackett
F		Oliver Tolley
F		R Warner	1	1
F		Sam Widdowson	1			1
F		Teddy Leighton	5	4		1	2
F		Tinsley Lindley	3	2		1	3
F		Pike
		A Elliott
		Albert Moore
		Alf Liddell
		Arthur Leighton
		Arthur Marshall
		George Whyatt
		George Winfield
		H Mills
		Harry Jackson
		J Paramore
		P Miller
		Salathiel Norman	5	4		1	2
		T Radford
		T Turner (1888)
		Tom Widdowson	2	2
		W Keefe
		WA Simkins
		William Hancock	5	4		1
		Jackson

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
3	Tinsley Lindley	3
2	Frank Burton	3
2	Frederick Fox	5
2	Salathiel Norman	5
2	Teddy Leighton	5
2	Thomas Danks	3
1	George Tutin	2

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season