The City Ground

SEASON: 1887-88

Prev Season: 1886-87
This Season: 1887-88
Next Season: 1888-89

DIVISION:: -
MANAGER(s):: -
FA Cup:: 5th Round (The Wednesday (H) 2-4)
League Cup:: Did not exist

Top Goalscorer:: Tinsley Lindley (3 goals)

TABLE

Competitive Games:: 5
Competitive Goals:: 14
Goals per game:: 2.8
League Games:
League Points:: out of 0 ( points per win)
Points Percentage:: -

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

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	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: -
Lowest League Attendance:: -
Average League Attendance:: -
Highest Cup Attendance:: 11,500 (Notts County)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 6,000 (Old Etonians)

MISCELLANEOUS

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

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	Burton (?), Lindley (2)

Birmingham Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Oct 29, 1887	Stoke On Trent				A	1-3	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	-	? (?, ?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Sep 17, 1887	Friendly	Preston North End		A	2-5	4,000	Lindley (?), Danks (?)
Sat Sep 24, 1887	Friendly	Wednesbury Old Athletic		H	3-2	1,200	Fox (?), Winfield (?, ?)
Sat Oct 01, 1887	Friendly	Long Eaton Rangers		H	1-0	1,500	Liddell (?)
Thu Oct 06, 1887	Friendly	Sheffield Wednesday		H	2-1	-	Winfield (?), Brayshaw (? OG)
Sat Oct 08, 1887	Friendly	Stoke		H	2-1	-	Fox (?), Lindley (?)
Sat Oct 15, 1887	FA Cup	Notts Swifts	1	H	2-1	-	Norman (?), Tutin (?)
Sat Oct 22, 1887	Friendly	Burslem Port Vale		H	1-1	-	Shaw (?)
Sat Oct 29, 1887	Birmingham Cup	Stoke On Trent		A	1-3	-	Danks (?)
Sat Nov 05, 1887	FA Cup	Mellors	2	H	2-0	-	Leighton (?, ?)
Sat Nov 12, 1887	Friendly	Lincoln City		A	1-1	-	? (?)
Thu Nov 17, 1887	Friendly	Corinthians		H	2-1	800	Jackson (?), Leighton (?)
Sat Nov 26, 1887	FA Cup	Notts County	3	H	2-1	11,500	Lindley (?), Burton (?)
Sat Dec 03, 1887	Friendly	Notts		H	0-1	-
Sat Dec 10, 1887	Friendly	Accrington		H	2-0	800	Pike (?), Winfield (?)
Sat Dec 17, 1887	FA Cup	Old Etonians	4	H	6-0	6,000	Norman (?), Fox (?, ?), Danks (?, ?), Lindley (?)
Mon Dec 26, 1887	Friendly	Notts		A	0-0	12,000
Tue Dec 27, 1887	Friendly	Bolton Wanderers		H	3-2	3,000	Danks (?), Burton (?), Shaw (?)
Sat Jan 07, 1888	FA Cup	The Wednesday	5	H	2-4	8,000	Burton (?), Lindley (2)
Sat Jan 14, 1888	Friendly	Preston North End		H	2-1	-	Burton (?), Pike (?)
Sat Jan 21, 1888	Friendly	Grimsby Town		H	2-0	-	Norman (?), Tutin (?)
Sat Jan 28, 1888	Friendly	Cambridge University		A	1-5	-	Leighton (?)
Sat Feb 04, 1888	Friendly	Lincoln City		H	2-0	-	Leighton (?), Weightman (?)
Tue Feb 14, 1888	Friendly	Burnley		H	1-2	-	Lindley (?)
Sat Feb 18, 1888	Friendly	Cambridge University		H	0-3	1,500
Sat Mar 03, 1888	Friendly	Stoke On Trent		A	0-3	-
Sat Mar 10, 1888	Friendly	Aston Unity		H	4-3	-	Parr (?, ?), Leighton (?, ?)
Fri Mar 30, 1888	Friendly	Burnley		A	1-3	-	Townsley (? OG)
Sat Mar 31, 1888	Friendly	Bolton Wanderers		A	1-3	3,000	Guttridge (?)
Mon Apr 02, 1888	Friendly	Bootle		A	1-4	-	? (?)
Sat Apr 21, 1888	Friendly	Burslem Port Vale		A	2-7	-	? (?, ?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (5) - £0				Out (4) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Arthur Shaw	Bought			James Irons	Sold
	Frank Guttridge	Bought			R Warner	Sold
	Oscar Tolley	Bought			Sam Widdowson	Sold
1887	Lawrence Plackett	Bought			Thomas Parr	Sold
Mar 01, 1888	Harry Daft	Bought

SQUAD

				Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Fred Beardsley	England	2	2
GK		George Whyatt
GK		Horace Mosley
GK		Tom Widdowson	England	3	2		1
Defenders
D		Charles Caborn		3	2		1
D		Frank Guttridge	England
D		Frank Williamson
D		Harry Pike	England	5	4		1
D		Henry Billyeald		1	1
D		James Luntley	England
D		Thomas Parr		1	1
D		William McLeod	Scotland
Midfielders
M		Arthur Pike	England	1	1
M		Arthur Ward		5	4		1
M		George Tutin		2	1		1	1
M		James Irons	Scotland	1	1
M		Oliver Tutin		1	1
M		Thomas Danks	England	3	3			2
Forwards
F		Arthur Shaw	England
F		Frank Burton	England	3	2		1	2
F		Fred Weightman	England
F		Frederick Fox	England	5	4		1	2
F		Harry Daft	England
F		Harry Jackson	England
F		Horace Pike	England
F		Lawrence Plackett	England
F		Oscar Tolley
F		R Warner		1	1
F		Sam Widdowson	England
F		Teddy Leighton	England	5	4		1	2
F		Tinsley Lindley	England	3	2		1	3
F		Pike

		A Elliott
		Albert Moore
		Alf Liddell	England
		Arthur Leighton
		Arthur Marshall
		George Winfield
		H Mills
		J Paramore
		P Miller
		Salathiel Norman		5	4		1	2
		T Radford
		T Turner (1888)
		W Keefe
		WA Simkins
		William Hancock	England	5	4		1

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	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 (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