The City Ground

SEASON: 1890-91

Prev Season: 1889-90
This Season: 1890-91
Next Season: 1891-92

DIVISION:: Football Alliance (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Harry Radford
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Sunderland (A) 0-4)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Alex Higgins (11 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	1 time	1 time		2 times
Conceded	1 time	1 time	1 time
Won By				2 times
Lost By			1 time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 0
Lowest League Attendance:: 0
Average League Attendance:: 0
Highest Cup Attendance:: 8,000
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 8,000

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

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GAMES

Football Alliance

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Sep 06, 1890	Bootle	A	5-1	Win	-	Rorke (?), Pike (?), Higgins (?, ?), ? (?)
Sat Sep 13, 1890	Darwen	H	5-2	Win	3,000	Higgins (?), Smith (?, ?), McCallum (?), Shaw (?)
Sat Sep 20, 1890	Newton Heath	A	1-1	Draw	4,000	Shaw (?)
Sat Sep 27, 1890	Crewe Alexandra	H	5-2	Win	-	Higgins (?, ?), Pike (?), Smith (?), McCallum (?)
Sat Oct 11, 1890	Sunderland Albion	A	0-0	Draw	-
Sat Oct 18, 1890	Bootle	H	7-0	Win	3,000	Higgins (?), Pike (?), Smith (?), May (?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Nov 01, 1890	The Wednesday	A	2-0	Win	10,000	Higgins (?, ?)
Sat Nov 08, 1890	Birmingham St George's	H	4-0	Win	4,000	Siddons (? OG), Higgins (?, ?), Pike (?)
Sat Nov 22, 1890	Newton Heath	H	8-2	Win	2,000	Shaw (?, ?, ?), Pike (?, ?, ?), Higgins (?), McCallum (?)
Sat Dec 13, 1890	Darwen	A	4-4	Draw	4,000	Higgins (?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Dec 27, 1890	Grimsby Town	H	1-1	Draw	3,000	Higgins (?)
Sat Jan 24, 1891	Sunderland Albion	H	1-1	Draw	5,000	McCallum (?)
Mon Feb 02, 1891	Birmingham St George's	A	3-6	Loss	2,000	Russell (?), May (?), Rowan (?)
Sat Feb 21, 1891	Crewe Alexandra	A	7-0	Win	-	Higgins (?, ?, ?, ?), McCallum (?, ?), May (?)
Thu Feb 26, 1891	Small Heath	H	4-5	Loss	2,500	Pike (?, ?, ?), Duncan (?)
Sat Feb 28, 1891	Small Heath	A	2-4	Loss	5,000	Higgins (?), McCallum (?)
Sat Mar 14, 1891	Walsall Town Swifts	H	2-0	Win	3,000	? (? OG), Higgins (?)
Sat Mar 21, 1891	The Wednesday	H	0-0	Draw	-
Sat Apr 04, 1891	Walsall Town Swifts	A	2-3	Loss	3,000	McCallum (?), Pike (?)
Thu Apr 09, 1891	Grimsby Town	A	0-3	Loss	4,000

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 17, 1891	Clapton	1			A	14-0	Win	1,500	McCallum (?, ?), Smith (?, ?), Higgins (?, ?, ?, ?, ?), Lindley (?, ?, ?, ?), Shaw (?)
Sat Jan 31, 1891	Sunderland Albion	2			A	1-1	Draw	12,000	Smith (?)
Sat Feb 07, 1891	Sunderland Albion	2	Y	1	H	3-3	Draw	8,000	Higgins (?, ?, ?)
Wed Feb 11, 1891	Sunderland Albion	2	Y	2	N	5-0	Win	6,000	Higgins (?, ?, ?), Lindley (?), Shaw (?)
Sat Feb 14, 1891	Sunderland	Quarter			A	0-4	Loss	15,000

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Sep 01, 1890	Wolverhampton Wanderers	England	A	0-1	Loss	8,000
Wed Sep 03, 1890	Notts Olympic	England	H	4-0	Win	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?)
Mon Sep 15, 1890	Heart Of Midlothian	Scotland	A	0-1	Loss	-
Mon Sep 29, 1890	Sheffield United	England	A	2-1	Win	-	? (?, ?)
Thu Oct 02, 1890	Queen's Park	Scotland	H	4-2	Win	3,500	Smith (?, ?), Higgins (?), Pike (?)
Fri Oct 03, 1890	Stoke	England	H	2-2	Draw	3,000	Lindley (?), Pike (?)
Thu Oct 23, 1890	Aston Villa	England	H	3-0	Win	3,500	? (?, ?, ?)
Sat Oct 25, 1890	Clapton	England	A	4-0	Win	-	Pike (?), Higgins (?), May (?), Russell (10)
Thu Nov 13, 1890	Wolverhampton Wanderers	England	H	5-0	Win	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Nov 15, 1890	West Bromwich Albion	England	A	2-2	Draw	2,000	Higgins (?), ? (?)
Thu Nov 27, 1890	Bolton Wanderers	England	H	7-1	Win	-	Higgins (?, ?, ?), Pike (?), May (?, ?), Smith (?)
Sat Nov 29, 1890	Stoke	England	A	1-2	Loss	3,000	? (?)
Sat Dec 06, 1890	Clyde	Scotland	A	5-2	Win	2,000	McCallum (?), Smith (?, ?), Russell (?), ? (?)
Thu Dec 18, 1890	Burnley	England	H	3-4	Loss	1,500	? (?, ?, ?)
Fri Dec 26, 1890	Notts	England	A	0-0	Draw	20,000
Thu Jan 01, 1891	Bolton Wanderers	England	A	0-3	Loss	6,000
Sat Jan 03, 1891	Heart Of Midlothian	Scotland	H	8-2	Win	2,000	Smith (?, ?, ?), Russell (?), Rowan (?), Shaw (?), Higgins (?, ?)
Sat Jan 10, 1891	Glasgow Rangers	Scotland	A	2-1	Win	1,500	Smith (?), Higgins (?)
Mon Mar 02, 1891	Sheffield United	England	A	4-1	Win	3,000	Higgins (?, ?, ?), Rowan (?)
Thu Mar 12, 1891	West Bromwich Albion	England	H	2-3	Loss	3,000	Higgins (?), Pike (?)
Mon Mar 16, 1891	Aston Villa	England	A	2-3	Loss	-	? (?, ?)
Fri Mar 27, 1891	Middlesbrough Ironopolis	England	A	2-2	Draw	2,000	Russell (?), ? (?)
Sat Mar 28, 1891	Newcastle East End	England	A	2-1	Win	3,000	? (?, ?)
Mon Mar 30, 1891	Chatham	England	A	2-0	Win	4,000	? (?, ?)
Tue Mar 31, 1891	Royal Arsenal	England	A	5-0	Win	7,000	McCallum (?, ?), May (?), Pike (?), Smith (?)
Thu Apr 02, 1891	Blackburn Rovers	England	H	4-0	Win	3,000	Pike (?, ?), Smith (?), McCallum (?)
Sat Apr 11, 1891	Glasgow Rangers	Scotland	H	3-0	Win	4,000	Russell (?, ?, ?)
Sat Apr 18, 1891	Notts	England	H	2-4	Loss	9,500	Smith (?), Shaw (?)
Mon Apr 20, 1891	Everton	England	A	1-1	Draw	-	? (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and after the season.

In (14)				In (9)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Adam Scott	Bought			Alexander Rowan	Sold
	Alexander Rowan	Bought			Frank Guttridge	Sold
	Bill Brown	Bought			J Duncan	Sold
	David Russell	Bought			Jack Holland	Sold
	Fred Thompson	Bought			Joseph Southward	Sold
	J Duncan	Bought			Matthew Rorke	Sold
	Matthew Rorke	Bought			T Radford	Sold
	Neil McCallum	Bought			Teddy May	Sold
	Percy Oscroft	Bought			Walter Cox	Retired
	Robertson (1891-92)	Bought
	Teddy May	Bought
	William 'Tich' Smith	Bought
Aug 01, 1890	Alex Higgins	Bought
Sep 13, 1890	Walter Cox	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		Bill Brown	2	1	1
GK		Jack Holland	2	1		1
GK		Walter Cox
D		Adam Scott	5	2	2	1
D		Harry Pike
D		Joseph Southward
D		Martin Earp	5	2	2	1
D		Robertson (1891-92)
M		Albert Smith	5	2	2	1
M		Alexander Rowan
M		David Russell	4	2	2
M		Frank Guttridge
M		Fred Thompson
M		J Bullock
M		Matthew Rorke
M		Neil McCallum	5	2	2	1	2
M		Tommy Jeacock	3	1	1	1
F		Alex Higgins	5	2	2	1	11
F		Arthur Shaw	5	2	2	1	2
F		Horace Pike
F		J Duncan
F		Teddy May	3	1	1	1
F		Tinsley Lindley	5	2	2	1	5
F		William 'Tich' Smith	5	2	2	1	3
F		Percy Oscroft
		Edward Anderson
		G Shelton
		T Radford
		Tom Widdowson	1		1

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
11	Alex Higgins	5
5	Tinsley Lindley	5
3	William 'Tich' Smith	5
2	Arthur Shaw	5
2	Neil McCallum	5

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season