The City Ground

SEASON: 1890-91

Prev Season: 1889-90
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

FOOTBALL ALLIANCE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Stoke City	22	13	7	2	57	39											1.462	33	Elected to the Football League	-	-
2	Sunderland Albion	22	12	6	4	69	28											2.464	30	Application to join the League was rejected; left to join the Northern League	-	-
3	Grimsby Town	22	11	5	6	43	27											1.593	27		-	-
4	Birmingham St George's	22	12	2	8	64	62											1.032	26		-	-
5	Nottingham Forest	22	9	7	6	66	39											1.692	25	Application to join the League was rejected
6	Darwen	22	10	3	9	64	59											1.085	23	Elected to the Football League	-	-
7	Walsall Town Swifts	22	9	3	10	34	61											.557	21		-	-
8	Crewe Alexandra	22	8	4	10	59	67											.881	20		-	-
9	Newton Heath	22	7	3	12	37	55											.673	17	Application to join the League was rejected	-	-
10	Small Heath	22	7	2	13	58	66											.879	16		-	-
11	Bootle	22	3	7	12	40	61											.656	13		-	-
12	The Wednesday	22	4	5	13	39	66											.591	13		-	-

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

Football Alliance

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
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	Notes
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	Notes
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	Clapham Rovers	England	A	4-0	Win	-	Russell (?), Pike (?), Higgins (?), May (?)
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	-	? (?)

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