The City Ground

SEasON: 1891-92

Prev Season: 1890-91
Next Season: 1892-93

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

ATTENDANCES

MISC

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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	Nottingham Forest	22	14	5	3	59	22											2.682	33	Elected to the First Division
2	Newton Heath	22	12	7	3	69	33											2.091	31	Elected to the First Division	-	-
3	Small Heath	22	12	5	5	53	36											1.472	29	Elected to the Second Division	-	-
4	The Wednesday	22	12	4	6	65	35											1.857	28	Elected to the First Division	-	-
5	Burton Swifts	22	12	2	8	54	52											1.038	26	Elected to the Second Division	-	-
6	Grimsby Town	22	6	6	10	40	39											1.026	18	Elected to the Second Division	-	-
7	Crewe Alexandra	22	7	4	11	44	49											.898	18	Elected to the Second Division	-	-
8	Ardwick	22	6	6	10	39	51											.765	18	Elected to the Second Division	-	-
9	Bootle	22	8	2	12	42	64											.656	18	Elected to the Second Division	-	-
10	Lincoln City	22	6	5	11	37	65											.569	17	Elected to the Second Division	-	-
11	Walsall Town Swifts	22	6	3	13	33	59											.559	15	Elected to the Second Division	-	-
12	Birmingham St George's	22	5	3	14	34	64											.531	11	Disbanded at end of season	-	-

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

Football Alliance

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Thu Sep 03, 1891	Burton Swifts	H	7-0	Win	3,000	Town Ground
Sat Sep 05, 1891	Bootle	A	4-1	Win	4,000	Hawthorne Road	Forest arrived 45 minutes late
Sat Sep 12, 1891	Walsall Town Swifts	H	5-1	Win	3,000	Town Ground
Thu Sep 24, 1891	Birmingham St George's	H	3-0	Win	1,500	Town Ground
Thu Oct 08, 1891	Small Heath	H	2-0	Win	2,000	Town Ground
Sat Oct 17, 1891	Crewe Alexandra	H	5-0	Win	3,000	Town Ground
Sat Oct 31, 1891	Birmingham St George's	A	2-1	Win	-	Cape Hill Ground
Sat Nov 07, 1891	The Wednesday	H	1-1	Draw	3,000	Town Ground
Sat Nov 14, 1891	Ardwick	A	3-1	Win	11,000	Hyde Road
Thu Nov 19, 1891	Ardwick	H	4-0	Win	2,000	Town Ground
Sat Nov 21, 1891	Grimsby Town	H	3-3	Draw	5,000	Town Ground
Sat Nov 28, 1891	The Wednesday	A	1-3	Loss	12,000	Olive Grove
Sat Dec 12, 1891	Bootle	H	5-1	Win	-	Gregory Ground
Fri Jan 01, 1892	Newton Heath	A	1-1	Draw	16,000	North Road (Manchester)
Sat Jan 09, 1892	Burton Swifts	A	3-1	Win	500	Peel Croft
Sat Feb 06, 1892	Lincoln City	H	0-0	Draw	3,000	Town Ground
Sat Feb 20, 1892	Lincoln City	A	4-1	Win	3,500	John O'Gaunts
Sat Mar 19, 1892	Newton Heath	H	3-0	Win	8,000	Town Ground
Sat Apr 02, 1892	Walsall Town Swifts	A	0-3	Loss	4,000	The Chuckery
Sat Apr 16, 1892	Small Heath	A	2-1	Win	3,500	Muntz Street	Forest secure the Alliance title
Sat Apr 23, 1892	Crewe Alexandra	A	0-2	Loss	3,000	Gresty Road
Thu Apr 28, 1892	Grimsby Town	A	1-1	Draw	1,000	Blundell Park

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground
Sat Jan 16, 1892	Newcastle East End	1			H	2-1	Win	-	Town Ground
Sat Jan 30, 1892	Sunderland Albion	2			A	1-0	Win	9,000	Blue House Field
Sat Feb 13, 1892	Preston North End	Quarter			H	2-0	Win	14,500	Town Ground
Sat Feb 27, 1892	West Bromwich Albion	Semi			N	1-1	Draw	21,076	Molineux
Sat Mar 05, 1892	West Bromwich Albion	Semi	Y	1	N	0-0	Draw	15,930	Molineux
Wed Mar 09, 1892	West Bromwich Albion	Semi	Y	2	N	2-6	Loss	8,024	Baseball Ground

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground
Wed Sep 09, 1891	Mansfield	England	A	4-0	Win	-
Sat Sep 19, 1891	Sunderland Albion	England	A	1-0	Win	6,000
Mon Sep 21, 1891	Everton	England	A	0-2	Loss	1,000
Fri Sep 25, 1891	Queen's Park	Scotland	A	3-1	Win	4,000	Hampden Park
Thu Oct 01, 1891	Canadians	England	H	5-0	Win	2,000	Town Ground
Sat Oct 03, 1891	Notts	England	H	3-1	Win	1,000	Town Ground
Sat Oct 10, 1891	Sunderland Albion	England	H	5-3	Win	500	Town Ground
Wed Oct 14, 1891	Greenhalgh's	England	A	6-0	Win	-
Sat Oct 24, 1891	Kettering Town	England	A	5-1	Win	2,000
Mon Oct 26, 1891	Stoke	England	A	3-0	Win	-
Thu Nov 12, 1891	Bolton Wanderers	England	H	5-0	Win	4,000	Town Ground
Thu Dec 03, 1891	Stoke	England	H	2-0	Win	-	Town Ground
Sat Dec 26, 1891	Notts	England	A	1-0	Win	15,000
Mon Dec 28, 1891	Derby County	England	A	0-3	Loss	6,000
Sat Jan 02, 1892	Darwen	England	A	2-2	Draw	1,000
Sat Jan 23, 1892	Aston Villa	England	A	2-3	Loss	-
Tue Mar 01, 1892	Rotherham Town	England	A	2-2	Draw	-
Sat Mar 12, 1892	Wolverhampton Wanderers	England	A	0-5	Loss	2,000
Thu Mar 24, 1892	Everton	England	H	1-2	Loss	1,500	Town Ground
Sat Mar 26, 1892	Darwen	England	H	3-0	Win	2,000	Town Ground
Mon Apr 04, 1892	Celtic	Scotland	A	1-4	Loss	10,000
Sat Apr 09, 1892	Grimsby Town	England	A	3-2	Win	5,000
Fri Apr 15, 1892	Bolton Wanderers	England	A	0-1	Loss	7,000

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Sat Dec 19, 1891	Everton	England	A	0-0	Draw	8,000		Testimonial for Chadwick and Holt

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	6	3	2	1
GK		George Toone
GK		Joe Thornhill
GK		Thomas Bywater
D		Adam Scott	4	3	1
D		Archibald Ritchie	6	3	2	1
D		Ernest Jardine
D		Martin Earp
M		Albert Smith	6	3	2	1
M		David Russell	6	3	2	1
M		Fred Thompson
M		J Bullock
M		Thomas Hamilton	2		1	1
M		Tommy Jeacock
M		Williamson (1892)
F		Alex Higgins	6	3	2	1	6
F		Arthur Shaw	6	3	2	1
F		Frank Burton
F		Horace Pike	6	3	2	1
F		John McPherson	6	3	2	1
F		Percy Oscroft
F		Tinsley Lindley	6	3	2	1	1
F		William Mason
F		William 'Tich' Smith	6	3	2	1	1
		AH Smith
		D Walters
		F Mason
		Kearsley
		Mills
		Bryant
		H Browne

Competitive goals only

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season