The City Ground

SEASON: 1891-92

Prev Season: 1890-91
This Season: 1891-92
Next Season: 1892-93

DIVISION:: Football Alliance (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Harry Radford
FA Cup:: Semi Final (West Bromwich Albion (N) 2-6)
League Cup:: Not started

Top Goalscorer:: Alex Higgins (6 goals)

Competitive Games:: 6
Competitive Goals:: 8
Goals per game:: 1.3
League Games:: 22
League Points:: 33 out of 44 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 75.0%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	3 times	3 times
Conceded	3 times			1 time
Won By	2 times	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:: 14,500 (Preston North End)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 14,500 (Preston North End)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 3
Yellow cards:: 0
Red cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Harry Radford
Football Alliance

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Thu Sep 03, 1891	Burton Swifts	H	7-0	Win	3,000	Pike (?, ?), Higgins (?, ?, ?), Shaw (?), Smith (?)
Sat Sep 05, 1891	Bootle	A	4-1	Win	4,000	Mason (?), Higgins (?, ?), Graham (? OG)
Sat Sep 12, 1891	Walsall Town Swifts	H	5-1	Win	3,000	Higgins (?, ?), McPherson (?), Smith (?), Hamilton (?)
Thu Sep 24, 1891	Birmingham St George's	H	3-0	Win	1,500	McPherson (?), Higgins (?), Russell (?)
Thu Oct 08, 1891	Small Heath	H	2-0	Win	2,000	Smith (?), Higgins (?)
Sat Oct 17, 1891	Crewe Alexandra	H	5-0	Win	3,000	Shaw (?), Pike (?, ?), Higgins (?, ?)
Sat Oct 31, 1891	Birmingham St George's	A	2-1	Win	-	Higgins (?, ?)
Sat Nov 07, 1891	The Wednesday	H	1-1	Draw	3,000	Higgins (?)
Sat Nov 14, 1891	Ardwick	A	3-1	Win	11,000	Pike (?, ?), Higgins (?)
Thu Nov 19, 1891	Ardwick	H	4-0	Win	2,000	Russell (? pen, ?), Smith (?), Higgins (?)
Sat Nov 21, 1891	Grimsby Town	H	3-3	Draw	5,000	Higgins (?, ?, ?)
Sat Nov 28, 1891	The Wednesday	A	1-3	Loss	12,000	Pike (?)
Sat Dec 12, 1891	Bootle	H	5-1	Win	-	Russell (?), Lindley (?), Smith (?), McPherson (?), Mason (?)
Fri Jan 01, 1892	Newton Heath	A	1-1	Draw	16,000	Higgins (?)
Sat Jan 09, 1892	Burton Swifts	A	3-1	Win	500	Pike (?), Mason (?, ?)
Sat Feb 06, 1892	Lincoln City	H	0-0	Draw	3,000
Sat Feb 20, 1892	Lincoln City	A	4-1	Win	3,500	Higgins (?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Mar 19, 1892	Newton Heath	H	3-0	Win	8,000	Higgins (?), Mason (?), McPherson (?)
Sat Apr 02, 1892	Walsall Town Swifts	A	0-3	Loss	4,000
Sat Apr 16, 1892	Small Heath	A	2-1	Win	3,500	Oscroft (?), Mason (?)
Sat Apr 23, 1892	Crewe Alexandra	A	0-2	Loss	3,000
Thu Apr 28, 1892	Grimsby Town	A	1-1	Draw	1,000	Higgins (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 16, 1892	Newcastle East End	1			H	2-1	Win	-	Higgins (?, ?)
Sat Jan 30, 1892	Sunderland Albion	2			A	1-0	Win	9,000	Higgins (?)
Sat Feb 13, 1892	Preston North End	Quarter			H	2-0	Win	14,500	Smith (?), Higgins (?)
Sat Feb 27, 1892	West Bromwich Albion	Semi			N	1-1	Draw	21,076	Lindley (?)
Sat Mar 05, 1892	West Bromwich Albion	Semi	Y	1	N	1-1	Draw	15,930	Higgins (?)
Wed Mar 09, 1892	West Bromwich Albion	Semi	Y	2	N	2-6	Loss	8,024	Higgins (68, 80)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 09, 1891	Mansfield	England	A	4-0	Win	-	Higgins (?, ?), McPherson (?, ?)
Sat Sep 19, 1891	Sunderland Albion	England	A	1-0	Win	6,000	G King (? OG)
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	Higgins (?), Shaw (?), ? (?)
Thu Oct 01, 1891	Canadians	England	H	5-0	Win	2,000	Hamilton (?), Higgins (?, ?), Pike (5), Oscroft (8)
Sat Oct 03, 1891	Notts	England	H	3-1	Win	1,000	Shaw (?), Pike (?), Higgins (?)
Sat Oct 10, 1891	Sunderland Albion	England	H	5-3	Win	500	Higgins (?, ?, ?), Mason (?), Shaw (?)
Wed Oct 14, 1891	Greenhalgh's	England	A	6-0	Win	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Oct 24, 1891	Kettering Town	England	A	5-1	Win	2,000	Smith (?), Higgins (?, ?), Pike (?), ? (?)
Mon Oct 26, 1891	Stoke	England	A	3-0	Win	-	? (?, ?, ?)
Thu Nov 12, 1891	Bolton Wanderers	England	H	5-0	Win	4,000	Shaw (?), Smith (?), Pike (?, ?), Higgins (?)
Thu Dec 03, 1891	Stoke	England	H	2-0	Win	-	Pike (?), Russell (? pen)
Sat Dec 26, 1891	Notts	England	A	1-0	Win	15,000	Shaw (?)
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	Scott (?), Shaw (?)
Sat Jan 23, 1892	Aston Villa	England	A	2-3	Loss	-	? (?), Smith (?)
Tue Mar 01, 1892	Rotherham Town	England	A	2-2	Draw	-	Jardine (?, ?)
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	Shaw (?)
Sat Mar 26, 1892	Darwen	England	H	3-0	Win	2,000	Mason (?), Pike (?), Oscroft (?)
Mon Apr 04, 1892	Celtic	Scotland	A	1-4	Loss	10,000	Smith (?)
Sat Apr 09, 1892	Grimsby Town	England	A	3-2	Win	5,000	Oscroft (?), Shaw (?), Russell (?)
Fri Apr 15, 1892	Bolton Wanderers	England	A	0-1	Loss	7,000

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Dec 19, 1891	Everton	England	A	0-0	Draw	8,000

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Harry Radford
Thu Sep 03, 1891	Football Alliance	Burton Swifts			H	7-0	3,000	Pike (?, ?), Higgins (?, ?, ?), Shaw (?), Smith (?)
Sat Sep 05, 1891	Football Alliance	Bootle			A	4-1	4,000	Mason (?), Higgins (?, ?), Graham (? OG)
Wed Sep 09, 1891	Friendly	Mansfield			A	4-0	-	Higgins (?, ?), McPherson (?, ?)
Sat Sep 12, 1891	Football Alliance	Walsall Town Swifts			H	5-1	3,000	Higgins (?, ?), McPherson (?), Smith (?), Hamilton (?)
Sat Sep 19, 1891	Friendly	Sunderland Albion			A	1-0	6,000	G King (? OG)
Mon Sep 21, 1891	Friendly	Everton			A	0-2	1,000
Thu Sep 24, 1891	Football Alliance	Birmingham St George's			H	3-0	1,500	McPherson (?), Higgins (?), Russell (?)
Fri Sep 25, 1891	Friendly	Queen's Park			A	3-1	4,000	Higgins (?), Shaw (?), ? (?)
Thu Oct 01, 1891	Friendly	Canadians			H	5-0	2,000	Hamilton (?), Higgins (?, ?), Pike (5), Oscroft (8)
Sat Oct 03, 1891	Friendly	Notts			H	3-1	1,000	Shaw (?), Pike (?), Higgins (?)
Thu Oct 08, 1891	Football Alliance	Small Heath			H	2-0	2,000	Smith (?), Higgins (?)
Sat Oct 10, 1891	Friendly	Sunderland Albion			H	5-3	500	Higgins (?, ?, ?), Mason (?), Shaw (?)
Wed Oct 14, 1891	Friendly	Greenhalgh's			A	6-0	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Oct 17, 1891	Football Alliance	Crewe Alexandra			H	5-0	3,000	Shaw (?), Pike (?, ?), Higgins (?, ?)
Sat Oct 24, 1891	Friendly	Kettering Town			A	5-1	2,000	Smith (?), Higgins (?, ?), Pike (?), ? (?)
Mon Oct 26, 1891	Friendly	Stoke			A	3-0	-	? (?, ?, ?)
Sat Oct 31, 1891	Football Alliance	Birmingham St George's			A	2-1	-	Higgins (?, ?)
Sat Nov 07, 1891	Football Alliance	The Wednesday			H	1-1	3,000	Higgins (?)
Thu Nov 12, 1891	Friendly	Bolton Wanderers			H	5-0	4,000	Shaw (?), Smith (?), Pike (?, ?), Higgins (?)
Sat Nov 14, 1891	Football Alliance	Ardwick			A	3-1	11,000	Pike (?, ?), Higgins (?)
Thu Nov 19, 1891	Football Alliance	Ardwick			H	4-0	2,000	Russell (? pen, ?), Smith (?), Higgins (?)
Sat Nov 21, 1891	Football Alliance	Grimsby Town			H	3-3	5,000	Higgins (?, ?, ?)
Sat Nov 28, 1891	Football Alliance	The Wednesday			A	1-3	12,000	Pike (?)
Thu Dec 03, 1891	Friendly	Stoke			H	2-0	-	Pike (?), Russell (? pen)
Sat Dec 12, 1891	Football Alliance	Bootle			H	5-1	-	Russell (?), Lindley (?), Smith (?), McPherson (?), Mason (?)
Sat Dec 19, 1891	Testimonial	Everton			A	0-0	8,000
Sat Dec 26, 1891	Friendly	Notts			A	1-0	15,000	Shaw (?)
Mon Dec 28, 1891	Friendly	Derby County			A	0-3	6,000
Fri Jan 01, 1892	Football Alliance	Newton Heath			A	1-1	16,000	Higgins (?)
Sat Jan 02, 1892	Friendly	Darwen			A	2-2	1,000	Scott (?), Shaw (?)
Sat Jan 09, 1892	Football Alliance	Burton Swifts			A	3-1	500	Pike (?), Mason (?, ?)
Sat Jan 16, 1892	FA Cup	Newcastle East End	1		H	2-1	-	Higgins (?, ?)
Sat Jan 23, 1892	Friendly	Aston Villa			A	2-3	-	? (?), Smith (?)
Sat Jan 30, 1892	FA Cup	Sunderland Albion	2		A	1-0	9,000	Higgins (?)
Sat Feb 06, 1892	Football Alliance	Lincoln City			H	0-0	3,000
Sat Feb 13, 1892	FA Cup	Preston North End	Quarter		H	2-0	14,500	Smith (?), Higgins (?)
Sat Feb 20, 1892	Football Alliance	Lincoln City			A	4-1	3,500	Higgins (?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Feb 27, 1892	FA Cup	West Bromwich Albion	Semi		N	1-1	21,076	Lindley (?)
Tue Mar 01, 1892	Friendly	Rotherham Town			A	2-2	-	Jardine (?, ?)
Sat Mar 05, 1892	FA Cup	West Bromwich Albion	Semi	1	N	1-1	15,930	Higgins (?)
Wed Mar 09, 1892	FA Cup	West Bromwich Albion	Semi	2	N	2-6	8,024	Higgins (68, 80)
Sat Mar 12, 1892	Friendly	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	0-5	2,000
Sat Mar 19, 1892	Football Alliance	Newton Heath			H	3-0	8,000	Higgins (?), Mason (?), McPherson (?)
Thu Mar 24, 1892	Friendly	Everton			H	1-2	1,500	Shaw (?)
Sat Mar 26, 1892	Friendly	Darwen			H	3-0	2,000	Mason (?), Pike (?), Oscroft (?)
Sat Apr 02, 1892	Football Alliance	Walsall Town Swifts			A	0-3	4,000
Mon Apr 04, 1892	Friendly	Celtic			A	1-4	10,000	Smith (?)
Sat Apr 09, 1892	Friendly	Grimsby Town			A	3-2	5,000	Oscroft (?), Shaw (?), Russell (?)
Fri Apr 15, 1892	Friendly	Bolton Wanderers			A	0-1	7,000
Sat Apr 16, 1892	Football Alliance	Small Heath			A	2-1	3,500	Oscroft (?), Mason (?)
Sat Apr 23, 1892	Football Alliance	Crewe Alexandra			A	0-2	3,000
Thu Apr 28, 1892	Football Alliance	Grimsby Town			A	1-1	1,000	Higgins (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (6)				Out (6)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Archibald Ritchie	Bought			AH Smith	Sold
	Joe Thornhill	Bought			Bob Jardine	Sold
	Thomas Bywater	Bought			David Russell	Sold
	Thomas Hamilton	Bought			Frank Burton	Retired
Sep 1891	William Mason	Bought			Thomas Bywater	Sold
	Williamson (1892)	Bought			Williamson (1892)	Sold

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Bill Brown	6	3	2	1
GK		George Toone
GK		Joe Thornhill
GK		Thomas Bywater
Defenders
D		Adam Scott	4	3	1
D		Archibald Ritchie	6	3	2	1
D		Jack Earp
Midfielders
M		Albert Smith	6	3	2	1
M		David Russell	6	3	2	1
M		Fred Thompson
M		John Bullock
M		John McPherson	6	3	2	1
M		Thomas Hamilton	2		1	1
M		Tommy Jeacock
M		William 'Tich' Smith	6	3	2	1	1
M		Williamson (1892)
Forwards
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		Percy Oscroft
F		Tinsley Lindley	6	3	2	1	1
F		William Mason
F		Bob Jardine

		AH Smith
		Arthur Kearsley
		D Walters
		F Mason
		Mills (1891)
		Bryant
		H Browne

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
6	Alex Higgins	6
1	Tinsley Lindley	6
1	William 'Tich' Smith	6

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score