FOREST 5 - 2 CREWE ALEXANDRA - Sat Sep 27, 1890 (Football Alliance)
- Date:
- Sat Sep 27, 1890 (3:00 PM)
- Opponent:
- Crewe Alexandra
- Home/Away:
- Home
- Ground:
- Gregory Ground
- Game Type:
- Football Alliance
- Score:
- 5-2 WON
- Sources:
- Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
- NEXT GAMES:
- Next Game:
- Sheffield United (Friendly)
- Football Alliance:
- Stoke City
- League:
- Everton
- Crewe Alexandra:
- Feb 21, 1891
- GAME COUNT:
- Football Alliance:
- 26 (of 66)
- Total:
- 487 (of 7629)
- Played:
- 135 years, 10 months, 30 days ago
FOREST
Manager: Harry Radford
Prior form: WWD (Old to recent)
Goal Scorers
Alex Higgins
Alex Higgins
Horace Pike
William 'Tich' Smith
Neil McCallum
Lineup
| Num | Pos | Age | Player | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK |  Walter Cox | ||
| 2 | D | 18 | Jack Earp | |
| 3 | D | Adam Scott | ||
| 4 | M | 21 |  Albert Smith | |
| 5 | D | Harry Pike | ||
| 6 | M | Tommy Jeacock | ||
| 7 | M | 22 | Neil McCallum  | |
| 8 | M | 22 | Sandy Rowan | |
| 9 | F | 26 | Alex Higgins | |
| 10 | M | 21 | William 'Tich' Smith | |
| 11 | F | 20 | Horace Pike | |
Lineup
| Num | Pos | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | ? |
| 2 | D | ? |
| 3 | D | ? |
| 4 | D | ? |
| 5 | D | ? |
| 6 | M | ? |
| 7 | M | ? |
| 8 | M | ? |
| 9 | M | ? |
| 10 | F | ? |
| 11 | F | ? |
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Bootle | 0-1 | Darwen |
| Grimsby Town | 3-1 | Small Heath |
| Nottingham Forest | 5-2 | Crewe Alexandra |
| Stoke | 2-1 | Newton Heath LYR |
| Walsall Town Swifts | 2-1 | The Wednesday |
TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME
Table before:
| FOOTBALL ALLIANCE | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Current Form | Status | ||
| 1 | Sunderland Albion | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 6 | WWW | |||
| 2 | Nottingham Forest | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | WWD | |||
| 3 | Walsall Town Swifts | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | WW | |||
| 4 | Stoke | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | WW | |||
| 5 | Newton Heath LYR | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | WLD | |||
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | WL | |||
| 7 | Grimsby Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | WL | |||
| 8 | Darwen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 0 | LL | |||
| 9 | Birmingham St George's | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 0 | LL | |||
| 10 | The Wednesday | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 | L | |||
| 11 | Bootle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 0 | LL | |||
| 12 | Small Heath | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 0 | LL | |||
Table after:
| FOOTBALL ALLIANCE | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Current Form | Status | Result(s) | |
 1 | 1 | Nottingham Forest | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 7 | WWDW | 5-2 | |
 1 | 2 | Sunderland Albion | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 6 | WWW | ||
| 3 | Walsall Town Swifts | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | WWW | 2-1 | ||
| 4 | Stoke | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | WWW | 2-1 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Grimsby Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | WLW | 3-1 | |
| 1 | 6 | Newton Heath LYR | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 3 | WLDL | 1-2 | |
| 1 | 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | WLL | 2-5 | |
| 8 | Darwen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 2 | LLW | 1-0 | ||
| 9 | Birmingham St George's | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 0 | LL | |||
| 10 | The Wednesday | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 | LL | 1-2 | ||
| 11 | Bootle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 0 | LLL | 0-1 | ||
| 12 | Small Heath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 0 | LLL | 1-3 | ||