The City Ground

THE WEDNESDAY 3 - 1 FOREST - Sat Nov 28, 1891 (Football Alliance)

Date:: Sat Nov 28, 1891 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: The Wednesday
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Olive Grove
Game Type:: Football Alliance
Score:: 1-3 LOST

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1891-92
Referee:
Attendance:: 12,000
League Week:: 12 of 22
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 3 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Stoke City (Friendly)
Football Alliance:: Bootle
League:: Everton
The Wednesday:: Oct 03, 1892

GAME COUNT:
Football Alliance:: 56 (of 66)
Total:: 558 (of 7629)
Played:: 134 years, 8 months, 26 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Harry Radford
Prior form: WWDWWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Horace Pike

THE WEDNESDAY
Manager: Arthur Dickinson
Prior form: WLWDWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
?
?
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		William Brown (1890)
2	D	19	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	19	Thomas Hamilton
5	M	24	John McPherson
6	M		Fred Thompson
7	F	26	Tinsley Lindley
8	M	23	William 'Tich' Smith
9	F	28	Alex Higgins
10	F	22	Arthur Shaw
11	F	21	Horace Pike

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK		William Brown (1890)	2		301	46
2	D	19	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott	5		287	42
4	M	19	Thomas Hamilton
5	M	24	John McPherson
6	M		Fred Thompson
7	F	26	Tinsley Lindley	19	14	287	42
8	M	23	William 'Tich' Smith	5	3	287	42
9	F	28	Alex Higgins	5	11	287	42
10	F	22	Arthur Shaw	6	2	287	42
11	F	21	Horace Pike	4	1	679	92

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	?

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 28, 1891)

Home	Score	Away
Ardwick	2-3	Lincoln City
Birmingham St George's	1-0	Small Heath
Crewe Alexandra	4-3	Bootle
Grimsby Town	0-1	Burton Swifts
The Wednesday	3-1	Nottingham Forest
Walsall Town Swifts	1-4	Newton Heath LYR

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	Nottingham Forest	11	9	2	0	39	8	6	2	0	30	5	3	0	0	9	3	31	20	WWDWWD
2	Newton Heath LYR	8	6	1	1	20	8	4	0	0	11	2	2	1	1	9	6	12	13	WWDWWW
3	The Wednesday	9	5	2	2	26	14	4	0	0	17	5	1	2	2	9	9	12	12	WLWDWW
4	Small Heath	8	4	2	2	18	13	3	2	0	14	5	1	0	2	4	8	5	10	LWLDWW
5	Burton Swifts	10	4	1	5	24	31	3	1	0	16	10	1	0	5	8	21	-7	9	LWWLLD
6	Ardwick	9	3	2	4	20	23	3	1	1	15	9	0	1	3	5	14	-3	8	LWWLLD
7	Bootle	8	3	1	4	15	22	2	0	2	8	10	1	1	2	7	12	-7	7	LWLWWL
8	Lincoln City	5	2	0	3	8	10	1	0	1	4	3	1	0	2	4	7	-2	4	WLWLL
9	Walsall Town Swifts	8	2	0	6	8	29	2	0	1	5	4	0	0	5	3	25	-21	4	LWLWLL
10	Birmingham St George's	10	2	1	7	21	27	1	0	4	12	14	1	1	3	9	13	-6	3*	LLLLLL
11	Grimsby Town	5	1	2	2	11	12	1	1	0	6	3	0	1	2	5	9	-1	2*	LWDLD
12	Crewe Alexandra	5	0	0	5	6	19	0	0	2	2	6	0	0	3	4	13	-13	0	LLLLL

*Birmingham St George deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player
*Grimsby deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player

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	Nottingham Forest	12	9	2	1	40	11	6	2	0	30	5	3	0	1	10	6	29	20	WDWWDL		1-3
	2	Newton Heath LYR	9	7	1	1	24	9	4	0	0	11	2	3	1	1	13	7	15	15	WDWWWW		4-1
	3	The Wednesday	10	6	2	2	29	15	5	0	0	20	6	1	2	2	9	9	14	14	LWDWWW		3-1
1	4	Burton Swifts	11	5	1	5	25	31	3	1	0	16	10	2	0	5	9	21	-6	11	WWLLDW		1-0
1	5	Small Heath	9	4	2	3	18	14	3	2	0	14	5	1	0	3	4	9	4	10	WLDWWL		0-1
	6	Ardwick	10	3	2	5	22	26	3	1	2	17	12	0	1	3	5	14	-4	8	WWLLDL		2-3
	7	Bootle	9	3	1	5	18	26	2	0	2	8	10	1	1	3	10	16	-8	7	WLWWLL		3-4
	8	Lincoln City	6	3	0	3	11	12	1	0	1	4	3	2	0	2	7	9	-1	6	WLWLLW		3-2
1	9	Birmingham St George's	11	3	1	7	22	27	2	0	4	13	14	1	1	3	9	13	-5	5*	LLLLLW		1-0
1	10	Walsall Town Swifts	9	2	0	7	9	33	2	0	2	6	8	0	0	5	3	25	-24	4	WLWLLL		1-4
	11	Grimsby Town	6	1	2	3	11	13	1	1	1	6	4	0	1	2	5	9	-2	2*	LWDLDL		0-1
	12	Crewe Alexandra	6	1	0	5	10	22	1	0	2	6	9	0	0	3	4	13	-12	2	LLLLLW		4-3

*Birmingham St George deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player
*Grimsby deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player