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WALSALL TOWN SWIFTS 3 - 2 FOREST - Sat Apr 04, 1891 (Football Alliance)

Date:: Sat Apr 04, 1891 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Walsall Town Swifts
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Chuckery
Game Type:: Football Alliance
Score:: 2-3 LOST

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Pete Attaway - A Complete Record

Season:: 1890-91
Referee:: WH Jope
Attendance:: 3,000
Pos Before/After:: 4 5
Opp Before/After:: 7 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Grimsby Town (Football Alliance)
Football Alliance:: Grimsby Town
League:: Everton
Walsall Town Swifts:: Sep 12, 1891

GAME COUNT:
Football Alliance:: 43 (of 66)
Total:: 530 (of 7505)
Played:: 133 years, 22 days ago

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

Goals
Neil McCallum
Horace Pike

WALSALL TOWN SWIFTS
Manager: H Smallwood
Prior form: LLLLWL (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		William Brown
2	D	18	Jack Earp
3	D		Adam Scott
4	D		Harry Pike
5	M		David Russell
6	M		Tommy Jeacock
7	M	22	Neil McCallum
8	M	22	William 'Tich' Smith
9	F	21	Horace Pike
10	F	25	Teddy May
11	F	21	Arthur Shaw

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 the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Apr 04, 1891)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham St George's	5-1	Bootle
Darwen	1-3	Crewe Alexandra
Grimsby Town	2-0	Sunderland Albion
Stoke	5-1	The Wednesday
Walsall Town Swifts	3-2	Nottingham Forest

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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Stoke	21	12	7	2	52	38	8	2	0	28	14	4	5	2	24	24	1.36842	31	WDWWWD
	2	Sunderland Albion	19	10	7	2	55	21	7	3	0	35	5	3	4	2	20	16	2.61905	27	DWWLWW
	3	Birmingham St George's	21	11	2	8	59	61	8	0	2	36	21	3	2	6	23	40	.96721	24	WWWLLL
	4	Nottingham Forest	20	9	7	4	64	33	6	4	1	39	15	3	3	3	25	18	1.93939	23*	LWLLWD
	5	Grimsby Town	20	9	5	6	38	27	7	2	0	26	9	2	3	6	12	18	1.40741	23	WWWWWD
	6	Darwen	20	9	3	8	54	56	6	3	0	35	17	3	0	8	19	39	.96429	21	WLLDWW
	7	Walsall Town Swifts	20	8	4	8	31	40	5	1	4	19	20	3	3	4	12	20	.77500	20	LLLLWL
	8	Newton Heath LYR	21	7	3	11	36	53	5	3	3	25	22	2	0	8	11	31	.67925	17	WWDLLL
	9	Small Heath	21	7	2	12	56	60	6	0	5	34	23	1	2	7	22	37	.93333	16	WWWLWL
	10	Crewe Alexandra	20	6	4	10	50	64	4	1	5	22	27	2	3	5	28	37	.78125	16	LLLWLD
	11	Bootle	21	3	7	11	39	56	3	6	2	28	18	0	1	9	11	38	.69643	13	LLLDLW
	12	The Wednesday	20	3	5	12	34	59	3	3	4	26	24	0	2	8	8	35	.57627	11	LDLDLW

*Nottingham Forest 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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Stoke	22	13	7	2	57	39	9	2	0	33	15	4	5	2	24	24	1.46154	33	DWWWDW	Champions	5-1
	2	Sunderland Albion	20	10	7	3	55	23	7	3	0	35	5	3	4	3	20	18	2.39130	27	WWLWWL		0-2
	3	Birmingham St George's	22	12	2	8	64	62	9	0	2	41	22	3	2	6	23	40	1.03226	26	WWLLLW		5-1
1	4	Grimsby Town	21	10	5	6	40	27	8	2	0	28	9	2	3	6	12	18	1.48148	25	WWWWDW		2-0
1	5	Nottingham Forest	21	9	7	5	66	36	6	4	1	39	15	3	3	4	27	21	1.83333	23*	WLLWDL		2-3
1	6	Walsall Town Swifts	21	9	4	8	34	42	6	1	4	22	22	3	3	4	12	20	.80952	22	LLLWLW		3-2
1	7	Darwen	21	9	3	9	55	59	6	3	1	36	20	3	0	8	19	39	.93220	21	LLDWWL		1-3
2	8	Crewe Alexandra	21	7	4	10	53	65	4	1	5	22	27	3	3	5	31	38	.81538	18	LLWLDW		3-1
1	9	Newton Heath LYR	21	7	3	11	36	53	5	3	3	25	22	2	0	8	11	31	.67925	17	WWDLLL
1	10	Small Heath	21	7	2	12	56	60	6	0	5	34	23	1	2	7	22	37	.93333	16	WWWLWL
	11	Bootle	22	3	7	12	40	61	3	6	2	28	18	0	1	10	12	43	.65574	13	LLDLWL		1-5
	12	The Wednesday	21	3	5	13	35	64	3	3	4	26	24	0	2	9	9	40	.54688	11	DLDLWL		1-5

*Nottingham Forest deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player