The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 1 BOOTLE - Sat Dec 12, 1891 (Football Alliance)

Date:: Sat Dec 12, 1891 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bootle
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Gregory Ground
Game Type:: Football Alliance
Score:: 5-1 WON
: Half-time: 3-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1891-92
Referee:: Brownlow
Attendance:
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 6 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (Testimonial)
Football Alliance:: Manchester United
League:: Everton

GAME COUNT:
Football Alliance:: 57 (of 66)
Total:: 560 (of 7505)
Played:: 132 years, 4 months, 7 days ago

Review
Played at The Gregory Ground as the Town Ground was under water

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

Goals
David Russell
Tinsley Lindley
William 'Tich' Smith
John McPherson
William Mason

BOOTLE
Manager:
Prior form: LWWLLW (Old to recent)

Goals
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		William Brown
2	D	19	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	19	Thomas Hamilton
5	M		David Russell
6	M	24	John McPherson
7	F	22	William Mason
8	M	23	William 'Tich' Smith
9	F	26	Tinsley Lindley
10	F	22	Arthur Shaw
11	F	21	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	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Dec 12, 1891)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham St George's	2-2	Burton Swifts
Lincoln City	3-2	Grimsby Town
Nottingham Forest	5-1	Bootle
Small Heath	3-1	Crewe Alexandra
The Wednesday	2-4	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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Nottingham Forest	12	9	2	1	40	11	6	2	0	30	5	3	0	1	10	6	3.63636	20	WDWWDL
	2	The Wednesday	11	7	2	2	33	15	5	0	0	20	6	2	2	2	13	9	2.20000	16	WDWWWW
	3	Newton Heath LYR	9	7	1	1	24	9	4	0	0	11	2	3	1	1	13	7	2.66667	15	WDWWWW
	4	Burton Swifts	11	5	1	5	25	31	3	1	0	16	10	2	0	5	9	21	.80645	11	WWLLDW
	5	Small Heath	9	4	2	3	18	14	3	2	0	14	5	1	0	3	4	9	1.28571	10	WLDWWL
	6	Bootle	10	4	1	5	22	28	3	0	2	12	12	1	1	3	10	16	.78571	9	LWWLLW
	7	Ardwick	11	3	2	6	22	30	3	1	3	17	16	0	1	3	5	14	.73333	8	WLLDLL
	8	Birmingham St George's	12	3	1	8	24	31	2	0	4	13	14	1	1	4	11	17	.77419	7	LLLLWL
	9	Lincoln City	6	3	0	3	11	12	1	0	1	4	3	2	0	2	7	9	.91667	6	WLWLLW
	10	Grimsby Town	6	1	2	3	11	13	1	1	1	6	4	0	1	2	5	9	.84615	4	LWDLDL
	11	Walsall Town Swifts	9	2	0	7	9	33	2	0	2	6	8	0	0	5	3	25	.27273	4	WLWLLL
	12	Crewe Alexandra	6	1	0	5	10	22	1	0	2	6	9	0	0	3	4	13	.45455	2	LLLLLW

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	Nottingham Forest	13	10	2	1	45	12	7	2	0	35	6	3	0	1	10	6	3.75000	22	DWWDLW		5-1
1	2	Newton Heath LYR	10	8	1	1	28	11	4	0	0	11	2	4	1	1	17	9	2.54545	17	DWWWWW		4-2
1	3	The Wednesday	12	7	2	3	35	19	5	0	1	22	10	2	2	2	13	9	1.84211	16	DWWWWL		2-4
1	4	Small Heath	10	5	2	3	21	15	4	2	0	17	6	1	0	3	4	9	1.40000	12	LDWWLW		3-1
1	5	Burton Swifts	12	5	2	5	27	33	3	1	0	16	10	2	1	5	11	23	.81818	12	WLLDWD		2-2
	6	Bootle	11	4	1	6	23	33	3	0	2	12	12	1	1	4	11	21	.69697	9	WWLLWL		1-5
2	7	Lincoln City	7	4	0	3	14	14	2	0	1	7	5	2	0	2	7	9	1.00000	8	LWLLWW		3-2
	8	Birmingham St George's	13	3	2	8	26	33	2	1	4	15	16	1	1	4	11	17	.78788	8	LLLWLD		2-2
2	9	Ardwick	11	3	2	6	22	30	3	1	3	17	16	0	1	3	5	14	.73333	8	WLLDLL
	10	Grimsby Town	7	1	2	4	13	16	1	1	1	6	4	0	1	3	7	12	.81250	4	WDLDLL		2-3
	11	Walsall Town Swifts	9	2	0	7	9	33	2	0	2	6	8	0	0	5	3	25	.27273	4	WLWLLL
	12	Crewe Alexandra	7	1	0	6	11	25	1	0	2	6	9	0	0	4	5	16	.44000	2	LLLLWL		1-3