The City Ground

SEASON: 1879-80

Prev Season: 1878-79
This Season: 1879-80
Next Season: 1880-81

DIVISION:: -
MANAGER(s):: -
FA Cup:: Semi Final (Oxford University (N) 0-1)
League Cup:: Did not exist

Top Goalscorer:: Sam Widdowson (7 goals)

TABLE

Competitive Games:: 6
Competitive Goals:: 18
Goals per game:: 3.0
League Games:
League Points:: out of 0 ( points per win)
Points Percentage:: -

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored		1 time	1 time	2 times
Conceded	1 time	1 time
Won By			1 time	2 times
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:: 2,500 (Blackburn Rovers)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 2,000 (Notts County)

MISCELLANEOUS

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

GAMES

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Nov 08, 1879	Notts County	1	H	4-0	2,000	Widdowson (?, ?), Smith (?, ?)
Sat Dec 13, 1879	Turton	2	A	6-0	2,500	Turner (?), Earp (?), Widdowson (?, ?), Smith (?, ?)
Sat Jan 31, 1880	Blackburn Rovers	3	H	6-0	2,500	Smith (?), Turner (?), Widdowson (?, ?), Goodyer (?, ?)
Thu Feb 19, 1880	Sheffield FC	4	H	2-2	2,000	Smith (?), Widdowson (?)
Mon Mar 01, 1880		Quarter		-	-
Sat Mar 27, 1880	Oxford University	Semi	N	0-1	2,000

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Sep 27, 1879	Nottinghamshire XI	England	A	6-0	-	Johnstone (?), Goodyer (?, ?, ?), Earp (?), Widdowson (?)
Sat Oct 04, 1879	Stoke	England	H	4-0	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Oct 18, 1879	Darwen	England	A	3-1	4,000	Smith (?), ? (?, ?)
Sat Oct 25, 1879	Birmingham	England	H	6-0	-	Goodyer (?), Widdowson (?, ?, 44'), Smith (?, 28')
Sat Nov 01, 1879	Edinburgh University	Scotland	H	6-1	600	Goodyer (?), Widdowson (?, ?, ?, ?), Smith (?)
Sat Dec 27, 1879	Blackburn Rovers	England	H	1-1	500	Turner (?)
Sat Jan 10, 1880	Wednesbury Strollers	England	H	4-0	-	Turner (?), Earp (?), Lindley (?), JJ Knowles (? OG)
Sat Jan 17, 1880	Notts County	England	H	7-1	1,000	? (?), Earp (?, ?), Goodyer (?, ?, ?), Holroyd (?)
Sat Jan 24, 1880	Sheffield FC	England	H	3-2	800	Smith (?), Widdowson (?, ?)
Sat Feb 07, 1880	Sheffield Wednesday	England	H	2-0	800	Earp (?), Turner (?)
Tue Feb 10, 1880	Scottish Canadian	Scotland	H	0-2	5,500
Sat Feb 21, 1880	Sheffield Wednesday	England	A	0-1	-
Sat Feb 28, 1880	Darwen	England	H	5-0	-	Turner (?, ?), Smith (?, ?, ?)
Sat Mar 13, 1880	Stoke	England	A	1-3	2,000	? (?)
Mon Mar 29, 1880	Edinburgh University	Scotland	A	1-2	-	Smith (89')
Tue Mar 30, 1880	Blackburn Rovers	England	A	1-5	2,000	? (85')

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Sep 27, 1879	Friendly	Nottinghamshire XI		A	6-0	-	Johnstone (?), Goodyer (?, ?, ?), Earp (?), Widdowson (?)
Sat Oct 04, 1879	Friendly	Stoke		H	4-0	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Oct 18, 1879	Friendly	Darwen		A	3-1	4,000	Smith (?), ? (?, ?)
Sat Oct 25, 1879	Friendly	Birmingham		H	6-0	-	Goodyer (?), Widdowson (?, ?, 44'), Smith (?, 28')
Sat Nov 01, 1879	Friendly	Edinburgh University		H	6-1	600	Goodyer (?), Widdowson (?, ?, ?, ?), Smith (?)
Sat Nov 08, 1879	FA Cup	Notts County	1	H	4-0	2,000	Widdowson (?, ?), Smith (?, ?)
Sat Dec 13, 1879	FA Cup	Turton	2	A	6-0	2,500	Turner (?), Earp (?), Widdowson (?, ?), Smith (?, ?)
Sat Dec 27, 1879	Friendly	Blackburn Rovers		H	1-1	500	Turner (?)
Sat Jan 10, 1880	Friendly	Wednesbury Strollers		H	4-0	-	Turner (?), Earp (?), Lindley (?), JJ Knowles (? OG)
Sat Jan 17, 1880	Friendly	Notts County		H	7-1	1,000	? (?), Earp (?, ?), Goodyer (?, ?, ?), Holroyd (?)
Sat Jan 24, 1880	Friendly	Sheffield FC		H	3-2	800	Smith (?), Widdowson (?, ?)
Sat Jan 31, 1880	FA Cup	Blackburn Rovers	3	H	6-0	2,500	Smith (?), Turner (?), Widdowson (?, ?), Goodyer (?, ?)
Sat Feb 07, 1880	Friendly	Sheffield Wednesday		H	2-0	800	Earp (?), Turner (?)
Tue Feb 10, 1880	Friendly	Scottish Canadian		H	0-2	5,500
Thu Feb 19, 1880	FA Cup	Sheffield FC	4	H	2-2	2,000	Smith (?), Widdowson (?)
Sat Feb 21, 1880	Friendly	Sheffield Wednesday		A	0-1	-
Sat Feb 28, 1880	Friendly	Darwen		H	5-0	-	Turner (?, ?), Smith (?, ?, ?)
Mon Mar 01, 1880	FA Cup		Quarter		-	-
Sat Mar 13, 1880	Friendly	Stoke		A	1-3	2,000	? (?)
Sat Mar 27, 1880	FA Cup	Oxford University	Semi	N	0-1	2,000
Mon Mar 29, 1880	Friendly	Edinburgh University		A	1-2	-	Smith (89')
Tue Mar 30, 1880	Friendly	Blackburn Rovers		A	1-5	2,000	? (85')

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (0) - £0					Out (1) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee		Date	Player	Details	Fee
						Arthur Goodyer	Retired

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		John Sands	England	20	5	3	1	1
Defenders
D		Charles Caborn		22	5	3	1	1
D		Ernest Greenhalgh	England	30
D		Ernest Jardine
D		Henry Billyeald			1			1
D		James Luntley	England		1		1
Midfielders
M		Arthur Goodyer	England		5	3	1	1	2
M		Edwin Luntley	England	22	5	3	1	1
M		Leonard Lindley	England	18	1			1
M		Mark Holroyd			5	3	1	1
Forwards
F		Sam Widdowson	England	28	5	3	1	1	7
F		Teddy Earp	England		5	3	1	1	1
F		Walter Luntley	England		5	3	1	1

		AH Smith			5	3	1	1	6
		Arthur Bates	England	27	3	3
		Christopher Lewis
		Claude Hill
		J Johnstone
		John Turner			4	3	1		2
		William Hancock	England	20

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 14

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
7	Sam Widdowson	5
6	AH Smith	5
2	Arthur Goodyer	5
2	John Turner	4
1	Teddy Earp	5

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

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

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

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