The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 5 CREWE ALEXANDRA - Sat Dec 14, 1889 (Football Alliance)

Date:: Sat Dec 14, 1889 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Crewe Alexandra
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: Football Alliance
Score:: 2-5 (Lost)

Season:: 1889-90
Referee:: A Chaplin
Attendance:
Pos Before/After:: 7 8
Opp Before/After:: 8 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Clapton (Friendly)
Football Alliance:: Sheffield Wednesday
League:: Everton
Crewe Alexandra:: Sep 27, 1890

GAME COUNT:
Football Alliance:: 11 (of 66)
Total:: 459 (of 7500)

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

Goals
Frank Burton
Horace Pike

CREWE ALEXANDRA
Manager:
Prior form: DLDWWL (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?
?
?
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Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Jack Holland
2	D	Frank Guttridge
3	D	James Coleman
4	M	Albert Smith
5	D	Harry Pike
6	M	Tommy Jeacock
7	F	Oscar Tolley
8	F	Frederick Fox
9	M	George Smith (1889)
10	F	Frank Burton
11	F	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 14, 1889)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	2-5	Crewe Alexandra
The Wednesday	4-0	Sunderland Albion

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
	1	The Wednesday	9	7	1	1	32	12	5	0	0	24	8	2	1	1	8	4	2.66667	15	WDWWWW
	2	Walsall Town Swifts	13	6	2	5	27	27	4	2	2	17	12	2	0	3	10	15	1.00000	14	LWWLLW
	3	Sunderland Albion	9	5	1	3	29	18	4	0	0	20	3	1	1	3	9	15	1.61111	11	LWWWWL
	4	Bootle	10	4	2	4	25	18	4	0	0	19	3	0	2	4	6	15	1.38889	10	LWLWWL
	5	Grimsby Town	10	4	2	4	21	22	3	0	2	13	7	1	2	2	8	15	.95455	10	DLLLWL
	6	Birmingham St George's	9	4	1	4	26	19	3	1	2	16	11	1	0	2	10	8	1.36842	9	WLDWWL
	7	Nottingham Forest	10	3	3	4	16	21	1	2	1	6	5	2	1	3	10	16	.76190	9	WDDLLW
	8	Crewe Alexandra	8	3	2	3	24	21	1	2	1	11	6	2	0	2	13	15	1.14286	8	DLDWWL
	9	Long Eaton Rangers	10	4	0	6	19	29	3	0	1	11	9	1	0	5	8	20	.65517	8	WLLWLL
	10	Small Heath	9	2	4	3	13	25	2	2	1	10	9	0	2	2	3	16	.52000	8	LDDLLW
	11	Newton Heath LYR	8	3	1	4	15	19	3	0	0	10	1	0	1	4	5	18	.78947	7	DLLWLW
	12	Darwen	7	1	1	5	19	35	1	1	2	16	19	0	0	3	3	16	.54286	3	LLLLWL

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	Result(s)
	1	The Wednesday	10	8	1	1	36	12	6	0	0	28	8	2	1	1	8	4	3.00000	17	DWWWWW	4-0
	2	Walsall Town Swifts	13	6	2	5	27	27	4	2	2	17	12	2	0	3	10	15	1.00000	14	LWWLLW
	3	Sunderland Albion	10	5	1	4	29	22	4	0	0	20	3	1	1	4	9	19	1.31818	11	WWWWLL	0-4
	4	Bootle	10	4	2	4	25	18	4	0	0	19	3	0	2	4	6	15	1.38889	10	LWLWWL
3	5	Crewe Alexandra	9	4	2	3	29	23	1	2	1	11	6	3	0	2	18	17	1.26087	10	LDWWLW	5-2
1	6	Grimsby Town	10	4	2	4	21	22	3	0	2	13	7	1	2	2	8	15	.95455	10	DLLLWL
1	7	Birmingham St George's	9	4	1	4	26	19	3	1	2	16	11	1	0	2	10	8	1.36842	9	WLDWWL
1	8	Nottingham Forest	11	3	3	5	18	26	1	2	2	8	10	2	1	3	10	16	.69231	9	DDLLWL	2-5
	9	Long Eaton Rangers	10	4	0	6	19	29	3	0	1	11	9	1	0	5	8	20	.65517	8	WLLWLL
	10	Small Heath	9	2	4	3	13	25	2	2	1	10	9	0	2	2	3	16	.52000	8	LDDLLW
	11	Newton Heath LYR	8	3	1	4	15	19	3	0	0	10	1	0	1	4	5	18	.78947	7	DLLWLW
	12	Darwen	7	1	1	5	19	35	1	1	2	16	19	0	0	3	3	16	.54286	3	LLLLWL