The City Ground

THE WEDNESDAY 3 - 1 FOREST - Sat Dec 28, 1889 (Football Alliance)

Date:: Sat Dec 28, 1889 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: The Wednesday
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Olive Grove
Game Type:: Football Alliance
Score:: 1-3 (Lost)

Season:: 1889-90
Referee:: RE Lythgoe
Attendance:: 6,000
Pos Before/After:: 9 10
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (Football Alliance)
Football Alliance:: Sheffield Wednesday
League:: Everton
The Wednesday:: Jan 04, 1890

GAME COUNT:
Football Alliance:: 12 (of 66)
Total:: 462 (of 7500)

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

Goals
Fred Weightman

THE WEDNESDAY
Manager: None
Prior form: WWWWWW (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?
?

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	M	T Radford
8	F	Tutin
9	M	George Smith (1889)
10	F	Fred Weightman
11	F	Bob Jardine

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 28, 1889)

Home	Score	Away
Bootle	5-1	Walsall Town Swifts
Crewe Alexandra	2-5	Sunderland Albion
Darwen	4-1	Newton Heath LYR
Small Heath	3-1	Long Eaton Rangers
The Wednesday	3-1	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
	1	The Wednesday	11	9	1	1	39	14	6	0	0	28	8	3	1	1	11	6	2.78571	19	WWWWWW
	2	Birmingham St George's	12	6	2	4	39	25	4	2	2	24	16	2	0	2	15	9	1.56000	14	WWLWWD
	3	Grimsby Town	12	6	2	4	32	25	5	0	2	24	10	1	2	2	8	15	1.28000	14	LLWLWW
	4	Walsall Town Swifts	14	6	2	6	28	29	4	2	2	17	12	2	0	4	11	17	.96552	14	WWLLWL
	5	Sunderland Albion	11	5	1	5	31	25	4	0	1	22	6	1	1	4	9	19	1.24000	11	WWWLLL
	6	Bootle	10	4	2	4	25	18	4	0	0	19	3	0	2	4	6	15	1.38889	10	LWLWWL
	7	Crewe Alexandra	9	4	2	3	29	23	1	2	1	11	6	3	0	2	18	17	1.26087	10	LDWWLW
	8	Newton Heath LYR	9	4	1	4	17	20	4	0	0	12	2	0	1	4	5	18	.85000	9	LLWLWW
	9	Nottingham Forest	11	3	3	5	18	26	1	2	2	8	10	2	1	3	10	16	.69231	9	DDLLWL
	10	Long Eaton Rangers	11	4	0	7	20	34	3	0	2	12	14	1	0	5	8	20	.58824	8	LLWLLL
	11	Small Heath	11	2	4	5	14	33	2	2	1	10	9	0	2	4	4	24	.42424	8	DLLWLL
	12	Darwen	9	1	2	6	26	46	1	1	2	16	19	0	1	4	10	27	.56522	4	LLWLLD

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	12	10	1	1	42	15	7	0	0	31	9	3	1	1	11	6	2.80000	21	WWWWWW	3-1
	2	Birmingham St George's	12	6	2	4	39	25	4	2	2	24	16	2	0	2	15	9	1.56000	14	WWLWWD
	3	Grimsby Town	12	6	2	4	32	25	5	0	2	24	10	1	2	2	8	15	1.28000	14	LLWLWW
	4	Walsall Town Swifts	15	6	2	7	29	34	4	2	2	17	12	2	0	5	12	22	.85294	14	WLLWLL	1-5
	5	Sunderland Albion	12	6	1	5	36	27	4	0	1	22	6	2	1	4	14	21	1.33333	13	WWLLLW	5-2
	6	Bootle	11	5	2	4	30	19	5	0	0	24	4	0	2	4	6	15	1.57895	12	WLWWLW	5-1
	7	Crewe Alexandra	10	4	2	4	31	28	1	2	2	13	11	3	0	2	18	17	1.10714	10	DWWLWL	2-5
3	8	Small Heath	12	3	4	5	17	34	3	2	1	13	10	0	2	4	4	24	.50000	10	LLWLLW	3-1
1	9	Newton Heath LYR	10	4	1	5	18	24	4	0	0	12	2	0	1	5	6	22	.75000	9	LWLWWL	1-4
1	10	Nottingham Forest	12	3	3	6	19	29	1	2	2	8	10	2	1	4	11	19	.65517	9	DLLWLL	1-3
1	11	Long Eaton Rangers	12	4	0	8	21	37	3	0	2	12	14	1	0	6	9	23	.56757	8	LWLLLL	1-3
	12	Darwen	10	2	2	6	30	47	2	1	2	20	20	0	1	4	10	27	.63830	6	LWLLDW	4-1