THE WEDNESDAY 0 - 2 FOREST - Sat Nov 01, 1890 (Football Alliance)
- Date:
- Sat Nov 01, 1890 (3:00 PM)
- Opponent:
- The Wednesday
- Home/Away:
- Away
- Ground:
- Olive Grove
- Game Type:
- Football Alliance
- Score:
- 2-0 WON
- Sources:
- Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
- Pete Attaway - A Complete Record
- NEXT GAMES:
- Next Game:
- Birmingham St George's (Football Alliance)
- Football Alliance:
- Birmingham St George's
- League:
- Everton
- The Wednesday:
- Mar 21, 1891
- GAME COUNT:
- Football Alliance:
- 30 (of 66)
- Total:
- 495 (of 7629)
- Played:
- 135 years, 9 months, 25 days ago
THE WEDNESDAY
Manager: None
Prior form: LLDLL (Old to recent)
Goal Scorers
Lineup
| Num | Pos | Age | Player | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK |  William Brown (1890) | ||
| 2 | D | 18 | Jack Earp | |
| 3 | D |  Adam Scott | ||
| 4 | M | 21 | Albert Smith | |
| 5 | M | David Russell | ||
| 6 | M | Tommy Jeacock | ||
| 7 | M | 22 | Neil McCallum | |
| 8 | M | 21 | William 'Tich' Smith | |
| 9 | F | 26 | Alex Higgins  | |
| 10 | F | 21 | Arthur Shaw | |
| 11 | F | 20 | 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 | ? |
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham St George's | 1-2 | Walsall Town Swifts |
| Bootle | 3-3 | Sunderland Albion |
| Darwen | 1-1 | Grimsby Town |
| Newton Heath LYR | 6-3 | Crewe Alexandra |
| Small Heath | 5-1 | Stoke |
| The Wednesday | 0-2 | 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 | GD | Pts | Current Form | Status | ||
| 1 | Stoke | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 10 | WWDDWL | |||
| 2 | Nottingham Forest | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 9* | WDWDDW | |||
| 3 | Walsall Town Swifts | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | WWWLW | |||
| 4 | Sunderland Albion | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | WWWDL | |||
| 5 | Grimsby Town | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | WLWDLW | |||
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 6 | WLLWW | |||
| 7 | Newton Heath LYR | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -4 | 5 | WLDLLW | |||
| 8 | Birmingham St George's | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 4 | LLWW | |||
| 9 | Darwen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 4 | LLWLW | |||
| 10 | Bootle | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | -13 | 2 | LLLWLL | |||
| 11 | The Wednesday | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 1 | LLDLL | |||
| 12 | Small Heath | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 1 | LLLDL | |||
Table after:
| FOOTBALL ALLIANCE | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Current Form | Status | Result(s) | |
 1 | 1 | Nottingham Forest | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 11* | DWDDWW | 2-0 | |
| 1 | 2 | Walsall Town Swifts | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | WWWLWW | 2-1 | |
 2 | 3 | Stoke | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | -1 | 10 | WDDWLL | 1-5 | |
| 4 | Sunderland Albion | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 8 | WWWDLD | 3-3 | ||
| 5 | Grimsby Town | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | LWDLWD | 1-1 | ||
| 1 | 6 | Newton Heath LYR | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -1 | 7 | LDLLWW | 6-3 | |
| 1 | 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 6 | WLLWWL | 3-6 | |
| 1 | 8 | Darwen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 5 | LLWLWD | 1-1 | |
| 1 | 9 | Birmingham St George's | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 4 | LLWWL | 1-2 | |
| 2 | 10 | Small Heath | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 3 | LLLDLW | 5-1 | |
| 1 | 11 | Bootle | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | -13 | 3 | LLWLLD | 3-3 | |
| 1 | 12 | The Wednesday | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 1 | LLDLLL | 0-2 | |