The City Ground

CREWE ALEXANDRA 0 - 7 FOREST - Sat Feb 21, 1891 (Football Alliance)

Date:: Sat Feb 21, 1891 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Crewe Alexandra
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Gresty Road
Game Type:: Football Alliance
Score:: 7-0 WON

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Pete Attaway - A Complete Record

Season:: 1890-91
Referee:
Attendance:
League Week:: 16 of 22
Pos Before/After:: 3 2
Opp Before/After:: 8 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (Football Alliance)
Football Alliance:: Birmingham City
League:: Everton
Crewe Alexandra:: Oct 17, 1891

GAME COUNT:
Football Alliance:: 38 (of 66)
Total:: 517 (of 7633)
Played:: 135 years, 6 months, 19 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Alex Higgins
Alex Higgins
Alex Higgins
Alex Higgins
Neil McCallum
Neil McCallum
Teddy May

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

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Jack Holland
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	22	William 'Tich' Smith
9	F	27	Alex Higgins
10	F	25	Teddy May
11	F	21	Arthur Shaw

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 Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 21, 1891)

Home	Score	Away
Crewe Alexandra	0-7	Nottingham Forest
Newton Heath LYR	1-1	The Wednesday
Small Heath	1-2	Grimsby Town

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	19	11	6	2	46	34	8	2	0	28	14	3	4	2	18	20	12	28	WWWDWW
	2	Sunderland Albion	14	6	7	1	32	18	3	3	0	12	4	3	4	1	20	14	14	19	WWDDDD
	3	Nottingham Forest	15	7	6	2	49	24	5	3	0	33	10	2	3	2	16	14	25	18*	WLDDDL
	4	Birmingham St George's	15	8	2	5	46	40	7	0	2	32	19	1	2	3	14	21	6	18	DDWLWW
	5	Walsall Town Swifts	14	7	4	3	26	28	4	1	1	14	13	3	3	2	12	15	-2	18	LDDDLW
	6	Darwen	16	7	2	7	45	46	5	2	0	30	13	2	0	7	15	33	-1	16	LLWWWL
	7	Newton Heath LYR	17	7	2	8	32	45	5	2	2	23	18	2	0	6	9	27	-13	16	WLLDWW
	8	Crewe Alexandra	15	5	3	7	43	43	3	1	4	20	20	2	2	3	23	23	0	13	DDWLLL
	9	Grimsby Town	13	3	4	6	17	20	3	1	0	8	3	0	3	6	9	17	-3	10	LDLLDL
	10	Bootle	17	2	6	9	31	44	2	6	2	23	18	0	0	7	8	26	-13	10	DLDWLL
	11	Small Heath	14	3	2	9	36	42	3	0	3	19	13	0	2	6	17	29	-6	8	LLLLWW
	12	The Wednesday	13	2	2	9	28	47	2	2	4	21	23	0	0	5	7	24	-19	6	WDLWLL

*Nottingham Forest deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player

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	Stoke	19	11	6	2	46	34	8	2	0	28	14	3	4	2	18	20	12	28	WWWDWW
1	2	Nottingham Forest	16	8	6	2	56	24	5	3	0	33	10	3	3	2	23	14	32	20*	LDDDLW		7-0
1	3	Sunderland Albion	14	6	7	1	32	18	3	3	0	12	4	3	4	1	20	14	14	19	WWDDDD
	4	Birmingham St George's	15	8	2	5	46	40	7	0	2	32	19	1	2	3	14	21	6	18	DDWLWW
	5	Walsall Town Swifts	14	7	4	3	26	28	4	1	1	14	13	3	3	2	12	15	-2	18	LDDDLW
1	6	Newton Heath LYR	18	7	3	8	33	46	5	3	2	24	19	2	0	6	9	27	-13	17	LLDWWD		1-1
1	7	Darwen	16	7	2	7	45	46	5	2	0	30	13	2	0	7	15	33	-1	16	LLWWWL
	8	Crewe Alexandra	16	5	3	8	43	50	3	1	5	20	27	2	2	3	23	23	-7	13	DWLLLL		0-7
	9	Grimsby Town	14	4	4	6	19	21	3	1	0	8	3	1	3	6	11	18	-2	12	DLLDLW		2-1
	10	Bootle	17	2	6	9	31	44	2	6	2	23	18	0	0	7	8	26	-13	10	DLDWLL
	11	Small Heath	15	3	2	10	37	44	3	0	4	20	15	0	2	6	17	29	-7	8	LLLWWL		1-2
	12	The Wednesday	14	2	3	9	29	48	2	2	4	21	23	0	1	5	8	25	-19	7	DLWLLD		1-1

*Nottingham Forest deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player