The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 WALSALL TOWN SWIFTS - Sat Mar 14, 1891 (Football Alliance)

Date:: Sat Mar 14, 1891 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Walsall Town Swifts
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: Football Alliance
Score:: 2-0 WON

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

Season:: 1890-91
Referee:
Attendance:: 3,000
League Week:: 19 of 22
Pos Before/After:: 3 2
Opp Before/After:: 5 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Aston Villa (Friendly)
Football Alliance:: Sheffield Wednesday
League:: Everton
Walsall Town Swifts:: Apr 04, 1891

GAME COUNT:
Football Alliance:: 41 (of 66)
Total:: 522 (of 7629)
Played:: 135 years, 5 months, 6 days ago

Review
Albert Smith was carried off on 87 minutes with a knee injury

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

Goal Scorers
? (OG)
Alex Higgins

WALSALL TOWN SWIFTS
Manager: H Smallwood
Prior form: DDLWLL (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	22	William 'Tich' Smith
9	F	27	Alex Higgins
10	F	21	Arthur Shaw
11	F	21	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 Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 14, 1891)

Home	Score	Away
Crewe Alexandra	2-0	The Wednesday
Grimsby Town	4-1	Darwen
Newton Heath LYR	1-3	Birmingham St George's
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Walsall Town Swifts

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	20	12	6	2	49	35	8	2	0	28	14	4	4	2	21	21	14	30	WWDWWW
	2	Sunderland Albion	15	7	7	1	36	19	4	3	0	16	5	3	4	1	20	14	17	21	WDDDDW
	3	Nottingham Forest	18	8	6	4	62	33	5	3	1	37	15	3	3	3	25	18	29	20*	DDLWLL
	4	Birmingham St George's	16	9	2	5	50	42	8	0	2	36	21	1	2	3	14	21	8	20	DWLWWW
	5	Walsall Town Swifts	16	7	4	5	27	34	4	1	2	15	16	3	3	3	12	18	-7	18	DDLWLL
	6	Newton Heath LYR	19	7	3	9	34	48	5	3	2	24	19	2	0	7	10	29	-14	17	LDWWDL
	7	Grimsby Town	16	6	4	6	25	21	5	1	0	14	3	1	3	6	11	18	4	16	LDLWWW
	8	Darwen	16	7	2	7	45	46	5	2	0	30	13	2	0	7	15	33	-1	16	LLWWWL
	9	Small Heath	18	6	2	10	48	51	5	0	4	26	18	1	2	6	22	33	-3	14	WWLWWW
	10	Crewe Alexandra	17	5	3	9	45	54	3	1	5	20	27	2	2	4	25	27	-9	13	WLLLLL
	11	Bootle	19	2	7	10	33	49	2	6	2	23	18	0	1	8	10	31	-16	11	DWLLLD
	12	The Wednesday	16	2	4	10	30	52	2	3	4	22	24	0	1	6	8	28	-22	8	WLLDLD

*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	20	12	6	2	49	35	8	2	0	28	14	4	4	2	21	21	14	30	WWDWWW
1	2	Nottingham Forest	19	9	6	4	64	33	6	3	1	39	15	3	3	3	25	18	31	22*	DLWLLW		2-0
1	3	Birmingham St George's	17	10	2	5	53	43	8	0	2	36	21	2	2	3	17	22	10	22	WLWWWW		3-1
2	4	Sunderland Albion	15	7	7	1	36	19	4	3	0	16	5	3	4	1	20	14	17	21	WDDDDW
2	5	Grimsby Town	17	7	4	6	29	22	6	1	0	18	4	1	3	6	11	18	7	18	DLWWWW		4-1
1	6	Walsall Town Swifts	17	7	4	6	27	36	4	1	2	15	16	3	3	4	12	20	-9	18	DLWLLL		0-2
1	7	Newton Heath LYR	20	7	3	10	35	51	5	3	3	25	22	2	0	7	10	29	-16	17	DWWDLL		1-3
	8	Darwen	17	7	2	8	46	50	5	2	0	30	13	2	0	8	16	37	-4	16	LWWWLL		1-4
1	9	Crewe Alexandra	18	6	3	9	47	54	4	1	5	22	27	2	2	4	25	27	-7	15	LLLLLW		2-0
1	10	Small Heath	18	6	2	10	48	51	5	0	4	26	18	1	2	6	22	33	-3	14	WWLWWW
	11	Bootle	19	2	7	10	33	49	2	6	2	23	18	0	1	8	10	31	-16	11	DWLLLD
	12	The Wednesday	17	2	4	11	30	54	2	3	4	22	24	0	1	7	8	30	-24	8	LLDLDL		0-2

*Nottingham Forest deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player