The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 NEWTON HEATH LYR - Sat Mar 19, 1892 (Football Alliance)

Date:: Sat Mar 19, 1892 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Newton Heath LYR
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: Football Alliance
Score:: 3-0 (Won)

Season:: 1891-92
Referee:: Arnott
Attendance:: 8,000
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 2 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (Friendly)
Football Alliance:: Walsall
League:: Everton

GAME COUNT:
Football Alliance:: 62 (of 66)
Total:: 577 (of 7502)

Sources:
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals
Alex Higgins
William Mason
John McPherson

NEWTON HEATH LYR
Manager: None
Prior form: DDWDLW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Bill Brown
2	D	Archibald Ritchie
3	D	Adam Scott
4	M	Thomas Hamilton
5	M	John McPherson
6	M	Albert Smith
7	F	William Mason
8	M	William 'Tich' Smith
9	F	Alex Higgins
10	F	Arthur Shaw
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 Mar 19, 1892)

Home	Score	Away
Bootle	3-0	Walsall Town Swifts
Burton Swifts	0-4	Crewe Alexandra
Grimsby Town	1-0	The Wednesday
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Newton Heath LYR

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	Nottingham Forest	17	12	4	1	53	15	7	3	0	35	6	5	1	1	18	9	3.53333	28	LWDWDW
	2	Newton Heath LYR	18	10	6	2	48	25	6	3	0	26	10	4	3	2	22	15	1.92000	26	DDWDLW
	3	The Wednesday	20	11	4	5	61	34	9	0	1	41	16	2	4	4	20	18	1.79412	26	WWDLWD
	4	Burton Swifts	18	10	2	6	43	42	6	1	1	27	17	4	1	5	16	25	1.02381	22	WWLWWW
	5	Small Heath	17	8	5	4	39	30	6	2	0	24	8	2	3	4	15	22	1.30000	21	DDLDWW
	6	Ardwick	20	6	4	10	35	47	5	3	3	28	21	1	1	7	7	26	.74468	16	DLLLWW
	7	Bootle	19	7	2	10	37	55	6	1	3	24	19	1	1	7	13	36	.67273	16	LDWWLW
	8	Birmingham St George's	17	4	4	9	31	36	3	2	5	19	18	1	2	4	12	18	.86111	12	LDWDLD
	9	Lincoln City	16	4	4	8	24	40	2	3	2	12	13	2	1	6	12	27	.60000	12	LDDLLD
	10	Walsall Town Swifts	16	5	1	10	24	47	5	0	3	20	12	0	1	7	4	35	.51064	11	WWLLDL
	11	Grimsby Town	16	3	4	9	28	32	3	2	2	18	8	0	2	7	10	24	.87500	10	LWLDWL
	12	Crewe Alexandra	16	3	4	9	22	42	3	2	2	11	12	0	2	7	11	30	.52381	10	LLDWLD

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	Nottingham Forest	18	13	4	1	56	15	8	3	0	38	6	5	1	1	18	9	3.73333	30	WDWDWW	3-0
1	2	The Wednesday	21	11	4	6	61	35	9	0	1	41	16	2	4	5	20	19	1.74286	26	WDLWDL	0-1
1	3	Newton Heath LYR	19	10	6	3	48	28	6	3	0	26	10	4	3	3	22	18	1.71429	26	DWDLWL	0-3
	4	Burton Swifts	19	10	2	7	43	46	6	1	2	27	21	4	1	5	16	25	.93478	22	WLWWWL	0-4
	5	Small Heath	17	8	5	4	39	30	6	2	0	24	8	2	3	4	15	22	1.30000	21	DDLDWW
1	6	Bootle	20	8	2	10	40	55	7	1	3	27	19	1	1	7	13	36	.72727	18	DWWLWW	3-0
1	7	Ardwick	20	6	4	10	35	47	5	3	3	28	21	1	1	7	7	26	.74468	16	DLLLWW
3	8	Grimsby Town	17	4	4	9	29	32	4	2	2	19	8	0	2	7	10	24	.90625	12	WLDWLW	1-0
1	9	Birmingham St George's	17	4	4	9	31	36	3	2	5	19	18	1	2	4	12	18	.86111	12	LDWDLD
2	10	Crewe Alexandra	17	4	4	9	26	42	3	2	2	11	12	1	2	7	15	30	.61905	12	LDWLDW	4-0
2	11	Lincoln City	16	4	4	8	24	40	2	3	2	12	13	2	1	6	12	27	.60000	12	LDDLLD
2	12	Walsall Town Swifts	17	5	1	11	24	50	5	0	3	20	12	0	1	8	4	38	.48000	11	WLLDLL	0-3