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

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1891-92
Referee:: Arnott
Attendance:: 8,000
League Week:: 18 of 22
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:: 578 (of 7629)
Played:: 134 years, 5 months, 11 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Alex Higgins
William Mason
John McPherson

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

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		William Brown (1890)
2	D	19	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	19	Thomas Hamilton
5	M	25	John McPherson
6	M	22	Albert Smith
7	F	22	William Mason
8	M	23	William 'Tich' Smith
9	F	28	Alex Higgins
10	F	22	Arthur Shaw
11	F	22	Horace Pike

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK		William Brown (1890)	8		10	2
2	D	19	Archibald Ritchie	6		10	2
3	D		Adam Scott	9		21	5
4	M	19	Thomas Hamilton	2		10	2
5	M	25	John McPherson	6		10	2
6	M	22	Albert Smith	15		10	2
7	F	22	William Mason
8	M	23	William 'Tich' Smith	11	4	10	2
9	F	28	Alex Higgins	11	18	10	2
10	F	22	Arthur Shaw	12	2	10	2
11	F	22	Horace Pike	10	1	10	2

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 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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Nottingham Forest	17	12	4	1	53	15	7	3	0	35	6	5	1	1	18	9	38	28	LWDWDW
2	Newton Heath LYR	18	10	6	2	48	25	6	3	0	26	10	4	3	2	22	15	23	26	DDWDLW
3	The Wednesday	20	11	4	5	61	34	9	0	1	41	16	2	4	4	20	18	27	26	WWDLWD
4	Burton Swifts	18	10	2	6	43	42	6	1	1	27	17	4	1	5	16	25	1	22	WWLWWW
5	Small Heath	17	8	5	4	39	30	6	2	0	24	8	2	3	4	15	22	9	21	DDLDWW
6	Ardwick	20	6	4	10	35	47	5	3	3	28	21	1	1	7	7	26	-12	16	DLLLWW
7	Bootle	19	7	2	10	37	55	6	1	3	24	19	1	1	7	13	36	-18	16	LDWWLW
8	Lincoln City	16	4	4	8	24	40	2	3	2	12	13	2	1	6	12	27	-16	12	LDDLLD
9	Crewe Alexandra	16	4	3	9	32	42	4	1	2	21	12	0	2	7	11	30	-10	11	LLDWLW
10	Walsall Town Swifts	16	5	1	10	24	47	5	0	3	20	12	0	1	7	4	35	-23	11	WWLLDL
11	Birmingham St George's	17	4	3	10	31	46	3	2	5	19	18	1	1	5	12	28	-15	9*	LDWDLL
12	Grimsby Town	16	3	4	9	28	32	3	2	2	18	8	0	2	7	10	24	-4	8*	LWLDWL

*Birmingham St George deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player
*Grimsby 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	Nottingham Forest	18	13	4	1	56	15	8	3	0	38	6	5	1	1	18	9	41	30	WDWDWW		3-0
1	2	The Wednesday	21	11	4	6	61	35	9	0	1	41	16	2	4	5	20	19	26	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	20	26	DWDLWL		0-3
	4	Burton Swifts	19	10	2	7	43	46	6	1	2	27	21	4	1	5	16	25	-3	22	WLWWWL		0-4
	5	Small Heath	17	8	5	4	39	30	6	2	0	24	8	2	3	4	15	22	9	21	DDLDWW
1	6	Bootle	20	8	2	10	40	55	7	1	3	27	19	1	1	7	13	36	-15	18	DWWLWW		3-0
1	7	Ardwick	20	6	4	10	35	47	5	3	3	28	21	1	1	7	7	26	-12	16	DLLLWW
1	8	Crewe Alexandra	17	5	3	9	36	42	4	1	2	21	12	1	2	7	15	30	-6	13	LDWLWW		4-0
1	9	Lincoln City	16	4	4	8	24	40	2	3	2	12	13	2	1	6	12	27	-16	12	LDDLLD
	10	Walsall Town Swifts	17	5	1	11	24	50	5	0	3	20	12	0	1	8	4	38	-26	11	WLLDLL		0-3
1	11	Grimsby Town	17	4	4	9	29	32	4	2	2	19	8	0	2	7	10	24	-3	10*	WLDWLW		1-0
1	12	Birmingham St George's	17	4	3	10	31	46	3	2	5	19	18	1	1	5	12	28	-15	9*	LDWDLL

*Grimsby deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player
*Birmingham St George deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player