The City Ground

CREWE ALEXANDRA 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 23, 1892 (Football Alliance)

Date:: Sat Apr 23, 1892 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Crewe Alexandra
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Gresty Road
Game Type:: Football Alliance
Score:: 0-2 LOST

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1891-92
Referee:
Attendance:: 3,000
League Week:: 21 of 22
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 9 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Grimsby Town (Football Alliance)
Football Alliance:: Grimsby Town
League:: Everton
Crewe Alexandra:: Oct 28, 1992

GAME COUNT:
Football Alliance:: 65 (of 66)
Total:: 586 (of 7629)
Played:: 134 years, 4 months, 2 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

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

Goal Scorers
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Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		William Brown (1890)
2	D	20	Archibald Ritchie
3	D	19	Jack Earp
4	M	22	Albert Smith
5	M	25	John McPherson
6	M		Fred Thompson
7	F	22	William Mason
8	M		Williamson (1892)
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		45	10
2	D	20	Archibald Ritchie	6		45	10
3	D	19	Jack Earp	6		434	70
4	M	22	Albert Smith	15		45	10
5	M	25	John McPherson	6		45	10
6	M		Fred Thompson
7	F	22	William Mason
8	M		Williamson (1892)
9	F	28	Alex Higgins	11	18	45	10
10	F	22	Arthur Shaw	12	2	45	10
11	F	22	Horace Pike	10	1	45	10

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 Apr 23, 1892)

Home	Score	Away
Crewe Alexandra	2-0	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	Nottingham Forest	20	14	4	2	58	19	8	3	0	38	6	6	1	2	20	13	39	32	WDWWLW	Champions
2	Newton Heath LYR	22	12	7	3	60	32	7	4	0	32	13	5	3	3	28	19	28	31	LWLDWW
3	Small Heath	22	12	5	5	53	36	8	2	1	32	11	4	3	4	21	25	17	29	WWWWLW
4	The Wednesday	22	12	4	6	65	35	10	0	1	45	16	2	4	5	20	19	30	28	DLWDLW
5	Burton Swifts	22	12	2	8	54	52	8	1	2	38	23	4	1	6	16	29	2	26	WWLWLW
6	Ardwick	22	6	6	10	39	51	5	3	3	28	21	1	3	7	11	30	-12	18	LLWWDD
7	Bootle	22	8	2	12	42	64	7	1	3	27	19	1	1	9	15	45	-22	18	WLWWLL
8	Lincoln City	22	6	5	11	36	56	4	4	3	23	20	2	1	8	13	36	-20	17	LLWLDW
9	Crewe Alexandra	21	6	4	11	42	49	5	2	3	26	16	1	2	8	16	33	-7	16	WWLDWL
10	Grimsby Town	21	6	5	10	39	38	6	2	2	26	8	0	3	8	13	30	1	15*	LWDLWW
11	Walsall Town Swifts	22	6	3	13	33	59	6	1	4	28	18	0	2	9	5	41	-26	15	LDWLDL
12	Birmingham St George's	22	5	3	14	34	64	4	2	5	22	19	1	1	9	12	45	-30	11*	LLWLLL

*Grimsby deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player
*Birmingham St George 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	21	14	4	3	58	21	8	3	0	38	6	6	1	3	20	15	37	32	DWWLWL	Champions	0-2
	2	Newton Heath LYR	22	12	7	3	60	32	7	4	0	32	13	5	3	3	28	19	28	31	LWLDWW
	3	Small Heath	22	12	5	5	53	36	8	2	1	32	11	4	3	4	21	25	17	29	WWWWLW
	4	The Wednesday	22	12	4	6	65	35	10	0	1	45	16	2	4	5	20	19	30	28	DLWDLW
	5	Burton Swifts	22	12	2	8	54	52	8	1	2	38	23	4	1	6	16	29	2	26	WWLWLW
3	6	Crewe Alexandra	22	7	4	11	44	49	6	2	3	28	16	1	2	8	16	33	-5	18	WLDWLW		2-0
1	7	Ardwick	22	6	6	10	39	51	5	3	3	28	21	1	3	7	11	30	-12	18	LLWWDD
1	8	Bootle	22	8	2	12	42	64	7	1	3	27	19	1	1	9	15	45	-22	18	WLWWLL
1	9	Lincoln City	22	6	5	11	36	56	4	4	3	23	20	2	1	8	13	36	-20	17	LLWLDW
	10	Grimsby Town	21	6	5	10	39	38	6	2	2	26	8	0	3	8	13	30	1	15*	LWDLWW
	11	Walsall Town Swifts	22	6	3	13	33	59	6	1	4	28	18	0	2	9	5	41	-26	15	LDWLDL
	12	Birmingham St George's	22	5	3	14	34	64	4	2	5	22	19	1	1	9	12	45	-30	11*	LLWLLL

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