1891–92 Ardwick A.F.C. season
| 1891–92 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager |  Lawrence Furniss |
| Football Alliance | 8th |
| FA Cup | Qualifying round |
| Top goalscorer | League: Morris (10 goals) All: Morris (10 goals) |
| Highest home attendance | 12,000 vs Lincoln City (28 November 1891) |
| Lowest home attendance | 4,000 vs Small Heath (2 January 1892) |
The 1891–92 season was Ardwick A.F.C.'s first ever season of league football, joining the Football Alliance in its third and final year of existence.
Team Kit
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Football Alliance
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Burton Swifts[a] | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 54 | 52 | 1.038 | 26 | Elected to Football League Second Division |
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 44 | 49 | 0.898 | 18 | |
| 7 | Ardwick[a] | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 51 | 0.765 | 18 | |
| 8 | Bootle | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 42 | 64 | 0.656 | 18 | |
| 9 | Lincoln City[a] | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 65 | 0.569 | 17 |
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 51 | -12 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 30 | -19 |
N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2
Reports
| 12 September 1891 | Ardwick | 3–3 | Bootle | Ardwick, Manchester |
Whittle  ?'Davies ?'Morris ?' |
HT: 1–0 | Montgomery ?', ?' Grearson ?' |
Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 6,000 |
| 19 September 1891 | Lincoln City | 3–0 | Ardwick | Lincoln |
| Smallman 15', ?' ? 75' |
HT: 1–0 | Stadium: John O'Gaunts Attendance: 2,000 |
| 26 September 1891 | Ardwick | 1–0 | Burton Swifts | Ardwick, Manchester |
| Morris ?' |
HT: 0–0 | Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 3,000 |
| 10 October 1891 | Newton Heath | 3–1 | Ardwick | Clayton, Greater Manchester |
| Donaldson ?' Farman ?' (pen.), ?' |
HT: 2–0 | Morris ?' |
Stadium: Bank Street Attendance: 4,000 |
| 17 October 1891 | Ardwick | 4–3 | Birmingham St George's | Ardwick, Manchester |
| Morris ?' McWhinnie ?'Boggie ?', ?' |
HT: 2–2 | Matthews ?' W. Shore ?', ?' |
Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 6,000 |
| 7 November 1891 | Ardwick | 6–0 | Walsall Town Swifts | Ardwick, Manchester |
| Morris ?', ?', ?' Milarvie ?'Milne ?'Boggie ?' |
HT: 4–0 | Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 4,500 |
| 14 November 1891 | Ardwick | 1–3 | Nottingham Forest | Ardwick, Manchester |
| Milarvie ?' |
HT: 1–2 | Pike ?', ?' Higgins ?' |
Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 8,000 |
| 19 November 1891 | Nottingham Forest | 4–0 | Ardwick | Nottingham |
| Russell ?' (pen.), ?' ? ?'? ?' |
HT: 1–0 | Stadium: Town Ground Attendance: 2,000 |
| 21 November 1891 | Burton Swifts | 4–4 | Ardwick | Burton |
| Boggie 1', ?', 85' Milarvie ?' |
HT: 3–3 | Worrall ?', ?', ?' ? ?' |
Stadium: Peel Croft Attendance: 1,000 |
| 28 November 1891 | Ardwick | 2–3 | Lincoln City | Ardwick, Manchester |
| McWhinnie ?' Davies ?' |
HT: 1–2 | Walker ?' Hodder ?'Moore ?' |
Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 1,000 |
| 5 December 1891 | Ardwick | 0–4 | The Wednesday | Ardwick, Manchester |
| HT: 0–3 | Woolhouse ?' ? ?'? ?'Gemmell ?' |
Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 6,000 |
| 19 December 1891 | Ardwick | 2–2 | Newton Heath | Ardwick, Manchester |
| Milne ?', 80' |
HT: 1–2 | Farman ?', ?' |
Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 10,000 |
| 25 December 1891 | Ardwick | 3–1 | Grimsby Town | Ardwick, Manchester |
| Milarvie ?', ?' Morris 80' |
HT: 0–1 | Riddoch ?' |
Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 6,000 |
| 26 December 1891 | The Wednesday | 2–0 | Ardwick | Sheffield |
| Thomson ?' Hall ?' |
HT: 1–0 | Stadium: Olive Grove Attendance: 7,000 |
| 2 January 1892 | Ardwick | 2–2 | Small Heath | Ardwick, Manchester |
| Morris ?', ?' |
HT: 2–1 | Weldon ?' Warton ?' |
Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 5,000 |
| 23 January 1892 | Bootle | 2–1 | Ardwick | Bootle, Merseyside |
| Montgomery ?' ? ?' (pen.) |
HT: 1–1 | Parry ?' |
Stadium: Hawthorne Road Attendance: 4,000 |
| 30 January 1892 | Grimsby Town | 4–0 | Ardwick | Grimsby |
| Devlin ?' ? ?'Smalley ?'? ?' |
HT: 2–0 | Stadium: Abbey Park Attendance: 2,000 |
| 20 February 1892 | Small Heath | 4–0 | Ardwick | Small Heath, Birmingham |
| Hallam ?' Waldon ?'? ?'? ?' |
HT: 2–0 | Stadium: Muntz Street Attendance: 1,000 |
| 1 March 1892 | Ardwick | 4–0 | Crewe Alexandra | Ardwick, Manchester |
| Davies ?', ?' Weir ?'Milne ?' (pen.) |
HT: 4–0 | Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 2,000 |
| 5 March 1892 | Birmingham St George's | 0–1 | Ardwick | Birmingham |
| HT: 0–1 | Milne ?' |
Stadium: Fentham Road Attendance: 1,000 |
| 26 March 1892 | Walsall Town Swifts | 2–2 | Ardwick | Walsall |
| ? ?' Dixon ?' |
HT: 1–2 | Davies ?' Weir ?' |
Stadium: Chuckery Sports Ground Attendance: 2,000 |
| 6 April 1892 | Crewe Alexandra | 2–2 | Ardwick | Crewe |
| Lindop ?' Roberts ?' |
HT: 1–1 | J. Angus ?' Davies ?' |
Stadium: Nantwich Road Attendance: 2,000 |
Cup competitions
| 3 October 1891 | Newton Heath | 5–1 | Ardwick | Newton Heath, Manchester |
| Sneddon ?' Farman ?', ?'Doughty ?'Edge ?' |
HT: 1–0 | Davies  ?'Pearson ?' |
Stadium: North Road Attendance: 11,000 |
| 10 February 1892 Final | Accrington | 6–0 | Ardwick | Accrington |
| ? ?' ? ?'? ?'? ?'? ?'? ?' |
Stadium: Accrington Cricket Club |
| 13 February 1892 First Round | Heywood Central | 1–3 | Ardwick | Heywood, Greater Manchester |
| Weir ?' Morris ?'Davies ?' |
? ?' |
| 12 March 1892 Semi-final | Ardwick | 1–3 | Fairfield | Neutral venue - Whalley Range, Manchester |
| ? ?' |
Match ordered to be replayed | ? ?' ? ?'? ?' |
Stadium: Brooks' Bar |
| 2 April 1892 Semi-final replay | Ardwick | 4–0 | Fairfield | Neutral venue - Newton Heath, Manchester |
| Davies ?', ?' McWhinnie ?'Milne ?' |
Stadium: North Road |
| 23 April 1892 Final | Ardwick | 4–1 | Bolton Wanderers | Neutral venue - Newton Heath, Manchester |
| Morris ?' Weir ?', ?'Milne ?' |
HT: 1–1 | Gardiner ?' |
Stadium: North Road Attendance: 5,000 |
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Squad statistics
Squad
Appearances for competitive matches only
| Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| GK |  William Douglas
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22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| DF |  Charlie Parry
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11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| FW | Jack Angus
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| FW | Bob Milarvie
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19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
| FW | Hugh Morris
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22 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 10 |
| FW | David Weir
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18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| -- | Joe Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| -- | Boggie | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| -- | Cooke | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| -- | Davidson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| -- | Joe Davies | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 |
| -- | Archibald Ferguson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| -- | William Hopkins | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| -- | Jackson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| -- | A. Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| -- | John McVickers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| -- | McWhinnie | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| -- | Harry Middleton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| -- | John Milne | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 |
| -- | Neil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| -- | Pearson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| -- | Powery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| -- | David Robson | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| -- | Robert Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| -- | Sharpe | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| -- | Danny Whittle | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
Scorers
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See also
References
- ^ Blakeman, Mick; Brown, Tony; Warsop, Keith, eds. (2009). The Football Alliance Match by Match: 1889/90 to 1891/92. Nottingham: SoccerData. pp. 41–53. ISBN 978-1-905891-19-1.