1891–92 Ardwick A.F.C. season

Ardwick A.F.C.
1891–92 season
ManagerLawrence Furniss
Football Alliance8th
FA CupFirst qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Morris (10 goals)
All: Morris (10 goals)
Highest home attendance12,000 vs Lincoln City
(28 November 1891)
Lowest home attendance4,000 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

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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
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c New club in the Alliance

Results summary

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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

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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[2] 4–4 Ardwick[3] Burton
Worrall ?', ?', ?'
? ?'
HT: 3–3 Boggie 1', ?', 85'
Milarvie ?'
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

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3 October 1891 Newton Heath 5–1 Ardwick Newton Heath, Manchester
Sneddon ?'
Farman ?', ?'
Doughty ?'
Edge ?'
HT: 1–0 Davies soccer ball with red X ?'
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

Squad statistics

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Squad

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Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland William Douglas 22 0 1 0 23 0
DF Wales Charlie Parry 11 1 0 0 11 1
FW Scotland Jack Angus 1 1 0 0 1 1
FW Scotland Bob Milarvie 19 3 1 0 20 3
FW Wales Hugh Morris 22 10 1 0 23 10
FW England David Weir 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

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Scorers reversed : other Wikipedia pages indicate Worrall played/scored for Burton
  3. ^ Scorers reversed : other Wikipedia pages and subsequent Ardwick results indicate Boggie & Milvarie played/scored for Ardwick
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