1891–92 Ardwick A.F.C. season

Ardwick A.F.C.
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.

Contents

Team Kit

Football Alliance

P W D L F A Pts
6 Grimsby Town 22 6 6 10 40 39 18
7 Crewe Alexandra 22 7 4 11 44 49 18
8 Ardwick 22 6 6 10 39 51 18
9 Bootle 22 8 2 12 42 64 18
10 Lincoln City 22 6 5 11 37 65 17

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points
Source: Football Alliance

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

Date Opponents H / A Venue Result

F – A

Scorers Attendance
12 September 1891 Bootle H Hyde Road 3 – 3 Whittle, Davies, Morris 6,000
19 September 1891 Lincoln City A John O'Gaunts 0 – 3 2,000
26 September 1891 Burton Swifts H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Morris 6,000
10 October 1891 Newton Heath A North Road 1 – 3 Davies 4,000
17 October 1891 Birmingham St George's H Hyde Road 4 – 3 McWhinnie, Boggie (2), Morris 6,000
7 November 1891 Walsall Town Swifts H Hyde Road 6 – 0 Morris (3), Milne, Milarvie, Boggie 4,500
14 November 1891 Nottingham Forest H Hyde Road 1 – 3 Morris 11,000
19 November 1891 Nottingham Forest A Town Ground 0 – 4 2,000
21 November 1891 Burton Swifts A Peel Croft 4 – 4 Boggie (3), Milarvie 2,000
28 November 1891 Lincoln City H Hyde Road 2 – 3 McWhinnie, Davies 12,000
5 December 1891 The Wednesday H Hyde Road 0 – 4 5,000
19 December 1891 Newton Heath H Hyde Road 2 – 2 Milne (2) 10,000
25 December 1891 Grimsby Town H Hyde Road 3 – 1 Milarvie (2), Morris 6,000
26 December 1891 The Wednesday A Olive Grove 0 – 2 7,000
2 January 1892 Small Heath H Hyde Road 2 – 2 Morris (2) 4,000
23 January 1892 Bootle A Hawthorne Road 1 – 2 Parry 3,000
30 January 1892 Grimsby Town A Abbey Park 0 – 4 3,000
20 February 1892 Small Heath A Muntz Street 0 – 4 2,000
1 March 1892 Crewe Alexandra H Hyde Road 4 – 0 Milne, Davies (2), Weir 5,000
5 March 1892 Birmingham St George's A Fentham Road 1 – 0 Milne 2,000
26 March 1892 Walsall Town Swifts A Chuckery Sports Ground 2 – 2 Davies, Weir 2,000
6 April 1892 Crewe Alexandra A Nantwich Road 2 – 2 Davies, Angus 2,000

FA Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Venue Result

F – A

Scorers Attendance
3 October 1891 Qualifying Round Newton Heath A North Road 1 – 5 Pearson 11,000

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK William Douglas 22 0 1 0 23 0
FW Jack Angus 1 1 0 0 1 1
FW Bob Milarvie 19 3 1 0 20 3
FW Hugh Morris 22 10 1 0 23 10
FW 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
-- Parry 11 1 0 0 11 1
-- 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

All

Scorer Goals
Hugh Morris 10
Boggie 6
Joe Davies 5
John Milne
McWhinnie 3
Bob Milarvie
David Weir 2
Jack Angus 1
Parry
Pearson
Danny Whittle

League

Scorer Goals
Hugh Morris 10
Boggie 6
Joe Davies 5
John Milne
McWhinnie 3
Bob Milarvie
David Weir 2
Jack Angus 1
Parry
Danny Whittle

FA cup

Scorer Goals
Pearson 1

See also

References

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