1891–92 Ardwick A.F.C. season

Ardwick A.F.C.
1891–92 season
Manager	Lawrence Furniss
Football Alliance	8th
FA Cup	First 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

Football Alliance

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Burton Swifts (E)	22	12	2	8	54	52	1.038	26	Elected to the Football League Second Division
6	Crewe Alexandra (E)	22	7	4	11	44	49	0.898	18
7	Ardwick (E)	22	6	6	10	39	51	0.765	18
8	Bootle (E)	22	8	2	12	42	64	0.656	18
9	Lincoln City (E)	22	6	5	11	37	65	0.569	17

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average.
(E) Elected to the Football League Second Division

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', ?' Unknown 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.) Unknown Unknown	HT: 1–0		Stadium: Town Ground Attendance: 2,000

21 November 1891	Burton Swifts^[2]	4–4	Ardwick^[3]	Burton
	Worrall ?', ?', ?' Unknown	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 Unknown Unknown 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 Unknown (pen.)	HT: 1–1	Parry	Stadium: Hawthorne Road Attendance: 4,000

30 January 1892	Grimsby Town	4–0	Ardwick	Grimsby
	Devlin Unknown Smalley Unknown	HT: 2–0		Stadium: Abbey Park Attendance: 2,000

20 February 1892	Small Heath	4–0	Ardwick	Small Heath, Birmingham
	Hallam Waldon Unknown Unknown	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
	Unknown 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	Angus Davies	Stadium: Nantwich Road Attendance: 2,000

Cup competitions

FA Cup

3 October 1891 Q1	Newton Heath	5–1	Ardwick	Newton Heath, Manchester
	Sneddon Farman Doughty Edge	HT: 1–0	Davies Pearson	Stadium: North Road Attendance: 11,000

Lancashire Senior Cup

10 February 1892	Accrington	6–0	Ardwick	Accrington
				Stadium: Accrington Cricket Club

Manchester Senior Cup

13 February 1892 First Round	Heywood Central	1–3	Ardwick	Heywood, Greater Manchester
	Unknown		Weir Morris Davies

12 March 1892 Semi-final	Ardwick	1–3	Fairfield	Neutral venue - Whalley Range, Manchester
	Unknown	Match ordered to be replayed	Unknown	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

Friendlies

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	FW	SCO	Jack Angus	1	1	1	1	0	0
	DF		James/Joe Baker	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Alec Boggie	11	6	11	6	0	0
			Cooke	9	0	9	0	0	0
			Davidson	6	0	6	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Davies	23	5	22	5	1	0
	GK	SCO	William Douglas	23	0	22	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Archibald Ferguson	4	0	3	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	William Hopkins	5	0	5	0	0	0
			Jackson	10	0	10	0	0	0
			A. Jones	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	EIR	John McVicker	2	0	2	0	0	0
			McWhinnie	12	3	11	3	1	0
	MF	ENG	Harry Middleton	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	John Milne	19	5	18	5	1	0
	FW	SCO	Bob Milarvie	20	3	19	3	1	0
	FW	WAL	Hugh Morris	23	10	22	10	1	0
			Neil	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	Charlie Parry	11	1	11	1	0	0
			Pearson	5	1	4	0	1	1
			Powery	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Robert Robinson	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	David Robson	20	0	19	0	1	0
			Sharpe	7	0	7	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	David Weir	18	2	18	2	0	0
	DF	ENG	Danny Whittle	17	1	16	1	1	0

Goals record

Rank	Po.	Name	League	FA Cup	Total
1	FW	Hugh Morris	10	0	10
2	FW	Alec Boggie	6	0	6
3	FW	Joe Davies	5	0	5
3	FW	John Milne	5	0	5
5	FW	Bob Milarvie	3	0	3
5		McWhinnie	3	0	3
7	FW	David Weir	2	0	2
8	DF	Charlie Parry	1	0	1
	DF	Danny Whittle	1	0	1
	FW	Jack Angus	1	0	1
		Pearson	0	1	1
Total			37	1	38

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

External links

Extensive Manchester City statistics site

[MatchbyMatch-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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