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

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

1 September 1891 Ardwick 2–2 West Manchester Ardwick, Manchester
Stadium: Hyde Road
5 September 1891 Ardwick 2–1 Gainsborough Trinity Ardwick, Manchester
Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 5,000
7 September 1891 Ardwick 1–4 Rossendale Ardwick, Manchester
Stadium: Hyde Road
21 September 1891 Ardwick 3–1 Denton Ardwick, Manchester
Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 700
28 September 1891 Ardwick 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Ardwick, Manchester
Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 2,000
5 October 1891 Denton 0–2 Ardwick Denton, Greater Manchester
8 October 1891 West Manchester 0–3 Ardwick Whalley Range, Manchester
Stadium: Brooks' Bar
24 October 1891 Ardwick 2–1 Sunderland Albion Ardwick, Manchester
Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 5,000
31 October 1891 Ardwick 5–2 Stoke Ardwick, Manchester
Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 4,000
2 November 1891 Chirk 2–3 Ardwick Chirk
12 December 1892 Ardwick 3–1 Canadian XI Ardwick, Manchester
Stadium: Hyde Road
16 December 1892 Ardwick 1–0 Old Reptonians Ardwick, Manchester
Stadium: Hyde Road
28 December 1892 Ardwick 0–0 Sunderland Ardwick, Manchester
Stadium: Hyde Road
1 January 1892 Ardwick 4–2 West Bromwich Albion Ardwick, Manchester
Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 5,000
4 January 1892 Ardwick 1–2 Airdrieonians Ardwick, Manchester
Stadium: Hyde Road
9 January 1892 Ardwick 0–3 Bolton Wanderers Ardwick, Manchester
Stadium: Hyde Road
16 January 1892 Ardwick 4–0 Heywood Central Ardwick, Manchester
Stadium: Hyde Road
6 February 1892 Ardwick 8–1 Fairfield Ardwick, Manchester
Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 3,000
27 February 1892 Ardwick 4–0 Blackpool Ardwick, Manchester
Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 4,000
2 March 1892 Ardwick 2–2 Heywood Central Ardwick, Manchester
Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 1,000
16 March 1892 Ardwick 1–1 Third Lanark Ardwick, Manchester
Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 1,000
19 March 1892 Ardwick 2–2 Preston North End Ardwick, Manchester
Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 6,000
30 March 1892 Ardwick 3–3 Accrington Ardwick, Manchester
J. Angus ?'
Morris ?'
? ?' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 2,000
9 April 1892 Ardwick 2–2 International XI Ardwick, Manchester
Milarvie ?', ?' ? ?'
? ?'		 Stadium: Hyde Road
12 April 1892 Ardwick 1–2 Gorton Villa Ardwick, Manchester
Middleton ?' ? ?'
? ?'		 Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 3,000
16 April 1892 Ardwick 5–1 Renton Ardwick, Manchester
Morris ?'
H. Angus ?', ?'
J. Angus ?'
Davies ?'		 ? ?' Stadium: Hyde Road
18 April 1892 Ardwick 3–1 Notts County Ardwick, Manchester
Morris ?'
J. Angus ?'
H. Angus ?'		 ? ?' Stadium: Hyde Road
26 April 1892 Ardwick 1–1 Everton Ardwick, Manchester
Weir ?' ? ?' Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 2,000
30 April 1892 Ardwick 5–1 Stoke Ardwick, Manchester
Weir ?', ?', ?'
J. Angus ?'
Milarvie ?'		 ? ?' Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 2,500

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total League FA Cup
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 No. Nat. 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
FW John Milne 5 0 5
5 FW Bob Milarvie 3 0 3
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

See also

References

  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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