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)
	← 1890–91 1892–93 →

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 v t e	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:

^ ^a ^b ^c New club in the 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

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

FA Cup

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

Lancashire Senior Cup

10 February 1892 Final	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
	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

Friendlies

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	William Douglas	22	0	1	0	23	0
DF	Charlie Parry	11	1	0	0	11	1
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
--	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	5
McWhinnie	3
Bob Milarvie	3
David Weir	2
Jack Angus	1
Parry
Pearson
Danny Whittle

League

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

FA cup

Scorer	Goals
Pearson	1

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

[table_note_ARD0.15492654924976-1] New club in the Alliance

[MatchbyMatch-2] 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.

[3] Scorers reversed : other Wikipedia pages indicate Worrall played/scored for Burton

[4] Scorers reversed : other Wikipedia pages and subsequent Ardwick results indicate Boggie & Milvarie played/scored for Ardwick

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