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 (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^[4]	4–4	Ardwick^[5]	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 1891	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 (?) ? (?)			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
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
↑ 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

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

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

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