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)
← 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

		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

Ardwick v Bootle

12 September 1891	Ardwick	3–3	Bootle	Ardwick, Manchester
	Whittle  ?' Davies  ?' Morris  ?'	HT: 1–0	Montgomery  ?',  ?' Grearson  ?'	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 6,000

Lincoln City v Ardwick

19 September 1891	Lincoln City	3–0	Ardwick	Lincoln
	Smallman  15',  ?' ?  75'	HT: 1–0		Stadium: John O'Gaunts Attendance: 2,000

Ardwick v Burton Swifts

26 September 1891	Ardwick	1–0	Burton Swifts	Ardwick, Manchester
	Morris  ?'	HT: 0–0		Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 3,000

Newton Heath v Ardwick

10 October 1891	Newton Heath	3–1	Ardwick	Clayton, Greater Manchester
	Donaldson  ?' Farman  ?' (pen.),  ?'	HT: 2–0	Morris  ?'	Stadium: Bank Street Attendance: 4,000

Ardwick v Birmingham St George's

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

Ardwick v Walsall Town Swifts

7 November 1891	Ardwick	6–0	Walsall Town Swifts	Ardwick, Manchester
	Morris  ?',  ?',  ?' Milarvie  ?' Milne  ?' Boggie ?'	HT: 4–0		Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 4,500

Ardwick v Nottingham Forest

14 November 1891	Ardwick	1–3	Nottingham Forest	Ardwick, Manchester
	Milarvie  ?'	HT: 1–2	Pike  ?',  ?' Higgins  ?'	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 8,000

Nottingham Forest v Ardwick

19 November 1891	Nottingham Forest	4–0	Ardwick	Nottingham
	Russell  ?' (pen.),  ?' ?  ?' ?  ?'	HT: 1–0		Stadium: Town Ground Attendance: 2,000

Burton Swifts v Ardwick

21 November 1891	Burton Swifts	4–4	Ardwick	Burton
	Boggie  1',  ?',  85' Milarvie  ?'	HT: 3–3	Worrall  ?',  ?',  ?' ?  ?'	Stadium: Peel Croft Attendance: 1,000

Ardwick v Lincoln City

28 November 1891	Ardwick	2–3	Lincoln City	Ardwick, Manchester
	McWhinnie  ?' Davies  ?'	HT: 1–2	Walker  ?' Hodder  ?' Moore  ?'	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 1,000

Ardwick v The Wednesday

5 December 1891	Ardwick	0–4	The Wednesday	Ardwick, Manchester
		HT: 0–3	Woolhouse  ?' ?  ?' ?  ?' Gemmell  ?'	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 6,000

Ardwick v Newton Heath

19 December 1891	Ardwick	2–2	Newton Heath	Ardwick, Manchester
	Milne  ?',  80'	HT: 1–2	Farman  ?',  ?'	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 10,000

Ardwick v Grimsby Town

25 December 1891	Ardwick	3–1	Grimsby Town	Ardwick, Manchester
	Milarvie  ?',  ?' Morris  80'	HT: 0–1	Riddoch  ?'	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 6,000

The Wednesday v Ardwick

26 December 1891	The Wednesday	2–0	Ardwick	Sheffield
	Thomson  ?' Hall  ?'	HT: 1–0		Stadium: Olive Grove Attendance: 7,000

Ardwick v Small Heath

2 January 1892	Ardwick	2–2	Small Heath	Ardwick, Manchester
	Morris  ?',  ?'	HT: 2–1	Weldon  ?' Warton  ?'	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 5,000

Bootle v Ardwick

23 January 1892	Bootle	2–1	Ardwick	Bootle, Merseyside
	Montgomery  ?' ?  ?' (pen.)	HT: 1–1	Parry  ?'	Stadium: Hawthorne Road Attendance: 4,000

Grimsby Town v Ardwick

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

Small Heath v Ardwick

20 February 1892	Small Heath	4–0	Ardwick	Small Heath, Birmingham
	Hallam  ?' Waldon  ?' ?  ?' ?  ?'	HT: 2–0		Stadium: Muntz Street Attendance: 1,000

Ardwick v Crewe Alexandra

1 March 1892	Ardwick	4–0	Crewe Alexandra	Ardwick, Manchester
	Davies  ?',  ?' Weir  ?' Milne  ?' (pen.)	HT: 4–0		Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 2,000

Birmingham St George's v Ardwick

5 March 1892	Birmingham St George's	0–1	Ardwick	Birmingham
		HT: 0–1	Milne  ?'	Stadium: Fentham Road Attendance: 1,000

Walsall Town Swifts v Ardwick

26 March 1892	Walsall Town Swifts	2–2	Ardwick	Walsall
	?  ?' Dixon  ?'	HT: 1–2	Davies  ?' Weir  ?'	Stadium: Chuckery Sports Ground Attendance: 2,000

Crewe Alexandra v Ardwick

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

Newton Heath v Ardwick

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

Accrington v Ardwick

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

Manchester Senior Cup

Heywood Central v Ardwick

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

Ardwick v Fairfield

12 March 1892 Semi-final	Ardwick	1–3	Fairfield	Neutral venue - Whalley Range, Manchester
	?  ?'	Match ordered to be replayed	?  ?' ?  ?' ?  ?'	Stadium: Brooks' Bar

Ardwick v Fairfield

2 April 1892 Semi-final replay	Ardwick	4–0	Fairfield	Neutral venue - Newton Heath, Manchester
	Davies  ?',  ?' McWhinnie  ?' Milne  ?'			Stadium: North Road

Ardwick v Bolton Wanderers

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

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
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
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

• Manchester City F.C. seasons

External links

• Extensive Manchester City statistics site