1891-92

 
 Back Row :- Bill Muscroft (trainer), H Vessey (committee), Tom Brandon, Jim Smith, Jock Darroch, Jphn Holmes (President)
Middle Row :- Harry Brandon, Arthur 'Clinks' Mumford, George Thomspson, Tom Cawley, Fred Spiksley
Front Rown :- Duncan Gemmell, Billy Betts, Richardson

 

Wednesday's third and last season in the Alliance saw a marked improvement on the previous year. After a poor start Wednesday picked up and were in contention for the title until they slipped up in their last few matches. Wednesday eventually finished third.
     The F.A. Cup saw Wednesday superbly overcoming Bolton Wanderers, league opposition, by four goals to one in front of 17,000 at Olive Grove. They then saw off Alliance rivals Small Heath in front of another big crowd at Olive Grove before they fell to West Brom.
     Friendlies included a short tour of London where Wednesday were given little trouble by the early incarnations of Arsenal and Millwall, the visit of the touring Canadians who were easily beaten at Olive Grove,  and the visit of several Scottish clubs. Battlefield (of Glasgow) and Saint Mirren visited at new year while Partick thistle, Third Lanark and Saint Mirren again visited towards the end of the season. Wednesday defeated all except Saint Mirren with whom they drew two-all in the new year fixture.
     And last but not least were the two games against the enemy, Sheffield United. A thumping 5-0 defeat in front of 22,000 at Bramall Lane was partly recovered by a 4-1 victory at Olive Grove in front of a disappointing 11,000.
     Overall a good season for Wednesday which enabled them to claim a place in the first division of the restructured Football League, while most of their Alliance rivals were placed in the second division. The Sheffield public would have to wait at least one year for their first League Derby as Sheffield United also only gained a place in the second division.

 

 

  pl w d l f a pts
Notts Forest 22 14 5 3 59 22 33
Newton Heath 22 12 7 3 69 33 31
Small Heath 22 12 5 5 53 36 29
Sheffield Wednesday 22 12 4 6 65 35 28
Burton Swifts 22 12 2 8 54 53 26
Crewe Alexandra 22 7 4 11 44 49 18
Ardwick 22 6 6 10 39 51 18
Bootle 22 8 2 12 42 64 18
Lincoln City 22 6 5 11 37 65 17
Grimsby Town 22 6 6 10 40 39 16
Walsall Town Swifts 22 6 3 13 34 59 15
St George's 22 5 5 14 34 64 11

 

The Matches


 

 

P

W

D

L

F

A

Alliance

22

12

4

6

65

35

Friendlies

34

18

5

11

98

74

FA Cup

3

2

0

1

2

2

Total

59

32

9

18

165

111



 

1891-92

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

date

opposition

venue

att

score

 

h.t.

place

 

 

Alliance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19-Sep

Grimsby Town

Olive Grove

8000

4-2

W

1-1

5

 

26-Sep

Walsall Town Swifts

a

3000

1-2

L

0-2

8

 

10-Oct

Small Heath

a

 

1-1

D

0-0

9

 

17-Oct

Burton Swifts

Olive Grove

9000

5-2

W

3-1

5

 

24-Oct

Bootle

a

2500

2-3

L

0-1

5

 

31-Oct

Crewe Alexandra

Olive Grove

7000

4-1

W

1-0

5

 

7-Nov

Notts Forest

a

4000

1-1

D

0-0

3

 

14-Nov

Birm St George's

a

 

4-2

W

1-1

3

 

21-Nov

Walsall Town Swifts

Olive Grove

7000

4-0

W

3-0

3

 

28-Nov

Notts Forest

Olive Grove

12000

3-1

W

1-0

3

 

5-Dec

Ardwick

a

6000

4-0

W

3-0

2

 

12-Dec

Newton Heath

Olive Grove

4000

2-4

L

1-3

3

 

19-Dec

Crewe Alexandra

a

goodly

1-2

L

0-0

3

 

26-Dec

Ardwick

Olive Grove

12000

2-0

W

1-0

3

 

28-Dec

Lincoln City

Olive Grove

10000

7-2

W

5-2

 

 

9-Jan

Small Heath

Olive Grove

 

6-3

W

2-2

3

 

20-Feb

Newton Heath

a

7000

1-1

D

1-0

3

 

27-Feb

Burton Swifts

Olive Grove

 

3-4

L

1-4

3

 

5-Mar

Bootle

Olive Grove

5000

4-1

W

2-0

3

 

12-Mar

Lincoln City

a

 

2-2

D

1-2

3

 

19-Mar

Grimsby Town

a

 

0-1

L

0-0

3

 

26-Mar

Birm. St George's

Olive Grove

 

4-0

W

4-0

2

 

 

FA Cup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23-Jan

Bolton Wanderers

Olive Grove

17000

4-1

W

1-0

 

 

30-Jan

Small Heath

Olive Grove

12000

2-0

W

1-0

 

 

13-Feb

West Brom

a

10000

1-2

L

0-2

 

 

 

Friendlies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2-Sep

Sunderland Albion

a

2000

1-2

L

1-0

 

 

3-Sep

Stockton

a

1000

1-3

L

0-3

 

 

5-Sep

Canadians

Olive Grove

 

4-1

W

4-0

 

 

12-Sep

Lincoln City

Olive Grove

5000

7-4

W

3-2

 

 

14-Sep

Stockton

Olive Grove

 

1-5

L

1-3

 

 

21-Sep

Burslem Port Vale

a

 

3-4

L

3-2

 

 

3-Oct

Middlesborough

Olive Grove

8000

5-3

W

2-1

 

 

5-Oct

Ironopolis

Olive Grove

4000

3-2

W

1-1

 

 

19-Oct

Royal Arsenal

a

3000

8-1

W

4-0

 

 

20-Oct

Millwall Athletic

a

1500

5-3

W

3-1

 

 

26-Oct

Sheffield United

a

22500

0-5

L

0-3

 

 

3-Nov

Rotherham Town

a

5000

2-1

W

1-1

 

 

9-Nov

Sunderland Albion

Olive Grove

3000

2-1

W

1-0

 

 

16-Nov

Sheffield United

Olive Grove

11000

4-1

W

1-0

 

 

30-Nov

Royal Arsenal

Olive Grove

2000

5-1

W

1-1

 

 

1-Jan

Battlefield,Glasgow

Olive Grove

5000

4-2

W

3-1

 

 

2-Jan

St Mirren

Olive Grove

6000

2-2

D

2-2

 

 

16-Jan

Bolton Wanderers

Olive Grove

16000

2-1

W

2-0

 

 

6-Feb

Middlesborough

a

 

0-0

D

0-0

 

 

22-Feb

Blackburn Rovers

Olive Grove

4000

0-6

L

0-3

 

 

1-Mar

Preston North End

Olive Grove

4000

6-1

W

3-1

 

 

7-Mar

Sunderland

Olive Grove

3000

0-3

L

0-1

 

 

14-Mar

Notts County

Olive Grove

3000

2-5

L

1-3

 

 

21-Mar

Accrington

Olive Grove

small

6-0

W

1-0

 

 

2-Apr

Notts County

a

2000

5-2

W

2-1

 

 

4-Apr

Partick Thistle

Olive Grove

mod.

9-2

W

6-0

 

 

6-Apr

Ironopolis

a

 

0-1

L

0-0

 

 

9-Apr

Derby County

a

3000

2-6

L

1-3

 

 

15-Apr

Ardwick

a

5000

0-0

D

0-0

 

 

18-Apr

Third Lanark

Olive Grove

 

2-1

W

 

 

 

19-Apr

St Mirren

Olive Grove

large

6-3

W

3-2

 

 

23-Apr

Accrington

a

meagre

0-1

L

0-0

 

 

28-Apr

Bolton Wanderers

Olive Grove

500

1-1

D

1-0

 

 

30-Apr

Derby County

Olive Grove

1500

0-0

D

0-0