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The 1891–92 season was the eleventh season of competitive association football played by Small Heath Football Club, an English football club based in the Small Heath district of Birmingham, and their third season in the Football Alliance. At the end of the season, in which Small Heath finished in third position, most of the teams were absorbed into the newly formed Second Division of the Football League, and the Alliance folded for lack of membership. Small Heath entered the 1891–92 FA Cup at the first qualifying round stage. They progressed to the second round proper (last 16), but forfeited home advantage to Sheffield Wednesday for a payment of £200 and lost 2–0. In local competitions, they were eliminated by West Bromwich Albion in the second round of the Birmingham Senior Cup and by Wolverhampton Wanderers in the final of the Mayor of Birmingham's Charity Cup. Small Heath also played several friendly matches during the season. Small Heath used 23 different players in nationally organised competitive matches during the season and had eleven different goalscorers. Five players, full-back Fred Speller, half-backs Ted Devey and Billy Ollis, and forwards Jack Hallam and Fred Wheldon, were ever-present over the 29-match season. The top scorer was inside-forward Wheldon with 29 goals in all competitions, of which 21 were scored in the Alliance. Caesar Jenkyns became the first player to be capped for his country while a Small Heath player when he took the field for Wales against Ireland on 27 February 1892. ==Background== At the Annual General Meeting of the Football Alliance, the bottom four teams, of which Small Heath was one, were all re-elected.〔Saturday's Football Matches. ''Birmingham Daily Post''. p. 7. 11 May 1891.〕 The club were £234 in debt at the end of the season. The ''Birmingham Daily Post'' suggested that Players leaving included Will Devey, top scorer in the previous two seasons, who joined Football League club Wolverhampton Wanderers.〔 New players included the former Warwick County players George Hollis (goalkeeper), Billy Ollis (centre half) and Frederick Wilkes (centre forward). In a friendly match against Wolverhampton Wanderers at the end of the previous season, Hollis appeared to lack confidence, Ollis "would have been more useful if he had looked after the ball a little more instead of his opponents", and Wilkes' passing was wild but did "some smart work" and contributed to a goal with "exceedingly plucky play".〔Notes on Sport. ''Birmingham Daily Post''. p. 7. 20 April 1891.〕 Arthur Carter, a forward who had also joined Small Heath from Warwick County, was obliged to retire on medical advice after a serious leg injury.〔Northern Notes. ''Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper'' (London). p. 1. 16 August 1891.〕 The ''Post'' kept up its encouragement: The team played in the same kit as in the previous season: royal blue shirts and stockings with white knickerbockers.〔(Birmingham City ). Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 18 July 2012.〕 Caesar Jenkyns was captain.〔Football. ''The Wrexham Advertiser''. p. 3. 20 February 1892.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1891–92 Small Heath F.C. season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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