1889-90 in English football

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The 1889-90 season was the 19th season of competitive football in England.

1 Overview
2 Events
3 Honours
4 League tables
- 4.1 The Football League
- 4.2 The Football Alliance
5 References

[edit] Overview

A new competition, The Football Alliance, started this season. It was formed by 12 clubs as a rival to The Football League, which had begun in the 1888-89 season, also with 12 member clubs. The Alliance covered a similar area to the League, stretching from the Midlands to the North West, but also further east in Sheffield, Grimsby and Sunderland.

[edit] Events

[edit] Honours

Competition	Winner
The Football League	Preston North End
FA Cup	Blackburn Rovers
Football Alliance	The Wednesday

[edit] League tables

[edit] The Football League

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Preston North End	22	15	3	4	71	30	2.367	33
2	Everton	22	14	3	5	65	40	1.625	31
3	Blackburn Rovers	22	12	3	7	78	41	1.902	27
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	10	5	7	51	38	1.342	25
5	West Bromwich Albion	22	11	3	8	47	50	0.940	25
6	Accrington	22	9	6	7	53	56	0.946	24
7	Derby County	22	9	3	10	43	55	0.782	21
8	Aston Villa^[1]	22	7	5	10	43	51	0.843	19
9	Bolton Wanderers^[1]	22	9	1	12	54	65	0.831	19
10	Notts County^[2]	22	6	5	11	43	51	0.843	17
11	Burnley^[2]	22	4	5	13	36	65	0.554	13
12	Stoke^[3]	22	3	4	15	27	69	0.391	10

[edit] The Football Alliance

		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	The Wednesday	22	15	2	5	70	39	32
2	Bootle	22	13	2	7	66	39	28
3	Sunderland Albion	21	12	2	7	64	39	28^[4]
4	Grimsby Town	22	12	2	8	58	47	26
5	Crewe Alexandra	22	11	2	9	68	59	24
6	Darwen	22	10	2	10	70	75	22
7	Birmingham St George's	21	9	3	9	62	49	21^[4]
8	Newton Heath	22	9	2	11	40	44	20
9	Walsall Town Swifts	22	8	3	11	44	59	19
10	Small Heath	22	6	5	11	44	67	17
11	Nottingham Forest	22	6	5	11	31	62	17
12	Long Eaton Rangers^[5]	22	4	2	16	35	73	10

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Aston Villa and Bolton Wanderers finished equal on 19 points and it was agreed that neither would need to face re-election
^ ^a ^b Re-elected
^ Relegated, joined Football Alliance. Sunderland elected in their place.
^ ^a ^b Sunderland Albion's point total includes two points awarded after Birmingham St George's refused to fulfil a fixture against them which had been ordered to be replayed by the management committee.
^ Dropped out of the Football Alliance to join the Midland League

Seasons in English football
1885-86 \| 1886-87 \| 1887-88 \| 1888-89 \| 1889-90 \| 1890-91 \| 1891-92 \| 1892-93 \| 1893-94

Football in England

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