The Football League 1890-91
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The Football League 1890-91 was the third Football league season, after dominating and being crowned champions for the first two football league seasons Preston North End slipped to second and Everton won the league with a two point gap. Meanwhile there had been changes in the league since the last football league season, Stoke had abandoned the football league to join their rivals the Football Alliance, and they were replaced with Sunderland, who were nicknamed "the team of all talents" at the time.
[edit] Final league table
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | GA | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everton | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 63 | 29 | 34 | 2.172 | 29 |
| 2 | Preston North End | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 23 | 21 | 1.913 | 27 |
| 3 | Notts County | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 52 | 35 | 17 | 1.486 | 26 |
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 50 | -11 | 0.780 | 26 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 47 | 34 | 13 | 1.382 | 25 |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 52 | 43 | 9 | 1.209 | 24 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 51 | 31 | 20 | 1.645 | 23[1] |
| 8 | Burnley | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 52 | 63 | -11 | 0.825 | 21 |
| 9 | Aston Villa[2] | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 45 | 58 | -13 | 0.776 | 18 |
| 10 | Accrington[2] | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 50 | -22 | 0.560 | 16 |
| 11 | Derby County[2] | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 47 | 81 | -34 | 0.580 | 15 |
| 12 | West Bromwich Albion[2] | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 34 | 57 | -23 | 0.596 | 12 |
