1890–91 Football Alliance

The 1890–1891 Football Alliance was the second season of the Football Alliance, an association football league which was set up in England as a rival to The Football League, which had begun in the 1888–89 season.

Stoke joined the Alliance in this season after dropping out of the Football League at the end of the previous season and were crowned champions after the penultimate round of fixtures on 4 April. Last season's champions The Wednesday finished bottom after losing thirteen games in a dreadful season. Even a 4–2 win (3–0 at half time) at home to runners up Sunderland Albion on the last day of the season failed to lift Wednesday off the foot of the table.[1]

At the end of the season Stoke were elected back to the Football League along with 6th placed Darwen, whilst Sunderland Albion left in order to join the Northern League.[1]

Final league table

Football Alliance
Season 1890–91
Champions Stoke
Matches played 132
Goals scored 630 (4.77 per match)
Top goalscorer ?
Biggest home win Sunderland Albion - Walsall Town Swifts 11-1
Biggest away win Crewe Alexandra - Nottingham Forest 0-7
Highest scoring Sunderland Albion - Walsall Town Swifts 11-1
Longest winning run ?
Longest unbeaten run ?
Longest losing run ?
Highest attendance ?
Lowest attendance ?
Average attendance ?
Pos Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1Stoke[2]2213725739+ 1833
2 Sunderland Albion[3] 2212646928+ 4130
3 Grimsby Town 2211564327+ 1627
4 Birmingham St George's 2212286462+ 226
5 Nottingham Forest 229766639+ 2725
6 Darwen[2]2210396459+ 523
7 Walsall Town Swifts 2293103461– 1721
8 Crewe Alexandra 2284105967– 820
9 Newton Heath 2273123755– 1817
10 Small Heath 2272135866– 816
11 Bootle 2237124061– 2113
12 The Wednesday 2245133966– 2713

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
[1]

Key
Football Alliance Champions, elected to Football League
Elected to Football League (see Stoke and Darwen)
New club in the Alliance (see Stoke)
Disbanded (none) or left the league

Results

The results shown here are those of only The Wednesday,[1] Newton Heath,[4] Small Heath,[5]Stoke City and Nottingham Forest.

These results have been checked against the table, and no discrepancies were found. More results might be added as they emerge.

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Home ╲ Away BSG BOO CREDRWGRINWHNOTSMHSTKSUAWALWED
Birmingham St George's 51 42 10 20 61 63 54 52 14 12 53
Bootle 44 11 01 00 50 15 11 22 33 61 50
Crewe Alexandra 14 83 21 43 01 07 62 24 22 12 20
Darwen 52 31 13 11 21 44 53 33 51 90 71
Grimsby Town 52 10 33 41 31 30 31 11 20 30 30
Newton Heath 13 21 63 42 31 11 31 01 15 33 11
Nottingham Forest 40 70 52 52 11 82 45 22 11 20 00
Small Heath 14 71 43 34 12 21 42 51 03 01 71
Stoke 63 21 22 62 21 21 21 42 11 10 51
Sunderland Albion 80 41 70 50 21 21 00 40 11 111 31
Walsall Town Swifts 11 32 16 23 01 21 32 52 13 20 21
The Wednesday 40 11 46 73 21 12 02 33 24 42 22

Source: [1]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Election to the Football League

The number of clubs in the Football League was to be increased by two for the 1891–92 season. In addition to the four League sides seeking re-election, six non-league clubs (five of them from the Football Alliance) also sought League membership. The voting went as follows:[6]

Team Votes Result
Accrington 8 Re-elected to the League
Aston Villa 8 Re-elected to the League
Darwen 7 Elected to the League
Stoke 7 Elected to the League
Derby County 6 Re-elected to the League
West Bromwich Albion 6 Re-elected to the League
Ardwick 4 Not elected to the League
Nottingham Forest 1 Not elected to the League
Sunderland Albion 1 Not elected to the League
Newton Heath 0 Not elected to the League

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "1889–90". The Owl Football Historian. Andrew Drake. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 Elected to the Football League.
  3. Left to join the Northern League.
  4. footballsite.co.uk Archived January 9, 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  5. footballsite.co.uk Archived January 9, 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  6. footballsite.co.uk Archived October 14, 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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