1889-90 in English football

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

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1 Overview
2 Events
3 National team
4 Honours
5 League tables
- 5.1 The Football League
- 5.2 The Football Alliance
6 References
7 External links

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.

Events

National team

In the 1890 British Home Championship, England played matches against Wales and Ireland on the same day, March 15, 1890, winning both comfortably. The team for the Wales match were mainly amateur players, whereas the team against Ireland were all professional players. The Irish goal was scored by Jack Reynolds, who later played for England.

In the deciding match against Scotland, the teams drew 1-1 and shared the trophy.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score*	Comp	England scorers
March 15, 1890	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A)	Wales	3-1	BHC	Edmund Currey (Oxford University) (2) & Tinsley Lindley (Nottingham Forest)
March 15, 1890	Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast (A)	Ireland	9-1	BHC	Fred Geary (Everton) (15, 60 & 80 mins), William Townley (Blackburn Rovers) (16 & 84 mins), Joe Lofthouse (Blackburn Rovers) (40 mins), Kenny Davenport (Bolton Wanderers) (46 & 75 mins) & John Barton (Blackburn Rovers) (88 mins)
April 5, 1890	(Second) Hampden Park, Glasgow (A)	Scotland	1-1	BHC	Harry Wood (Wolverhampton Wanderers) (17 mins)

* England score given first

Key

A = Away match
BHC = British Home Championship

Honours

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

League tables

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

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

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

External links

Seasons in English football

v • d • e

1885–86 | 1886–87 | 1887–88 | 1888–89 | 1889–90 | 1890–91 | 1891–92 | 1892–93 | 1893–94

Football in England