1891–92 Football Alliance

January 2021 January 2021 Football Alliance 1891–92 Nottingham Forest Disbanded Birmingham St George's 132 569 1890–91 1892–93 Football League The 1891–92 Football Alliance was the third and final season of the Football Alliance, an association football league which was set up in England as an alternative to the Football League, which had begun in the 1888–89 season. Three new clubs joined the Football Alliance, following the expansion of the Football League to 14 teams, and the defection of Sunderland Albion to the Northern League. These new teams were Ardwick (later Manchester City), Burton Swifts and Lincoln City.http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/early/1891.htm 1891–92 The Owl Andrew Drake 27 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20121023131041/http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/early/1891.htm 2012-10-23https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engfootalliancehist.html England – Football Alliance Dinant Abbink Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) 27 October 2010 23 July 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20130314155735/http://rsssf.com/tablese/engfootalliancehist.html 2013-03-14 live At the end of the season the Football Alliance was disbanded and merged with the Football League, which was expanded to two divisions. Champions Nottingham Forest together with Newton Heath and The Wednesday were elected to the enlarged sixteen-team First Division. The remaining teams were joined by Northwich Victoria, Burslem Port Vale and Sheffield United to form a twelve-team Second Division. However, Birmingham St George's disbanded at the end of the season due to financial problems. Final league table England right 369 Locations of the 1891–92 Football Alliance teams England 53.47 -2.33 right England 52.48 -2.00 right England 53.44 -2.99 right England 52.80 -1.64 right England 53.099 -2.44 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 53.47 -2.23 right England 53.015 -1.13 right England 52.48 -1.91 right England 52.58 -1.98 right England 53.38 -1.47 right Ardwick (Manchester) Birmingham St George's Bootle Burton Swifts Crewe Alexandra Grimsby Town Lincoln City Newton Heath (Manchester) Nottingham Forest Small Heath Walsall Town Swifts The Wednesday (Sheffield) main WDL 5 QR 2 yes NOT Nottingham Forest NWH Newton Heath SMH Small Heath WED The Wednesday BRS Burton Swifts CRE Crewe Alexandra ARD Ardwick BOO Bootle LIN Lincoln City GRI Grimsby Town WAL Walsall Town Swifts BSG Birmingham St George's 14 5 3 59 22 12 7 3 69 33 12 5 5 53 36 12 4 6 65 35 12 2 8 54 52 7 4 11 44 49 6 6 10 39 51 8 2 12 42 64 6 5 11 37 65 6 6 10 40 39 6 3 13 33 59 5 3 14 34 64 -2 -2 Birmingham St George's were deducted two points for fielding ineligible players. Grimsby Town were deducted two points for fielding ineligible players. Elected to the Football League Second Division CP P P E E E E E E E E green1 Elected to the Football League First Division EL1 EL1 EL1 #ff9 Elected to the Football League Second Division EL2 EL2 EL2 EL2 EL2 EL2 EL2 EL2 black1 Disbanded Birmingham St George's were disbanded at the end of the season due to financial problems. DIS 1) points; 2) goal average. complete The Football Alliance Match by Match: 1889/90 to 1891/92 Mick Blakeman Tony Brown Keith Warsop SoccerData Nottingham 41–53 2009 978-1-905891-19-1 Results main FBR grey ARD BSG BOO BRS CRE GRI LIN NWH NOT SMH WAL WED Ardwick 4–3 3–3 1–0 4–0 3–1 2–3 2–2 1–3 2–2 6–0 0–4 Birmingham St George's 0–1 4-1 2-2 3-1 0-0 2-4 1–3 1–2 1–0 6-1 2–4 Bootle 2–1 4-2 0-2 4-3 6-1 3-2 1–1 1–4 0–1 3-0 3–2 Burton Swifts 4–4 3-1 5-1 0-4 2-1 6-1 3–2 1–3 6–3 4-0 4–3 Crewe Alexandra 2–2 11-1 4-3 2-4 1-0 3-0 0–2 2–0 0–2 1-1 2–1 Grimsby Town 4–0 5-0 4-1 0-1 1-1 6-1 2–2 1–1 1–2 2-0 1–0 Lincoln City 3–0 5-0 1-3 4-0 1-1 3-2 1–6 1–4 1–1 1-1 2–2 Newton Heath 3–1 3–0 4–0 3–1 5–3 3–3 10–1 1–1 3–3 5–0 1–1 Nottingham Forest 4–0 3–0 5–1 7–0 5–0 3–3 0–0 3–0 2–0 5–1 1–1 Small Heath 4–0 2–2 4–1 3–1 3–1 3–0 4–0 3–2 1–2 4–1 1–1 Walsall Town Swifts 2–2 1-3 7-0 2-3 3-1 2-0 2-0 1–4 3–0 3–4 2–1 The Wednesday 2–0 4–0 4–1 5–2 4–1 4–2 7–2 2–4 3–1 6–3 4–0 complete Election to the Football League Two new clubs were elected to the Football League in the re-election process. West Bromwich Albion, although finishing in the bottom four teams of the Football League, were not required to seek re-election as they were the FA Cup holders. Two of the other three teams were duly re-elected. As a result, three new teams were elected to the League. The voting went as follows:https://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/NonLeagueTables/FA1891-92.htm Football Alliance 1891/92 footballsite.co.uk 13 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20200821030132/http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/NonLeagueTables/FA1891-92.htm 21 August 2020 live When a second division was later added to the league, Darwen were elected to participate, along with the remaining Football Alliance teams except for Birmingham St George's (who disbanded due to financial problems). TeamVotesResult The Wednesday 10 Elected to the League Nottingham Forest 9 Elected to the League Accrington 7 Re-elected to the League Stoke 6 Re-elected to the League Newton Heath 6 Elected to the League Sheffield United 5 Not elected to the League Darwen 4 Not re-elected to the League Burton Swifts 1 Not elected to the League Newcastle East End 1 Not elected to the League Middlesbrough / Middlesbrough Ironopolis (combined) 1 Not elected to the League Liverpool Caledonian 0 Not elected to the League See also 1891-92 in English football 1891 in association football 1892 in association football References 1891–92 Alliance