1889–90 Football League

2nd season of the Football League March 2026 The Football League 1889–90 Preston North End2nd English title Jimmy Ross(24 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 Preston North End 10–0 Stoke(14 September 1889) Accrington 1–8 Notts County(12 October 1889) Preston North End 10–0 Stoke(14 September 1889)Blackburn Rovers 9–1 Notts County(16 November 1889)Wolverhampton Wanderers 9–1 Burnley(7 December 1889) 132 611 6 matchesEvertonPreston North End 7 matchesAccringtonBlackburn RoversPreston North End 10 matchesStoke 5,466 1888–89 1890–91 The 1889–90 Football League was the second season of English league football, with Preston North End being crowned as the champions for the second successive season. The clubs competing were the 12 original clubs which were the founders of the league the previous year. Unlike the modern system, two points were awarded for a win, with one for a draw and no points for a loss; this system remained until three points for a win were awarded beginning with the 1981–82 season. Final league table During the first five seasons of the league (until the 1893–94 season), the re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league.Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. main WDL World Football PNE, EVE, BLA, WOL, WBA, AFC, DER, AVL, BOL, NTC, BUR, STK RET RET FRE complete 9 6 7 53 56 7 5 10 43 51 12 3 7 78 41 9 1 12 54 65 4 5 13 36 65 9 3 10 43 55 14 3 5 65 40 6 5 11 43 51 15 3 4 71 30 3 4 15 27 69 11 3 8 47 50 10 5 7 51 38 yellow LC C R Accrington Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Derby County Everton Notts County Preston North End Stoke West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored R red2 Re-elected red1 Failed re-election and demoted to the Football Alliance Results main FBR grey ACC AST BLB BOL BUR DER EVE NTC PNE STK WBA WOL Accrington 4–2 2–2 3–1 2–2 6–1 5–3 1–8 2–2 2–1 0–0 6–3 Aston Villa 1–2 3–0 1–2 2–2 7–1 1–2 1–1 5–3 6–1 1–0 2–1 Blackburn Rovers 3–2 7–0 7–1 7–1 4–2 2–4 9–1 3–4 8–0 5–0 4–3 Bolton Wanderers 2–4 2–0 3–2 2–2 7–1 3–4 0–4 2–6 5–0 7–0 4–1 Burnley 2–2 2–6 1–2 7–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 0–3 1–3 1–2 1–2 Derby County 2–3 5–0 4–0 3–2 4–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 3–3 Everton 2–2 7–0 3–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 5–3 1–5 8–0 5–1 1–1 Notts County 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–5 1–1 3–1 4–3 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–2 Preston North End 3–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 6–0 5–0 1–2 4–3 10–0 5–0 0–2 Stoke 7–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 3–4 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 West Bromwich Albion 4–1 3–0 3–2 6–3 6–1 2–3 4–1 4–2 2–2 2–1 1–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 1–1 2–4 5–1 9–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation websitehttps://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1889-90.html England 1889-90 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 12 March 2010 and Rothmans. Maps England none 369 Locations of the Football League teams England 53.75 -2.36 right England 52.51 -1.88 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 53.44 -2.97 right England 52.942 -1.137 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 52.509 -1.964 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Accrington Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Derby County Everton Notts County Preston North End Stoke West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers Re-election process At the Football League election meeting no vote was taken, and it was agreed that Burnley and Notts County were re-elected and that Sunderland was elected in place of Stoke, who played in the Football Alliance the following season but returned to the Football League after a year's absence. The applications of Football Alliance sides Bootle, Darwen, Grimsby Town, Newton Heath and Sunderland Albion were rejected.footballsite.co.uk Attendances Everton FC drew the highest average home attendance in the second edition of the Football League. { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendanceHistorical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1890.htm - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Everton FC 11 10,110 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Preston North End 11 7,650 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Blackburn Rovers 11 7,205 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Aston Villa 11 5,870 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Wolverhampton Wanderers 11 5,530 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Burnley FC 11 5,400 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bolton Wanderers 11 5,325 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count West Bromwich Albion 11 4,870 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Derby County 11 3,900 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Notts County 11 3,400 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Stoke FC 11 3,275 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Accrington FC 11 3,055 - } See also 1889–90 in English football 1889 in association football 1890 in association football References External links 1889–90 Football League kits http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?competitionid=5&seasonid=19 Final 1889/1890 English Division 1 (old) Table Soccerbase 2008-01-04 2013-09-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20130905002554/http://www.soccerbase.com/tournaments/tournament.sd?comp_id=5 dead https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1889-90.html England 1889-90 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-02-24 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. Association football 1889–90 League