1890–91 Football League

3rd season of the Football League March 2026 The Football League 1890–91 Everton1st English title Jack Southworth(26 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 Derby County 9–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers(10 January 1891) Blackburn Rovers 1–7 Notts County(14 March 1891) Derby County 8–5 Blackburn Rovers(6 September 1890) 132 554 6,413 1889–90 1891–92 The 1890–91 Football League 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 not been re-elected to the football league, so joined the rival Football Alliance. They were replaced with Sunderland, who were nicknamed "the team of all talents" at the time. Final league table The table below is reproduced here in the exact form that it can be found at the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation websitehttps://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1890-91.html England 1890–91 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-02-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20100324114027/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1890-91.html 24 March 2010 live and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. with home and away statistics separated. Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season. Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95. During the first five seasons of the league, that is until the season 1893–94 re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. main WDL First Division Q 5 y 2 EVE Everton PNE Preston North End NTC Notts County WOL Wolverhampton Wanderers BOL Bolton Wanderers BLB Blackburn Rovers SUN Sunderland BUR Burnley AST Aston Villa ACC Accrington DER Derby County WBA West Bromwich Albion 14 1 7 63 29 12 3 7 44 23 11 4 7 52 35 12 2 8 39 50 12 1 9 47 34 11 2 9 52 43 10 5 7 51 31 -2 9 3 10 52 63 7 4 11 45 58 6 4 12 28 50 7 1 14 47 81 5 2 15 34 57 Sunderland were deducted two points for fielding an unregistered player.Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71, p. 233. The Queen Anne Press Limited, London, 1970. C yellow LC red2 Re-elected REE REE REE REE complete Results main FBR grey ACC AST BLB BOL BUR DER EVE NTC PNE SUN WBA WOL Accrington 1–3 0–4 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–2 3–2 1–3 4–1 1–0 1–2 Aston Villa 3–1 2–2 5–0 4–4 4–0 2–2 3–2 0–1 0–0 0–4 6–2 Blackburn Rovers 0–0 5–1 0–2 5–2 8–0 2–1 1–7 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–3 Bolton Wanderers 6–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–5 4–2 1–0 2–5 7–1 6–0 Burnley 2–0 2–1 1–6 1–2 6–1 3–2 0–1 6–2 3–3 5–4 4–2 Derby County 1–2 5–4 8–5 1–1 2–4 2–6 3–1 1–3 3–1 3–1 9–0 Everton 3–2 5–0 3–1 2–0 7–3 7–0 4–2 0–1 1–0 2–3 5–0 Notts County 5–0 7–1 1–2 3–1 4–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 Preston North End 1–1 4–1 1–2 1–0 7–0 6–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 5–1 Sunderland 2–2 5–1 3–1 2–0 2–3 5–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 1–1 3–4 West Bromwich Albion 5–1 0–3 1–0 2–4 3–1 3–4 1–4 1–1 1–3 0–4 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 5–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–3 4–0 the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and Rothmans. Team locations England none 500 Locations of the Football League 1890–91 teams England 53.75 -2.36 Accrington bottom England 52.51 -1.88 Aston Villa right England 53.75 -2.48 Blackburn Rovers top England 53.59 -2.56 Bolton Wanderers bottom England 53.79 -2.25 Burnley right England 52.92 -1.476 Derby County top England 53.44 -2.97 Everton left England 52.942 -1.137 Notts County right England 53.75 -2.7 Preston North End left England 54.914 -1.388 Sunderland bottom England 52.509 -1.964 West Bromwich Albion bottom England 52.59 -2.13 Wolverhampton Wanderers left Re-election process 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:http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/NonLeagueTables/FA1890-91.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20131014092253/http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/NonLeagueTables/FA1890-91.htm dead Footballsite - Football Alliance table 1890/91 Oct 14, 2013 Footballsite.co.uk July 31, 2026 TeamVotesResult 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 Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1891.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk July 31, 2026 No. Club Average 1 Everton FC 11,375 2 Blackburn Rovers FC 7,805 3 Burnley FC 7,580 4 Notts County FC 7,580 5 Preston North End FC 7,225 6 Bolton Wanderers FC 7,190 7 Aston Villa FC 6,240 8 Sunderland AFC 5,950 9 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 5,845 10 West Bromwich Albion FC 3,920 11 Derby County FC 3,270 12 Accrington FC 2,980 References See also 1890–91 Football League kits 1890–91 in English football 1890 in association football 1891 in association football 1890–91 League