1890–91 Football Alliance

October 2016 December 2023 Football Alliance 1890–91 Stoke ? Sunderland Albion – Walsall Town Swifts 11–1 Crewe Alexandra – Nottingham Forest 0–7 Sunderland Albion – Walsall Town Swifts 11–1 132 630 1889–90 1891–92 The 1890–91 Football Alliance was the second 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. 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.http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/early/1890.htm 1890–91 The Owl Football Historian Andrew Drake https://web.archive.org/web/20121022152919/http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/early/1890.htm 22 October 2012 At the end of the season, Stoke were elected back to the Football League along with sixth-placed Darwen, while Sunderland Albion left to join the Northern League. Final league table England right 369 Locations of the 1890–91 Football Alliance teams England 52.48 -2.00 right England 53.44 -2.99 right England 53.099 -2.44 right England 53.698 -2.461 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 53.47 -2.23 right England 53.015 -1.13 right England 52.48 -1.91 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 54.914 -1.388200 right England 52.58 -1.98 right England 53.38 -1.47 right Birmingham St George's Bootle Crewe Alexandra Darwen Grimsby Town Newton Heath (Manchester) Nottingham Forest Small Heath Stoke Sunderland Albion Walsall Town Swifts The Wednesday (Sheffield) main WDL 5 QR 2 yes STK Stoke SUA Sunderland Albion GRI Grimsby Town BSG Birmingham St George's NOT Nottingham Forest DRW Darwen E WAL Walsall Town Swifts CRE Crewe Alexandra NWH Newton Heath SMH Small Heath BOO Bootle WED The Wednesday 13 7 2 57 39 12 6 4 69 28 11 5 6 43 27 12 2 8 64 62 9 7 6 66 39 -2 10 3 9 64 59 9 3 10 34 61 8 4 10 59 67 7 3 12 37 55 7 2 13 58 66 3 7 12 40 61 4 5 13 39 66 Nottingham Forest were deducted two points for fielding an unregistered player. CE Elected to the Football League #FFCCCC Left to join the Northern League LFT green1 Elected to the Football League EL EL 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 28–40 2009 978-1-905891-19-1 Results main FBR grey BSG BOO CRE DRW GRI NWH NOT SMH STK SUA WAL WED Birmingham St George's 5–1 4–2 1–0 2–0 6–1 6–3 5–4 5–2 1–4 1–2 5–3 Bootle 4–4 1–1 0–1 0–0 5–0 1–5 1–1 2–2 3–3 6–1 5–0 Crewe Alexandra 1–4 8–3 2–1 4–3 0–1 0–7 6–2 2–4 2–2 1–2 2–0 Darwen 5–2 3–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 4–4 5–3 3–3 5–1 9–0 7–1 Grimsby Town 5–2 1–0 3–3 4–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 Newton Heath 1–3 2–1 6–3 4–2 3–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–5 3–3 1–1 Nottingham Forest 4–0 7–0 5–2 5–2 1–1 8–2 4–5 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 Small Heath 1–4 7–1 4–3 3–4 1–2 2–1 4–2 5–1 0–3 0–1 7–1 Stoke 6–3 2–1 2–2 6–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 5–1 Sunderland Albion 8–0 4–1 7–0 5–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 11–1 3–1 Walsall Town Swifts 1–1 3–2 1–6 2–3 0–1 2–1 3–2 5–2 1–3 2–0 2–1 The Wednesday 4–0 1–1 4–6 7–3 2–1 1–2 0–2 3–3 2–4 4–2 2–2 complete 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:http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/NonLeagueTables/FA1890-91.htm Football Alliance 1890/91 footballsite.co.uk 13 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20131014092253/http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/NonLeagueTables/FA1890-91.htm 14 October 2013 live 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 See also 1890–91 in English football 1890 in association football 1891 in association football References 1890–91 Alliance