1889–90 Football Alliance

Football Alliance 1889–90 The Wednesday Dropped out Long Eaton Rangers 131 652 1890–91 The 1889–90 Football Alliance was the first 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. A proposal that the Football League be expanded to 24 teams was rejected, so a new league was formed to cater for those excluded. Twelve clubs were accepted for membership,'Cover-point' Cricket & Football Notes Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 8 14 May 1889 The rejected applicants for admission to the Football League did not lose much time in making other arrangements, which have resulted in the formation of another league under the title of the Football Alliance. This entirely destroys the badly managed Football Combination of last season, and also seriously interferes with the proposed organisation of the Northern and Midland Counties Leagues. the same number as in the Football League, and they were drawn from a similar geographical area, stretching from the Midlands to the North West, but also further east in Sheffield, Grimsby and Sunderland.http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/early/1889.htm 1889–90 The Owl Football Historian Andrew Drake https://web.archive.org/web/20121011235206/http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/early/1889.htm 11 October 2012 Two points were awarded for a win and one point for a draw, each team played every other team once at home and once away from home. The Wednesday were the first champions; after hitting an eight-match winning run which started in November, they found themselves at the top of the league by the end of December, and remained there for the rest of the season. Long Eaton Rangers finished last of the 12 clubs and dropped out to join the Midland Football League. Final league table main WDL 5 QR 2 yes WED The Wednesday BOO Bootle SUA Sunderland Albion GRI Grimsby Town CRE Crewe Alexandra DRW Darwen BSG Birmingham St George's NWH Newton Heath LYR WAL Walsall Town Swifts SMH Small Heath NOT Nottingham Forest LER Long Eaton Rangers 15 2 5 70 39 13 2 7 66 39 12 2 7 64 39 2 12 2 8 58 47 11 2 9 68 59 10 2 10 70 75 9 3 9 62 49 9 2 11 40 44 8 3 11 44 59 6 5 11 44 67 6 5 11 31 62 4 2 16 35 73 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. SUA C yellow C #FFCCCC Left and joined the Midland League DRP 1) points; 2) goal average. complete https://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/NonLeagueTables/FA1889-90.htm Football Alliance 1889/90 footballsite.co.uk 13 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20200821011410/http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/NonLeagueTables/FA1889-90.htm 21 August 2020 Results main FBR grey BSG BOO CRE DRW GRI LER NWH NOT SMH SUA WAL WED Birmingham St George's 5–1 2–0 4–4 3–3 2–1 5–1 1–3 4–1 5-3 0–2 Bootle 5–1 6-1 7–1 2–1 5-0 4–1 2–0 6–0 3-1 5-1 4–1 Crewe Alexandra 4–2 7–3 3–5 6–0 7–4 2–2 1–1 6–2 2-5 2–3 2–0 Darwen 3-7 3-1 3–2 3–0 3-5 4–1 9–0 4–2 4–4 6–3 4–3 Grimsby Town 5–4 3–2 3–1 7–3 4–1 7–0 4–0 4–0 1–2 4–0 0–4 Long Eaton Rangers 1–5 2-3 1-4 1–2 2–3 0–3 5–3 0–2 1-1 3-2 2–0 Newton Heath LYR 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 3–0 0–1 9–1 4–1 2–1 1–2 Nottingham Forest 2–2 2–2 2–5 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–3 Small Heath 3–2 2–2 0–2 6–2 3–1 3–1 1–1 12–0 1–3 0–2 2–2 Sunderland Albion 3–1 1-2 5–1 5–1 4–0 5-2 2–0 4–0 6–1 6-2 2–3 Walsall Town Swifts 2–1 1-0 3–4 5–3 2–2 3-1 4–0 1–3 1–1 3-2 2–2 The Wednesday 0–5 2–1 6–4 4–1 4–3 9–1 3–1 3–1 9–1 4–1 4–0 When this match was originally played, Birmingham St George's beat Sunderland Albion 5–3. However, the Alliance ruled that the referee had not been properly appointed and ordered the match to be replayed. St George's refused, and the two points were awarded to Sunderland Albion. complete The Football Alliance Match by Match: 1889/90 to 1891/92 Mick Blakeman Tony Brown Keith Warsop SoccerData Nottingham 15–27 2009 978-1-905891-19-1 Stadia and locations England right 369 Locations of the 1889–90 Football Alliance teams England 52.487 -1.954 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 52.47 -1.855 right England 54.914 -1.388200 right England 52.58 -1.97 right England 53.38 -1.47 right England 52.90 -1.27 right Birmingham St George's Bootle Crewe Alexandra Darwen Grimsby Town Newton Heath LYR (Manchester) Nottingham Forest Small Heath (Birmingham) Sunderland Albion Walsall Town Swifts The Wednesday (Sheffield) Long Eaton Rangers Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity Birmingham St George's Birmingham Cape Hillhttp://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36185 Victoria County History Greenslade, M.W. Baggs, A.P. Baugh, G.C. Johnston, D.A. amp Smethwick: Social life A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 17: Offlow hundred (part) 1976 134–136 https://web.archive.org/web/20131221104010/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36185 21 December 2013 live Bootle Bootle Hawthorne Road Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Recreation GroundSimon Inglis Simon Inglis Football Grounds of Britain 1985 3rd 140 1996 CollinsWillow London 978-0-00-218426-7 Darwen Darwen Barley Bank 12,500http://www.darwenfc.com/_pages/barley_bank.htm Barley Bank Darwen F.C. 25 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20110807063626/http://www.darwenfc.com/_pages/barley_bank.htm 7 August 2011 Grimsby Town Grimsby Abbey ParkInglis, p. 176. 10,000 Newton Heath Newton Heath North Road 12,000 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Gregory Ground, LentonInglis, p. 273. Small Heath Birmingham Coventry RoadInglis, p. 44. Sunderland Albion Sunderland Blue House Field, HendonInglis, p. 350. Walsall Town Swifts Walsall The ChuckeryInglis, p. 376. The Wednesday Sheffield Olive GroveInglis, p. 326. Long Eaton Rangers Long Eaton Recreation GroundThe Football Alliance. Long Eaton Rangers v. Crewe Alexandra. The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 23 September 1889 7 Team kits These were the kits worn by the teams that season. _blackborder _collarblack_laced _blackborder FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 000000 Birmingham St George's _black_stripes_thin1 _blackstripes_thin4 _black_stripes_thin1 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000066 000066 Bootle _collar FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000066 000066 Crewe Alexandra _thin_black_hoops _inch_blackhoops _thin_black_hoops FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 Darwen _skyblueborder _lightbluehalf _claretborder B21232 B21232 00B8DF FFFFFF B21232 Grimsby Town _redhalf FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF 000066 000066 Newton Heath _collar FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 Nottingham Forest _orange_border _Roma1 _orange_border 000000 000000 000000 FFFFFF 000000 Small HeathFFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000066 000066 Sunderland Albion B21232 B21232 B21232 FFFFFF B21232 Walsall Town Swifts _blueborder _bluehalf FFFFFF FFFFFF 0000FF 000066 000066 The Wednesday _redborder _collarred _redborder ffffff ffffff ffffff 000000 000000 Long Eaton Rangers The Football League election process At the Football League election meeting no vote was taken, but it was agreed that Burnley and Notts County were re-elected to the Football League and that Sunderland was elected to join the League in place of Stoke, who would play in the Football Alliance the following season. The applications of Football Alliance sides Bootle, Darwen, Grimsby Town, Newton Heath and Sunderland Albion to join the League were rejected. See also 1889–90 in English football 1889 in association football 1890 in association football References 1889–90 Alliance