1890–91 Football Alliance

The 1890–1891 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.[1]

At the end of the season Stoke were elected back to the Football League along with 6th placed Darwen, whilst Sunderland Albion left in order to join the Northern League.[1]

Final league table
Football Alliance
Season1890–91
ChampionsStoke
Matches played132
Goals scored630 (4.77 per match)
Top goalscorer?
Biggest home winSunderland Albion - Walsall Town Swifts 11-1
Biggest away winCrewe Alexandra - Nottingham Forest 0-7
Highest scoringSunderland Albion - Walsall Town Swifts 11-1
Longest winning run?
Longest unbeaten run?
Longest losing run?
Highest attendance?
Lowest attendance?
Average attendance?
Locations of the Football Alliance 1890–91 teams
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Stoke[lower-alpha 1] (E) 22 13 7 2 57 39 +18 33 Football Alliance Champions, elected to Football League
2 Sunderland Albion[lower-alpha 2] 22 12 6 4 69 28 +41 30
3 Grimsby Town 22 11 5 6 43 27 +16 27
4 Birmingham St George's 22 12 2 8 64 62 +2 26
5 Nottingham Forest 22 9 7 6 66 39 +27 25
6 Darwen (E) 22 10 3 9 64 59 +5 23 Elected to Football League
7 Walsall Town Swifts 22 9 3 10 34 61 −27 21
8 Crewe Alexandra 22 8 4 10 59 67 −8 20
9 Newton Heath 22 7 3 12 37 55 −18 17
10 Small Heath 22 7 2 13 58 66 −8 16
11 Bootle 22 3 7 12 40 61 −21 13
12 The Wednesday 22 4 5 13 39 66 −27 13
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(E) Elected to the Football League.
Notes:
  1. New club in the Alliance
  2. Left to join the Northern League

Results

Additional sources for The Wednesday,[1] Newton Heath,[2] Small Heath,[3] Stoke City and Nottingham Forest.

Home \ Away 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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [1]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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:[4]

Team Votes Result
Accrington8Re-elected to the League
Aston Villa8Re-elected to the League
Darwen7Elected to the League
Stoke7Elected to the League
Derby County6Re-elected to the League
West Bromwich Albion6Re-elected to the League
Ardwick4Not elected to the League
Nottingham Forest1Not elected to the League
Sunderland Albion1Not elected to the League
Newton Heath0Not elected to the League

See also

References
  1. "1889–90". The Owl Football Historian. Andrew Drake. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012.
  2. footballsite.co.uk Archived 9 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. footballsite.co.uk Archived 9 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  4. footballsite.co.uk Archived 14 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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