The

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– 90 Football League was the second season of English league

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, with

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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 was carried on until the 1980s when teams were awarded three points for a win.

Final league table

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.Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

Results

Maps

Re-election process

At the Football League election meeting no vote was taken, and it was agreed that

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and

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were re-elected and that

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was elected in place of

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, who played in the

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the following season but returned to the Football League after a year's absence. The applications of

sides

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and

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