The 1890–91 Football Alliance was the second season of the
Football Alliance
The Football Alliance was an association football league in England which ran for three seasons, from 1889–90 to 1891–92.
History
In 1888, the same year the Football League was founded, The Combination was established by clubs who had been ...
, an
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
league which was set up in England as an alternative to the
Football League, which had begun in the
1888–89 season.
Stoke
Stoke is a common place name in the United Kingdom.
Stoke may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
The largest city called Stoke is Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. See below.
Berkshire
* Stoke Row, Berkshire
Bristol
* Stoke Bishop
* Stok ...
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
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an offshoot of ...
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
Sunderland Albion Football Club was an English association football club based in Sunderland, England, formed in 1888 and disbanded in 1892. The club was reformed in 2020 but has as of 2023 ceased operations again.
Summary
Sunderland Albion ...
on the last day of the season failed to lift Wednesday off the foot of the table.
At the end of the season, Stoke were elected back to the Football League along with sixth-placed
Darwen
Darwen is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners".
The A666 road passes through Darwen towards Blackburn to the north, Bolton to the s ...
, while
Sunderland Albion
Sunderland Albion Football Club was an English association football club based in Sunderland, England, formed in 1888 and disbanded in 1892. The club was reformed in 2020 but has as of 2023 ceased operations again.
Summary
Sunderland Albion ...
left to join the
Northern League.
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Final league table
Results
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:
See also
* 1890–91 in English football
The 1890–91 season was the 20th season of competitive football in England.
Events
Everton started the 1890–91 season in superb form with five straight victories, with Fred Geary scoring in each of the first six matches. By mid-January, E ...
* 1890 in association football
* 1891 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 1891 throughout the world.
Events
* Royal Arsenal turn professional, renaming themselves Woolwich Arsenal in the process.
Clubs founded in 1891 Denmark
*Vejle Boldklub
England
* Har ...
References
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