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1889–90 Football Alliance

FieldValue
competitionFootball Alliance
season1889–90
winnersThe Wednesday
continentalcup1Dropped out
continentalcup1 qualifiersLong Eaton Rangers
matches131
total goals652
prevseason
nextseason[1890–91](1890-91-football-alliance)

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, 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.

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

Results

Stadia and locations

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

TeamLocationStadiumStadium capacity
Birmingham St George'sBirminghamCape Hill
BootleBootleHawthorne Road
Crewe AlexandraCreweAlexandra Recreation Ground
DarwenDarwenBarley Bank12,500
Grimsby TownGrimsbyAbbey Park10,000
Newton HeathNewton HeathNorth Road12,000
Nottingham ForestNottinghamGregory Ground, Lenton
Small HeathBirminghamCoventry Road
Sunderland AlbionSunderlandBlue House Field, Hendon
Walsall Town SwiftsWalsallThe Chuckery
The WednesdaySheffieldOlive Grove
Long Eaton RangersLong EatonRecreation Ground

Team kits

These were the kits worn by the teams that season.

{{Football kitpattern_la = _blackborderpattern_b = _collarblack_lacedpattern_ra = _blackborderleftarm=FFFFFFbody=FFFFFFrightarm=FFFFFFshorts=000000socks=000000title=Birmingham St George's{{Football kitpattern_la = _black_stripes_thin1pattern_b = _blackstripes_thin4pattern_ra = _black_stripes_thin1leftarm = FFFFFFbody = FFFFFFrightarm = FFFFFFshorts = 000066socks = 000066title = Bootle{{Football kitpattern_b = _collarleftarm = FFFFFFbody = FFFFFFrightarm = FFFFFFshorts = 000066socks = 000066title = Crewe Alexandra{{Football kitpattern_la = _thin_black_hoopspattern_b = _inch_blackhoopspattern_ra = _thin_black_hoopsleftarm = FFFFFFbody = FFFFFFrightarm = FFFFFFshorts = FFFFFFsocks = 000000title = Darwen{{Football kitpattern_la = _skyblueborderpattern_b = _lightbluehalfpattern_ra = _claretborderleftarm = B21232body = B21232rightarm = 00B8DFshorts = FFFFFFsocks = B21232title = Grimsby Town{{Football kitpattern_b = _redhalfleftarm = FF0000body = FFFFFFrightarm = FFFFFFshorts = 000066socks = 000066title = Newton Heath{{Football kitpattern_b = _collarleftarm = FF0000body = FF0000rightarm = FF0000shorts = FFFFFFsocks = FF0000title = Nottingham Forest{{Football kitpattern_la = _orange_borderpattern_b = _Roma1pattern_ra = _orange_borderleftarm = 000000body = 000000rightarm = 000000shorts = FFFFFFsocks = 000000title = Small Heath{{Football kitpattern_b=pattern_ra=leftarm=FFFFFFbody=FFFFFFrightarm=FFFFFFshorts = 000066socks = 000066title = Sunderland Albion{{Football kitpattern_b =leftarm = B21232body = B21232rightarm = B21232shorts = FFFFFFsocks = B21232title = Walsall Town Swifts{{Football kitpattern_la = _blueborderpattern_b = _bluehalfleftarm = FFFFFFbody = FFFFFFrightarm = 0000FFshorts = 000066socks = 000066title = The Wednesday{{Football kitpattern_la = _redborderpattern_b = _collarredpattern_ra = _redborderleftarm = ffffffbody = ffffffrightarm = ffffffshorts = 000000socks = 000000title = 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.

References

References

  1. 'Cover-point'. (14 May 1889). "Cricket & Football Notes". Sheffield & Rotherham Independent.
  2. "1889–90". Andrew Drake.
  3. "Football Alliance 1889/90".
  4. (2009). "The Football Alliance Match by Match: 1889/90 to 1891/92". SoccerData.
  5. (1976). "A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 17: Offlow hundred (part)". Victoria County History.
  6. Inglis, Simon. (1996). "Football Grounds of Britain". CollinsWillow.
  7. "Barley Bank". Darwen F.C..
  8. Inglis, p. 176.
  9. Inglis, p. 273.
  10. Inglis, p. 44.
  11. Inglis, p. 350.
  12. Inglis, p. 376.
  13. Inglis, p. 326.
  14. (23 September 1889). "The Football Alliance. Long Eaton Rangers v. Crewe Alexandra.". The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent.
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