1889–90 Football League

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The Football League
Season1889–90
ChampionsPreston North End
(2nd successive English title)
RelegatedStoke
FA Cup winnersBlackburn Rovers (4th FA Cup title)
Matches played132
Goals scored611 (4.63 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Ross (Preston North End), 24 [1]
Biggest home winPreston North End – Stoke 10–0 (14 Sept 1889)
Biggest away winAccrington – Notts County 1–8 (12 Oct 1889)
Highest scoringPreston North End – Stoke 10–0 (14 Sept 1889)
Blackburn Rovers – Notts County 9–1 (16 Nov 1889)
Wolverhampton – Burnley 9–1 (7 Dec 1889)
Longest winning run6 – Everton and Preston North End
Longest unbeaten run7 – Preston North End (twice), Accrington and Blackburn Rovers
Longest losing run10 – Stoke
Average attendance5,466

The 1889–90 Football League was the second season of English league football, with Preston North End 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[]

The table below is reproduced here in the exact form that it can be found at the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[2] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[3] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season. Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95.

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.[3]

Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Preston North End 22 8 1 2 41 12 7 2 2 30 18 2.367 33 League Champions
2 Everton 22 8 2 1 40 15 6 1 4 25 25 1.625 31
3 Blackburn Rovers 22 9 0 2 59 18 3 3 5 19 23 1.902 27 FA Cup Winners
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 22 6 3 2 28 14 4 2 5 23 24 1.342 25
5 West Bromwich Albion 22 8 1 2 37 20 3 2 6 10 30 0.940 25
6 Accrington 22 6 4 1 33 25 3 2 6 20 31 0.946 24
7 Derby County 22 8 2 1 32 13 1 1 9 11 42 0.782 21
8 Aston Villa 22 6 2 3 30 15 1 3 7 13 36 0.843 19[a]
9 Bolton Wanderers 22 6 1 4 37 24 3 0 8 17 41 0.831 19[a]
10 Notts County 22 4 3 4 20 19 2 2 7 23 32 0.843 17 Re-elected
11 Burnley 22 3 1 7 20 21 1 4 6 16 44 0.554 13
12 Stoke 22 2 3 6 18 20 1 1 9 9 49 0.391 10 Failed re-election[b]
Source:[citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Aston Villa and Bolton Wanderers finished equal on 19 points and it was agreed that neither would need to face re-election.
  2. ^ Not re-elected, joined Football Alliance. Sunderland elected in their place.

Results[]

Home \ Away ACC AST BLB BOL BUR DER EVE NTC PNE STK WBA WOL
Accrington 4–2 2–2 3–1 2–2 6–1 5–3 1–8 2–2 2–1 0–0 6–3
Aston Villa 1–2 3–0 1–2 2–2 7–1 1–2 1–1 5–3 6–1 1–0
Blackburn Rovers 3–2 7–0 7–1 4–2 2–4 9–1 8–0 5–0 4–3
Bolton Wanderers 2–4 2–0 7–1 3–4 0–4 5–0 7–0 4–1
Burnley 2–2 2–6 1–2 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–3 1–2 1–2
Derby County 2–3 5–0 4–0 3–2 4–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 3–3
Everton 2–2 7–0 3–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 5–3 1–5 8–0 5–1 1–1
Notts County 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–5 1–1 3–1 4–3 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–2
Preston North End 3–1 3–2 5–0 1–2 4–3 10–0 5–0 0–2
Stoke 7–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 3–4 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2
West Bromwich Albion 4–1 3–0 3–2 6–3 6–1 2–3 4–1 4–2 2–2 1–4
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 2–4 5–1 9–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[2] and Rothmans.[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps[]

Locations of the Football League teams

Re-election process[]

At the Football League election meeting no vote was taken, and it was agreed that Burnley and Notts County were re-elected and that Sunderland was elected in place of Stoke, who played in the Football Alliance the following season but returned to the Football League after a year's absence.

The applications of Football Alliance sides Bootle, Darwen, Grimsby Town, Newton Heath and Sunderland Albion were rejected.[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "England 1889-90". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
  4. ^ footballsite.co.uk

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