Football League 1889/90

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Football League 1889/90
Football League logo until 1988
master Preston North End
Cup winners Blackburn Rovers
Relegated none
Teams 12
Games 132
Gates 611  (ø 4.63 per game)
Top scorer Nick Ross ( Preston North End ) / Jack Southworth ( Blackburn Rovers )
← Football League 1888/89

The Football League 1889/90 was the second season of the highest English football league . It began on September 7, 1889 and ended on March 31, 1890.

Preston North End defended last year's title and won the second English championship in the club's history with two points ahead of Everton . From the Football League had to say goodbye after the end of the season of Stoke , which was replaced by AFC Sunderland from the Football Alliance .

A total of 255 players were used, with Accrington FC having the fewest with 17 and Burnley FC having the most players in league games with 26. 109 newcomers opposed 86 footballers who last came into play in the 1889/90 season. 29 players were able to play all 22 league games of their club.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Preston North End (M, P)  22nd  15th  3  4th 071:300 2.37 33:11
 2. Everton FC  22nd  14th  3  5 065:400 1.63 31:13
 3. Blackburn Rovers  22nd  12  3  7th 078:410 1.90 27:17
 4th Wolverhampton Wanderers  22nd  10  5  7th 051:380 1.34 25:19
 5. West Bromwich Albion  22nd  11  3  8th 047:500 0.94 25:19
 6th Accrington FC  22nd  9  6th  7th 053:560 0.95 24:20
 7th Derby County  22nd  9  3  10 043:550 0.78 21:23
 8th. Aston Villa  22nd  7th  5  10 043:510 0.84 19:25
 9. Bolton Wanderers  22nd  9  1  12 054:650 0.83 19:25
10. Notts County  22nd  6th  5  11 043:510 0.84 17:27
11. Burnley FC  22nd  4th  5  13 036:650 0.55 13:31
12. FC Stoke  22nd  3  4th  15th 027:690 0.39 10:34
  • English master 1889/90: Preston North End
  • not re-elected: FC Stoke
    • (M) English master 1888/89
    (P) FA Cup winner 1888/89

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    ACC AST BLA BOL BUR OF THE EVE NOC PNE STO WBA WOL
    Accrington FC 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 2: 1
    Blackburn Rovers 3: 2 7-0 7: 1 7: 1 4: 2 2: 4 9: 1 3: 4 8-0 5-0 4: 3
    Bolton Wanderers 2: 4 2-0 3: 2 2: 2 7: 1 3: 4 0: 4 2: 6 5-0 7-0 4: 1
    Burnley FC 2: 2 2: 6 1: 2 7-0 2-0 0: 1 3-0 0: 3 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 FC 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 1: 1 3: 1 6-0 5-0 1: 2 4: 3 10-0 5-0 0: 2
    FC Stoke 7: 1 1: 1 0: 3 0: 1 3: 4 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 1: 2 1: 3 2: 1
    West Bromwich Albion 4: 1 3-0 3: 2 6: 3 6: 1 2: 3 4: 1 4: 2 2: 2 2: 1 1: 4
    Wolverhampton Wanderers 2: 1 1: 1 2: 4 5: 1 9: 1 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 0: 1 2: 2 1: 1

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates Games
    1 ScotlandScotland Nick Ross Preston North End 22nd 20th
    = EnglandEngland Jack Southworth Blackburn Rovers = 22nd
    3 EnglandEngland Fred Geary Everton FC 21st 18th
    4th ScotlandScotland Jimmy Ross Preston North End 19th 21st
    5 EnglandEngland Tom Pearson West Bromwich Albion 17th 22nd
    6th ScotlandScotland Jimmy Oswald Notts County 15th 19th
    = ScotlandScotland Harry Campbell Blackburn Rovers = 22nd
    = EnglandEngland David Wykes Wolverhampton Wanderers = 22nd
    9 ScotlandScotland Sandy Higgins Derby County 14th 21st
    = EnglandEngland Nat Walton Blackburn Rovers = 21st

    The Preston North End championship team

    The following table lists all players who played in a league game for Preston North End during the 1889/90 season. It must be noted that in English football a minimum number of games is usually required in order to receive the official championship medal. Since there was uncertainty about the specific regulation before the introduction of the Premier League, all players who presumably did not receive a championship medal due to their low contribution were marked with an asterisk (*). The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

    1. Preston North End
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    Fred Dewhurst * (6/0) | Geordie Drummond (18/10) | Jack Gordon (22/5) | Johnny Graham (17/0) | Frederick Gray * (1/1) | Charles Heaton * (2/1) | Billy Hendry * (1/0) | Bob Holmes (18/0) | Bob Howarth (21/0) | Jock Inglis * (2/1) | William Johnstone * (2/0) | Bob Kelso (20/0) | Charles Pauls * (3/0) | Sandy Robertson * (7/0) | Nick Ross (20/22) | Jimmy Ross (21/19) | Dave Russell (21/4) | Sammy Thomson (18/7) | James Trainer (22/0).

    • Trainer: none

    Election procedure

    The rules of the Football League stipulated that the four worst-placed teams had to stand for re-election at the end of the season. Voting took place at the annual general meeting of the Football League, at which new admissions were also decided. Because of an error in the goal difference of the Bolton Wanderers Aston Villa was originally fourth from last, but was exempt from re-election because the goal quotient was only hundredths of a point worse than the Bolton Wanderers. The following vote ensured that Stoke FC was no longer allowed to play in the Football League in the following season 1890/91, unlike the third and penultimate Notts County and Burnley FC and was replaced by Sunderland AFC .

    society Result
    Notts County re-elected
    Burnley FC re-elected
    FC Stoke not re-elected
    Sunderland AFC newly recorded
    FC Bootle not elected
    FC Darwen not elected
    Grimsby Town not elected
    Newton Heath not elected
    Sunderland Albion not elected

    Change of players during the season

    player from club Games to club Games
    Walter Cox Burnley FC 14th Everton FC 4th
    Billy Hendry FC Stoke 14th Preston North End 1

    Special occurrences

    • Sandy Higgins scored five goals for Derby County against Aston Villa on December 28, 1889.
    • Notts County was the only team to score at least one goal in every game.

    literature

    • Michael Joyce: Football League Players' Records, 1888 to 1939. SoccerData, Beeston 2002, ISBN 1-899468-63-3 .
    • Ian Rigby, Mike Payne: Proud Preston. Preston North End's one hundred Seasons of Football League History. Carnegie, Lancaster 1999, ISBN 1-85936-071-8 .

    References and footnotes

    1. ^ Cross table of the English Football League First Division 1889/1890 (Fussballdaten.de)