Football League 1890/91

Football League 1890/91
master	Everton FC
Cup winners	Blackburn Rovers
Relegated	none
Teams	12
Games	132
Gates	554  (ø 4.2 per game)
Top scorer	Jack Southworth ( Blackburn Rovers )
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The Football League 1890/91 was the third season of the highest English football league . It began on September 6, 1890 and ended on April 18, 1891.

The Everton won with two points ahead of defending champion Preston North End for the first time in club history the English Championship. Newcomer Sunderland AFC remained like all other clubs in the league; Ultimately, there were no relegated players. After the increase from 12 to 14 clubs in the following season with FC Stoke and FC Darwen, two clubs from the Football Alliance should be added .

A total of 287 players were used, with AFC Sunderland with 16 the fewest and Accrington FC with 27 the most players in league games. There were 105 newcomers to 69 footballers who last played in the 1890/91 season. 28 players were able to play all 22 league games of their club.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points	EgS
1.	Everton FC	22nd	14th	1	7th	063:290	2.17	29:15	20th
2.	Preston North End (M)	22nd	12	3	7th	044:230	1.91	27:17	20th
3.	Notts County	22nd	11	4th	7th	052:350	1.49	26:18	17th
4th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22nd	12	2	8th	039:500	0.78	26:18	18th
5.	Bolton Wanderers	22nd	12	1	9	047:340	1.38	25:19	18th
6th	Blackburn Rovers (P)	22nd	11	2	9	052:430	1.21	24:20	20th
7th	Sunderland AFC (N) 1	22nd	10	5	7th	051:310	1.65	23:21	16
8th.	Burnley FC	22nd	9	3	10	052:630	0.83	21:23	24
9.	Aston Villa	22nd	7th	4th	11	045:580	0.78	18:26	21st
10.	Accrington FC	22nd	6th	4th	12	028:500	0.56	16:28	27
11.	Derby County	22nd	7th	1	14th	047:810	0.58	15:29	23
12.	West Bromwich Albion	22nd	5	2	15th	034:570	0.60	12:32	23

¹Sunderland AFC were deducted two points after the club had used a player with Ned Doig on September 12, 1890 , before he was officially eligible to play.

English champions: Everton FC

(M)	English master 1889/90 : Preston North End
(P)	FA Cup winner 1889/90: Blackburn Rovers
(N)	Newcomer 1889/90 : Sunderland AFC
EgS	used players

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

	ACC	AST	BLA	BOL	BUR	OF THE	EVE	NOC	PNE	SUN	WBA	WOL
Accrington FC		1: 3	0: 4	2: 1	1: 1	4-0	1: 2	3: 2	1: 3	4: 1	1-0	1: 2
Aston Villa	3: 1		2: 2	5-0	4: 4	4-0	2: 2	3: 2	0: 1	0-0	0: 4	6: 2
Blackburn Rovers	0-0	5: 1		0: 2	5: 2	8-0	2: 1	1: 7	1-0	3: 2	2: 1	2: 3
Bolton Wanderers	6-0	4-0	2-0		1-0	3: 1	0: 5	4: 2	1-0	2: 5	7: 1	6-0
Burnley FC	2-0	2: 1	1: 6	1: 2		6: 1	3: 2	0: 1	6: 2	3: 3	5: 4	4: 2
Derby County	1: 2	5: 4	8: 5	1: 1	2: 4		2: 6	3: 1	1: 3	3: 1	3: 1	9-0
Everton FC	3: 2	5-0	3: 1	2-0	7: 3	7-0		4: 2	0: 1	1-0	2: 3	5-0
Notts County	5-0	7: 1	1: 2	3: 1	4-0	2: 1	3: 1		2: 1	2: 1	3: 2	1: 1
Preston North End	1: 1	4: 1	1: 2	1-0	7-0	6-0	2-0	0-0		0-0	3-0	5: 1
Sunderland AFC	2: 2	5: 1	3: 1	2-0	2: 3	5: 1	1-0	4-0	3-0		1: 1	3: 4
West Bromwich Albion	5: 1	0: 3	1-0	2: 4	3: 1	3: 4	1: 4	1: 1	1: 3	0: 4		0: 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-0	2: 1	2-0	1-0	3: 1	5: 1	0: 1	1: 1	2-0	0: 3	4-0

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates	Games
1	Jack Southworth	Blackburn Rovers	26th	18th
2	Fred Geary	Everton FC	20th	22nd
3	Claude Lambie	Burnley FC	16	18th
=	Johnny Campbell	Sunderland AFC	=	21st
5	Alexander McLardie	Burnley FC	15th	17th
6th	Jimmy Oswald	Notts County	14th	22nd
7th	Jimmy Millar	Sunderland AFC	13	17th
=	John Goodall	Derby County	=	20th
=	Tom Pearson	West Bromwich Albion	=	22nd
10	Billy Locker	Notts County	12	21st
=	Alf Milward	Everton FC	=	22nd

The championship team of Everton FC

The following list lists all players who played in a league game for Everton during the 1890/91 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.

Everton FC

Jack Angus (11/0) | Alec Brady (21/9) | William Campbell (13/1) | Edgar Chadwick (22/10) | Dan Doyle (20/0) | Jack Elliott * (1/0) | Fred Geary (22/20) | Patrick Gordon * (3/0) | Andrew Hannah (20/0) | Johnny Holt (21/1) | David Jardine (10/0) ​​| Dan Kirkwood (19/1) | Alex Latta (10/4) | Alex Lochhead * (1/0) | Duncan McLean * (5/0) | Alf Milward (22/12) | Charlie Parry (13/0) | Hope Robertson * (3/1) | Robert Smalley * (1/0) | Tom Wylie * (4/4). Trainer: Dick Molyneux

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. The following distribution of votes ensured that FC Stoke and FC Darwen were accepted into the Football League for the 1891/92 season and that all four Football League teams that were positioned at the end of the league were retained:

society	# Be right	Result
Aston Villa	8th	re-elected
Accrington FC	8th	re-elected
FC Darwen	7th	newly recorded
FC Stoke	7th	newly recorded
Derby County	6th	re-elected
West Bromwich Albion	6th	re-elected
AFC Ardwick	4th	not elected
Nottingham Forest	1	not elected
Sunderland Albion	1	not elected
Newton Heath	0	not elected

Change of players during the season

No.

Special occurrences

• John McMillan scored five goals for Derby County against Wolverhampton Wanderers on January 10, 1891.

literature

• Michael Joyce: Football League Players' Records, 1888 to 1939. SoccerData, Beeston 2002, ISBN 1-899468-63-3 .
• Ian Ross, Gordon Smailes: Everton . A Complete Record 1878-1985. Breedon, Derby 1985, ISBN 0-907969-10-0 .

References and footnotes

1. ^ Cross table of the English Football League First Division 1890/1891 (Fussballdaten.de)