1889–90 Football League

The Football League
Season1889–90
ChampionsPreston North End
2nd English title
Matches played132
Goals scored611 (4.63 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Ross
(24 goals)[1]
Biggest home winPreston North End 10–0 Stoke
(14 September 1889)
Biggest away winAccrington 1–8 Notts County
(12 October 1889)
Highest scoringPreston North End 10–0 Stoke
(14 September 1889)
Blackburn Rovers 9–1 Notts County
(16 November 1889)
Wolverhampton Wanderers 9–1 Burnley
(7 December 1889)
Longest winning run6 matches
Everton
Preston North End
Longest unbeaten run7 matches
Accrington
Blackburn Rovers
Preston North End
Longest losing run10 matches
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 remained until three points for a win were awarded beginning with the 1981–82 season.

Final league table

During the first five seasons of the league (until the 1893–94 season), the re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league.[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Relegation
1 Preston North End 22 15 3 4 71 30 2.367 33 League Champions
2 Everton 22 14 3 5 65 40 1.625 31
3 Blackburn Rovers 22 12 3 7 78 41 1.902 27 FA Cup Winners
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 22 10 5 7 51 38 1.342 25
5 West Bromwich Albion 22 11 3 8 47 50 0.940 25
6 Accrington 22 9 6 7 53 56 0.946 24
7 Derby County 22 9 3 10 43 55 0.782 21
8 Aston Villa 22 7 5 10 43 51 0.843 19
9 Bolton Wanderers 22 9 1 12 54 65 0.831 19
10 Notts County 22 6 5 11 43 51 0.843 17 Re-elected
11 Burnley 22 4 5 13 36 65 0.554 13
12 Stoke 22 3 4 15 27 69 0.391 10 Not re-elected
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

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 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 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 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
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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[3] and Rothmans.[2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

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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]

Attendances

Everton FC drew the highest average home attendance in the second edition of the Football League.

# Football club Home games Average attendance[5]
1 Everton FC 11 10,110
2 Preston North End 11 7,650
3 Blackburn Rovers 11 7,205
4 Aston Villa 11 5,870
5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 11 5,530
6 Burnley FC 11 5,400
7 Bolton Wanderers 11 5,325
8 West Bromwich Albion 11 4,870
9 Derby County 11 3,900
10 Notts County 11 3,400
11 Stoke City 11 3,275
12 Accrington FC 11 3,055

See also

References

  1. ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
  2. ^ a b Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
  3. ^ "England 1889-90". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  4. ^ footballsite.co.uk
  5. ^ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1890.htm
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