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Aston Villa
1890–91 season
Manager	George Ramsay
Ground	Wellington Road
Football League	9th
FA Cup	Round 2
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1889–90 1891–92 →

Aston Villa had a disappointing^[opinion] 1890–91, their 3rd season, having finished ninth. They also had a poor season in the F.A. Cup going out in the second round against Stoke. As consolation Aston Villa won the 1890 National League of Baseball of Great Britain and remain National Baseball champions.

Aston Villa, now known exclusively as a football club, won the only professional baseball championship in 1890. The competition was hindered by poor weather and disappointing crowds and made a loss for its investors.^[1] Aston Villa's win was not without controversy, however, with both Aston Villa and Preston North End being found guilty of cheating during the season.^[2] For much of the season Derby Baseball Club did lead the championship, however, pressure from other teams in the league over the number of American players on the Derby team and low attendances led to Derby being expelled before the end of the season, though at the time the club insisted they had ‘retired’ as champions,^[3] despite evidence to the contrary.

There were debuts for Walter Evans, Fred Marshall, Tom McKnight, Charles Harley, George Campbell, James Brown and Charlie Athersmith.^[4]

Results

League

The table below lists all the results of Aston Villa in the Football League for the 1890–91 season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification
7	Sunderland^[a]	22	10	5	7	51	31	1.645	23^[b]
8	Burnley	22	9	3	10	52	63	0.825	21
9	Aston Villa	22	7	4	11	45	58	0.776	18	Re-elected
10	Accrington	22	6	4	12	28	50	0.560	16
11	Derby County	22	7	1	14	47	81	0.580	15

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ New club in the league
^ Sunderland deducted two points for fielding unregistered player.^[5]

1890
Date	Team	Venue	Win/Draw/Lose	Score
6 September	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Away	Lost	1–2
13 September	Notts County	Home	Win	3–2
20 September	Burnley	Away	Lost	1–2
27 September	West Bromwich Albion	Home	Lost	0–4
4 October	Bolton Wanderers	Away	Lost	0–4
11 October	Everton	Home	Draw	2-2
18 October	Derby County	Away	Lost	4–5
25 October	Derby County	Home	Won	4–0
1 November	West Bromwich Albion	Away	Won	3–0
8 November	Burnley	Home	Draw	4–4
15 November	Accrington	Home	Won	3–1
22 November	Bolton Wanderers	Away	Lost	0–4
29 November	Notts County	Away	Lost	1–7
6 December	Blackburn Rovers	Away	Lost	1–5
13 December	Blackburn Rovers	Home	Draw	2–2
26 December	Sunderland	Home	Draw	0–0
1891
Date	Team	Venue	Win/Draw/Lose	Score
1 January	Everton	Away	Lost	0–5
10 January	Sunderland	Away	Lost	1–5
24 January	Preston North End	Away	Lost	1–4
9 January	Preston North End	Home	Lost	0–1
14 January	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Home	Won	6–2
21 March	Accrington	Away	Won	3–1

FA Cup

1st Round, 17 January 1891, London Casuals, Home, Won 13–1
2nd Round, 31 January 1891, Stoke, Away, Lost 0–3

References

^ Kendrick, Mat. "Aston Villa: The day the claret and blues won the baseball league". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
^ "The Baseball Championship: Aston Villa the Winners". Sporting Life. 3 September 1890. p. 1.
^ "Derby Baseball Grounds: Notice". Derby Daily Telegraph. 4 August 1890. p. 3.
^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
^ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71, p. 233. The Queen Anne Press Limited, London, 1970.