1889–90 Newton Heath LYR F.C. season

Newton Heath LYR
1889–90 season
ManagerA. H. Albut
Football Alliance8th
FA CupFirst Round
Lancashire Senior CupFirst Round
Manchester CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Willie Stewart (10)
All:
Willie Stewart (11)
Highest home attendance5,000 vs Darwen (29 March 1890)
Lowest home attendance1,000 vs Walsall Town Swifts (21 April 1890)

The 1889–90 season was Newton Heath LYR's first season in the Football Alliance; they finished in 8th position. The club also took part in the FA Cup and the Lancashire Senior Cup, failing to get past the First Round in both competitions,[1] as well as the Manchester and District Challenge Cup, in which they came out winners.

Football Alliance

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
21 September 1889 Sunderland Albion H 4–1 Wilson, J. Doughty, Stewart, Tait 3,000
23 September 1889 Bootle A 1–4 Tait 3,000
28 September 1889 Crewe Alexandra A 2–2 Stewart, Osborne (o.g.) 2,000
19 October 1889 Walsall Town Swifts A 0–4 600
26 October 1889 Birmingham St George's A 1–5 J. Doughty 500
9 November 1889 Long Eaton Rangers H 3–0 J. Doughty (2), Farman 2,500
30 November 1889 The Wednesday A 1–3 J. Doughty 5,000
7 December 1889 Bootle H 3–0 J. Doughty, Farman, Stewart 4,000
21 December 1889 Walsall Town Swifts H 3–0[2] J. Doughty, Jones (o.g.), Farman 1,000
28 December 1889 Darwen A 1–4 G. Owen 5,000
4 January 1890 Grimsby Town H 4–1[2] Craig (2), Wilson, J. Doughty 4,000
25 January 1890 Sunderland Albion A 0–2 4,000
8 February 1890 Grimsby Town A 0–7 2,400
15 February 1890 Nottingham Forest A 3–1 Stewart (2), Wilson 800
1 March 1890 Crewe Alexandra H 1–2 G. Owen 2,000
15 March 1890 Small Heath A 1–1 Wilson 2,000
22 March 1890 Long Eaton Rangers A 3–1 Wilson (2), Farman 2,000
29 March 1890 Darwen H 2–1 Davies, Stewart 5,000
5 April 1890 Nottingham Forest H 0–1 4,000
7 April 1890 Small Heath H 9–1 Stewart (3), J. Doughty (2), Craig, R. Doughty, Farman, Wilson 4,000
14 April 1890 Grimsby Town H 0–1 3,000
19 April 1890 Birmingham St George's H 2–1 Craig, J. Doughty 2,500
21 April 1890 Walsall Town Swifts H 2–1 Davies, Stewart 1,000
26 April 1890 The Wednesday H 1–2 Craig 4,000
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
6 Darwen 22 10 2 10 70 75 0.933 22
7 Birmingham St George's 21 9 3 9 62 49 1.265 21[a]
8 Newton Heath LYR 22 9 2 11 40 44 0.909 20
9 Walsall Town Swifts 22 8 3 11 44 59 0.746 19
10 Small Heath 22 6 5 11 44 67 0.657 17
Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average.
Notes:
  1. ^ Sunderland Albion's point total includes two points awarded after Birmingham St George's refused to fulfil a fixture against them which had been ordered to be replayed by the management committee.

FA Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
18 January 1890 Round 1 Preston North End A 1–6 Craig 7,900

Lancashire Senior Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
2 November 1889 Round 1 Halliwell A 1–2 Stewart 2,000

Manchester and District Challenge Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
12 April 1890 Semi-final Denton Hyde Road 4–1 Farman (2), Stewart, G. Owen 4,000
3 May 1890 Final Royton Brooke's Bar 5–2 Craig (3), G. Owen, Farman 4,000

Squad statistics

Pos. Name Alliance FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Tom Hay 15 0 1 0 16 0
GK England James Pedley 1 0 0 0 1 0
FB England Charlie Harrison 9 0 1 0 10 0
FB Scotland Andrew Mitchell 19 0 0 0 19 0
FB Wales Jack Powell 17 0 1 0 18 0
HB Wales Tom Burke 5 0 0 0 5 0
HB Wales Joe Davies 21 2 1 0 22 2
HB G. Felton 5 0 0 0 5 0
HB Wales Jack Owen 18 0 1 0 19 0
FW T. Craig 11 3 1 1 12 4
FW Wales Jack Doughty 22 9 1 0 23 9
FW Wales Roger Doughty 20 1 1 0 21 1
FW England Alf Farman 17 4 1 0 18 4
FW England James Gotheridge 5 0 0 0 5 0
FW Wales George Owen 12 2 1 0 13 2
FW Scotland Willie Stewart 19 10 0 0 19 10
FW Scotland William Tait 7 2 0 0 7 2
FW England Edgar Wilson 19 6 1 0 20 6

References

  1. ^ "Newton Heath Season 1889/90". StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
  2. ^ a b Match annulled after protest due to unfit ground
  3. ^ "Football Alliance 1889/90". footballsite.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2021.