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SEASON: 1889-90

Prev Season: 1888-89
Next Season: 1890-91

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

ATTENDANCES

MISC

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FOOTBALL ALLIANCE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	The Wednesday	22	15	2	5	70	39											1.795	32	Remained in the Football Alliance	-	-
2	Bootle	22	13	2	7	66	39											1.692	28	Application to join the League was rejected	-	-
3	Sunderland Albion	21	12	2	7	64	39											1.641	28	Application to join the League was rejected	-	-
4	Grimsby Town	22	12	2	8	58	47											1.234	26	Application to join the League was rejected	-	-
5	Crewe Alexandra	22	11	2	9	68	59											1.153	24		-	-
6	Darwen	22	10	2	10	70	22											3.182	22	Application to join the League was rejected	-	-
7	Birmingham St George's	21	9	3	9	62	21											2.952	21		-	-
8	Newton Heath	22	9	2	11	40	20											2.000	20	Application to join the League was rejected	-	-
9	Walsall Town Swifts	22	8	3	11	44	19											2.316	19		-	-
10	Small Heath	22	6	5	11	44	17											2.588	17		-	-
11	Nottingham Forest	22	6	5	11	31	17											1.824	17
12	Long Eaton Rangers	22	4	2	16	35	10											3.500	10	Dropped out of the Football Alliance to join the Midland League	-	-

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

Football Alliance

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Sat Sep 07, 1889	Walsall	A	3-1	Win	3,000	Fellows Park	First match in the Football Alliance
Sat Sep 21, 1889	Grimsby Town	A	0-4	Loss	-	Blundell Park
Sat Sep 28, 1889	Bootle	H	2-2	Draw	-	Town Ground
Sat Oct 05, 1889	Grimsby Town	H	1-2	Loss	2,000	Town Ground
Sat Oct 12, 1889	Birmingham St George's	A	3-1	Win	1,200	St. Andrews
Sat Oct 19, 1889	Crewe Alexandra	A	1-1	Draw	-	Gresty Road
Sat Nov 02, 1889	Small Heath	H	0-0	Draw	-	Town Ground
Sat Nov 09, 1889	Sunderland Albion	A	0-4	Loss	4,500	Blue House Field
Sat Nov 23, 1889	Long Eaton Rangers	A	3-5	Loss	-	Recreation Ground
Sat Dec 07, 1889	Sunderland Albion	H	3-1	Win	-	Town Ground
Sat Dec 14, 1889	Crewe Alexandra	H	2-5	Loss	-	Town Ground
Sat Dec 28, 1889	The Wednesday	A	1-3	Loss	6,000	Olive Grove
Sat Jan 04, 1890	The Wednesday	H	1-3	Loss	-	Town Ground
Sat Feb 01, 1890	Darwen	H	3-1	Win	-	Town Ground
Sat Feb 15, 1890	Newton Heath	H	1-3	Loss	-	Town Ground
Sat Feb 22, 1890	Long Eaton Rangers	H	1-1	Draw	800	Town Ground
Thu Mar 20, 1890	Birmingham St George's	H	2-2	Draw	1,000	Town Ground
Sat Mar 22, 1890	Darwen	A	0-9	Loss	4,000	Barley Bank
Sat Mar 29, 1890	Walsall Town Swifts	H	3-0	Win	-	Town Ground
Sat Apr 05, 1890	Newton Heath	A	1-0	Win	-	North Road (Manchester)
Mon Apr 07, 1890	Bootle	A	0-2	Loss	4,000	Hawthorne Road

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Sat Jan 18, 1890	Derby Midland	1			A	0-3	Loss	2,000

Birmingham Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Sat Jan 11, 1890	Walsall Town Swifts				H	0-1	Loss	-	Gregory Ground

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground
Sat Sep 14, 1889	Halliwell	England	H	2-3	Loss	1,000	Gregory Ground
Thu Oct 24, 1889	Preston North End	England	H	2-1	Win	-	Gregory Ground
Sat Nov 16, 1889	Casuals	England	H	3-1	Win	100	Gregory Ground
Mon Nov 25, 1889	Sheffield United	England	A	0-2	Loss	500
Sat Nov 30, 1889	Notts	England	H	2-4	Loss	8,000	Gregory Ground
Sat Dec 21, 1889	Clapton	England	A	0-1	Loss	2,000
Thu Dec 26, 1889	Notts	England	A	1-1	Draw	12,000	Trent Bridge
Sat Jan 25, 1890	Everton	England	A	0-7	Loss	-
Sat Feb 08, 1890	Chatham	England	A	1-1	Draw	4,000
Sat Mar 01, 1890	Sheffield United	England	A	2-1	Win	2,000
Sat Mar 08, 1890	Small Heath	England	A	0-12	Loss	-	Muntz Street
Sat Mar 15, 1890	Chatham	England	H	2-0	Win	-	Gregory Ground

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Thu Apr 17, 1890	Notts Rangers	England	A	1-4	Loss	-		Testimonial for W. Archer

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		G Turner
GK		Jack Holland	1			1
D		Bill Hazeldine
D		Grant (1889)
D		Harry Pike	1			1
D		J Coleman	1			1
D		Joseph Southward
D		Martin Earp	1			1
M		Albert Smith
M		Arthur Pike
M		Frank Guttridge	1			1
M		George Tutin
M		Jackson (1890)
M		McUlrich
M		Richard Hodder
M		Sheperdson
M		Thomas Danks
M		Tommy Jeacock	1			1
M		William Mabbott
F		AE Palmer
F		Arthur Shaw	1			1
F		Bob Jardine
F		Frank Burton	1			1
F		Fred Weightman	1			1
F		Frederick Fox
F		George Smith	1			1
F		Harry Plackett
F		Horace Pike	1			1
F		Lawrence Plackett
F		Oliver Tolley
F		Tinsley Lindley
F		Tutin
		AH Smith
		Attwell
		Chris Wardle
		GH Brown
		J Smith (1889)
		Roe
		T Radford
		Tom Widdowson

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season