FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1890-91
| SEASON END TABLE | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | Result |
| 1 | Everton | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 63 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 2.172 | 29 | Champions |
| 2 | Preston North End | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 1.913 | 27 | |
| 3 | Notts County | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 52 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 1.486 | 26 | |
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 42 | .780 | 26 | |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 47 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 1.382 | 25 | |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 52 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 1.209 | 24 | FA Cup Winners |
| 7 | Sunderland | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 51 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 1.645 | 23* | |
| 8 | Burnley | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 52 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 39 | .825 | 21 | |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 45 | 58 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 40 | .776 | 18 | Re-elected |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 31 | .560 | 16 | Re-elected |
| 11 | Derby County | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 47 | 81 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 53 | .580 | 15 | Re-elected |
| 12 | West Bromwich Albion | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 34 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 31 | .596 | 12 | Re-elected |
*Sunderland deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player
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FOOTBALL ALLIANCE (Tier 2) - 1890-91
| SEASON END TABLE | Home | Away | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | Result | Home | Away | |
| 1 | Stoke | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 57 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 24 | 1.462 | 33 | Champions; Elected to Football League | 2-2 | 1-2 | |
| 2 | Sunderland Albion | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 59 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 2.107 | 29 | Football League application rejected; left to join the Northern League | 1-1 | 0-0 | |
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 1.593 | 27 | 1-1 | 0-3 | ||
| 4 | Birmingham St George's | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 64 | 62 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 40 | 1.032 | 26 | 4-0 | 3-6 | ||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 66 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 1.692 | 23* | Football League application rejected | |||
| 6 | Darwen | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 64 | 59 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 39 | 1.085 | 23 | Elected to the Football League | 5-2 | 4-4 | |
| 7 | Walsall Town Swifts | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 29 | .667 | 22 | 2-0 | 2-3 | ||
| 8 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 59 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 38 | .881 | 20 | 5-2 | 7-0 | ||
| 9 | Newton Heath LYR | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 37 | 55 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 33 | .673 | 17 | Football League application rejected | 8-2 | 1-1 | |
| 10 | Small Heath | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 58 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 43 | .879 | 16 | 4-5 | 2-4 | ||
| 11 | Bootle | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 61 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 43 | .656 | 13 | 7-0 | 5-1 | ||
| 12 | The Wednesday | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 66 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 40 | .591 | 13 | 0-0 | 2-0 | ||
*Nottingham Forest deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player
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