1890–91 Football Alliance
The 1890–91 Football Alliance was the second season of the Football Alliance, an association football league which was set up in England as an alternative to the Football League, which had begun in the 1888–89 season.
| Season | 1890–91 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Stoke |
| Matches played | 132 |
| Goals scored | 630 (4.77 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | ? |
| Biggest home win | Sunderland Albion – Walsall Town Swifts 11–1 |
| Biggest away win | Crewe Alexandra – Nottingham Forest 0–7 |
| Highest scoring | Sunderland Albion – Walsall Town Swifts 11–1 |
← 1889–90 1891–92 → | |
Stoke joined the Alliance in this season after dropping out of the Football League at the end of the previous season and were crowned champions after the penultimate round of fixtures on 4 April. Last season's champions The Wednesday finished bottom after losing thirteen games in a dreadful season. Even a 4–2 win (3–0 at half time) at home to runners up Sunderland Albion on the last day of the season failed to lift Wednesday off the foot of the table.
At the end of the season, Stoke were elected back to the Football League along with sixth-placed Darwen, while Sunderland Albion left to join the Northern League.