1890–91 Football League
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The 1890–91 Football League was the third Football league season. After dominating and being crowned champions for the first two football league seasons Preston North End slipped to second and Everton won the league with a two-point gap. Meanwhile, there had been changes in the league since the last football league season, Stoke had not been re-elected to the football league, so joined the rival Football Alliance. They were replaced with Sunderland, who were nicknamed "the team of all talents" at the time.
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Season | 1890–91 |
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Champions | Everton 1st English title |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 554 (4.2 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jack Southworth (26 goals)[1] |
Biggest home win | Derby County 9–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers (10 January 1891) |
Biggest away win | Blackburn Rovers 1–7 Notts County (14 March 1891) |
Highest scoring | Derby County 8–5 Blackburn Rovers (6 September 1890) |
Average attendance | 6,413 |
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