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1889–90 Newton Heath LYR F.C. season
English football club season
English football club season
| Field | Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| club | Newton Heath LYR | ||||
| season | 1889–90 | ||||
| manager | A. H. Albut | ||||
| league | Football Alliance | ||||
| league result | 8th | ||||
| cup1 | FA Cup | ||||
| cup1 result | First Round | ||||
| cup2 | Lancashire Senior Cup | ||||
| cup2 result | First Round | ||||
| cup3 | Manchester Cup | ||||
| cup3 result | Winners | ||||
| league topscorer | |||||
| Willie Stewart (10) | |||||
| season topscorer | |||||
| Willie Stewart (11) | |||||
| highest attendance | 5,000 vs Darwen (29 March 1890) | ||||
| lowest attendance | 1,000 vs Walsall Town Swifts (21 April 1890) | ||||
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| prevseason | 1888–89 | ||||
| nextseason | 1890–91 |
Willie Stewart (10) Willie Stewart (11) 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, 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 | 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 | 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 |
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 | ENG Tom Hay | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
| GK | ENG James Pedley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| FB | ENG Charlie Harrison | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| FB | SCO Andrew Mitchell | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||
| FB | WAL Jack Powell | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
| HB | WAL Tom Burke | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| HB | WAL Joe Davies | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | |||
| HB | G. Felton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| HB | WAL Jack Owen | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||
| FW | T. Craig | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | |||
| FW | WAL Jack Doughty | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 9 | |||
| FW | WAL Roger Doughty | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |||
| FW | ENG Alf Farman | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | |||
| FW | ENG James Gotheridge | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| FW | WAL George Owen | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |||
| FW | SCO Willie Stewart | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | |||
| FW | SCO William Tait | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||
| FW | ENG Edgar Wilson | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 |
References
References
- "Newton Heath Season 1889/90". StretfordEnd.co.uk.
- Match annulled after protest due to unfit ground
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