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1889–90 Newton Heath LYR F.C. season
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1889–90 Newton Heath LYR F.C. season

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,[1] as well as the Manchester and District Challenge Cup, in which they came out winners.

Key Information

Football Alliance

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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[2] 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[2] 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
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
6 Darwen 22 10 2 10 70 75 0.933 22
7 Birmingham St George's 21 9 3 9 62 49 1.265 21[a]
8 Newton Heath LYR 22 9 2 11 40 44 0.909 20
9 Walsall Town Swifts 22 8 3 11 44 59 0.746 19
10 Small Heath 22 6 5 11 44 67 0.657 17
Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average.
Notes:
  1. ^ Sunderland Albion's point total includes two points awarded after Birmingham St George's refused to fulfil a fixture against them which had been ordered to be replayed by the management committee.

FA Cup

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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

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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

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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

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Pos. Name Alliance FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Tom Hay 15 0 1 0 16 0
GK England James Pedley 1 0 0 0 1 0
FB England Charlie Harrison 9 0 1 0 10 0
FB Scotland Andrew Mitchell 19 0 0 0 19 0
FB Wales Jack Powell 17 0 1 0 18 0
HB Wales Tom Burke 5 0 0 0 5 0
HB Wales Joe Davies 21 2 1 0 22 2
HB G. Felton 5 0 0 0 5 0
HB Wales Jack Owen 18 0 1 0 19 0
FW T. Craig 11 3 1 1 12 4
FW Wales Jack Doughty 22 9 1 0 23 9
FW Wales Roger Doughty 20 1 1 0 21 1
FW England Alf Farman 17 4 1 0 18 4
FW England James Gotheridge 5 0 0 0 5 0
FW Wales George Owen 12 2 1 0 13 2
FW Scotland Willie Stewart 19 10 0 0 19 10
FW Scotland William Tait 7 2 0 0 7 2
FW England Edgar Wilson 19 6 1 0 20 6

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