# 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, 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 |
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 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 |
* ↑ 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

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