# 1890–91 Burnley F.C. season

The 1890–91 season was the ninth season in the history of Burnley Football Club and their third in the Football League. Burnley ended the season in eighth position with a record of 9 wins, 3 draws and 10 defeats, thus finishing outside the bottom four for the first time. Scottish forwards Claude Lambie and Alexander McLardie were the top goalscorers, with 16 and 14 league goals respectively. Burnley progressed to the Second Round of the FA Cup for the first time in two years, before being knocked out by Notts County. During the season 24 different players were used by Burnley, with many of the squad hailing from Scotland. In the 6–2 win against Preston North End on 7 March 1891, striker Tom Nicol became the first and only Burnley player to score a hat-trick on his League debut.

## Football League
### Match results

| Date | Opponents | Result | Goalscorers | Attendance |
| 6 September 1890 | Accrington (A) | 1–1 | Lambie | 8,000 |
| 13 September 1890 | Sunderland (A) | 3–2 | Stewart, Lambie, McLardie | 5,000 |
| 20 September 1890 | Aston Villa (H) | 2–1 | Lambie, McLardie | 10,000 |
| 27 September 1890 | Sunderland (H) | 3–3 | Lambie, Spiers, McLardie | 8,000 |
| 4 October 1890 | West Bromwich Albion (A) | 1–3 | Yates | 6,000 |
| 11 October 1890 | Bolton Wanderers (H) | 1–2 | Hill | 7,500 |
| 18 October 1890 | Blackburn Rovers (H) | 1–6 | McLardie | 10,000 |
| 25 October 1890 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) | 1–3 | Mason (o.g.) | 3,000 |
| 1 November 1890 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) | 4–2 | McLardie (2), Lambie, Place senior | 3,500 |
| 8 November 1890 | Aston Villa (A) | 4–4 | Lambie (3), McLardie | 5,000 |
| 15 November 1890 | Derby County (H) | 6–1 | Lambie (4), McLardie, Marr | 6,000 |
| 22 November 1890 | Blackburn Rovers (A) | 2–5 | Place senior, McLardie | 4,000 |
| 29 November 1890 | Accrington (H) | 2–0 | McLardie, Lambie | 6,000 |
| 6 December 1890 | West Bromwich Albion (H) | 5–4 | Marr, Hill, Oswald, McLardie (2) | 5,500 |
| 20 December 1890 | Notts County (H) | 0–1 | | 4,500 |
| 27 December 1890 | Everton (A) | 3–7 | Hill, McLardie (2) | 12,000 |
| 25 January 1891 | Derby County (A) | 4–2 | Lambie (3), scrimmage | 2,500 |
| 2 February 1891 | Preston North End (A) | 0–7 | | 3,000 |
| 10 February 1891 | Notts County (A) | 0–4 | | 4,000 |
| 7 March 1891 | Preston North End (H) | 6–2 | Nicol (3), Marr (2), Hill | 7,000 |
| 14 March 1891 | Everton (H) | 3–2 | Haresnape, Bowes, Stewart | 10,000 |
| 21 March 1891 | Bolton Wanderers (A) | 0–1 | | 4,500 |

### Final league position

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 52 | 43 | 1.209 | 24 | FA Cup Winners |
| 7 | Sunderland | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 51 | 31 | 1.645 | 23 | |
| 8 | Burnley | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 52 | 63 | 0.825 | 21 | |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 45 | 58 | 0.776 | 18 | Re-elected |
| 10 | Accrington | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 50 | 0.560 | 16 | Re-elected |
* ↑ New club in the league
* ↑ Sunderland deducted two points for fielding unregistered player.

## FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Result | Goalscorers | Attendance |
| First round | 17 January 1891 | Crewe Alexandra (H) | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | Lambie, Oswald, Hill, McLardie | |
| Second round | 31 January 1891 | Notts County (A) | 1–2 | McLardie | 9,500 |

## Lancashire Senior Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Result | Goalscorers |
| First round | 7 February 1891 | Darwen (H) | 2–3 | Hill, Place junior |