Everything about The Football Alliance totally explained
The
Football Alliance was an
association football league in
England from
1889 to
1892.
It was formed by 12 clubs as a rival to
The Football League, which had begun in the
1888–89 season, also with 12 member clubs. The Alliance covered a similar area to the League, stretching from the
Midlands to the
North West, but also further east in
Sheffield,
Grimsby and
Sunderland.
The Wednesday were the first champions.
At the end of the Alliance's first season, when
Stoke dropped out of the Football League, the Alliance accepted them as a new member. The following year, Stoke and
Darwen, another Alliance club, were accepted into the League, taking its membership to 14 clubs.
In
1892 it was decided to formally merge the two leagues, and so the
Football League Second Division was formed, consisting mostly of Football Alliance clubs. The existing League clubs, plus three of the strongest Alliance clubs, comprised the
Football League First Division.
Member clubs
Football Alliance champions
Notes
1 Elected to
Football League First Division
2 Elected to
Football League Second Division
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