Regular Football League First team

Other members of the title winning squad

Having finished the previous season as runners up Everton

Everton F.C.

Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

 made just one signing of note during the summer when William Campbell was brought from Bootle

Bootle F.C.

Bootle Football Club is an English football club based in Bootle, Merseyside. The club are currently members of the North West Counties League Premier Division and play at New Bucks Park.-Previous clubs in Bootle:...

 to fill the centre half role, which had remained unsettled since George Farmer

George Farmer (footballer)

George Farmer is a former professional footballer who played for Stoke City. He made one appearance for Stoke which came in the 1886–87 FA Cup.-References:...

 had been dropped the previous November. Robert Smalley's position in goal was also under threat from an emerging twenty year old Scot named Jack Angus while David Kirkwood having lost the battle to secure the inside right birth to Alec Brady, now shared the centre back duties with Charlie Parry

Charlie Parry

Charles Frederick "Charlie" Parry was a Welsh footballer who played as a defender for Everton in the 1890s, helping them to win the Football League championship in 1891. He also made thirteen appearances for the Wales national football team including four as captain...

This settled look ensured that there were just two new faces in the opening day 4–1 victory at West Bromwich Albion

West Bromwich Albion F.C.

West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...

, Campbell, who scored and Angus who kept goal in the side listed above as the most settled team used that season. The team remained unchanged through the first four games of the campaign, which were all won, before Latta missed the fifth game. Everton still won to take their winning start to five games before being held to a 2–2 draw at Aston Villa

Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...

. Everton remained unbeaten for their first seven games but their first choice eleven did not play again as a run of three straight defeats saw the return of Robert Smalley for one game in place of Jack Angus, who died in 1891, becoming the only player ever to win a posthumous League champion's medal. It's not recorded whether Angus showed signs of an illness before being replaced in goal but Everton went out in November and signed David Jardine from Bootle as a replacement, being first choice keeper by the season's end.

Everton completed all bar one of their fixtures before the end of January and had to wait while the nearest challengers for the title, Preston

Preston North End F.C.

Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...

 played a series of games to close the gap at the top to two points. Everton's final game of the season was at Burnley

Burnley F.C.

Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...

 on Saturday 14 March 1891 when almost half the 10,000 attendance was made up of visiting Everton fans. The team of Jardine, McLean, Doyle, Lochhead, Holt, Parry, Latta, Brady, Geary, Chadwick and Milward required only a draw but failed, losing 3–2. Preston would themselves have claimed a third consecutive title has they won their fixture at Sunderland

Sunderland A.F.C.

Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...

 but Evertonians, returning to Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

 by train from Burnley

Burnley

Burnley is a market town in the Burnley borough of Lancashire, England, with a population of around 73,500. It lies north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Brun....

 were met with a delighted crowd at the station who informed them that Preston had lost 0–3 and that Everton had won the title for the first time.

There was no official honour for individual players for being crowned champions so the Everton directors had a medal minted for every player, including the now deceased Angus to mark the occasion. The Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

 took up the idea the following year and medals have been presented to every championship winning side since.

The Football League

Date	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
6 September 1890	West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion F.C. West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...	A	4–1	Fred Geary (2), William Campbell, Alec Brady	5,600
13 September 1890	Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...	H	5–0	Fred Geary (2), Alf Milward (2), Edgar Chadwick	8,000
20 September 1890	Bolton Bolton Wanderers F.C. Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....	A	5–0	Fred Geary (2), Alf Milward (2), Alex Latta	12,000
27 September 1890	Accrington Accrington F.C. Accrington Football Club were an English football club from Accrington, Lancashire, who were one of the founder members of The Football League. Accrington F.C. was formed following a meeting at a local public house in 1876...	A	2–1	Fred Geary, Alf Milward	5,000
4 October 1890	Derby Derby County F.C. Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...	H	7–0	Fred Geary (2), Alf Milward (2), David Kirkwood, Alexander Brady, Edgar Chadwick	12,000
11 October 1890	Aston Villa Aston Villa F.C. Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...	A	2–2	Fred Geary (2)	5,000
18 October 1890	Bolton Bolton Wanderers F.C. Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....	H	2–0	Alexander Brady (2)	12,000
25 October 1890	West Bromwich West Bromwich Albion F.C. West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...	H	2–3	Johnny Holt, Alex Latta	9,200
1 November 1890	Notts Notts County F.C. Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...	A	1–3	Fred Geary	13,000
8 November 1890	Blackburn Blackburn Rovers F.C. Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....	A	1–2	Edgar Chadwick	15,000
15 November 1890	Sunderland	H	1–0	Hope Robertson	12,000
22 November 1890	Preston North End Preston North End F.C. Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...	A	0–2		12,000
29 November 1890	Blackburn Blackburn Rovers F.C. Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....	H	3–1	Fred Geary (2), Alexander Brady	11,000
6 December 1890	Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...	A	1–0	Fred Geary	6,500
13 December 1890	Derby Derby County F.C. Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...	A	6–2	THOMAS WYLIE (4), Fred Geary, Alexander Brady	4,000
20 December 1890	Sunderland	A	0–1		6,500
26 December 1890	Accrington Accrington F.C. Accrington Football Club were an English football club from Accrington, Lancashire, who were one of the founder members of The Football League. Accrington F.C. was formed following a meeting at a local public house in 1876...	H	3–2	Alf Milward (2), Edgar Chadwick	14,000
27 December 1890	Burnley Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...	H	7–3	EDGAR CHADWICK (3), Alex Latta (2), Alexander Brady, Alf Milward	8,000
1 January 1891	Aston Aston Villa F.C. Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...	H	5–0	Alexander Brady (2), Fred Geary, Edgar Chadwick, Alf Milward	9,000
3 January 1891	Notts Notts County F.C. Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...	H	4–2	Edgar Chadwick (2), Alf Milward, Fred Geary	12,000
10 January 1891	Preston Preston North End F.C. Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...	H	0–1		16,000
14 March 1891	Burnley Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...	A	2–3	Fred Geary (2)	10,000

Football Association Challenge Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
17 January 1891	First	Sunderland	A	0–1		21,000

Final league table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	GA	Pts
1	Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...	22	14	1	7	63	29	34	2.172	29
2	Preston North End Preston North End F.C. Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...	22	12	3	7	44	23	21	1.913	27
3	Notts County Notts County F.C. Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...	22	11	4	7	52	35	17	1.486	26
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...	22	12	2	8	39	50	−11	0.780	26
5	Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers F.C. Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....	22	12	1	9	47	34	13	1.382	25
6	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers F.C. Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....	22	11	2	9	52	43	9	1.209	24
7	Sunderland	22	10	5	7	51	31	20	1.645	23
8	Burnley Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...	22	9	3	10	52	63	−11	0.825	21
9	Aston Villa Aston Villa F.C. Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...	22	7	4	11	45	58	−13	0.776	18
10	Accrington Accrington F.C. Accrington Football Club were an English football club from Accrington, Lancashire, who were one of the founder members of The Football League. Accrington F.C. was formed following a meeting at a local public house in 1876...	22	6	4	12	28	50	−22	0.560	16
11	Derby County Derby County F.C. Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...	22	7	1	14	47	81	−34	0.580	15
12	West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion F.C. West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...	22	5	2	15	34	57	−23	0.596	12

Achievements

Despite being crowned champions the 1890/91 team actually picked up fewer points than the side who missed out on the title the previous season. Their title triumph came despite a record losing and winless away run in the middle of the season. The 1891 title side also equalled or set the following club records.

• English Football League Champions for the first time
• Equalled most home points = 18 with 1889–90 team
  Everton F.C. season 1889-90
  -Regular Football League First team:Such was the transition at Everton over the summer that just four of the previous season's first choice eleven, Smalley, Farmer, Holt and Chadwick remained in place, the latter being the only player to play in every Everton League game since the formation of the...
  
  
• Equalled most wins = 14 with 1889–90 team
  Everton F.C. season 1889-90
  -Regular Football League First team:Such was the transition at Everton over the summer that just four of the previous season's first choice eleven, Smalley, Farmer, Holt and Chadwick remained in place, the latter being the only player to play in every Everton League game since the formation of the...
  
  
• Most home wins in a season = 9
• Fewest goals conceded in a season = 29
• Fewest goals conceded at home in a season = 12
• Fewest goals conceded away from home in a season = 17
• Record away League victory = 6–2 at Derby County, December 13th 1890
• Most goals in a single game = 4 by Thomas Wylie at Derby County, December 13th 1890
• Equalled most team hat-tricks in a season = 2 with 1889–90 team
  Everton F.C. season 1889-90
  -Regular Football League First team:Such was the transition at Everton over the summer that just four of the previous season's first choice eleven, Smalley, Farmer, Holt and Chadwick remained in place, the latter being the only player to play in every Everton League game since the formation of the...
  
  
• Hat-tricks = 2 Fred Geary & Thomas Wylie
• Record Everton career League hat-tricks = 2 by Fred Geary 1890 & 1891
• Fewest players used in a season = 20
• Longest home winning sequence = 6 games
• Longest unbeaten sequence = 7 games
• Equalled Longest home unbeaten run = 6 games with 1889–90 team
  Everton F.C. season 1889-90
  -Regular Football League First team:Such was the transition at Everton over the summer that just four of the previous season's first choice eleven, Smalley, Farmer, Holt and Chadwick remained in place, the latter being the only player to play in every Everton League game since the formation of the...
  
  
• Longest sequence of away draws = 1 (with all previous Everton League teams)
• Fewest drawn games in a season = 1
• None of Everton's eleven home games were drawn, matching the 1888–89 team
  Everton F.C. season 1888-89
  -Regular First team:Everton fielded by far the most unsettled side of all the twelve original Football League members, using thirty-five players in their twenty-two game campaign. Indeed the club have never fielded more players in any season since, despite having played as many as twenty league...
  
  
• Equalled fewest away draws in a season = 1 with the 1889–90 team
  Everton F.C. season 1889-90
  -Regular Football League First team:Such was the transition at Everton over the summer that just four of the previous season's first choice eleven, Smalley, Farmer, Holt and Chadwick remained in place, the latter being the only player to play in every Everton League game since the formation of the...
  
  
• Equalled longest home losing sequence = 1 (with all previous Everton League teams)
• Longest losing sequence away from home = 3
• Equalled longest winless away run = 4 with the 1888–89 team
  Everton F.C. season 1888-89
  -Regular First team:Everton fielded by far the most unsettled side of all the twelve original Football League members, using thirty-five players in their twenty-two game campaign. Indeed the club have never fielded more players in any season since, despite having played as many as twenty league...
  
  

Sources

• http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=season&era_id=1&season_id=4&seasons=4
• http://www.allfootballers.com