Football Alliance 1890/91
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Stoke | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 57 | 39 | 1.461 | 33 | ▲Elected to FL |
| 2nd | Sunderland Albion | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 69 | 28 | 2.464 | 30 | Runners Up |
| 3rd | Grimsby Town | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 27 | 1.592 | 27 | - |
| 4th | Birmingham St George's | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 64 | 62 | 1.032 | 26 | - |
| 5th | Nottingham Forest | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 66 | 39 | 1.692 | 25 | - |
| 6th | Darwen | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 64 | 59 | 1.084 | 23 | ▲Elected to FL |
| 7th | Walsall Town Swifts | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 61 | 0.557 | 21 | - |
| 8th | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 59 | 67 | 0.880 | 20 | - |
| 9th | Newton Heath | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 37 | 55 | 0.672 | 17 | - |
| 10th | Small Heath | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 58 | 66 | 0.878 | 16 | - |
| 11th | Bootle | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 61 | 0.655 | 13 | - |
| 12th | The Wednesday | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 66 | 0.590 | 13 | - |