Final Football League 1890/1891 league table
Season completed Saturday, 18th April 1891 (click column headings to re-sort)
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| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GA |
| 1 | Everton | 22 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 63 | 29 | 29 | 2.17 |
| 2 | Preston North End | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 23 | 27 | 1.91 |
| 3 | Notts. County | 22 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 52 | 35 | 26 | 1.49 |
| 4 | Wolverhampton W'drs. | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 50 | 26 | 0.78 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 47 | 34 | 25 | 1.38 |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 52 | 43 | 24 | 1.21 |
| 7 | Sunderland (-2) | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 51 | 31 | 23 | 1.65 |
| 8 | Burnley | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 52 | 63 | 21 | 0.83 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 22 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 45 | 58 | 18 | 0.78 |
| 10 | Accrington | 22 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 50 | 16 | 0.56 |
| 11 | Derby County | 22 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 47 | 81 | 15 | 0.58 |
| 12 | West Bromwich Albion | 22 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 34 | 57 | 12 | 0.60 |
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| League champions | Relegated team(s) | Transferred team(s) | |||
| Promoted team(s) | Play-off place(s) | Merged team(s) | |||
| Points adjustments | ||
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| 01/01/1891 | Sunderland | Deducted two points for fielding an unregistered player. |
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| Sunderland were deducted two points for fielding an unregistered player. |



