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1890–91 Small Heath F.C. Season
The 1890–91 in English football, 1890–91 season was the tenth season of competitive association football played by Small Heath Football Club, an English football club based in the Small Heath, Birmingham, Small Heath district of Birmingham, and their second season in the Football Alliance. They finished in tenth position in the twelve-team league for the second consecutive year. Seven wins, two draws and thirteen defeats gave them sixteen points, one point fewer than in 1889–90 Football Alliance, 1889–90. The team scored 58 goals in Alliance competition, but conceded 66, at an average of three goals per match. Small Heath entered the 1890–91 FA Cup at the first qualifying round stage, but were disqualified from the competition after winning their second qualifying round match for fielding an unregistered player. In local competitions, they were eliminated by West Bromwich Albion in the first round of the Birmingham Senior Cup and by Aston Villa in the semi-final of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Jones (football Manager)
Alfred Jones (floruit, fl. 1885–1915) was Birmingham City F.C., Small Heath's first secretary-manager. Appointed in 1892, the year of their admission to the Football League, he oversaw the club winning the inaugural Football League Second Division championship, promotion to the Football League First Division, First Division the following year, and two further promotions before his retirement in 1908. Jones worked as a manufacturer of weighing scale, scales. He began acting as unpaid secretary for Small Heath Alliance F.C. in 1885, the year they turned professional. That season they reached the semi-final of the FA Cup, which brought money into the club and broadened popular awareness of it. He supervised their entry into organised league football in the Football Alliance which started in 1889, and their subsequent invitation to join the newly formed Football League Second Division, Second Division of the Football League. It was at this point that Jones became the club's first paid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |