The 1890–91 season was the ninth season in the history of Burnley Football Club and their third in the Football League. Burnley ended the season in eighth position with a record of 9 wins, 3 draws and 10 defeats, thus finishing outside the bottom four for the first time. Scottish forwards Claude Lambie and Alexander McLardie were the top goalscorers, with 16 and 14 league goals respectively. Burnley progressed to the Second Round of the FA Cup for the first time in two years, before being knocked out by Notts County. During the season 24 different players were used by Burnley, with many of the squad hailing from Scotland. In the 6–2 win against Preston North End on 7 March 1891, striker Tom Nicol became the first and only Burnley player to score a hat-trick on his League debut.
Football League
Match results Date Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance 6 September 1890 Accrington (A)1–1 Lambie 8,000 13 September 1890 Sunderland (A)3–2 Stewart, Lambie, McLardie 5,000 20 September 1890 Aston Villa (H)2–1 Lambie, McLardie 10,000 27 September 1890 Sunderland (H)3–3 Lambie, Spiers, McLardie 8,000 4 October 1890 West Bromwich Albion (A)1–3 Yates 6,000 11 October 1890 Bolton Wanderers (H)1–2 Hill 7,500 18 October 1890 Blackburn Rovers (H)1–6 McLardie 10,000 25 October 1890 Wolverhampton Wanderers (H)1–3 Mason (o.g.) 3,000 1 November 1890 Wolverhampton Wanderers (A)4–2 McLardie (2), Lambie, Place senior 3,500 8 November 1890 Aston Villa (A)4–4 Lambie (3), McLardie 5,000 15 November 1890 Derby County (H)6–1 Lambie (4), McLardie, Marr 6,000 22 November 1890 Blackburn Rovers (A)2–5 Place senior, McLardie 4,000 29 November 1890 Accrington (H)2–0 McLardie, Lambie 6,000 6 December 1890 West Bromwich Albion (H)5–4 Marr, Hill, Oswald, McLardie (2) 5,500 20 December 1890 Notts County (H)0–1 4,500 27 December 1890 Everton (A)3–7 Hill, McLardie (2) 12,000 25 January 1891 Derby County (A)4–2 Lambie (3), scrimmage 2,500 2 February 1891 Preston North End (A)0–7 3,000 10 February 1891 Notts County (A)0–4 4,000 7 March 1891 Preston North End (H)6–2 Nicol (3), Marr (2), Hill 7,000 14 March 1891 Everton (H)3–2 Haresnape, Bowes, Stewart 10,000 21 March 1891 Bolton Wanderers (A)0–1 4,500
Final league position
FA Cup Round Date Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance First round 17 January 1891 Crewe Alexandra (H)4–2 (a.e.t.) Lambie, Oswald, Hill, McLardie Second round 31 January 1891 Notts County (A)1–2 McLardie 9,500
Lancashire Senior Cup Round Date Opponents Result Goalscorers First round 7 February 1891 Darwen (H)2–3 Hill, Place junior
Player statistics Key to positions
CF = Centre forward FB = Fullback GK = Goalkeeper
HB = Half-back IF = Inside forward OF = Outside forward
Statistics Nat.PositionPlayerFootball LeagueFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsIFBilly Bowes310031IFJohn Brodie200020FBWilliam Bury102030FBZacharious Carr100010OFThomas Crossley100010FBJames Duerden300030OFRobert Haresnape711081OFJimmy Hill16421185GKArchibald Kaye22020240HBJack Keenan18020200CFClaude Lambie1816212017FBSandy Lang18020200IFRobert Marr940094HBBill McFettridge21020230IFAlexander McLardie1714221916HBJoseph Nash402060CFTom Nicol330033OFJohn Oswald15111161?HBT Patterson200020OFWalter Place senior520052HBDaniel Spiers18100181IFAlec Stewart16220182FBJohn Walker21000210OFJack Yates110011
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