| Club: | Newton Heath LYR |
| Season: | 1889–90 |
| Manager: | A. H. Albut |
| League: | Football Alliance |
| League Result: | 8th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | First Round |
| Cup2: | Lancashire Senior Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | First Round |
| Cup3: | Manchester Cup |
| Cup3 Result: | Winners |
| League Topscorer: | Willie Stewart (10) |
| Season Topscorer: | Willie Stewart (11) |
| Highest Attendance: | 5,000 vs Darwen (29 March 1890) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,000 vs Walsall Town Swifts (21 April 1890) |
| Pattern B1: | _redhalf |
| Leftarm1: | FF0000 |
| Body1: | FFFFFF |
| Rightarm1: | FFFFFF |
| Shorts1: | 000066 |
| Socks1: | 000066 |
| Prevseason: | 1888–89 |
| Nextseason: | 1890–91 |
The 1889–90 season was Newton Heath LYR's first season in the Football Alliance; they finished in 8th position. The club also took part in the FA Cup and the Lancashire Senior Cup, failing to get past the First Round in both competitions,[1] as well as the Manchester and District Challenge Cup, in which they came out winners.
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 1889 | Sunderland Albion | H | 4–1 | Wilson, J. Doughty, Stewart, Tait | 3,000 | |
| 23 September 1889 | Bootle | A | 1–4 | Tait | 3,000 | |
| 28 September 1889 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 2–2 | Stewart, Osborne (o.g.) | 2,000 | |
| 19 October 1889 | Walsall Town Swifts | A | 0–4 | 600 | ||
| 26 October 1889 | Birmingham St George's | A | 1–5 | J. Doughty | 500 | |
| 9 November 1889 | Long Eaton Rangers | H | 3–0 | J. Doughty (2), Farman | 2,500 | |
| 30 November 1889 | The Wednesday | A | 1–3 | J. Doughty | 5,000 | |
| 7 December 1889 | Bootle | H | 3–0 | J. Doughty, Farman, Stewart | 4,000 | |
| 21 December 1889 | Walsall Town Swifts | H | 3–0[2] | J. Doughty, Jones (o.g.), Farman | 1,000 | |
| 28 December 1889 | Darwen | A | 1–4 | G. Owen | 5,000 | |
| 4 January 1890 | Grimsby Town | H | 4–1 | Craig (2), Wilson, J. Doughty | 4,000 | |
| 25 January 1890 | Sunderland Albion | A | 0–2 | 4,000 | ||
| 8 February 1890 | Grimsby Town | A | 0–7 | 2,400 | ||
| 15 February 1890 | Nottingham Forest | A | 3–1 | Stewart (2), Wilson | 800 | |
| 1 March 1890 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 1–2 | G. Owen | 2,000 | |
| 15 March 1890 | Small Heath | A | 1–1 | Wilson | 2,000 | |
| 22 March 1890 | Long Eaton Rangers | A | 3–1 | Wilson (2), Farman | 2,000 | |
| 29 March 1890 | Darwen | H | 2–1 | Davies, Stewart | 5,000 | |
| 5 April 1890 | Nottingham Forest | H | 0–1 | 4,000 | ||
| 7 April 1890 | Small Heath | H | 9–1 | Stewart (3), J. Doughty (2), Craig, R. Doughty, Farman, Wilson | 4,000 | |
| 14 April 1890 | Grimsby Town | H | 0–1 | 3,000 | ||
| 19 April 1890 | Birmingham St George's | H | 2–1 | Craig, J. Doughty | 2,500 | |
| 21 April 1890 | Walsall Town Swifts | H | 2–1 | Davies, Stewart | 1,000 | |
| 26 April 1890 | The Wednesday | H | 1–2 | Craig | 4,000 |
| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 April 1890 | Semi-final | Denton | Hyde Road | 4–1 | Farman (2), Stewart, G. Owen | 4,000 | |
| 3 May 1890 | Final | Royton | Brooke's Bar | 5–2 | Craig (3), G. Owen, Farman | 4,000 |
| Pos. | Name | Alliance | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| GK | Tom Hay | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| GK | James Pedley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| FB | Charlie Harrison | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| FB | Andrew Mitchell | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| FB | Jack Powell | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| HB | Tom Burke | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| HB | Joe Davies | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | |
| HB | G. Felton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| HB | Jack Owen | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| FW | T. Craig | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | |
| FW | Jack Doughty | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 9 | |
| FW | Roger Doughty | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
| FW | Alf Farman | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | |
| FW | James Gotheridge | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| FW | George Owen | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
| FW | Willie Stewart | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | |
| FW | William Tait | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| FW | Edgar Wilson | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | |