Football Alliance

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association football league defunct football league sports league

The Football Alliance was a short-lived English football league that operated in the late 19th century as a rival and eventual feeder to the early Football League.

Aliases (1)

Football League ×2

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	association football league → defunct football league → sports league →
competitionFormat	league system →
continent	Europe →
country	England →
dissolved	1892 →
firstSeason	1889–90 →
founded	1889 →
governingBody	The Football Association →
historicalSignificance	contributed clubs to expansion of The Football League → early rival to The Football League →
initialNumberOfClubs	12 →
languageOfName	English →
lastSeason	1891–92 →
levelInPyramid	second tier →
location	England →
mergedInto	The Football League →
notableClubMember	Crewe Alexandra → Grimsby Town → Newton Heath → Nottingham Forest → Sheffield Wednesday → Small Heath → Sunderland Albion → The Wednesday →
numberOfSeasons	3 →
operatedInCentury	19th century →
operatedInPeriod	late 19th century →
reasonForDissolution	absorption into The Football League →
regionServed	Midlands → North of England →
roleRelativeToFootballLeague	feeder league → rival league →
sport	association football →
status	defunct →
successorCompetition	The Football League Second Division →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Newton Heath F.C. ("Football League") → Newton Heath LYR Football Club ("Football League") → Newton Heath LYR Football Club →	leagueParticipation