A precursor to the Football League. We played in the Alliance for our first three league seasons (
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before being accepted in the Football League in 1892.
| Season | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Ground | Scorers |
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| 1889-90 | Sat Sep 07, 1889 | Walsall | A | 3-1 | Fellows Park | Hodder (?, ?), Edge (? OG) |
| Sat Sep 21, 1889 | Grimsby Town | A | 0-4 | Blundell Park | |
| Sat Sep 28, 1889 | Bootle | H | 2-2 | Town Ground | Pike (?), Plackett (?) |
| Sat Oct 05, 1889 | Grimsby Town | H | 1-2 | Town Ground | Plackett (?) |
| Sat Oct 12, 1889 | Birmingham St George's | A | 3-1 | St. Andrews | Plackett (?, ?, ?) |
| Sat Oct 19, 1889 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 1-1 | Gresty Road | ? (?) |
| Sat Nov 02, 1889 | Small Heath | H | 0-0 | Town Ground | |
| Sat Nov 09, 1889 | Sunderland Albion | A | 0-4 | Blue House Field | |
| Sat Nov 23, 1889 | Long Eaton Rangers | A | 3-5 | Recreation Ground | Burton (?), Shaw (?), ? (?) |
| Sat Dec 07, 1889 | Sunderland Albion | H | 3-1 | Town Ground | Tolley (?), Smith (?), Pike (?) |
| Sat Dec 14, 1889 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 2-5 | Town Ground | Burton (?), Pike (?) |
| Sat Dec 28, 1889 | The Wednesday | A | 1-3 | Olive Grove | Weightman (?) |
| Sat Jan 04, 1890 | The Wednesday | H | 1-3 | Town Ground | Pike (?) |
| Sat Feb 01, 1890 | Darwen | H | 3-1 | Town Ground | Guttridge (?), Pike (?), Shaw (?) |
| Sat Feb 15, 1890 | Newton Heath | H | 1-3 | Town Ground | Pike (?) |
| Sat Feb 22, 1890 | Long Eaton Rangers | H | 1-1 | Town Ground | Weightman (?) |
| Thu Mar 20, 1890 | Birmingham St George's | H | 2-2 | Town Ground | Pike (?), Tutin (?) |
| Sat Mar 22, 1890 | Darwen | A | 0-9 | Barley Bank | |
| Sat Mar 29, 1890 | Walsall Town Swifts | H | 3-0 | Town Ground | Pike (?, ?), Tutin (?) |
| Sat Apr 05, 1890 | Newton Heath | A | 1-0 | North Road (Manchester) | Guttridge (?) |
| Mon Apr 07, 1890 | Bootle | A | 0-2 | Hawthorne Road | |
| 1890-91 | Sat Sep 06, 1890 | Bootle | A | 5-1 | Hawthorne Road | Rorke (?), Pike (?), Higgins (?, ?), ? (?) |
| Sat Sep 13, 1890 | Darwen | H | 5-2 | Gregory Ground | Higgins (?), Smith (?, ?), McCallum (?), Shaw (?) |
| Sat Sep 20, 1890 | Newton Heath | A | 1-1 | North Road (Manchester) | Shaw (?) |
| Sat Sep 27, 1890 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 5-2 | Gregory Ground | Higgins (?, ?), Pike (?), Smith (?), McCallum (?) |
| Sat Oct 11, 1890 | Sunderland Albion | A | 0-0 | Blue House Field | |
| Sat Oct 18, 1890 | Bootle | H | 7-0 | Town Ground | Higgins (?), Pike (?), Smith (?), May (?, ?, ?, ?) |
| Sat Nov 01, 1890 | The Wednesday | A | 2-0 | Olive Grove | Higgins (?, ?) |
| Sat Nov 08, 1890 | Birmingham St George's | H | 4-0 | Town Ground | Siddons (? OG), Higgins (?, ?), Pike (?) |
| Sat Nov 22, 1890 | Newton Heath | H | 8-2 | Town Ground | Shaw (?, ?, ?), Pike (?, ?, ?), Higgins (?), McCallum (?) |
| Sat Dec 13, 1890 | Darwen | A | 4-4 | Barley Bank | Higgins (?, ?, ?, ?) |
| Sat Dec 27, 1890 | Grimsby Town | H | 1-1 | Town Ground | Higgins (?) |
| Sat Jan 24, 1891 | Sunderland Albion | H | 1-1 | Town Ground | McCallum (?) |
| Mon Feb 02, 1891 | Birmingham St George's | A | 3-6 | St. Andrews | Russell (?), May (?), Rowan (?) |
| Sat Feb 21, 1891 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 7-0 | Gresty Road | Higgins (?, ?, ?, ?), McCallum (?, ?), May (?) |
| Thu Feb 26, 1891 | Small Heath | H | 4-5 | Town Ground | Pike (?, ?, ?), Duncan (?) |
| Sat Feb 28, 1891 | Small Heath | A | 2-4 | Muntz Street | Higgins (?), McCallum (?) |
| Sat Mar 14, 1891 | Walsall Town Swifts | H | 2-0 | Town Ground | ? (? OG), Higgins (?) |
| Sat Mar 21, 1891 | The Wednesday | H | 0-0 | Town Ground | |
| Sat Apr 04, 1891 | Walsall Town Swifts | A | 2-3 | The Chuckery | McCallum (?), Pike (?) |
| Thu Apr 09, 1891 | Grimsby Town | A | 0-3 | Blundell Park | |
| 1891-92 | Thu Sep 03, 1891 | Burton Swifts | H | 7-0 | Town Ground | Pike (?, ?), Higgins (?, ?, ?), Shaw (?), Smith (?) |
| Sat Sep 05, 1891 | Bootle | A | 4-1 | Hawthorne Road | Mason (?), Higgins (?, ?), Graham (? OG) |
| Sat Sep 12, 1891 | Walsall Town Swifts | H | 5-1 | Town Ground | Higgins (?, ?), McPherson (?), Smith (?), Hamilton (?) |
| Thu Sep 24, 1891 | Birmingham St George's | H | 3-0 | Town Ground | McPherson (?), Higgins (?), Russell (?) |
| Thu Oct 08, 1891 | Small Heath | H | 2-0 | Town Ground | Smith (?), Higgins (?) |
| Sat Oct 17, 1891 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 5-0 | Town Ground | Shaw (?), Pike (?, ?), Higgins (?, ?) |
| Sat Oct 31, 1891 | Birmingham St George's | A | 2-1 | Cape Hill Ground | Higgins (?, ?) |
| Sat Nov 07, 1891 | The Wednesday | H | 1-1 | Town Ground | Higgins (?) |
| Sat Nov 14, 1891 | Ardwick | A | 3-1 | Hyde Road | Pike (?, ?), Higgins (?) |
| Thu Nov 19, 1891 | Ardwick | H | 4-0 | Town Ground | Russell (? pen, ?), Smith (?), Higgins (?) |
| Sat Nov 21, 1891 | Grimsby Town | H | 3-3 | Town Ground | Higgins (?, ?, ?) |
| Sat Nov 28, 1891 | The Wednesday | A | 1-3 | Olive Grove | Pike (?) |
| Sat Dec 12, 1891 | Bootle | H | 5-1 | Gregory Ground | Russell (?), Lindley (?), Smith (?), McPherson (?), Mason (?) |
| Fri Jan 01, 1892 | Newton Heath | A | 1-1 | North Road (Manchester) | Higgins (?) |
| Sat Jan 09, 1892 | Burton Swifts | A | 3-1 | Peel Croft | Pike (?), Mason (?, ?) |
| Sat Feb 06, 1892 | Lincoln City | H | 0-0 | Town Ground | |
| Sat Feb 20, 1892 | Lincoln City | A | 4-1 | John O'Gaunts | Higgins (?, ?, ?, ?) |
| Sat Mar 19, 1892 | Newton Heath | H | 3-0 | Town Ground | Higgins (?), Mason (?), McPherson (?) |
| Sat Apr 02, 1892 | Walsall Town Swifts | A | 0-3 | The Chuckery | |
| Sat Apr 16, 1892 | Small Heath | A | 2-1 | Muntz Street | Oscroft (?), Mason (?) |
| Sat Apr 23, 1892 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 0-2 | Gresty Road | |
| Thu Apr 28, 1892 | Grimsby Town | A | 1-1 | Blundell Park | Higgins (?) |
