Champions Nottingham Forest together with Newton Heath and The Wednesday were elected to the enlarged sixteen-team First Division.
The remaining teams were joined by Northwich Victoria, Burslem Port Vale and Sheffield United to form a twelve-team Second Division.
However, Birmingham St George's disbanded at the end of the season due to financial problems.
West Bromwich Albion, although finishing in the bottom four teams of the Football League, were not required to seek re-election as they were the FA Cup holders.
The voting went as follows:[4] When a second division was later added to the league, Darwen were elected to participate, along with the remaining Football Alliance teams except for Birmingham St George's (who disbanded due to financial problems).