1888–89 Aston Villa F.C. season
The 1888–89 English football season saw the first season of the Football League. In the late 1880s, Birmingham and the surrounding region boasted many of the country's strongest football teams. Villa and several of the region's leading clubs joined the first two national leagues set up in England, the Football League and the Football Alliance.
| 1888–89 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager |  George Ramsay | ||
| Football League | 2nd | ||
| FA Cup | Round 3 | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: All: Albert Allen (19) | ||
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Aston Villa were one of the new league's 12 founding members and finished as runners-up behind double winners Preston North End. The 'Invincibles' from Lancashire also ended Villa's bid to win every single home game, with a 2–0 win at Wellington Road in Villa's last home fixture.
Villa's cup season ended with an 8–1 defeat by Blackburn Rovers that remained a club record until 2012.
Local businessman, George Kynoch was appointed president of the club in 1888.[1]
Final league table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preston North End | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 74 | 15 | 4.933 | 40 | League Champions and FA Cup Winners |
| 2 | Aston Villa | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 61 | 43 | 1.419 | 29 | |
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 51 | 37 | 1.378 | 28 | |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 66 | 45 | 1.467 | 26 | |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 63 | 59 | 1.068 | 22 |
Results
Aston Villa's score comes first
Legend
| Win | Draw | Loss |
Football League
| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 September 1888 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 1 – 1 | 2,500 | Green |
| 2 | 15 September 1888 | Stoke | H | 5 – 1 | 4,000 | Dixon, Brown, Green, Hunter, Allen |
| 3 | 22 September 1888 | Everton | H | 2 – 1 | 4,000 | Hodgetts (2) |
| 4 | 29 September 1888 | Notts County | H | 9 – 1 | 4,000 | Green (3), Allen (3), Hunter (2), Hodgetts |
| 5 | 6 October 1888 | Everton | A | 0 – 2 | 10,000 | |
| 6 | 13 October 1888 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 6 – 1 | 5,000 | Goodall, Green, Brown, Allen (2), Hunter |
| 7 | 20 October 1888 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 3 – 2 | 8,000 | Hodgetts, Hunter, Allen |
| 8 | 27 October 1888 | Accrington | H | 4 – 3 | 6,000 | Allen, Brown (2), Hodgetts |
| 9 | 3 November 1888 | Stoke | A | 1 – 1 | 4,000 | Allen |
| 10 | 10 November 1888 | Preston North End | A | 1 – 1 | 10,000 | Green |
| 11 | 17 November 1888 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 1 – 5 | 9,500 | Allen |
| 12 | 24 November 1888 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 2 – 1 | 6,000 | Goodall (2) |
| 13 | 8 December 1888 | Notts County | A | 4 – 2 | 2,000 | Goodall (2), Brown, Green |
| 14 | 15 December 1888 | Accrington | A | 1 – 1 | 2,000 | Brown |
| 15 | 22 December 1888 | Burnley | H | 4 – 2 | 2,000 | Green, Goodall, Allen, Hunter |
| 16 | 29 December 1888 | Derby County | H | 4 – 2 | 4,000 | Green (2), Allen, Goodall |
| 17 | 5 January 1889 | Burnley | A | 0 – 4 | 6,000 | |
| 18 | 12 January 1889 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 6 – 2 | 2,000 | Brown, Allen, Hodgetts, Hunter, Green (2) |
| 19 | 19 January 1889 | West Bromwich Albion | H | 2 – 0 | 10,000 | Allen, Hodgetts |
| 20 | 26 January 1889 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 3 – 3 | 8,515 | Allen (2), Green |
| 21 | 9 February 1889 | Preston North End | H | 0 – 2 | 10,000 | |
| 22 | 9 March 1889 | Derby County | A | 2 – 5 | 3,000 | Allen (2) |
FA Cup
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | 2 February 1889 | Witton | H | 3 – 2 | 1,500 | Allen, Hunter, Green |
| R2 | 16 February 1889 | Derby County | H | 5 – 3 | 2,000 | Hunter (2), Hodgetts (2), Brown |
| R3 | 2 March 1889 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 1 – 8 | 12,000 | Hodgetts |
Appearances
| Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FW |  Albert Allen |
21 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 19 |
| GK | Walter Ashmore |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Arthur Brown |
22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 |
| HB | John Burton |
16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| FB | Frank Coulton |
19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| FB | Gershom Cox |
22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| HB | Frankie Dawson |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| HB | Harry Devey |
21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| HB | Arthur Dixon |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| FW | Batty Garvey |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW |  Archie Goodall |
14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 |
| FW | Tommy Green |
22 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 16 |
| FW | Thomas Harrison |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Dennis Hodgetts |
17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 10 |
| FW | Archie Hunter |
19 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 9 |
| GK | Jimmy Warner |
21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| HB | Arthur Wollaston |
4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| HB | Harry Yates |
13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
See also
References
- "George Kynoch". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48741. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- "England 1888–89". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 17 March 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
- Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.
- Brown, Tony (2010). The Football League Match by Match 1888-89 to 1892-93. SoccerData. ISBN 978-1-899468-44-7.
External links
- avfchistory.co.uk 1888–89 season
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