1888–89 Aston Villa F.C. season

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Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961)
Aston Villa
1888–89 season
ManagerScotland George Ramsay
Football League2nd
FA CupRound 3
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Albert Allen (19)

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.

Aston Villa were one of the new league's 12 founding members and finished as runners-up behind double winners Preston North End. 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[]

Main article: 1888–89 Football League
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
Source: [2][3]

Results[]

Aston Villa's score comes first

Legend[]

Win Draw Loss

Football League[]

Main article: 1888–89 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[]

Main article: 1888–89 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 England Albert Allen 21 18 3 1 24 19
GK England Walter Ashmore 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW England Arthur Brown 22 7 3 1 25 8
HB England John Burton 16 0 3 0 19 0
FB England Frank Coulton 19 0 2 0 21 0
FB England Gershom Cox 22 0 3 0 25 0
HB England Frankie Dawson 3 0 0 0 3 0
HB England Harry Devey 21 0 3 0 24 0
HB England Arthur Dixon 3 1 0 0 3 1
FW England Batty Garvey 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW Ireland Archie Goodall 14 7 0 0 14 7
FW England Tommy Green 22 15 3 1 25 16
FW England Thomas Harrison 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW England Dennis Hodgetts 17 7 3 3 20 10
FW Scotland Archie Hunter 19 6 3 3 22 9
GK England Jimmy Warner 21 0 3 0 24 0
HB England Arthur Wollaston 4 0 1 0 5 0
HB England Harry Yates 13 0 2 0 15 0

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "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.)
  2. ^ "England 1888–89". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 17 March 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  3. ^ 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.

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