1888–89 Aston Villa F.C. season

1888–89 season of Aston Villa

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961) Aston Villa 1888–89 football season

Aston Villa

1888–89 season

Manager

Ground

2nd

Round 3

Top goalscorer

League:
All: Albert Allen (19)

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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. 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.

On 1 October 1888 Archie Goodall signed for Aston Villa. Goodall's move from Preston North End was the first transfer during a season to be approved by the Football League. Archie Goodall, playing at centre – half, made his Aston Villa debut on 13 October 1888, at Wellington Road, the then home of Aston Villa. Aston Villa defeated the visitors, Blackburn Rovers, 6 – 1 and Archie Goodall scored the second of Aston Villa’ six goals. Archie Goodall appeared in 14 of the 18 League matches played by Aston Villa from when Goodall joined the club and he scored seven League goals. Goodall played in defence, midfield and the forward–line for Aston Villa. Playing as a full–back/centre–half (four appearances) he was part of a defence-line that kept the opposition to one–League–goal–in–a–match once. Playing as a wing–half (five appearances) he was part of a midfield that achieved a big (three-League-goals-or-more) win once. As a forward (five appearances) he played in a front-line that scored three–League–goals–or–more on three separate occasions. Goodall' seven League goals for Aston Villa including two–League–goals–in–a–match twice. Goodall scored both Villa goals against Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 2 – 1 win at Wellington Road on 24 November 1888. On 8 December 1888 Goodall scored the second and fourth goals as Villa defeated Notts County 4 – 2 at Trent Bridge, the then home of Notts County. In May 1889 Archie Goodall signed for Derby County.

There were debuts for Batty Garvey, Arthur Dixon, Walter Ashmore, Archie Goodall, Archie Wollaston, Thomas Harrison and Bob Thomas.

Final league table

Main article: 1888–89 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification
1	Preston North End	22	18	4	0	74	15	4.933	40	League Champions
2	Aston Villa	22	12	5	5	61	43	1.419	29
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	12	4	6	50	37	1.351	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
6	West Bromwich Albion	22	10	2	10	40	46	0.870	22
7	Accrington	22	6	8	8	48	48	1.000	20
8	Everton	22	9	2	11	35	46	0.761	20
9	Burnley	22	7	3	12	42	62	0.677	17	Re-elected
10	Derby County	22	7	2	13	41	61	0.672	16
11	Notts County	22	5	2	15	40	73	0.548	12
12	Stoke	22	4	4	14	26	51	0.510	12

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

Also FA Cup Winners

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
Pos.	Name	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

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.)
"English National Football Archive". Retrieved 14 April 2018. (registration & fee required)
Metcalf, Mark (2013). The Origins of the Football League The First Season 1888/89. Stroud: Amberley. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-4456-1881-4.
Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Preston North End. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 95. ISBN 1-85983-516-3.
"English National Football Archive". Retrieved 14 April 2018. (registration & fee required)
Metcalf, Mark (2013). The Origins of the Football League The First Season 1888/89. Stroud: Amberley. pp. 57–58/84/92. ISBN 978-1-4456-1881-4.
Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Preston North End. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 95. ISBN 1-85983-516-3.
"Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

Brown, Tony (2010). The Football League Match by Match 1888-89 to 1892-93. SoccerData. ISBN 978-1-899468-44-7.

External links

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