1888–89 Preston North End F.C. season

Preston North End 1888–89 football season

Preston North End

1888–89 season

1888–89 squad

Manager

Selection Commmitte

Football League

1st

FA Cup

Winners

Top goalscorer

League: John Goodall (21)
All: John Goodall (23)

Biggest win

7–0 vs. Notts County,
Football League,
3 November 1888
7–0 vs. Stoke,
Football League,
12 November 1888

Home colours

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The 1888–89 season was Preston North End's first season in the Football League, which had just been founded. Because of this, Preston became one of the founder members of the Football League. Preston were very successful during the season as they went on to claim the league and cup double without being defeated.

Final league table

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

Preston's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Football League

Main article: 1888–89 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	8 September 1888	Burnley	H	5 – 2	5,000	Gordon, Ross (2), Dewhurst (2)
2	15 September 1888	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	4 – 0	5,000	Gordon, Ross, A Goodall, J Goodall
3	22 September 1888	Bolton Wanderers	H	3 – 1	5,000	Gordon (2), Drummond
4	29 September 1888	Derby County	A	3 – 2	6,000	Robertson, Ross (2)
5	6 October 1888	Stoke	H	7 – 0	3,000	Ross (4), Whittle, J Goodall, Dewhurst
6	13 October 1888	West Bromwich Albion	H	3 – 0	10,000	Dewhurst, Edwards (2)
7	20 October 1888	Accrington	A	0 – 0	6,000
8	27 October 1888	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	5 – 2	6,000	Gordon, Ross, J Goodall (3)
9	3 November 1888	Notts County	A	7 – 0	7,000	Gordon (3), Ross, J Goodall (3)
10	10 November 1888	Aston Villa	H	1 – 1	10,000	J Goodall
11	12 November 1888	Stoke	A	3 – 0	4,500	Ross, Thomson, Robertson
12	17 November 1888	Accrington	H	2 – 0	7,000	Gordon, Dewhurst
13	24 November 1888	Bolton Wanderers	A	5 – 2	10,000	Ross (2), Robertson, Dewhurst, J Goodall
14	8 December 1888	Derby County	H	5 – 0	4,000	Inglis, J Goodall (2), Dewhurst (2)
15	15 December 1888	Burnley	A	2 – 2	8,000	Ross, Thomson
16	22 December 1888	Everton	H	3 – 0	8,000	Dewhurst, J Goodall (2)
17	26 December 1888	West Bromwich Albion	A	5 – 0	5,150	J Goodall (2), Ross (2), Gordon
18	29 December 1888	Blackburn Rovers	H	1 – 0	8,000	J Goodall
19	5 January 1889	Notts County	H	4 – 1	4,000	J Goodall (2), Edwards
20	12 January 1889	Blackburn Rovers	A	2 – 2	10,000	Dewhurst, Thomson
21	19 January 1889	Everton	A	2 – 0	15,000	J Goodall, Ross
22	9 February 1889	Aston Villa	A	2 – 0	10,000	Dewhurst (2)

FA Cup

Main articles: 1888–89 FA Cup and 1889 FA Cup Final

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	2 February 1889	Bootle	A	3 – 0	1,000	J Goodall, Gordon, Thomson
R2	16 February 1889	Grimsby Town	A	2 – 0	8,000	J Goodall, Ross
R3	2 March 1889	Birmingham St George's	H	2 – 0	8,000	Holmes, Thomson
Semi final	16 March 1889	West Bromwich Albion	N	1 – 0	22,688	Russell
Final	30 March 1889	Wolverhampton Wanderers	N	3 – 0	25,000	Dewhurst, Thomson, Ross

Appearances

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FW	Fred Dewhurst	16	12	5	1	21	13
FB	George Drummond	12	1	4	0	16	1
FW	Jack Edwards	4	3	0	0	4	3
FW	Archie Goodall	2	1	0	0	2	1
FW	John Goodall	21	21	5	2	26	23
FW	Jack Gordon	20	10	5	1	25	11
HB	Johnny Graham	22	0	4	0	26	0
HB	Willie Graham	5	0	0	0	5	0
FB	Robert Holmes	22	0	5	1	27	1
FB	Bob Howarth	18	0	5	0	23	0
FW	Jock Inglis	1	1	0	0	1	1
GK	Robert Mills-Roberts	2	0	5	0	7	0
HB	Sandy Robertson	21	3	1	0	22	3
FW	Jimmy Ross	21	19	5	2	26	21
HB	David Russell	18	0	5	1	23	1
FW	Sam Thomson	16	3	5	3	21	6
GK	James Trainer	20	0	0	0	20	0
FB	Richard Whittle	1	1	0	0	1	1

References

General

Preston North End 1888–89

Specific

v t e Preston North End F.C. seasons
1888–89 1889–90
1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900
1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10
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v t e Preston North End Football Club
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Grounds	Deepdale
Rivalries	West Lancashire derby League record by opponent Burial of the Coffin

1888–89 in English football

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FA competitions

FA Cup
- Qualifying rounds
- Final

Leagues

Football League (First Division)

Related to national team

Home Championship

Other

Canadian tour

Club seasons
Football League	Accrington Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Derby County Everton Notts County Preston North End Stoke West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers
Others	Burslem Port Vale Eastville Rovers (Bristol Rovers) Newton Heath LYR (Manchester United) Royal Arsenal St. Mary's (Southampton)

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