1888–89 Everton F.C. season

Everton

1888–89 season
Manager	William Edward Barclay
The Football League	8th
Top goalscorer	Edgar Chadwick (6)
Highest home attendance	15,000 vs Preston (19 January 1889)
Lowest home attendance	2,079 vs West Brom (23 February 1889)
Home colours

Regular First team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	{{{pos}}}	ENG	Robert Smalley 18 appearances in goal
—	{{{pos}}}	ENG	George Dobson 18 appearances at right back
—	{{{pos}}}	SCO	Nick Ross 19 appearances at left back
—	{{{pos}}}	SCO	James Weir 16 appearances at centre back
—	{{{pos}}}	ENG	Johnny Holt 17 appearances at centre back
—	{{{pos}}}	WAL	George Farmer 21 appearances at centre half
—	{{{pos}}}	WAL	Joe Davies 8 appearances at outside right
—	{{{pos}}}	ENG	Robert Watson 18 appearances at inside right
—	{{{pos}}}	ENG	Frank Sugg 9 appearances at centre forward
—	{{{pos}}}	ENG	Edgar Chadwick ever present inside left
—	{{{pos}}}	ENG	James Costley 6 appearances at outside left

Everton fielded by far the most unsettled side of all the twelve original Football League members, using thirty-five players in their twenty-two game campaign. Indeed, the club have never fielded more players in any season since, despite having played as many as twenty league games more in over fifty subsequent seasons. So inconsistent was their team selection that at no time did the above combination actually take the field. Not surprisingly Everton's best result of the season, a 6–2 victory over Derby County on 20 October 1888 was achieved with ten of the above players on the field. Robert Watson missed that game while his deputy, Alex McKinnon scored the only hat-trick obtained by an Everton player all season. This was the only game in which ten of the first eleven featured.

Other players used

Jack Angus (5 appearances at outside left), William Briscoe (3 apps – inside left), William Brown (6 apps – outside left), Albert Chadwick (2 apps – left back), J Coyne (2 apps – inside right), George Davie (2 apps – centre forward), Alec Dick (9 apps – right back), George Fleming (4 apps – outside right), Mike Higgins (1 app – centre half), Charles Jolliffe (4 apps – goalkeeper), Robert Jones (1 app – centre back), Bob Kelso (1 app – centre back), J Keys (1 app – centre forward), Wiliam Lewis (3 apps – centre forward), Alex McKinnon (6 apps – outside right), Alf Milward (6 apps – centre forward), R Morris (1 app – centre forward), Henry Parkinson (1 app – centre half), Hugh Pollock (1 app – centre back), Roberts (1 app – centre back), George Stephenson (1 app – centre back), Harry Warmby (1 app – centre back), David Waugh (7 apps – inside right), Walter Wilson (1 app – left back)

• NB position listed is that filled most commonly by the player during this season and may not always have been the role played.

League

Date	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
8 September 1888	Accrington	H	2–1	George Fleming (2)	12,000
15 September 1888	Notts County	H	2–1	Edgar Chadwick, Nick Ross	6,000
22 September 1888	Aston Villa	A	1–2	Robert Watson	5,000
29 September 1888	Bolton	A	2–6	William Lewis, Robert Watson	5,000
6 October 1888	Aston Villa	H	2–0	George Farmer, Dave Waugh	10,000
13 October 1888	Notts County	A	1–3	Nick Ross	4,000
20 October 1888	Derby	A	4–2	James Costley (2), Edgar Chadwick, Archibald McKinnon	3,000
27 October 1888	Derby	H	6–2	Archibald McKinnon (3), Nick Ross (2), Robert Watson	3,000
3 November 1888	Bolton	H	2–1	William Brown, Nick Ross	8,000
10 November 1888	Blackburn	A	0–3		6,000
17 November 1888	Burnley	A	2–2	Edgar Chadwick, Robert Watson	3,000
24 November 1888	Burnley	H	3–2	Edgar Chadwick, James Costley, Coyne	6,000
1 December 1888	West Brom	A	1–4	Edgar Chadwick	5,700
15 December 1888	Stoke	A	0–0		1,500
22 December 1888	Preston	A	0–3		8,000
29 December 1888	Accrington	A	1–3	William Brown	2,000
12 January 1889	Stoke	H	2–1	Joe Davies, Alf Milward	7,000
19 January 1889	Preston	H	0–2		15,000
26 January 1889	Wolves	A	0–5		4,500
9 February 1889	Wolves	H	1–2	Edgar Chadwick	6,000
23 February 1889	West Brom	H	0–1		2,079
30 March 1889	Blackburn	H	3–1	Joe Davies, Alf Milward, Dave Waugh	4,000

Sources

• http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=players&era_id=1&season_id=2&seasons=2
• http://www.allfootballers.com