1888–89 Aston Villa F.C. season
| 1888–89 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager |  George Ramsay | ||
| Football League | 2nd | ||
| FA Cup | Round 3 | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: All: Albert Allen (19) | ||
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The 1888–89 season was the first season of the Football League. Aston Villa were one of the new league's 12 founding members and finished as runners-up of the Football League, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preston North End[a] | 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 |
- ^ Also FA Cup Winners
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
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21 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 19 |
| GK | Walter Ashmore
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Arthur Brown
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22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 |
| HB | John Burton
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16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| FB | Frank Coulton
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19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| FB | Gershom Cox
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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
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW |  Archie Goodall
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14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 |
| FW | Tommy Green
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22 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 16 |
| FW | Thomas Harrison
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Dennis Hodgetts
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17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 10 |
| FW | Archie Hunter
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19 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 9 |
| GK | Jimmy Warner
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21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| HB | Arthur Wollaston
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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.)
- Brown, Tony (2010). The Football League Match by Match 1888-89 to 1892-93. SoccerData. ISBN 978-1-899468-44-7.