1888–89 Everton F.C. season
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1888–89 season | ||
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Manager | William Edward Barclay | |
The Football League | 8th | |
Top goalscorer | ![]() | |
Highest home attendance | 15,000 vs Preston (19 January 1889) | |
Lowest home attendance | 2,079 vs West Brom (23 February 1889) | |
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Regular First team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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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 |
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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 |