1888–89 Preston North End F.C. season

Preston North End
1888–89 season
Manager	Selection Commmitte
Football League	1st
FA Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: John Goodall (20); All: John Goodall (22)
Biggest win	7–0 vs. Notts County,; Football League,; 3 November 1888; 7–0 vs. Stoke,; Football League,; 12 November 1888;
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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	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Preston North End	22	18	4	0	74	15	4.933	40
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
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

Key: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

Results

Preston's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

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

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	26	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	26	19
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

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