Aston Villa F.C. season 1888-89
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Aston Villa finished a creditable second in the inaugural 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 Perry Barr in Villa's last home fixture.
Villa's Cup season ended in humiliation with an 8-1 defeat by Blackburn Rovers that remains a club record.
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[edit] Full results, 1888-89
- Football League
Position 2nd Played 22 Won 12 Drew 5 Lost 5 Goals For 61 Against 43 Goal Average 1.4186 Points 29 (2 points for a win)
[edit] 1888
8th September Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) D 1-1
15th September Stoke (H) W 5-1
22nd September Everton (H) W 2-1
29th September Notts County (H) W 9-1
6th October Everton (A) L 0-2
13th October Blackburn Rovers (H) W 6-1
20th October Bolton Wanderers (A) W 3-2
27th October Accrington (H) W 4-3
3rd November Stoke (A) D 1-1
10th November Preston North End (A) D 1-1
17th November Blackburn (A) L 1-5
24th November Wolves (H) W 2-1
8th December Notts County (A) W 4-2
15th December Accrington (A) D 1-1
22nd December Burnley (H) W 4-2
29th December Derby County (H) W 4-2
[edit] 1889
5th January Burnley (A) L 0-4
12th January Bolton (H) W 6-2
19th January West Bromwich Albion (H) W 2-0
26th January West Brom (A) D 3-3
9th February Preston (H) L 0-2
9th March Derby (A) L 2-5
[edit] FA Cup
2nd February Witton (H) W 3-2
16th February Derby County (H) W 5-3
2nd March Blackburn Rovers (A) L 1-8
