1888–89 Preston North End F.C. season

Preston North End
1888–89 season
Football League 1st (40 Points)
FA Cup Winners
Top goalscorer John Goodall (22)
1889–90 →

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 both the league and cup double without being defeated which earned the squad legendary status in league football. They were dubbed by the reporters at the time as the 'invincibles'.

Contents

Final league Table

Pos Team Pld W D L F A GA GD Pts
1 Preston North End 22 18 4 0 74 15 4.933 + 59 40
2 Aston Villa 22 12 5 5 61 43 1.419 + 18 29
3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 22 12 4 6 50 37 1.351 + 13 28
4 Blackburn Rovers 22 10 6 6 66 45 1.467 + 21 26
5 Bolton Wanderers 22 10 2 10 63 59 1.068 + 4 22
6 West Bromwich Albion 22 10 2 10 40 46 0.870 – 6 22
7 Accrington 22 6 8 8 48 48 1.000 ± 0 20
8 Everton 22 9 2 11 35 46 0.761 – 11 20
9 Burnley 22 7 3 12 42 62 0.677 – 20 17
10 Derby County 22 7 2 13 41 61 0.672 – 20 16
11 Notts County 22 5 2 15 40 73 0.548 – 33 12
12 Stoke 22 4 4 14 26 51 0.510 – 25 12
Key
League Champions
FA Cup Winners (see Preston North End)
Re-elected
Failed re-election (none)

Results

Preston's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League

Main article: 1888–89 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
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, Thompson, 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, Thompson
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, Thompson
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

Main articles: 1888–89 FA Cup and 1889 FA Cup Final
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 2 February 1889 Bootle A 3 – 0 1,000 J Goodall, Gordon, Thompson
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, Thompson
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, Thompson, Ross

Appearances

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
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 20 5 2 26 22
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 Thompson 16 3 5 3 21 6
GK James Trainer 20 0 0 0 20 0
FB Richard Whittle 1 1 0 0 1 1

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