1888–89 Accrington F.C. season

Accrington
1888–89 season
Football League 7th (20 Points)
FA Cup Round 1
Top goalscorer Alex Barbour (13)
1889–90 →

The 1888–89 season was Accrington's first season in the Football League which had just been founded. Because of this Accrington became one of the founder members of the Football League. They finished in 7th position level on points with Everton.

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

Accrington'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 Everton A 1 – 2 8,000 Holden
2 15 September 1888 Blackburn Rovers A 5 – 5 4,000 Kirkham (2), Holden, Chippendale, Southworth (o.g.)
3 22 September 1888 Derby County A 1 – 1 3,000 Brand
4 29 September 1888 Stoke A 4 – 2 3,000 Brand (2), Barbour, Holden
5 6 October 1888 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 4 – 4 3,000 Barbour (2), Brand, Holden
6 13 October 1888 Derby County H 6 – 2 3,000 Brand (3), Kirkham (2), Barbour
7 20 October 1888 Preston North End H 0 – 0 6,000
8 27 October 1888 Aston Villa A 3 – 4 6,000 Barbour, Brand, Kirkham
9 3 November 1888 West Bromwich Albion A 2 – 2 1,000 Barbour (2)
10 10 November 1888 Notts County A 3 – 3 8,000 Barbour (2), Lofhouse
11 17 November 1888 Preston North End A 0 – 2 7,000
12 24 November 1888 West Bromwich Albion H 2 – 1 2,000 Kirkham, Barbour
13 1 December 1888 Burnley H 5 – 1 3,000 Kirkham, Barbour (2), Brand (2)
14 8 December 1888 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0 – 4 3,000
15 15 December 1888 Aston Villa H 1 – 1 2,000 Kirkham
16 22 December 1888 Bolton Wanderers A 1 – 4 5,000 Bullough (o.g.)
17 29 December 1888 Everton H 3 – 1 3,000 Brand, Haworth, Lofhouse
18 12 January 1889 Burnley A 2 – 2 6,000 Kirkham, A Wilkinson
19 19 January 1889 Blackburn Rovers H 0 – 2 4,000
20 26 January 1889 Notts County H 1 – 2 5,000 Kirkham
21 23 March 1889 Bolton Wanderers H 2 – 3 3,000 Kirkham (2)
22 20 April 1889 Stoke H 2 – 0 2,000 Gallocher, Barbour

FA Cup

Main article: 1888–89 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 2 February 1889 Blackburn Rovers H 1 – 1 3,000 A Wilkinson
R1 Replay 9 February 1889 Blackburn Rovers A 0 – 5 8,000

Appearances

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FW Alex Barbour 19 13 2 0 21 13
FW Jim Bonar 17 0 2 0 19 0
FW Bob Brand 16 11 0 0 16 11
HB Peter Chippendale 6 1 0 0 6 1
FW Hugh Galbraith 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Pat Gallocher 1 1 0 0 1 1
HB George Haworth 21 1 2 0 23 1
FW J. Holden 6 4 0 0 6 4
GK Johnny Horne 22 0 2 0 24 0
FW John Kirkham 19 12 2 0 21 12
FW Joe Lofthouse 21 2 2 0 23 2
FW Robert Macbeth 1 0 0 0 1 0
FB John McLellan 19 0 1 0 20 0
HB H. Parkinson 1 0 0 0 1 0
HB Luther Pemberton 16 0 0 0 16 0
FW J. Robertson 3 0 0 0 3 0
FB Stephen Smith-Singleton 4 0 0 0 4 0
FB John Stevenson 22 0 2 0 24 0
HB James Tattersall 17 0 2 0 19 0
FW Arthur Wilkinson 4 1 2 1 6 2
HB Jonathan Wilkinson 4 0 0 0 4 0
HB J. Woods 2 0 0 0 2 0

See also

References

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