1888–89 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1888–89 season
Manager George Ramsay
Football League 2nd
FA Cup Round 3
Top goalscorer League:
All: Albert Allen (19)
← 1887–88 1889–90 →

Aston Villa finished 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 with an 8–1 defeat by Blackburn Rovers that remains a club record.

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

Aston Villa'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 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1 – 1 2,500 Green
2 15 September 1888 Stoke H 5 – 1 4,000 Dixon, Brown, Green, Hunter, Allen
3 22 September 1888 Everton H 2 – 1 4,000 Hodgetts (2)
4 29 September 1888 Notts County H 9 – 1 4,000 Green (3), Allen (3), Hunter (2), Hodgetts
5 6 October 1888 Everton A 0 – 2 10,000
6 13 October 1888 Blackburn Rovers H 6 – 1 5,000 Goodall, Green, Brown, Allen (2), Hunter
7 20 October 1888 Bolton Wanderers A 3 – 2 8,000 Hodgetts, Hunter, Allen
8 27 October 1888 Accrington H 4 – 3 6,000 Allen, Brown (2), Hodgetts
9 3 November 1888 Stoke A 1 – 1 4,000 Allen
10 10 November 1888 Preston North End A 1 – 1 10,000 Green
11 17 November 1888 Blackburn Rovers A 1 – 5 9,500 Allen
12 24 November 1888 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2 – 1 6,000 Goodall (2)
13 8 December 1888 Notts County A 4 – 2 2,000 Goodall (2), Brown, Green
14 15 December 1888 Accrington A 1 – 1 2,000 Brown
15 22 December 1888 Burnley H 4 – 2 2,000 Green, Goodall, Allen, Hunter
16 29 December 1888 Derby County H 4 – 2 4,000 Green (2), Allen, Goodall
17 5 January 1889 Burnley A 0 – 4 6,000
18 12 January 1889 Bolton Wanderers H 6 – 2 2,000 Brown, Allen, Hodgetts, Hunter, Green (2)
19 19 January 1889 West Bromwich Albion H 2 – 0 10,000 Allen, Hodgetts
20 26 January 1889 West Bromwich Albion A 3 – 3 8,515 Allen (2), Green
21 9 February 1889 Preston North End H 0 – 2 10,000
22 9 March 1889 Derby County A 2 – 5 3,000 Allen (2)

FA Cup

Main article: 1888–89 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 2 February 1889 Witton H 3 – 2 1,500 Allen, Hunter, Green
R2 16 February 1889 Derby County H 5 – 3 2,000 Hunter (2), Hodgetts (2), Brown
R3 2 March 1889 Blackburn Rovers A 1 – 8 12,000 Hodgetts

Appearances

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FW Albert Allen 21 18 3 1 34 19
GK Walter Ashmore 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Arthur Brown 22 7 3 1 25 8
HB John Burton 16 0 3 0 19 0
FB Frank Coulton 19 0 2 0 21 0
FB Gershom Cox 22 0 3 0 25 0
HB Frankie Dawson 3 0 0 0 3 0
HB Harry Devey 21 0 3 0 24 0
HB Arthur Dixon 3 1 0 0 3 1
FW Batty Garvey 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW Archie Goodall 14 7 0 0 14 7
FW Tommy Green 22 15 3 1 25 16
FW Thomas Harrison 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Dennis Hodgetts 17 7 3 3 20 10
FW Archie Hunter 19 6 3 3 22 9
GK Jimmy Warner 21 0 3 0 24 0
HB Arthur Wollaston 4 0 1 0 5 0
HB Harry Yates 13 0 2 0 15 0

See also

References

Brown, Tony (2010). The Football League Match by Match 1888-89 to 1892-93. SoccerData. ISBN 9781899468447. 

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