1888–89 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

West Bromwich Albion
1888–89 season
Football League 6th (22 Points)
FA Cup Semi final
1889–90 →

The 1888–89 season was West Bromwich Albion's first season in the Football League which had just been founded. Because of this they became one of the founder members of the Football League. They finished in 6th position with 22 points.

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

West Bromwich Albion'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 Stoke A 2 – 0 4,500 Wilson, Woodhall
2 15 September 1888 Derby County A 2 – 1 3,000 Bassett, Pearson
3 22 September 1888 Blackburn Rovers A 2 – 6 8,000 Bayliss, Pearson
4 29 September 1888 Burnley H 4 – 3 2,100 Perry, Bassett, Hendry, Shaw
5 6 October 1888 Derby County H 5 – 0 2,100 Perry, Bassett, Pearson (3)
6 13 October 1888 Preston North End A 0 – 3 10,000
7 20 October 1888 Notts County H 4 – 2 2,000 Pearson (2), Wilson, Woodhall
8 3 November 1888 Accrington H 2 – 2 1,000 Wilson, Bassett
9 5 November 1888 Bolton Wanderers H 1 – 5 4,000 Bassett
10 10 November 1888 Burnley A 0 – 2 5,000
11 17 November 1888 Bolton Wanderers A 2 – 1 3,500 Hendry, Pearson
12 24 November 1888 Accrington A 1 – 2 2,000 Perry
13 1 December 1888 Everton H 4 – 1 5,000 Perry, Bassett (2), Hendry
14 15 December 1888 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1 – 2 3,000 Pearson
15 22 December 1888 Blackburn Rovers H 2 – 1 1,000 Pearson, Bassett
16 26 December 1888 Preston North End H 0 – 5 5,150
17 29 December 1888 Stoke H 2 – 0 4,900 Bassett, Wilson
18 5 January 1889 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1 – 3 4,000 Woodhall
19 12 January 1889 Notts County A 1 – 2 2,000 Bassett
20 19 January 1889 Aston Villa A 0 – 2 10,000
21 26 January 1889 Aston Villa H 3 – 3 8,515 Bassett, Pearson (2)
22 23 February 1889 Everton H 1 – 0 8,000 Crabtree

FA Cup

Main article: 1888–89 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 2 February 1889 Small Heath A 3 – 2 3,034 Perry, Wilson, Pearson
R2 16 February 1889 Burnley H 5 – 1 5,104 Perry (3), Wilson, Bayliss
R3 2 March 1889 Chatham A 10 – 1 17,000 Bassett (2), Perry, Wilson (3), Bayliss (2), Timmins, Own Goal
Semi final 16 March 1889 Preston North End N 0 – 1 22,688

Appearances

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FW Billy Bassett 21 11 4 2 25 13
U Jem Bayliss 21 1 4 2 25 3
FW Fredrick Crabtree 1 1 0 0 1 1
FB Harry Green 9 0 4 0 13 0
FW George Haynes 5 0 0 0 5 0
FW Billy Hendry 16 4 0 0 16 4
HB Ezra Horton 8 0 4 0 12 0
FB Jack Horton 19 0 1 0 20 0
HB Albert Millard 1 0 0 0 1 0
FB Harold Oliver 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Tom Pearson 22 11 4 1 26 12
HB Charlie Perry 20 0 4 0 24 0
FW Walter Perry 9 4 4 6 13 10
FB Alexander Ramsey 1 0 0 0 1 0
GK Bob Roberts 22 0 4 0 26 0
FW B. Shaw 1 1 0 0 1 1
HB George Timmins 22 0 4 1 26 1
FB Luther Walker 12 0 0 0 12 0
FW Joe Wilson 20 4 4 5 24 9
FW George Woodhall 10 3 0 0 10 3

See also

References

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

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