1888–89 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

West Bromwich Albion
1888–89 season
Chairman	Henry Jackson/Edward W. Heelis^[1]^{[nb 1]}
Manager	None^[2]^{[nb 2]}
Stadium	Stoney Lane
Football League	6th (22 Points)
FA Cup	Semi-final
← 1887–88 1889–90 →

The 1888–89 season was the 11th season in the history of West Bromwich Albion, as well as their first season in the newly formed Football League, of which they were a founder member. They finished in 6th position with 22 points.

Final league table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Preston North End	22	18	4	0	74	15	4.933	40
2	Aston Villa	22	12	5	5	61	43	1.419	29
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	12	4	6	50	37	1.351	28
4	Blackburn Rovers	22	10	6	6	66	45	1.467	26
5	Bolton Wanderers	22	10	2	10	63	59	1.068	22
6	West Bromwich Albion	22	10	2	10	40	46	0.870	22
7	Accrington	22	6	8	8	48	48	1.000	20
8	Everton	22	9	2	11	35	46	0.761	20
9	Burnley	22	7	3	12	42	62	0.677	17
10	Derby County	22	7	2	13	41	61	0.672	16
11	Notts County	22	5	2	15	40	73	0.548	12
12	Stoke	22	4	4	14	26	51	0.510	12

Key: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

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
Pos.	Name	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	Charlie 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

Footnotes

↑ Heelis succeeded Jackson at some point during 1888, but the source does not specify whether this was during 1887–88 or 1888–89.
↑ Albion did not have a secretary-manager until 1890 and did not appoint a full-time manager until 1948.

References

Citations

↑ Matthews (2005) p. 267.
↑ Matthews (2005) pp. 257–258.

Sources

Matthews, Tony (2005). The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-474-4.
Brown, Tony (2010). The Football League Match by Match 1888-89 to 1892-93. SoccerData. ISBN 978-1-899468-44-7.

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