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1887–88 in English football

17th season of competitive football in England

Field	Value
country	England
season	1887–88
domestic	[FA Cup](1887-88-fa-cup)
dchampions	West Bromwich Albion
prevseason	1886–87
nextseason	1888–89
flagicon	yes

The 1887–88 season was the 17th season of competitive football in England.

List of professional footballers in Lancashire in the 1887–88 season, Blackburn Weekly Standard, 1 October 1887

Albert Allen, of Aston Villa, scored three goals against Ireland in his only appearance for England. The last pre-league FA Cup campaign saw the first competitive "Second City derby" occur on Saturday, 5 November 1887. Villa beat Small Heath 4-0 in the fifth round. Tommy Green scored a brace before half-time with Albert Brown and Allen adding to the score in the second half.

National team

England won the 1888 British Home Championship, their first victory in the tournament, with comfortable victories over all three other home nations, in each of which England scored five goals.

Date	Venue	Score*	Comp	England scorers
4 February 1888	Nantwich Road, Crewe (H)	5–1	BHC	Fred Dewhurst (Preston North End) (15 & 65 mins), George Woodhall (West Bromwich Albion) (70 mins), Tinsley Lindley (Cambridge University) (75 mins) & John Goodall (Preston North End) 88 mins)
17 March 1888	(Second) Hampden Park, Glasgow (A)	5–0	BHC	Tinsley Lindley (Cambridge University) (32 mins), Dennis Hodgetts (Aston Villa) (34 mins), Fred Dewhurst (Preston North End) (40 & 49 mins) & John Goodall (Preston North End) (43 mins)
31 March 1888	Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast (A)	5–1	BHC	Fred Dewhurst (Preston North End) (10 mins), Albert Allen (Aston Villa)(14, 39 & 60 mins) & Tinsley Lindley (Cambridge University)

England score given first

Key

H = Home match
A = Away match
BHC = British Home Championship

Honours

Competition	Winner
FA Cup	West Bromwich Albion (1)

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

References

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