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1888–89 Aston Villa F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Aston Villa
season	1888–89
manager	George Ramsay
stdtitle	Ground
stadium	Wellington Road
league	[Football League](1888-89-football-league)
league result	2nd
cup1	[FA Cup](1888-89-fa-cup)
cup1 result	Round 3
season topscorer	Albert Allen (19)
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prevseason	[1887–88](1887-88-aston-villa-f-c-season)
nextseason	[1889–90](1889-90-aston-villa-f-c-season)

1st English title (21 goals) (29 September 1888) (3 November 1888) (15 September 1888) Aston Villa 9–1 Notts County (29 September 1888) Bolton Wanderers 7–3 Notts County (9 March 1889) Preston North End Preston North End Derby County Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961)

The 1888–89 English football season saw Aston Villa's 1st season in the Football League in the Football League inaugural season. In the late 1880s, Birmingham and the surrounding region boasted many of the country's strongest football teams. Aston Villa were one of the new league's 12 founding members and finished as runners-up 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 Wellington Road in Villa's last home fixture.

Villa's cup season ended with an 8–1 defeat by Blackburn Rovers that remained a club record until 2012.

Local businessman, George Kynoch was appointed president of the club in 1888.

On 1 October 1888 Archie Goodall signed for Aston Villa. Goodall's move from Preston North End was the first transfer during a season to be approved by the Football League. Goodall, playing at centre – half, made his Aston Villa debut on 13 October 1888, at Wellington Road, the then home of Aston Villa. Aston Villa defeated the visitors, Blackburn Rovers, 6 – 1 and Goodall scored the second of Aston Villa’ six goals. Goodall appeared in 14 of the 18 League matches and scored seven League goals. Goodall played in defence, midfield and the forward–line for Aston Villa. Playing as a full–back/centre–half (four appearances) he was part of a defence-line that kept the opposition to one–League–goal–in–a–match once. Playing as a wing–half (five appearances) he was part of a midfield that achieved a big (three-League-goals-or-more) win once. As a forward (five appearances) he played in a front-line that scored three–League–goals–or–more on three separate occasions. Goodall' seven League goals for Aston Villa including two–League–goals–in–a–match twice. Goodall scored both Villa goals against Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 2 – 1 win at Wellington Road on 24 November 1888. On 8 December 1888 Goodall scored the second and fourth goals as Villa defeated Notts County 4 – 2 at Trent Bridge, the then home of Notts County.

In May 1889 Goodall signed for Derby County.

There were also debuts for Batty Garvey, Arthur Dixon, Walter Ashmore, Archie Wollaston, Thomas Harrison and Bob Thomas

League

Main article: 1888–89 Football League

Matches

Main article: 1888–89 Football League

Aston Villa's score comes first

Win	Draw	Loss

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	8 September 1888	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Dudley Road	1–1	2,500	Green
2	15 September 1888	Stoke	Wellington Road	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	Anfield	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	Wellington Road	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

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
FW	Albert Allen	21	18	3	1	24	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

Notes

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