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1888–89 Preston North End F.C. season
English football club season
English football club season
| Field | Value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| image | Preston north end art.jpg | |||||
| caption | 1888–89 squad | |||||
| club | Preston North End | |||||
| season | 1888–89 | |||||
| manager | Selection Commmitte | |||||
| league | [Football League](1888-89-football-league) | |||||
| league result | 1st | |||||
| cup1 | [FA Cup](1888-89-fa-cup) | |||||
| cup1 result | Winners | |||||
| league topscorer | John Goodall (21) | |||||
| season topscorer | John Goodall (23) | |||||
| largest win | {{plainlist | |||||
| nextseason | [1889–90](1889-90-preston-north-end-f-c-season) | |||||
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- 7–0 vs. Notts County, Football League, 3 November 1888
- 7–0 vs. Stoke, Football League, 12 November 1888}} The 1888–89 season was Preston North End's first season in the Football League, which had just been founded. Because of this, Preston became one of the founder members of the Football League. Preston were very successful during the season as they went on to claim the league and cup double without being defeated.
Final league table
Results
:Preston's score comes first
Legend
| Win | Draw |
|---|
Football League
Main article: 1888–89 Football League
| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 September 1888 | Burnley | H | 5–2 | 5,000 | Gordon, Ross (2), Dewhurst (2) |
| 2 | 15 September 1888 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 4–0 | 5,000 | Gordon, Ross, A Goodall, J Goodall |
| 3 | 22 September 1888 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 3–1 | 5,000 | Gordon (2), Drummond |
| 4 | 29 September 1888 | Derby County | A | 3–2 | 6,000 | Robertson, Ross (2) |
| 5 | 6 October 1888 | Stoke | H | 7–0 | 3,000 | Ross (4), Whittle, J Goodall, Dewhurst |
| 6 | 13 October 1888 | West Bromwich Albion | H | 3–0 | 10,000 | Dewhurst, Edwards (2) |
| 7 | 20 October 1888 | Accrington | A | 0–0 | 6,000 | |
| 8 | 27 October 1888 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 5–2 | 6,000 | Gordon, Ross, J Goodall (3) |
| 9 | 3 November 1888 | Notts County | A | 7–0 | 7,000 | Gordon (3), Ross, J Goodall (3) |
| 10 | 10 November 1888 | [Aston Villa](1888-89-avfc) | H | 1–1 | 10,000 | J Goodall |
| 11 | 12 November 1888 | Stoke | A | 3–0 | 4,500 | Ross, Thomson, Robertson |
| 12 | 17 November 1888 | Accrington | H | 2–0 | 7,000 | Gordon, Dewhurst |
| 13 | 24 November 1888 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 5–2 | 10,000 | Ross (2), Robertson, Dewhurst, J Goodall |
| 14 | 8 December 1888 | Derby County | H | 5–0 | 4,000 | Inglis, J Goodall (2), Dewhurst (2) |
| 15 | 15 December 1888 | Burnley | A | 2–2 | 8,000 | Ross, Thomson |
| 16 | 22 December 1888 | Everton | H | 3–0 | 8,000 | Dewhurst, J Goodall (2) |
| 17 | 26 December 1888 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 5–0 | 5,150 | J Goodall (2), Ross (2), Gordon |
| 18 | 29 December 1888 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 1–0 | 8,000 | J Goodall |
| 19 | 5 January 1889 | Notts County | H | 4–1 | 4,000 | J Goodall (2), Edwards |
| 20 | 12 January 1889 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 2–2 | 10,000 | Dewhurst, Thomson |
| 21 | 19 January 1889 | Everton | A | 2–0 | 15,000 | J Goodall, Ross |
| 22 | 9 February 1889 | Aston Villa | A | 2–0 | 10,000 | Dewhurst (2) |
FA Cup
Main article: 1888–89 FA Cup, 1889 FA Cup Final
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | 2 February 1889 | Bootle | A | 3–0 | 1,000 | J Goodall, Gordon, Thomson | |
| R2 | 16 February 1889 | Grimsby Town | A | 2–0 | 8,000 | J Goodall, Ross | |
| R3 | 2 March 1889 | Birmingham St George's | H | 2–0 | 8,000 | Holmes, Thomson | |
| Semi final | 16 March 1889 | West Bromwich Albion | N | 1–0 | 22,688 | Russell | |
| Final | 30 March 1889 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | N | 3–0 | 25,000 | Dewhurst, Thomson, Ross |
Appearances
| Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | Total | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | ENG Fred Dewhurst | 16 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 13 | ||||
| FB | SCO George Drummond | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||||
| FW | ENG Jack Edwards | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| FW | [[File:St Patrick's saltire.svg | 20px]] Archie Goodall | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| FW | ENG John Goodall | 21 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 23 | ||||
| FW | SCO Jack Gordon | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 11 | ||||
| HB | SCO Johnny Graham | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| HB | SCO Willie Graham | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| FB | ENG Robert Holmes | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 1 | ||||
| FB | ENG Bob Howarth | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||||
| FW | SCO Jock Inglis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| GK | WAL Robert Mills-Roberts | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| HB | SCO Sandy Robertson | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | ||||
| FW | SCO Jimmy Ross | 21 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 21 | ||||
| HB | SCO David Russell | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 1 | ||||
| FW | SCO Sam Thomson | 16 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 6 | ||||
| GK | WAL James Trainer | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| FB | ENG Richard Whittle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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