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1888–89 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Wolverhampton Wanderers
season	1888–89
manager	Jack Addenbrooke
mgrtitle	Club secretary
league	[Football League](1888-89-football-league)
league result	3rd
cup1	[FA Cup](1888-89-fa-cup)
cup1 result	[Runners-up](1888-89-fa-cup-final)
league topscorer	Harry Wood (13)
season topscorer	Harry Wood (14)
highest attendance	10,000 (vs The Wednesday, 2 March 1889)
lowest attendance	2,000 (vs Bolton, 10 November 1888)
average attendance	4,545 (league only)
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nextseason	[1889–90](1889-90-wolverhampton-wanderers-f-c-season)

The 1888–89 season was the first season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played in the inaugural season of the newly formed Football League. The club finished in third place in the league, and as runners-up in the FA Cup.

The team scored the first goal in Football League history when they took the lead against Aston Villa on the league's opening day. This match, as with all other home games for Wolves, was staged at Dudley Road in Wolverhampton, the only league campaign in which the club have not been based at Molineux.

Results

Football League

A total of twelve teams competed in the inaugural Football League in the 1888–89 season. Each team would play every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Two points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. Ross A Goodall J Goodall Knight White Wykes Brand Holden Wood Fletcher Stevenson (o.g.) Knight Hunter Unknown Brodie Ross J Goodall Wykes Brodie Cooper Knight McGuinness Cooper Knight Hunter Wood Wykes unknown (o.g.) Hunter Cooper L. Plackett Higgins E. May Brodie Knight Wood
Wood Wood

;Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Preston North End	22	18	4	0	74	15	4.93	40
2	Aston Villa	22	12	5	5	61	43	1.42	29
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	12	4	6	51	37	1.38	28
4	Blackburn Rovers	22	10	6	6	66	45	1.47	26

;Results by round

FA Cup

Knight Mason Brodie Hunter Lowder Fletcher Allen Wood Ross Thomson

Players

Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps
HB	ENG Harry Allen	22	0	6	1	28	1
FW	ENG Nick Anderson	2	0	0	0	2	0
FB	ENG Dickie Baugh	22	0	6	0	28	0
GK	ENG Jack Baynton	18	0	6	0	24	0
HB	ENG John Benton	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	ENG John Brodie	18	11	4	1	22	12
HB	ENG Alec Cannon	7	0	2	0	9	0
FW	ENG Joe Cooper	21	6	0	0	21	6
HB	ENG R. Dudley	1	0	0	0	1	0
HB	ENG Albert Fletcher	16	1	6	1	22	2
FW	ENG Tommy Hunter	20	4	6	2	26	6
FW	ENG Tommy Knight	17	7	6	5	23	12
HB	ENG Arthur Lowder	18	1	6	1	24	2
FB	ENG Charlie Mason	20	0	6	1	26	1
GK	ENG William Rose	4	0	0	0	4	0
FW	ENG T. Tomkyes	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	ENG Walter White	4	2	0	0	4	2
FW	ENG Harry Wood	17	13	6	1	23	14
FW	ENG David Wykes	18	4	6	3	24	7

References

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