Football League 1888/89

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Football League 1888/89
Football League logo until 1988
master Preston North End
Cup winners Preston North End
Relegated none
Teams 12
Games 132
Gates 587  (ø 4.45 per game)
Top scorer John Goodall ( Preston North End )

The Football League 1888/89 was the first season of the highest English football league . It began on September 8, 1888, ended on April 20, 1889 and produced Preston North End, the first national champion in the history of English football. “PNE”, which won the first ever double in the FA Cup in the same year , won by a superior eleven points ahead of Aston Villa and remained undefeated for the entire season. There were no relegated clubs, as the clubs in the bottom four final table places emerged as winners from a re-election procedure.

A total of 289 players were used, with Preston North End with 18 the fewest and Everton with 35 the most players in league games. For 130 of the 289 players, the 1888/89 season was the first and last season in the Football League. 23 players were able to play all 22 league games of their club.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Preston North End  22nd  18th  4th  0 074:150 4.93 40: 40
 2. Aston Villa  22nd  12  5  5 061:430 1.42 29:15
 3. Wolverhampton Wanderers  22nd  12  4th  6th 050:370 1.35 28:16
 4th Blackburn Rovers  22nd  10  6th  6th 066:450 1.47 26:18
 5. Bolton Wanderers  22nd  10  2  10 063:590 1.07 22:22
 6th West Bromwich Albion (P)  22nd  10  2  10 040:460 0.87 22:22
 7th Accrington FC  22nd  6th  8th  8th 048:480 1.00 20:24
 8th. Everton FC  22nd  9  2  11 035:460 0.76 20:24
 9. Burnley FC  22nd  7th  3  12 042:620 0.68 17:27
10. Derby County  22nd  7th  2  13 041:610 0.67 16:28
11. Notts County  22nd  5  2  15th 040:730 0.55 12:32
12. FC Stoke  22nd  4th  4th  14th 026:510 0.51 12:32
  • English champion: Preston North End
    • (P) FA Cup winner 1887/88: West Bromwich Albion
    EgS used players

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    ACC AST BLA BOL BUR OF THE EVE NOC PNE STO WBA WOL
    Accrington FC 1: 1 0: 2 2: 3 5: 1 6: 2 3: 1 1: 2 0-0 2-0 2: 1 4: 4
    Aston Villa 4: 3 6: 1 6: 2 4: 2 4: 2 2: 1 9: 1 0: 2 5: 1 2-0 2: 1
    Blackburn Rovers 5: 5 5: 1 4: 4 4: 2 3-0 3-0 5: 2 2: 2 5: 2 6: 2 2: 2
    Bolton Wanderers 4: 1 2: 3 3: 2 3: 4 3: 6 6: 2 7: 3 2: 5 2: 1 1: 2 2: 1
    Burnley FC 2: 2 4-0 1: 7 4: 1 1-0 2: 2 1-0 2: 2 2: 1 2-0 0: 4
    Derby County 1: 1 5: 2 0: 2 2: 3 1-0 2: 4 3: 2 2: 3 2: 1 1: 2 3-0
    Everton FC 2: 1 2-0 3: 1 2: 1 3: 2 6: 2 2: 1 0: 2 2: 1 1: 4 1: 2
    Notts County 3: 3 2: 4 3: 3 0: 4 6: 1 3: 5 3: 1 0: 7 0: 3 2: 1 3-0
    Preston North End 2-0 1: 1 1-0 3: 1 5: 2 5-0 3-0 4: 1 7-0 3-0 5: 2
    FC Stoke 2: 4 1: 1 2: 1 2: 2 4: 3 1: 1 0-0 3-0 0: 3 0: 2 0: 1
    West Bromwich Albion 2: 2 3: 3 2: 1 1: 5 4: 3 5-0 1-0 4: 2 0: 5 2-0 1: 3
    Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 1: 1 2: 2 3: 2 4: 1 4: 1 5-0 2: 1 0: 4 4: 1 2: 1

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates Sp
    1 EnglandEngland John Goodall Preston North End 20th 21st
    2 ScotlandScotland Jimmy Ross Preston North End 19th 21st
    3 EnglandEngland Albert Allen Aston Villa 18th 21st
    4th EnglandEngland Jack Southworth Blackburn Rovers 17th 21st
    5 EnglandEngland Tommy Green Aston Villa 14th 22nd
    6th EnglandEngland Harry Wood Wolverhampton Wanderers 13 17th
    = EnglandEngland Alex Barbour Accrington FC = 19th
    = EnglandEngland James Brogan Bolton Wanderers = 22nd
    9 EnglandEngland Fred Dewhurst Preston North End 12 16
    = EnglandEngland Harry Fecitt Blackburn Rovers = 17th
    = EnglandEngland John Kirkham Accrington FC = 19th
    = EnglandEngland Tom Pearson West Bromwich Albion = 22nd

    The Preston North End championship team

    The following table lists all players who played in a league game for Preston North End during the 1888/89 season. It must be noted that in English football a minimum number of games is usually required in order to receive the official championship medal. Since there was uncertainty about the specific regulation before the introduction of the Premier League, all players who presumably did not receive a championship medal due to their low contribution were marked with an asterisk (*). The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

    1. Preston North End
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    Fred Dewhurst (16/12) | Geordie Drummond (12/1) | Jack Edwards * (4/3) | Archie Goodall * (2/1) | John Goodall (21/20) | Jack Gordon (20/10) | Johnny Graham (22/0) | Willie Graham * (5/0) | Bob Holmes (22/0) | Bob Howarth (18/0) | Jock Inglis * (1/1) | Robert Mills-Roberts * (2/0) | Sandy Robertson (21/3) | Jimmy Ross (21/19) | Dave Russell (18/0) | Sammy Thomson (16/3) | James Trainer (20/0) | Richard Whittle * (1/1).

    • Trainer: none

    Election procedure

    The regulations of the Football League stipulated that the four worst-placed teams had to stand for re-election at the end of the season. Voting took place at the annual general meeting of the Football League, at which new admissions were also decided. The following distribution of votes ensured that all four Football League teams that were positioned at the end of the league were retained in the 1889/90 season:

    society # Be right Result
    FC Stoke 10 re-elected
    Burnley FC 9 re-elected
    Derby County 8th re-elected
    Notts County 7th re-elected
    Mitchell St. George's 5 not elected
    The Wednesday 4th not elected
    FC Bootle 2 not elected
    Sunderland AFC 2 not elected
    Newton Heath 1 not elected
    Grimsby Town 0 not elected
    South Shore FC 0 not elected
    Sunderland Albion 0 not elected
    Walsall Town Swifts 0 not elected

    Change of players during the season

    player from club Games to club Games
    Archie Goodall Preston North End 02 Aston Villa 14th
    Haydn Morley Notts County 02 Derby County 04th
    Pat Gallacher Burnley FC 20th Accrington FC 01
    Billy Hendry West Bromwich Albion 16 FC Stoke 02

    Special occurrences

    • Bob Jardine scored five goals for Notts County against Burnley FC on October 27, 1888.
    • The Bolton Wanderers were the only team to score at least one goal in every game.
    • For safety reasons, the Football League banned the floodlight systems used since 1878 from the stadiums. The league's first floodlit game took place in February 1956.

    literature

    • Michael Joyce: Football League Players' Records, 1888 to 1939. SoccerData, Beeston 2002, ISBN 1-899468-63-3 .
    • Ian Rigby, Mike Payne: Proud Preston. Preston North End's one hundred Seasons of Football League History. Carnegie, Lancaster 1999, ISBN 1-85936-071-8 .

    References and footnotes

    1. ^ Cross table of the English Football League First Division 1888/1889 (Fussballdaten.de)
    2. ↑ Jon Henderson: End of the dark ages. In: The Observer. March 9, 2008, accessed March 18, 2013 .