1888–89 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1888–89 season
ManagerGeorge Ramsay
GroundWellington Road
Football League2nd
FA CupRound 3
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Albert Allen (19)
The Football League
Season1888–89
ChampionsPreston North End
1st English title
Matches132
Goals586 (4.44 per match)
Top goalscorerJohn Goodall, PNE
(21 goals)[1]
Biggest home winAston Villa 9–1 Notts County
(29 September 1888)
Biggest away winNotts County 0–7 Preston NE
(3 November 1888)
Highest scoringBlackburn 5–5 Accrington
(15 September 1888)
Aston Villa 9–1 Notts County
(29 September 1888)
Bolton 7–3 Notts County
(9 March 1889)
Longest winning run6 matches
Preston North End
Longest unbeaten run22 matches
Preston North End
Longest losing run8 matches
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.[a] 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.[2]

On 1 October 1888 Archie Goodall signed for Aston Villa.[3][4][5] 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.[6][7][8]

There were also debuts for Batty Garvey, Arthur Dixon, Walter Ashmore, Archie Wollaston, Thomas Harrison and Bob Thomas[9][10]

League

Main article: 1888–89 Football League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
1 Preston North End (C) 22 18 4 0 74 15 4.933 40
2 Aston Villa 22 12 5 5 61 43 1.419 29
3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 22 12 4 6 51 37 1.378 28
4 Blackburn Rovers 22 10 6 6 66 45 1.467 26
5 Bolton Wanderers 22 10 2 10 63 59 1.068 22
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

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 [11]
2 15 September 1888 Stoke Wellington Road 5–1 4,000 Dixon, Brown, Green, Hunter, Allen [12]
3 22 September 1888 Everton H 2–1 4,000 Hodgetts (2) [13]
4 29 September 1888 Notts County H 9–1 4,000 Green (3), Allen (3), Hunter (2), Hodgetts [14]
5 6 October 1888 Everton Anfield 0–2 10,000 [15]
6 13 October 1888 Blackburn Rovers H 6–1 5,000 Goodall, Green, Brown, Allen (2), Hunter [16]
7 20 October 1888 Bolton Wanderers A 3–2 8,000 Hodgetts, Hunter, Allen [17]
8 27 October 1888 Accrington H 4–3 6,000 Allen, Brown (2), Hodgetts [18]
9 3 November 1888 Stoke A 1–1 4,000 Allen [19]
10 10 November 1888 Preston North End A 1–1 10,000 Green [20]
11 17 November 1888 Blackburn Rovers A 1–5 9,500 Allen [21]
12 24 November 1888 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2–1 6,000 Goodall (2) [22]
13 8 December 1888 Notts County A 4–2 2,000 Goodall (2), Brown, Green [23]
14 15 December 1888 Accrington A 1–1 2,000 Brown [24]
15 22 December 1888 Burnley H 4–2 2,000 Green, Goodall, Allen, Hunter [25]
16 29 December 1888 Derby County H 4–2 4,000 Green (2), Allen, Goodall [26]
17 5 January 1889 Burnley A 0–4 6,000 [27]
18 12 January 1889 Bolton Wanderers H 6–2 2,000 Brown, Allen, Hodgetts, Hunter, Green (2) [28]
19 19 January 1889 West Bromwich Albion H 2–0 10,000 Allen, Hodgetts [29]
20 26 January 1889 West Bromwich Albion A 3–3 8,515 Allen (2), Green [30]
21 9 February 1889 Preston North End Wellington Road 0–2 10,000 [31]
22 9 March 1889 Derby County A 2–5 3,000 Allen (2) [32]

FA Cup

Main article: 1888–89 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 2 February 1889 Witton H 3–2 1,500 Allen, Hunter, Green [33]
R2 16 February 1889 Derby County H 5–3 2,000 Hunter (2), Hodgetts (2), Brown[34]
R3 2 March 1889 Blackburn Rovers A 1–8 12,000 Hodgetts [35]

Birmingham Senior Cup

When Ironbridge F.C. entered the Birmingham Senior Cup for the first time, after a surprise win over Burton Swifts,[36] and a walkover ober Derby Midland.[37][38] they reached the semi-final of the Birmingham cup against Aston Villa at the latter's Wellington Road ground and went down 9–1, the Villans going on to win the final. The tie was meant to be played at Wolverhampton, but the Villans offered Ironbridge £20 and a friendly at Hill Top to switch to Aston, and the difference in the two sides was shown by the Villans including seven of the XI which played in the 1887 FA Cup Final, while the Ironsides' captain, Walter Baguley, was landlord of the All Nations pub in Madeley.[39][40]

Appearances

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
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

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Up until 1992, the top division of English football was the Football League First Division. The Premier League took over from the First Division as the top tier of the English football league system upon its formation in 1992. The First Division then became the second tier of English football, the Second Division became the third tier and so on. The First Division is now known as the Football League Championship, while the Second Division is now known as Football League One.

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