1888–89 Accrington F.C. season

Accrington
1888–89 season
Football League	7th (20 Points)
FA Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	Billy Barbour (13)
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The 1888–89 season was Accrington's first season in the Football League which had just been founded. Because of this Accrington became one of the founder members of the Football League. They finished in 7th position level on points with Everton.

Final league table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Preston North End	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	50	37	1.351	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
6	West Bromwich Albion	22	10	2	10	40	46	0.870	22
7	Accrington	22	6	8	8	48	48	1.000	20
8	Everton	22	9	2	11	35	46	0.761	20
9	Burnley	22	7	3	12	42	62	0.677	17
10	Derby County	22	7	2	13	41	61	0.672	16
11	Notts County	22	5	2	15	40	73	0.548	12
12	Stoke	22	4	4	14	26	51	0.510	12

Key: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

Results

Accrington's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	8 September 1888	Everton	A	1 – 2	8,000	Holden
2	15 September 1888	Blackburn Rovers	A	5 – 5	4,000	Kirkham (2), Holden, Chippendale, Southworth (o.g.)
3	22 September 1888	Derby County	A	1 – 1	3,000	Brand
4	29 September 1888	Stoke	A	4 – 2	3,000	Brand (2), Barbour, Holden
5	6 October 1888	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	4 – 4	3,000	Barbour (2), Brand, Holden
6	13 October 1888	Derby County	H	6 – 2	3,000	Brand (3), Kirkham (2), Barbour
7	20 October 1888	Preston North End	H	0 – 0	6,000
8	27 October 1888	Aston Villa	A	3 – 4	6,000	Barbour, Brand, Kirkham
9	3 November 1888	West Bromwich Albion	A	2 – 2	1,000	Barbour (2)
10	10 November 1888	Notts County	A	3 – 3	8,000	Barbour (2), Lofhouse
11	17 November 1888	Preston North End	A	0 – 2	7,000
12	24 November 1888	West Bromwich Albion	H	2 – 1	2,000	Kirkham, Barbour
13	1 December 1888	Burnley	H	5 – 1	3,000	Kirkham, Barbour (2), Brand (2)
14	8 December 1888	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0 – 4	3,000
15	15 December 1888	Aston Villa	H	1 – 1	2,000	Kirkham
16	22 December 1888	Bolton Wanderers	A	1 – 4	5,000	Bullough (o.g.)
17	29 December 1888	Everton	H	3 – 1	3,000	Brand, Haworth, Lofhouse
18	12 January 1889	Burnley	A	2 – 2	6,000	Kirkham, A Wilkinson
19	19 January 1889	Blackburn Rovers	H	0 – 2	4,000
20	26 January 1889	Notts County	H	1 – 2	5,000	Kirkham
21	23 March 1889	Bolton Wanderers	H	2 – 3	3,000	Kirkham (2)
22	20 April 1889	Stoke	H	2 – 0	2,000	Gallocher, Barbour

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	2 February 1889	Blackburn Rovers	H	1 – 1	3,000	A Wilkinson
R1 Replay	9 February 1889	Blackburn Rovers	A	0 – 5	8,000

Appearances

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FW	Billy Barbour	19	13	2	0	21	13
FW	Jim Bonar	17	0	2	0	19	0
FW	Bob Brand	16	11	0	0	16	11
HB	Peter Chippendale	6	1	0	0	6	1
FW	Hugh Galbraith	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Pat Gallocher	1	1	0	0	1	1
HB	George Haworth	21	1	2	0	23	1
FW	J. Holden	6	4	0	0	6	4
GK	Johnny Horne	22	0	2	0	24	0
FW	John Kirkham	19	12	2	0	21	12
FW	Joe Lofthouse	21	2	2	0	23	2
FW	Robert Macbeth	1	0	0	0	1	0
FB	John McLellan	19	0	1	0	20	0
HB	Henry Parkinson	1	0	0	0	1	0
HB	Luther Pemberton	16	0	0	0	16	0
FW	J. Robertson	3	0	0	0	3	0
FB	Stephen Smith-Singleton	4	0	0	0	4	0
FB	John Stevenson	22	0	2	0	24	0
HB	James Tattersall	17	0	2	0	19	0
FW	Arthur Wilkinson	4	1	2	1	6	2
HB	Jonathan Wilkinson	4	0	0	0	4	0
HB	J. Woods	2	0	0	0	2	0

References

Brown, Tony (2010). The Football League Match by Match 1888-89 to 1892-93. SoccerData. ISBN 978-1-899468-44-7.
Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.