1888–89 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

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West Bromwich Albion
1888–89 season
Chairman Henry Jackson/Edward W. Heelis[1][nb 1]
Manager None[2][nb 2]
Stadium Stoney Lane
Football League 6th (22 Points)
FA Cup Semi-final
← 1887–88 1889–90 →

The 1888–89 season was the 11th season in the history of West Bromwich Albion, as well as their first season in the newly formed Football League, of which they were a founder member. They finished in 6th position with 22 points.

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

West Bromwich Albion's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League

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Main article: 1888–89 Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 8 September 1888 Stoke A 2 – 0 4,500 Wilson, Woodhall
2 15 September 1888 Derby County A 2 – 1 3,000 Bassett, Pearson
3 22 September 1888 Blackburn Rovers A 2 – 6 8,000 Bayliss, Pearson
4 29 September 1888 Burnley H 4 – 3 2,100 Perry, Bassett, Hendry, Shaw
5 6 October 1888 Derby County H 5 – 0 2,100 Perry, Bassett, Pearson (3)
6 13 October 1888 Preston North End A 0 – 3 10,000
7 20 October 1888 Notts County H 4 – 2 2,000 Pearson (2), Wilson, Woodhall
8 3 November 1888 Accrington H 2 – 2 1,000 Wilson, Bassett
9 5 November 1888 Bolton Wanderers H 1 – 5 4,000 Bassett
10 10 November 1888 Burnley A 0 – 2 5,000
11 17 November 1888 Bolton Wanderers A 2 – 1 3,500 Hendry, Pearson
12 24 November 1888 Accrington A 1 – 2 2,000 Perry
13 1 December 1888 Everton H 4 – 1 5,000 Perry, Bassett (2), Hendry
14 15 December 1888 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1 – 2 3,000 Pearson
15 22 December 1888 Blackburn Rovers H 2 – 1 1,000 Pearson, Bassett
16 26 December 1888 Preston North End H 0 – 5 5,150
17 29 December 1888 Stoke H 2 – 0 4,900 Bassett, Wilson
18 5 January 1889 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1 – 3 4,000 Woodhall
19 12 January 1889 Notts County A 1 – 2 2,000 Bassett
20 19 January 1889 Aston Villa A 0 – 2 10,000
21 26 January 1889 Aston Villa H 3 – 3 8,515 Bassett, Pearson (2)
22 23 February 1889 Everton H 1 – 0 8,000 Crabtree

FA Cup

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Main article: 1888–89 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 2 February 1889 Small Heath A 3 – 2 3,034 Perry, Wilson, Pearson
R2 16 February 1889 Burnley H 5 – 1 5,104 Perry (3), Wilson, Bayliss
R3 2 March 1889 Chatham A 10 – 1 17,000 Bassett (2), Perry, Wilson (3), Bayliss (2), Timmins, Own Goal
Semi final 16 March 1889 Preston North End N 0 – 1 22,688

Appearances

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FW England Billy Bassett 21 11 4 2 25 13
U England Jem Bayliss 21 1 4 2 25 3
FW England Fredrick Crabtree 1 1 0 0 1 1
FB England Harry Green 9 0 4 0 13 0
FW England George Haynes 5 0 0 0 5 0
FW Scotland Billy Hendry 16 4 0 0 16 4
HB England Ezra Horton 8 0 4 0 12 0
FB England Jack Horton 19 0 1 0 20 0
HB England Albert Millard 1 0 0 0 1 0
FB England Harold Oliver 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW England Tom Pearson 22 11 4 1 26 12
HB England Charlie Perry 20 0 4 0 24 0
FW England Walter Perry 9 4 4 6 13 10
FB England Alexander Ramsey 1 0 0 0 1 0
GK England Bob Roberts 22 0 4 0 26 0
FW England Charlie Shaw 1 1 0 0 1 1
HB England George Timmins 22 0 4 1 26 1
FB England Luther Walker 12 0 0 0 12 0
FW England Joe Wilson 20 4 4 5 24 9
FW England George Woodhall 10 3 0 0 10 3

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Heelis succeeded Jackson at some point during 1888, but the source does not specify whether this was during 1887–88 or 1888–89.
  2. ↑ Albion did not have a secretary-manager until 1890 and did not appoint a full-time manager until 1948.

References

Citations
  1. ↑ Matthews (2005) p. 267.
  2. ↑ Matthews (2005) pp. 257–258.
Sources
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