1888–89 Notts County F.C. season

Notts County

1888–89 season

Football League

11th (12 Points)

FA Cup

Round 2

Top goalscorer

Harry Daft & Bob Jardine (9)

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The 1888–89 season was Notts County's first season in the Football League which had just been founded. Because of this Notts County became one of the founder members of the Football League. They finished in 11th position level on points with bottom of the table Stoke and were re-elected.

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

Notts County's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League

Main article: 1888–89 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	15 September 1888	Everton	A	1 – 2	7,000	Moore
2	22 September 1888	Stoke	A	0 – 3	3,000
3	29 September 1888	Aston Villa	A	1 – 9	4,000	Coulton (o.g.)
4	6 October 1888	Blackburn Rovers	H	3 – 3	4,000	Daft, Jardine, Moore
5	13 October 1888	Everton	H	3 – 1	3,000	Daft, Jardine, Moore
6	20 October 1888	West Bromwich Albion	A	2 – 4	2,000	Allin (2)
7	27 October 1888	Burnley	H	6 – 1	4,000	Jardine (5), Daft
8	3 November 1888	Preston North End	H	0 – 7	4,000
9	10 November 1888	Accrington	H	3 – 3	8,000	Daft, Jardine, C Shelton
10	24 November 1888	Stoke	H	0 – 3	2,000
11	8 December 1888	Aston Villa	H	2 – 4	2,000	Jardine, Weightman
12	15 December 1888	Blackburn Rovers	A	2 – 5	4,000	Brown, Hodder
13	22 December 1888	Derby County	A	2 – 3	2,500	Daft, Hodder
14	29 December 1888	Burnley	A	0 – 1	2,000
15	5 January 1889	Preston North End	A	1 – 4	4,000	Daft
16	12 January 1889	West Bromwich Albion	H	2 – 1	2,000	Cursham, Hodder
17	19 January 1889	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3 – 0	2,000	Cursham, E May (2)
18	26 January 1889	Accrington	H	2 – 1	5,000	Daft, McLellan (o.g.)
19	23 February 1889	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1 – 2	4,000	Jackson
20	5 March 1889	Bolton Wanderers	H	0 – 4	3,000
21	9 March 1889	Bolton Wanderers	A	3 – 7	3,000	Jackson, E May, Unknown
22	16 March 1889	Derby County	H	3 – 5	5,000	Bailey, Daft, Jackson

FA Cup

Main article: 1888–89 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1QR	6 October 1888	Eckington	H	4 – 1	2,000	Jackson, Emmitt, Marshall (2)
2QR	27 October 1888	Beeston St. John's	H	4 – 2	2,000	Harker, HH Brown (2), Marshall
3QR	17 November 1888	Derby Midland	H	2 – 1	1,500	Daft, Harker
4QR	8 December 1888	Staveley	A	3 – 1	2,000	Cursham, Daft, Wardle
R1	2 February 1889	Old Brightonians	H	2 – 0	3,000	C Shelton, Moore
R2	16 February 1889	The Wednesday	A	2 – 3	3,000	A Shelton, Snook

Appearances

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FW	Thomas Allin	6	2	0	0	6	2
FW	L.F. Bailey	1	1	0	0	1	1
HB	George Brown	19	1	3	0	22	1
FW	H.H. Brown	0	0	2	2	2	2
FW	John Brown	1	0	0	0	1	0
FB	John Clements	12	0	3	0	15	0
FB	Henry Cursham	8	2	2	1	10	3
FW	Harry Daft	19	8	4	1	23	9
HB	Charles Dobson	1	0	0	0	1	0
HB	Herbert Emmitt	4	0	3	1	7	1
FW	Galbraith	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	William Gunn	1	0	0	0	1	0
FB	Frank Guttridge	17	0	1	0	18	0
FW	Ted Harker	2	0	3	2	5	2
FW	Bill Hodder	20	3	2	0	22	3
GK	John Holland	9	0	1	0	10	0
FW	Harry Jackson	5	3	3	1	8	4
FW	Bob Jardine	18	9	0	0	18	9
FW	J.T. Marshall	0	0	2	3	2	3
HB	Billy May	4	0	0	0	4	0
FW	Edward May	11	3	3	0	14	3
FB	Tom McLean	12	0	2	0	14	0
FW	Albert Moore	10	3	3	1	13	4
FB	Haydn Morley	2	0	0	0	2	0
GK	Hugh Owen	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Albert Shaw	2	0	0	0	2	0
HB	Alf Shelton	21	0	4	1	25	1
HB	Charlie Shelton	15	1	3	1	18	2
GK	Mordecai Sherwin	1	0	4	0	5	0
FB	Herbert Snook	1	0	5	1	6	1
FW	H. Stevens	0	0	1	0	1	0
HB	Ben Warburton	2	0	2	0	4	0
HB	Edwin Wardle	2	0	2	1	4	1
FW	Fred Weightman	1	1	0	0	1	1
GK	Tom Widdowson	12	0	2	0	14	0

References

Brown, Tony (2010). The Football League Match by Match 1888-89 to 1892-93. SoccerData. ISBN 978-1-899468-44-7.

Notts County F.C. seasons

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Notts County Football Club

The club	Seasons Players Managers

Grounds	Castle Ground Trent Bridge Meadow Lane

Matches	1891 FA Cup Final 1894 FA Cup Final 1996 Second Division play-off Final

Other	Nottingham derby Notts County Ladies

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FA competitions

FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds
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Leagues

Football League (First Division)

Related to national team

Home Championship

Club seasons

Football League	Accrington Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Derby County Everton Notts County Preston North End Stoke West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Others	Newton Heath LYR (Manchester United) St. Mary's (Southampton)

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1888–89 Notts County F.C. season

Final league table

Results

Legend

Football League

FA Cup

Appearances

See also

References