1888–89 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

Wolverhampton Wanderers
1888–89 season
Club secretary Jack Addenbrooke
Football League 3rd
FA Cup Runners-up
Top goalscorer League: Harry Wood (13)
All: Harry Wood (14)
Highest home attendance 10,000 (vs The Wednesday, 2 March 1889)
Lowest home attendance 2,000 (vs Bolton, 10 November 1888)
Average home league attendance 4,545 (league only)

The 1888–89 season was the first season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played in the inaugural season of the newly formed Football League. The club finished in third place in the league, and as runners-up in the FA Cup.

The team scored the first goal in Football League history when they took the lead against Aston Villa on the league's opening day. This match, as with all other home games for Wolves, was staged at Dudley Road in Wolverhampton, the only league campaign in which the club have not been based at Molineux.

Results

Football League

A total of twelve teams competed in the inaugural Football League in the 188889 season. Each team would play every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Two points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats.

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L F A GA Pts
1 Preston North End 22 18 4 0 74 15 4.93 40
2 Aston Villa 22 12 5 5 61 43 1.42 29
3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 22 12 4 6 51 37 1.38 28
4 Blackburn Rovers 22 10 6 6 66 45 1.47 26

Source: Statto

Results by round
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Result D L W D D W D L W W W L W W W L W L L W W W
Position 5 9 7 6 7 5 5 7 6 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3

Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

FA Cup

Players

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
HBEngland Harry Allen 22061281
FWEngland Nick Anderson 200020
FBEngland Dickie Baugh 22060280
GKEngland Jack Baynton 18060240
HBEngland John Benton 100010
FWEngland John Brodie 1811412212
HBEngland Alec Cannon 702090
FWEngland Joe Cooper 21600216
HBEngland R. Dudley 100010
HBEngland Albert Fletcher 16161222
FWEngland Tommy Hunter 20462266
FWEngland Tommy Knight 177652312
HBEngland Arthur Lowder 18161242
FBEngland Charlie Mason 20061261
GKEngland William Rose 400040
FWEngland T. Tomkyes 100010
FWEngland Walter White 420042
FWEngland Harry Wood 1713612314
FWEngland David Wykes 18463247

References

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

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