Accrington 1888–89 football season
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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Accrington's score comes first
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
Appearances [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] 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 .