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1888–89 in English football

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Season
  
1888–89

Matches played
  
132

Relegated
  
none

Goals scored
  
586 (4.44 per match)

1888–89 in English football

FA Cup winners
  

The 1888–1889 season was the 18th season of competitive association football in England.

Contents

Overview

A new competition, The Football League, started this season. The Football League was open to clubs all over the United Kingdom, but the first twelve entrants (Accrington, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Derby County, Everton, Notts County, Preston North End, Stoke (now Stoke City), West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers) were all from the Midlands or North of England (in later years the competition became the de facto English league, though some clubs from outside England still compete in it). Each club in the League played each other twice (once at home and once away) and would be awarded two points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. From these points, a league table was drawn up. Preston North End were in first place at the end of the season and thus became the first ever Football League champions. They did not lose a match all season (a feat only accomplished once since, by Arsenal in 2003–04) and also won the FA Cup.

The Football League is still going today and now has 72 clubs in three divisions (down from an all-time high of 92 clubs in four divisions). Since the 1992–93 season, it has become only the second-most important league competition, behind the FA Premier League in the English football league system.

Events

  • Sheffield United F.C. formed on 22 March 1889 from the Sheffield United Cricket Club in a meeting at the Adelphi Hotel. They played their home matches at Bramall Lane
  • National team

    England finished second in the 1889 British Home Championship, which was won by Scotland.

    John Yates, of Burnley, scored 3 goals against Ireland in his only appearance for England.

    Key

  • BHC = 1889 British Home Championship
  • 1889 British Home Championship Table

  • Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
    GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
  • The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw
  • Honours

    * Indicates new record for competition

    League table

  • Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
    GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
  • The points system: * 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw
  • References

    1888–89 in English football Wikipedia


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