# 1888–89 Preston North End F.C. season

The 1888–89 season was Preston North End's first season in the Football League, which had just been founded. Because of this, Preston became one of the founder members of the Football League. Preston were very successful during the season as they went on to claim the league and cup double without being defeated.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Preston North End | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 74 | 15 | 4.933 | 40 | League Champions |
| 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 | Re-elected |
| 10 | Derby County | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 41 | 61 | 0.672 | 16 | Re-elected |
| 11 | Notts County | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 40 | 73 | 0.548 | 12 | Re-elected |
| 12 | Stoke | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 51 | 0.510 | 12 | Re-elected |
* ↑ Also FA Cup Winners

## Results

    Preston's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw |

### Football League

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 8 September 1888 | Burnley | H | 5 – 2 | 5,000 | Gordon, Ross (2), Dewhurst (2) |
| 2 | 15 September 1888 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 4 – 0 | 5,000 | Gordon, Ross, A Goodall, J Goodall |
| 3 | 22 September 1888 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 3 – 1 | 5,000 | Gordon (2), Drummond |
| 4 | 29 September 1888 | Derby County | A | 3 – 2 | 6,000 | Robertson, Ross (2) |
| 5 | 6 October 1888 | Stoke | H | 7 – 0 | 3,000 | Ross (4), Whittle, J Goodall, Dewhurst |
| 6 | 13 October 1888 | West Bromwich Albion | H | 3 – 0 | 10,000 | Dewhurst, Edwards (2) |
| 7 | 20 October 1888 | Accrington | A | 0 – 0 | 6,000 | |
| 8 | 27 October 1888 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 5 – 2 | 6,000 | Gordon, Ross, J Goodall (3) |
| 9 | 3 November 1888 | Notts County | A | 7 – 0 | 7,000 | Gordon (3), Ross, J Goodall (3) |
| 10 | 10 November 1888 | Aston Villa | H | 1 – 1 | 10,000 | J Goodall |
| 11 | 12 November 1888 | Stoke | A | 3 – 0 | 4,500 | Ross, Thomson, Robertson |
| 12 | 17 November 1888 | Accrington | H | 2 – 0 | 7,000 | Gordon, Dewhurst |
| 13 | 24 November 1888 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 5 – 2 | 10,000 | Ross (2), Robertson, Dewhurst, J Goodall |
| 14 | 8 December 1888 | Derby County | H | 5 – 0 | 4,000 | Inglis, J Goodall (2), Dewhurst (2) |
| 15 | 15 December 1888 | Burnley | A | 2 – 2 | 8,000 | Ross, Thomson |
| 16 | 22 December 1888 | Everton | H | 3 – 0 | 8,000 | Dewhurst, J Goodall (2) |
| 17 | 26 December 1888 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 5 – 0 | 5,150 | J Goodall (2), Ross (2), Gordon |
| 18 | 29 December 1888 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 1 – 0 | 8,000 | J Goodall |
| 19 | 5 January 1889 | Notts County | H | 4 – 1 | 4,000 | J Goodall (2), Edwards |
| 20 | 12 January 1889 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 2 – 2 | 10,000 | Dewhurst, Thomson |
| 21 | 19 January 1889 | Everton | A | 2 – 0 | 15,000 | J Goodall, Ross |
| 22 | 9 February 1889 | Aston Villa | A | 2 – 0 | 10,000 | Dewhurst (2) |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 2 February 1889 | Bootle | A | 3 – 0 | 1,000 | J Goodall, Gordon, Thomson |
| R2 | 16 February 1889 | Grimsby Town | A | 2 – 0 | 8,000 | J Goodall, Ross |
| R3 | 2 March 1889 | Birmingham St George's | H | 2 – 0 | 8,000 | Holmes, Thomson |
| Semi final | 16 March 1889 | West Bromwich Albion | N | 1 – 0 | 22,688 | Russell |
| Final | 30 March 1889 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | N | 3 – 0 | 25,000 | Dewhurst, Thomson, Ross |

## Appearances

| Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| FW | Fred Dewhurst | 16 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 13 |
| FB | George Drummond | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| FW | Jack Edwards | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| FW | Archie Goodall | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| FW | John Goodall | 21 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 23 |
| FW | Jack Gordon | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 11 |
| HB | Johnny Graham | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| HB | Willie Graham | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| FB | Robert Holmes | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| FB | Bob Howarth | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| FW | Jock Inglis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GK | Robert Mills-Roberts | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| HB | Sandy Robertson | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| FW | Jimmy Ross | 21 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 21 |
| HB | David Russell | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| FW | Sam Thomson | 16 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 6 |
| GK | James Trainer | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| FB | Richard Whittle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |