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(Top) 1 Final league table 2 Results 2.1 Football League 2.2 FA Cup 3 Appearances 4 See also 5 References

1888–89 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

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Wolverhampton Wanderers
1888–89 season
Football League	3rd (28 Points)
FA Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	Harry Wood (14)
1889–90 →

The 1888–89 season was Wolverhampton Wanderers's first season in the Football League which had just been founded. Because of this they became one of the founder members of the Football League. They finished in 3rd position with 28 points. In the FA Cup Wolves reached the final which they lost 3–0 to Preston North End.

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

Football League

A total of twelve teams competed in the inaugural Football League in the 1888–89 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.

8 September 1888 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Aston Villa	Wolverhampton
	Cox (o.g.)		Green	Stadium: Dudley Road Attendance: 2,500

15 September 1888 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–4	Preston North End	Wolverhampton
			Gordon Ross A Goodall J Goodall	Stadium: Dudley Road Attendance: 5,000

22 September 1888 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–1	Burnley	Wolverhampton
	Hunter Knight White		A. Brady	Stadium: Dudley Road Attendance: 4,000

29 September 1888 4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	Blackburn Rovers	Wolverhampton
	Cooper Wykes		Southworth	Stadium: Dudley Road Attendance: 5,000

6 October 1888 5	Accrington	4–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Accrington
	Barbour Brand Holden		Knight Wood Fletcher Stevenson (o.g.)	Stadium: Thorneyholme Road Attendance: 4,000

13 October 1888 6	Burnley	0–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Burnley
			Wood Knight Hunter	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 4,000

20 October 1888 7	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Blackburn
	Haresnape Unknown		Wood Brodie	Stadium: Leamington Road Attendance: 3,500

27 October 1888 8	Preston North End	5–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Preston
	Gordon Ross J Goodall		Brodie Wykes	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 5,000

3 November 1888 9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–1	Derby County	Wolverhampton
	Wood Brodie		Lees	Stadium: Dudley Road Attendance: 6,000

10 November 1888 10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–2	Bolton Wanderers	Wolverhampton
	Brodie Cooper Knight		Brogan McGuinness	Stadium: Dudley Road Attendance: 2,000

17 November 1888 11	Stoke	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Stoke-on-Trent
			Brodie	Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 2,000

24 November 1888 12	Aston Villa	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Birmingham
	Goodall		Brodie	Stadium: Wellington Road Attendance: 6,000

8 December 1888 13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–0	Accrington	Wolverhampton
	Brodie Cooper Knight			Stadium: Dudley Road Attendance: 3,000

15 December 1888 14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	Wolverhampton
	Brodie Hunter		Pearson	Stadium: Dudley Road Attendance: 3,000

22 December 1888 15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–1	Stoke	Wolverhampton
	Brodie Wood Wykes		Sloane	Stadium: Dudley Road Attendance: 3,000

29 December 1888 16	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bolton
	Weir unknown (o.g.)		Cooper	Stadium: Pike’s Lane Attendance: 5,500

5 January 1889 17	West Bromwich Albion	1–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	West Bromwich
	Woodhall		Brodie Hunter Cooper	Stadium: Stoney Lane Attendance: 4,000

12 January 1889 18	Derby County	3–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Derby
	Cooper L. Plackett Higgins			Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 2,000

19 January 1889 19	Notts County	3–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Nottingham
	Cursham E. May			Stadium: Trent Bridge Attendance: 3,000

26 January 1889 20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–0	Everton	Wolverhampton
	Lowder Brodie Knight Wood			Stadium: Dudley Road Attendance: 3,500

9 February 1889 21	Everton	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Liverpool
	Chadwick		Knight Wood	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 6,000

23 February 1889 22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Notts County	Wolverhampton
	Knight Wood		Jackson	Stadium: Dudley Road Attendance: 4,000

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

Results by round

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FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	2 February 1889	Old Carthusians	H	4 – 3	6,000	Wykes, Knight (2), Mason
R2	16 February 1889	Walsall Town Swifts	H	6 – 1	5,000	Knight (3), Brodie, Hunter, Lowder
R3	2 March 1889	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3 – 0	10,000	Wykes (2), Fletcher
Semi final	2 March 1889	Blackburn Rovers	N	1 – 1	15,000	Wykes
Semi final replay	23 March 1889	Blackburn Rovers	N	3 – 1	9,000	Hunter, Allen, Wood
Final	30 March 1889	Preston North End	N	0 – 3	25,000

Appearances

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
HB	Harry Allen	22	0	6	1	28	1
FW	Nick Anderson	2	0	0	0	2	0
FB	Dickie Baugh	22	0	6	0	28	0
GK	Jack Baynton	18	0	6	0	24	0
HB	John Benton	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	John Brodie	18	11	4	1	22	12
HB	A. Cannon	7	0	2	0	9	0
FW	Joe Cooper	21	6	0	0	21	6
HB	R. Dudley	1	0	0	0	1	0
HB	Albert Fletcher	16	1	6	1	22	2
FW	Tommy Hunter	20	4	6	2	26	6
FW	Tommy Knight	17	7	6	5	23	12
HB	Arthur Lowder	18	1	6	1	24	2
FB	Charlie Mason	20	0	6	1	26	1
GK	William Rose	4	0	0	0	4	0
FW	T. Tomkyes	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Walter White	4	2	0	0	4	2
FW	Harry Wood	17	13	6	1	23	14
FW	David Wykes	18	4	6	3	24	7