1888–89 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

West Bromwich Albion 1888–89 football season

West Bromwich Albion

1888–89 season

Chairman

Henry Jackson/Edward W. Heelis^[1]^{[nb 1]}

Manager

None^[2]^{[nb 2]}

Stadium

Stoney Lane

Football League

6th

FA Cup

Semi-final

Top goalscorer

League:
Billy Bassett, Tom Pearson (11)
All: Billy Bassett (14)

Home colours

← 1887–88

1889–90 →

The 1888–89 season was the 11th season in the history of West Bromwich Albion, as well as their first season in the newly formed Football League, of which they were a founder member. They finished in 6th position with 22 points.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
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

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results

West Bromwich Albion's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	8 September 1888	Stoke	A	2–0	4,500	Wilson, Woodhall
2	15 September 1888	Derby County	A	2–1	3,000	Bassett, Pearson
3	22 September 1888	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–6	8,000	Bayliss, Pearson
4	29 September 1888	Burnley	H	4–3	2,100	Perry, Bassett, Hendry, Shaw
5	6 October 1888	Derby County	H	5–0	2,100	Perry, Bassett, Pearson (3)
6	13 October 1888	Preston North End	A	0–3	10,000
7	20 October 1888	Notts County	H	4–2	2,000	Pearson (2), Wilson, Woodhall
8	3 November 1888	Accrington	H	2–2	1,000	Wilson, Bassett
9	5 November 1888	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–5	4,000	Bassett
10	10 November 1888	Burnley	A	0–2	5,000
11	17 November 1888	Bolton Wanderers	A	2–1	3,500	Hendry, Pearson
12	24 November 1888	Accrington	A	1–2	2,000	Perry
13	1 December 1888	Everton	H	4–1	5,000	Perry, Bassett (2), Hendry
14	15 December 1888	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–2	3,000	Pearson
15	22 December 1888	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–1	1,000	Pearson, Bassett
16	26 December 1888	Preston North End	H	0–5	5,150
17	29 December 1888	Stoke	H	2–0	4,900	Bassett, Wilson
18	5 January 1889	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–3	4,000	Woodhall
19	12 January 1889	Notts County	A	1–2	2,000	Bassett
20	19 January 1889	Aston Villa	A	0–2	10,000
21	26 January 1889	Aston Villa	H	3–3	8,515	Bassett, Pearson (2)
22	23 February 1889	Everton	H	1–0	8,000	Crabtree

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	2 February 1889	Small Heath	A	3–2	3,034	Perry, Wilson, Pearson
R2	16 February 1889	Burnley	H	5–1	5,104	Perry (3), Wilson, Bayliss
R3	2 March 1889	Chatham	A	10–1	17,000	Bassett (2), Perry, Wilson (3), Bayliss (2), Timmins, Own Goal
Semi final	16 March 1889	Preston North End	N	0–1	22,688

Appearances

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FW	Billy Bassett	21	11	4	2	25	13
U	Jem Bayliss	21	1	4	2	25	3
FW	Fredrick Crabtree	1	1	0	0	1	1
FB	Harry Green	9	0	4	0	13	0
FW	George Haynes	5	0	0	0	5	0
FW	Billy Hendry	16	4	0	0	16	4
HB	Ezra Horton	8	0	4	0	12	0
FB	Jack Horton	19	0	1	0	20	0
HB	Albert Millard	1	0	0	0	1	0
FB	Harold Oliver	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Tom Pearson	22	11	4	1	26	12
HB	Charlie Perry	20	0	4	0	24	0
FW	Walter Perry	9	4	4	6	13	10
FB	Alexander Ramsey	1	0	0	0	1	0
GK	Bob Roberts	22	0	4	0	26	0
FW	Charlie Shaw	1	1	0	0	1	1
HB	George Timmins	22	0	4	1	26	1
FB	Luther Walker	12	0	0	0	12	0
FW	Joe Wilson	20	4	4	5	24	9
FW	George Woodhall	10	3	0	0	10	3

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Footnotes

^ Heelis succeeded Jackson at some point during 1888, but the source does not specify whether this was during 1887–88 or 1888–89.
^ Albion did not have a secretary-manager until 1890 and did not appoint a full-time manager until 1948.

References

Citations

^ Matthews (2005) p. 267.
^ Matthews (2005) pp. 257–258.
^ Matthews, Tony (2012). West Bromwich Albion – The Complete Record. Derby Books. ISBN 978-1-78091-029-1.

Sources

Matthews, Tony (2005). The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-474-4.
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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FA competitions

FA Cup
- Qualifying rounds
- Final

Leagues

Football League (First Division)

Related to national team

Home Championship

Other

Canadian tour

Club seasons
Football League	Accrington Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Derby County Everton Notts County Preston North End Stoke West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers
Others	Burslem Port Vale Eastville Rovers (Bristol Rovers) Newton Heath LYR (Manchester United) Royal Arsenal St. Mary's (Southampton)