1888–89 Notts County F.C. season

The 1888–89 season was Notts County's first season in the Football League which had just been founded. Because of this Notts County became one of the founder members of the Football League. They finished in 11th position level on points with bottom of the table Stoke and were re-elected.

Final league table

Results

Notts County's score comes first

Legend WinDrawLoss

Football League

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers115 September 1888EvertonA1–27,000Moore222 September 1888StokeA0–33,000329 September 1888Aston VillaA1–94,000Coulton (o.g.)46 October 1888Blackburn RoversH3–34,000Daft, Jardine, Moore513 October 1888EvertonH3–13,000Daft, Jardine, Moore620 October 1888West Bromwich AlbionA2–42,000Allin (2)727 October 1888BurnleyH6–14,000Jardine (5), Daft83 November 1888Preston North EndH0–74,000910 November 1888AccringtonH3–38,000Daft, Jardine, C Shelton1024 November 1888StokeH0–32,000118 December 1888Aston VillaH2–42,000Jardine, Weightman1215 December 1888Blackburn RoversA2–54,000Brown, Hodder1322 December 1888Derby CountyA2–32,500Daft, Hodder1429 December 1888BurnleyA0–12,000155 January 1889Preston North EndA1–44,000Daft1612 January 1889West Bromwich AlbionH2–12,000Cursham, Hodder1719 January 1889Wolverhampton WanderersH3–02,000Cursham, E May (2)1826 January 1889AccringtonH2–15,000Daft, McLellan (o.g.)1923 February 1889Wolverhampton WanderersA1–24,000Jackson205 March 1889Bolton WanderersH0–43,000219 March 1889Bolton WanderersA3–73,000Jackson, E May, Unknown2216 March 1889Derby CountyH3–55,000Bailey, Daft, Jackson

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1QR6 October 1888 EckingtonH4–12,000Jackson, Emmitt, Marshall (2)2QR27 October 1888 Beeston St. John'sH4–22,000Harker, HH Brown (2), Marshall3QR17 November 1888 Derby MidlandH2–11,500Daft, Harker4QR8 December 1888 StaveleyA3–12,000Cursham, Daft, WardleR12 February 1889 Old BrightoniansH2–03,000C Shelton, MooreR216 February 1889 The WednesdayA2–33,000A Shelton, Snook

Appearances Pos.NameLeagueFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsFW Thomas Allin620062FW L.F. Bailey110011HB George Brown19130221FW H.H. Brown002222FW John Brown100010FB John Clements12030150FB Henry Cursham8221103FW Harry Daft19841239HB Charles Dobson100010HB Herbert Emmitt403171FW Galbraith100010FW William Gunn100010FB Frank Guttridge17010180FW Ted Harker203252FW Bill Hodder20320223GK Jack Holland9010100FW Harry Jackson533184FW Bob Jardine18900189FW J.T. Marshall002323HB Billy May400040FW Edward May11330143FB Tom McLean12020140FW Albert Moore10331134FB Haydn Morley200020GK Hugh Owen100010FW Albert Shaw200020HB Alf Shelton21041251HB Charlie Shelton15131182GK Mordecai Sherwin104050FB Herbert Snook105161FW H. Stevens001010HB Ben Warburton202040HB Edwin Wardle202141FW Fred Weightman110011GK Tom Widdowson12020140

See also 1888–89 in English football List of Notts County F.C. seasons

References