1888–89 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

Blackburn Rovers
	1888–89 season
Football League	4th (26 Points)
FA Cup	Semi final
Top goalscorer	Jack Southworth (21)
	1889–90 →

The 1888–89 season was Blackburn Rovers'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 4th position with 26 points.

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

Blackburn Rovers's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	15 September 1888	Accrington	H	5 – 5	4,000	Beresford, Southworth, Fecitt, Townley (2)
2	22 September 1888	West Bromwich Albion	H	6 – 2	8,000	Townley, Walton, Fecitt (2), Southworth
3	29 September 1888	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2 – 2	5,000	Southworth (2)
4	6 October 1888	Notts County	A	3 – 3	4,000	Fecitt, Townley, Walton
5	13 October 1888	Aston Villa	A	1 – 6	5,000	Walton
6	20 October 1888	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2 – 2	3,500	Haresnape, Unknown
7	27 October 1888	Stoke	H	5 – 2	3,000	Walton (2), Southworth, Fecitt, Townley
8	3 November 1888	Burnley	A	7 – 1	3,000	Fecitt (2), Southworth (3), Beresford, Forrest
9	10 November 1888	Everton	H	3 – 0	6,000	Almond, Walton, Unknown
10	17 November 1888	Aston Villa	H	5 – 1	9,500	Southworth (3), Fecitt (2)
11	24 November 1888	Derby County	A	2 – 0	3,000	Southworth, Fecitt
12	1 December 1888	Stoke	A	1 – 2	5,000	Beresford
13	8 December 1888	Bolton Wanderers	H	4 – 4	4,000	Townley (2), Beresford, Stothert
14	15 December 1888	Notts County	H	5 – 2	4,000	Southworth (4), Unknown
15	22 December 1888	West Bromwich Albion	A	1 – 2	1,000	Fecitt
16	29 December 1888	Preston North End	A	0 – 1	8,000
17	12 January 1889	Preston North End	H	2 – 2	10,000	Walton, Fecitt
18	19 January 1889	Accrington	A	2 – 0	4,000	Southworth, McLellan (o.g.)
19	26 January 1889	Bolton Wanderers	A	2 – 3	6,000	Southworth, Walton
20	4 February 1889	Burnley	H	4 – 2	2,000	Southworth (2), Walton, Townley
21	30 March 1889	Everton	A	1 – 3	7,000	Whittaker
22	15 April 1889	Derby County	H	3 – 0	4,000	Mitchell (2), Haresnape

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	2 February 1889	Accrington	A	1 – 1	3,000	Unknown
R1 Replay	9 February 1889	Accrington	H	5 – 0	8,000	Haresnape (2), Barton, Townley, Walton
R2		Swifts	H			Swifts withdrew
R3	2 March 1889	Aston Villa	H	8 – 1	12,000	Haresnape (3), Southworth (4), Warner (o.g.)
Semi final	19 March 1889	Wolverhampton Wanderers	N	1 – 1	15,000	Haresnape
Semi final replay	23 March 1889	Wolverhampton Wanderers	N	1 – 3	9,000	Townley

Appearances

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
HB	Willie Almond	21	1	5	0	26	1
GK	Herby Arthur	15	0	5	0	20	0
HB	John Barton	5	0	1	1	6	1
FW	James Beresford	12	4	1	0	13	4
FB	Joe Beverley	8	0	0	0	8	0
FW	James Brown	4	0	0	0	4	0
HB	Jimmy Douglas	21	0	5	0	26	0
U	James Duerden	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Harry Fecitt	17	12	5	0	22	12
FB	John Forbes	16	0	5	0	21	0
HB	Jimmy Forrest	19	1	5	0	24	1
FW	Robert Haresnape	9	2	4	6	13	8
GK	William Holden	1	0	0	0	1	0
GK	Billy McOwen	5	0	0	0	5	0
FW	W. Mitchell	1	2	0	0	1	2
FW	Robert Porter	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Jack Southworth	21	17	5	4	26	21
FB	James Southworth	19	0	4	0	23	0
FW	James Stothert	1	1	0	0	1	1
GK	Fergus Suter	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	William Townley	19	8	5	2	24	10
FW	Nat Walton	20	10	5	1	25	11
FW	Bernard Whittaker	4	1	0	0	4	1

References

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1888–89 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

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Final league table

Results

Legend

Football League

FA Cup

Appearances

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