Aston Villa F.C. season 1888-89

Aston Villa finished a creditable second in the inaugural Football League, behind double winners Preston North End. The 'Invincibles' from Lancashire also ended Villa's bid to win every single home game, with a 2-0 win at Perry Barr in Villa's last home fixture.

Villa's Cup season ended in humiliation with an 8-1 defeat by Blackburn Rovers that remains a club record.

Full results, 1888-89

;Football LeaguePosition 2nd Played 22 Won 12 Drew 5 Lost 5 Goals For 61 Against 43 Goal Average 1.4186 Points 29 (2 points for a win)

1888

8th September Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) D 1-1

15th September Stoke (H) W 5-1

22nd September Everton (H) W 2-1

29th September Notts County (H) W 9-1

6th October Everton (A) L 0-2

13th October Blackburn Rovers (H) W 6-1

20th October Bolton Wanderers (A) W 3-2

27th October Accrington (H) W 4-3

3rd November Stoke (A) D 1-1

10th November Preston North End (A) D 1-1

17th November Blackburn (A) L 1-5

24th November Wolves (H) W 2-1

8th December Notts County (A) W 4-2

15th December Accrington (A) D 1-1

22nd December Burnley (H) W 4-2

29th December Derby County (H) W 4-2

1889

5th January Burnley (A) L 0-4

12th January Bolton (H) W 6-2

19th January West Bromwich Albion (H) W 2-0

26th January West Brom (A) D 3-3

9th February Preston (H) L 0-2

9th March Derby (A) L 2-5

FA Cup

2nd February Witton (H) W 3-2

16th February Derby County (H) W 5-3

2nd March Blackburn Rovers (A) L 1-8

ee also

*Aston Villa F.C. in the 1880s