1888–89 Everton F.C. season explained

Season:1888–89
League Result:8th
League Topscorer: Edgar Chadwick (6)
Highest Attendance:15,000 vs Preston (19 January 1889)
Lowest Attendance:2,079 vs West Brom (23 February 1889)
Prevseason:none
Nextseason:1889–90
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In 1888–89, Everton F.C. was a founding member of the Football League and competed in the first edition of the competition. The team finished eighth, avoiding re-election by a single place.

Regular First team

Teams at the time played a 2–3–5 formation. Thus, Dobson and Ross were "full-backs" while Weir, Holt, and Farmer were "halfbacks". However, Everton fielded by far the most unsettled side of all the twelve original Football League members, using thirty-five players in their twenty-two game campaign. Indeed, the club have never fielded more players in any season since, despite having played as many as twenty league games more in over fifty subsequent seasons. So inconsistent was their team selection that at no time did the above combination actually take the field. Not surprisingly Everton's best result of the season, a 6–2 victory over Derby County on 20 October 1888 was achieved with ten of the above players on the field. Robert Watson missed that game while his deputy, Alex McKinnon scored the only hat-trick obtained by an Everton player all season. This was the only game in which ten of the first eleven featured.

Other players used

Note that position listed is that filled most commonly by the player during this season and may not always have been the role played.

League

Results

DateOpponentsHome/
Away		Result
F – A		ScorersAttendance
8 September 1888AccringtonH2–1George Fleming (2)12,000
15 September 1888Notts CountyH2–1Edgar Chadwick, Nick Ross6,000
22 September 1888Aston VillaA1–2Robert Watson5,000
29 September 1888BoltonA2–6William Lewis, Robert Watson5,000
6 October 1888Aston VillaH2–0George Farmer, Dave Waugh10,000
13 October 1888Notts CountyA1–3Nick Ross4,000
20 October 1888DerbyA4–2James Costley (2), Edgar Chadwick, Alex McKinnon3,000
27 October 1888DerbyH6–2Alex McKinnon (3), Nick Ross (2), Robert Watson3,000
3 November 1888BoltonH2–1William Brown, Nick Ross8,000
10 November 1888BlackburnA0–36,000
17 November 1888BurnleyA2–2Edgar Chadwick, Robert Watson3,000
24 November 1888BurnleyH3–2Edgar Chadwick, James Costley, Coyne6,000
1 December 1888West BromA1–4Edgar Chadwick5,700
15 December 1888StokeA0–01,500
22 December 1888PrestonA0–38,000
29 December 1888AccringtonA1–3William Brown2,000
12 January 1889StokeH2–1Joe Davies, Alf Milward7,000
19 January 1889PrestonH0–215,000
26 January 1889WolvesA0–54,500
9 February 1889WolvesH1–2Edgar Chadwick6,000
23 February 1889West BromH0–12,079
30 March 1889BlackburnH3–1Joe Davies, Alf Milward, Dave Waugh4,000

Sources

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