1889 FA Cup final explained

1889 FA Cup Final
Event:1888–89 FA Cup
Team1:Preston North End
Team1score:3
Team2:Wolverhampton
Wanderers
Team2score:0
Date:30 March 1889
Stadium:Kennington Oval
City:London
Referee:Francis Marindin
Attendance:27,000
Previous:1888
Next:1890

The 1889 FA Cup final was contested by Preston North End and Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Kennington Oval.

Preston won 3–0, with goals by Fred Dewhurst, Jimmy Ross and Sam Thomson.

This completed the "Double" for the victors, Preston having already won the inaugural Football League title without losing a game, a feat which earned them the nickname "The Invincibles".

Match details

GK Robert Mills-Roberts
DF Bob Howarth
DF
MF
MF David Russell
MF Johnny Graham
FR Jack Gordon
FW
FW
FW Fred Dewhurst (c)
FL Sammy Thomson
Manager:
William Sudell
GK Jack Baynton
DF Dickie Baugh
DF
MF
MF Harry Allen
MF
FR Tommy Hunter
FW
FW John Brodie (c)
FW Harry Wood
FL Tommy Knight
Manager:
Jack Addenbrooke

Route to the Final

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Preston North End

Round 1: Bootle 0–3 Preston North End

Round 2: Grimsby Town 0–2 Preston North End

Quarter-final: Preston North End 2–0 Birmingham St George's

Semi-final: Preston North End 1–0 West Bromwich Albion

(at Bramall Lane)

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

Round 1: Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–3 Old Carthusians

Round 2: Wolverhampton Wanderers 6–1 Walsall Town Swifts

Quarter-final: Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–0 Sheffield Wednesday

Semi-final: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Blackburn Rovers

(at Alexandra Ground, Crewe)

(at Alexandra Ground, Crewe)

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