1888–89 Everton F.C. season

English football club season April 2020 February 2015 January 2024 Everton 1888–89 William Edward Barclay The Football League 8th Edgar Chadwick (6) 15,000 vs Preston (19 January 1889) 2,079 vs West Brom (23 February 1889) none 1889–90 _everton1888 FFFFFF FFFFFF 00AEF0 000080 000080 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 yes yes England GK Robert Smalley, 18 appearances yes England DF George Dobson, 18 appearances yes Scotland DF Nick Ross, 19 appearances yes Scotland MF John Weir, 16 appearances yes England MF Johnny Holt, 17 appearances yes Wales MF George Farmer, 21 appearances yes Wales FW Joe Davies, 8 appearances at outside right yes England FW Robert Watson, 18 appearances at inside right yes England FW Frank Sugg, 9 appearances at centre forward yes England FW Edgar Chadwick, inside left yes England FW James Costley, 6 appearances at outside left 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 Alec Dick (9 appearances – right back) David Waugh (7 apps – inside right) William Brown (6 apps – outside left) Alex McKinnon (6 apps – outside right) Alf Milward (6 apps – centre forward) Jack Angus (5 apps at outside left) George Fleming (4 apps – outside right) Charles Jolliffe (4 apps – goalkeeper) Wiliam Lewis (3 apps – centre forward) William Briscoe (3 apps – inside left) Albert Chadwick (2 apps – left back) Jas Coyne (2 apps – inside right) George Davie (2 apps – centre forward) Mike Higgins (1 app – centre half) Robert Jones (1 app – centre back) Bob Kelso (1 app – centre back), Jack Keys (1 app – centre forward) R Morris (1 app – centre forward) Henry Parkinson (1 app – centre half) Hugh Pollock (1 app – centre back) Roberts (1 app – centre back) George Stephenson (1 app – centre back) Harry Warmby (1 app – centre back) Walter Wilson (1 app – left back) 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 Table EVE Results DateOpponentsHome/AwayResultF – AScorersAttendance8 September 1888AccringtonH2–1George Fleming (2)12,00015 September 1888Notts CountyH2–1Edgar Chadwick, Nick Ross6,00022 September 1888Aston VillaA1–2Robert Watson5,00029 September 1888BoltonA2–6William Lewis, Robert Watson5,0006 October 1888Aston VillaH2–0George Farmer, Dave Waugh10,00013 October 1888Notts CountyA1–3Nick Ross4,00020 October 1888DerbyA4–2James Costley (2), Edgar Chadwick, Alex McKinnon3,00027 October 1888DerbyH6–2Alex McKinnon (3), Nick Ross (2), Robert Watson3,0003 November 1888BoltonH2–1William Brown, Nick Ross8,00010 November 1888BlackburnA0–36,00017 November 1888BurnleyA2–2Edgar Chadwick, Robert Watson3,00024 November 1888BurnleyH3–2Edgar Chadwick, James Costley, Coyne6,0001 December 1888West BromA1–4Edgar Chadwick5,70015 December 1888StokeA0–01,50022 December 1888PrestonA0–38,00029 December 1888AccringtonA1–3William Brown2,00012 January 1889StokeH2–1Joe Davies, Alf Milward7,00019 January 1889PrestonH0–215,00026 January 1889WolvesA0–54,5009 February 1889WolvesH1–2Edgar Chadwick6,00023 February 1889West BromH0–12,07930 March 1889BlackburnH3–1Joe Davies, Alf Milward, Dave Waugh4,000 Sources http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=players&era_id=1&season_id=2&seasons=2 https://web.archive.org/web/20120217090426/http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=players&era_id=1&season_id=2&seasons=2 17 February 2012 http://www.allfootballers.com 1888-89 Category:English football clubs 1888–89 season