1888–89 Football League season

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The 1888–89 Football League season was the inaugural campaign of the English Football League, during which Preston North End famously went unbeaten to secure the first league title and FA Cup in a historic "Double."

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Label Occurrences
1888–89 Football League season canonical 3
1888–89 English Football League season 1
1888–89 Football League 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 1888 in association football ⓘ
1889 in association football ⓘ
Football League season ⓘ
sports season ⓘ
averageGoalsPerMatch 4.44 ⓘ
champions Preston North End F.C. ⓘ
championsUnbeatenInFAcup true ⓘ
championsUnbeatenInLeague true ⓘ
competition English Football League ⓘ
surface form: The Football League
country England ⓘ
doubleIncludes FA Cup ⓘ
Football League title ⓘ
doubleWinner Preston North End F.C. ⓘ
endDate 1889-03-30 ⓘ
faCupWinner Preston North End F.C. ⓘ
featuredClub Accrington F.C. ⓘ
Aston Villa ⓘ
surface form: Aston Villa F.C.

Blackburn Rovers F.C. ⓘ
Bolton Wanderers F.C. ⓘ
Burnley F.C. ⓘ
Derby County F.C. ⓘ
Everton F.C. ⓘ
Notts County F.C. ⓘ
Preston North End F.C. ⓘ
Stoke City F.C. ⓘ
surface form: Stoke F.C.

West Bromwich Albion F.C. ⓘ
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. ⓘ
followedBy 1889–90 Football League season ⓘ
format double round-robin ⓘ
historicalSignificance first season of league football in England ⓘ
inaugural campaign of the English Football League ⓘ
isInauguralSeasonOf English Football League ⓘ
surface form: The Football League
leagueChampionUnbeaten Preston North End F.C. ⓘ
matchesPerTeam 22 ⓘ
nicknameOfChampions The Invincibles ⓘ
numberOfMatches 132 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 12 ⓘ
precededBy none ⓘ
promotion none ⓘ
relegation none ⓘ
runnerUp Aston Villa ⓘ
surface form: Aston Villa F.C.
seasonNumber 1 ⓘ
seasonOfLeague English Football League ⓘ
startDate 1888-09-08 ⓘ
thirdPlace Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. ⓘ
topScorer John Goodall ⓘ
topScorerGoals 21 ⓘ
totalGoals 586 ⓘ
usesPointsForDraw 1 ⓘ
usesPointsForLoss 0 ⓘ
usesPointsForWin 2 ⓘ
winner Preston North End F.C. ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Preston North End F.C. → seasonOfFirstLeagueParticipation → 1888–89 Football League season ⓘ
Preston North End F.C. → domesticDouble → 1888–89 Football League season ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1888–89 Football League and FA Cup
Preston North End F.C. → wentUnbeatenIn → 1888–89 Football League season ⓘ
English First Division title → firstSeason → 1888–89 Football League season ⓘ
Football League First Division → firstSeason → 1888–89 Football League season ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1888–89 Football League
The Invincibles → season → 1888–89 Football League season ⓘ
subject surface form: The Invincibles (Preston North End)
this entity surface form: 1888–89 English Football League season