Stats & Facts - 1888-1900

League Positions

League Stats - Longest, Highest & Lowest

Best league position: 1st (1888-89 & 1889-90)
Lowest league position: 16th (Div 1 1899-1900)
Longest run without defeat: 22 games (1888-89 [unbeaten throughout the season])
Longest winning streak: 13 games (1891-92)
Longest losing streak: 6 games (1893-94)
Longest run without a win: 8 games (1893-94)
Longest FA Cup run: Winners (1888-89)
Highest Win: 18-0 Vs Reading (FA Cup Rnd 1 1893-94)
Highest Defeat: 6-0 Vs Everton (1st Div 1892-93) 

Leading Scorers season by season

1888-89 John Goodall 22 goals (20 lg 2 FACup)
1889-90 Nick Ross 23 goals (22 lg 1 FACup)
1890-91 Hugh Gallacher 6 goals
1891-92 Jimmy Ross 18 goals (16 lg 2 FACup)
1892-93 Frank Becton 23 goals (15 lg 8 FACup)
1893-94 Jimmy Ross 24 goals (18 lg 6 FACup)
1894-95 David Smith 12 goals & Adam Henderson 12 goals (11 lg 1 FACup)
1895-96 Jackie Pierce 8 goals
1896-97 David Boyd 13 goals
1897-98 Alex Brown 11 goals
1898-99 Tom Pratt 17 goals (13 lg 4 FACup)
1899-1900 Adam Henderson 13 goals (12 lg 1 FACup)

• North End's very first league game was against Burnley at home. North End won 5-2.

• North End won the FA Cup in 1888-89 without conceding any goals. North End scored 11 goals altogether and defeated Wolves in the final 3-0.

• North End recorded their highest-ever league score in 1889-90 by thrashing Stoke City 10-0.

• With North End being the first winners of the Football League, North End also became the first team to retain the championship by winning it again in 1889-90

• North End scored their very first penatly in 1891. The penalty was scored by Jack Gordon against Blakburn Rovers on 24 October 1891.

• In the FA Cup games against Middlesbrough Ironopolis, George Drummond played in goal and completed a unique feat - in four years he had played in all positions for North End.

• North End won the Lancashire Cup in 1892-93 beating Bolton 2-0 in the Final at Ewood Park.

• Despite the 1893-94 season being a very disappointing, North End still managed to record the second highest ever FA Cup score by beating Reading 18-0 at Deepdale. The highest ever score is also held by North End (26-0 versus Hyde United)

• North End won the Lancashire Cup in March 1895 beating Everton 2-0 in the final at Ewood Park. North End had defeated Bury (3-1), Man City (7-0) and Accrington (2-0) in previous rounds.

• North End played a total of 63 games in 1895-96. In addition to the 30 league games and FA Cup game, North End played 32 friendlies during the course of the season.

• On 11 September 1895, North End became the first visitors to Bolton's new Burnden Park stadium in a friendly match. North End won 1-0 courtesy of a goal from James Sharp.