1888-89 Seasons | First Division | Competitions
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | G | W‑D‑L | GF‑GA | Pts | |
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| Preston North End | 5-2 | 4-0 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 7-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 7-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 5-2 | 5-0 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 5-0 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 22 | 18‑4‑0 | 74‑15 | 40 |
| Aston Villa | 1-1 | 5-1 | 2-1 | 9-1 | 0-2 | 6-1 | 3-2 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-5 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 0-4 | 6-2 | 2-0 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 2-5 | 22 | 12‑5‑5 | 61‑43 | 29 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1-1 | 0-4 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 4-4 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 2-5 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 5-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 22 | 12‑4‑6 | 51‑37 | 28 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 5-5 | 6-2 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 5-2 | 7-1 | 3-0 | 5-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 5-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 4-2 | 1-3 | 3-0 | 22 | 10‑6‑6 | 66‑45 | 26 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 3-6 | 3-4 | 1-3 | 6-2 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 5-1 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 4-0 | 7-3 | 3-2 | 22 | 10‑2‑10 | 63‑59 | 22 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 5-0 | 0-3 | 4-2 | 2-2 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 4-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-5 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 1-0 | 22 | 10‑2‑10 | 40‑46 | 22 |
| Accrington | 1-2 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 4-4 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 5-1 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 22 | 6‑8‑8 | 48‑48 | 20 |
| Everton | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-6 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 4-2 | 6-2 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 0-5 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 22 | 9‑2‑11 | 35‑47 | 20 |
| Burnley | 2-5 | 4-3 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 4-1 | 0-4 | 3-4 | 1-6 | 1-7 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 1-5 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 22 | 7‑3‑12 | 42‑62 | 17 |
| Derby County | 6-3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0-5 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-5 | 3-2 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 5-2 | 5-3 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 22 | 7‑2‑13 | 41‑61 | 16 |
| Stoke | 0-2 | 1-5 | 3-0 | 2-4 | 0-7 | 1-2 | 4-3 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 22 | 4‑4‑14 | 26‑51 | 12 |
| Notts County | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-9 | 3-3 | 3-1 | 2-4 | 6-1 | 0-7 | 3-3 | 0-3 | 2-4 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 3-7 | 3-5 | 22 | 5‑2‑15 | 40‑73 | 12 |
| Home games in bold. PDF 1889-90› 1991-92» | Grid | Points Title race | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
