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The 1889 FA Cup Final was contested by Preston North End

Preston North End F.C.

Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...

and Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...

at the Kennington Oval

The Oval

The Kia Oval, still commonly referred to by its original name of The Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In the past it was also sometimes called the Kennington Oval...

. Preston won 3–0, with goals by Fred Dewhurst

Fred Dewhurst

Fred Dewhurst was a professional footballer, who played as an inside forward for Preston North End in the late 19th century...

, Jimmy Ross

Jimmy Ross

James D. “Jimmy” Ross , nicknamed the "Little Demon", was a Scottish association football player of the Victorian era, younger brother of Nick Ross...

and Sam Thomson

Sam Thomson (footballer)

Sam Thomson was a leading professional footballer of the 1880s and 1890s. He was a Scottish international, and was a member of the Preston North End side which became famous as the 'invincibles'.-Career:...

. This completed the "double" for the victors, having won the first ever Football League earlier in the season, without losing a single game, earning them the nickname of "The Invincibles Football Players".

Match details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	PRESTON NORTH END:
GK		Robert Mills-Roberts Robert Mills-Roberts Dr. Robert Herbert Mills-Roberts was a leading football player in the 1880s. He was a Welsh International, and was a player in the Preston North End side which became known as "The Invincibles"....
DF		Bob Howarth Bob Howarth Bob Howarth was a leading footballer in the 1880s and 1890s. He was an England international and was a member of the Preston North End side that became famous as "The Invincibles".-Career:...
DF		Bob Holmes Robert Holmes (footballer) Bob Holmes was a professional footballer, who was a member of the famous 'invincibles' of Preston North End.-Career:...
MF		George Drummond George Drummond (footballer) George "Geordie" Drummond was a professional association football player. Born in Edinburgh, he played for St Bernard's before joining Preston North End. He was a key member of the Preston team which won the first ever Football League championship in the 1888–89 season without losing a match...
MF		David Russell David Russell (footballer) David Russell was a professional football player. He was a member of the famous 'invincibles' of Preston North End.-External links:*...
MF		Johnny Graham Johnny Graham (footballer) John "Johnny" Graham was a leading professional footballer of the 1880s. He was a member of the Preston North End side which became famous as the 'invincibles'.-Career:...
FR		Jack Gordon Jack Gordon (footballer) John "Jack" Gordon was a leading professional footballer of the 1880s and 1890s. He was a member of the Preston North End side which became famous as the 'Invincibles'.-Career:Jack Gordon was born at Port Glasgow, Scotland in 1863...
FW		Jimmy Ross Jimmy Ross James D. “Jimmy” Ross , nicknamed the "Little Demon", was a Scottish association football player of the Victorian era, younger brother of Nick Ross...
FW		John Goodall John Goodall John Goodall was a footballer who rose to fame as a centre-forward for England and for Preston North End at the time of the development of the Football League, and also became Watford's first manager in 1903...
FW		Fred Dewhurst Fred Dewhurst Fred Dewhurst was a professional footballer, who played as an inside forward for Preston North End in the late 19th century... (c)
FL		Sam Thomson Sam Thomson (footballer) Sam Thomson was a leading professional footballer of the 1880s and 1890s. He was a Scottish international, and was a member of the Preston North End side which became famous as the 'invincibles'.-Career:...
Manager:
William Sudell William Sudell Major William Sudell was an English association football player and administrator, who was the first chairman of Preston North End. He joined the Preston Nelson sports club on 3 August 1867, aged 16. Initially a player of several sports, by his mid-twenties he had become chairman of the club...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS: | GK

Jack Baynton

John "Jack" Baynton was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers.Baynton was a teacher at St Luke's School in Blakenhall, whose football team was to become to Wolverhampton Wanderers...

Dickie Baugh

Richard "Dickie" Baugh was an English footballer who spent the majority of his career with , for whom he played in three FA Cup finals .Baugh began his career with the Wolverhampton-based Stafford Road...

Charlie Mason

Charlie Mason (footballer)

Charles Mason was an English professional footballer, who played for Wolverhampton Wanderers.Mason began his football life at St Lukes School, whose team became Wolverhampton Wanderers. He was part of the Wolves team that were founder members of the Football League in 1888, playing in their very...

Albert Fletcher

Albert Thomas Fletcher was an English international footballer, who played as an right half.-Career:Born in Wolverhampton, Fletcher played professionally for Wolverhampton Wanderers, and earned two caps for England between 1889 and 1890....

Harry Allen

Harry Allen (footballer)

Harry Allen was an English international footballer, who played most of his career for Wolverhampton Wanderers, and was their captain.-Career:...

Arthur Lowder

Arthur Lowder was an English footballer of the 1880s and 1890s who played as a left half with Wolverhampton Wanderers....

Tommy Hunter

Tommy Hunter (footballer)

Tommy Hunter was a football player who played for the Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 1889 FA Cup Final....

David Wykes FW

John Brodie

John Brodie (English footballer)

John Brant Brodie was an English footballer who was a pivotal figure in the formative years of Wolverhampton Wanderers....

Harry Wood

Harry Wood (footballer)

Harry Wood was a professional footballer who played most of his career as an inside-forward for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Southampton.-Wolverhampton Wanderers:...

Tom Knight Manager:

Jack Addenbrooke

John Henry "Jack" Addenbrooke was an English football player and manager, who spent his career with .-Career:...

Preston North End

Round 1: Bootle

Bootle F.C.

Bootle Football Club is an English football club based in Bootle, Merseyside. The club are currently members of the North West Counties League Premier Division and play at New Bucks Park.-Previous clubs in Bootle:...

0–3 Preston North End

Round 2: Grimsby Town

Grimsby Town F.C.

Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town...

0–2 Preston North End

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

Birmingham St George's F.C.

Birmingham St. George's F.C. was a football club based in Birmingham, England. They were formerly known as Mitchell St. George's F.C., a merger of Mitchells and St. George's in 1881 , changing to their new name in 1888...

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

West Bromwich Albion F.C.

West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...

(at Bramall Lane

Bramall Lane

-Cricket at the Lane:Bramall Lane opened as a cricket ground in 1855, having been leased by Michael Ellison from the Duke of Norfolk at an annual rent of £70. The site was then away from the town's industrial area, and relatively free from smoke. It was built to host the matches of local cricket...

)

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

Round 1: Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–3 Old Carthusians

Old Carthusians F.C.

Old Carthusians Football Club is an association football club whose players are former pupils of Charterhouse School in Godalming, Surrey, England...

Round 2: Wolverhampton Wanderers 6–1 Walsall Town Swifts

Walsall F.C.

Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...

Quarter-final: Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–0 Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...

Semi-final: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers F.C.

Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....

(at Alexandra Ground, Crewe)

Replay: Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....

1–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers

(at Alexandra Ground, Crewe)

External links

Match report at www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk

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