Retro Football: The Very First, Hand-Drawn Football League Season Table, 1888/89 (Photo)

Chris Wright

9th, September 2014

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By Chris Wright

As per bloody usual, Pies are a day late on the uptake here but on this very (yester)day in 1888, the first ever Football League season came to a conclusion.

The final, hand-drawn Football League table looked a little something like this, with Preston North End ending the 132-game campaign top of the pile, Aston Villa and Wolves making up the top three respectively and Stoke bringing up the rear…

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Preston won the inaugural Football League without losing a single game and also went on to complete the first ever domestic double by beating Wolves 3-0 in the FA Cup Final.

(Image via @football_league)