‘INVINCIBLE !’
Preston North End
1888/89…
Beyond any reasonable doubt, the most effective Footballing combination in English Football ’s extremely long & winding History-Ladies & Gentlemen, we bring to you the true “Invincibles” of Preston’s North End, in that historic Football season of 1888/89…
Quietly Captained by that classy bastard…
Johnny “All-Good” Goodall
“…as quiet & as sleepy as an old sheep off the pitch, perhaps, but put a ball in front of him & he’d be off after it like a flippin’ whippet ! ”
The “Mighty Goodall”, without doubt the premier player of his day, top-scores in their “Invincible” year with 24 Goals over the 27 games that it took to land Association Football’s first ever “Double” - At the first bloody attempt, at that, the show-offs !
…the legendary ‘Lilywhites’ record in that inaugural Football League season of 1888/1889 finishes; 18 wins, 4 draws & of course, absolutely no losses at all whilst landing the Cup without letting in so much as a single, solitary Goal !
1889 F.A Cup Final…
,
“Sensational ” Sammy Thomson…
…the ‘Diminutive Demon’…
Wolves 0-3 INVINCIBLES !
…otherwise known as…
‘Wee’ Jimmy Ross…
…& Preston’s practicing preacher man…
…the Reverand Freddie Dewhurst…
…oblige with the Goals that secure both Day & ‘Double’ for those deadly Deepdalians !
Proud Preston’s complete 1888/89 season record reads;
Played 27, 23 wins, 4 draws, 0 defeats (…of course…), 85 Goals scored with just the 18 conceded…
…possibly the oldest, remaining Football venue in the World…
Those Woolwich “Invincibles”, on the other hand, actually will lose 6 games, in all, which, frankly, Mr Shankly*…
…doesn’t sound particularly ‘Invincible’ to us..!
* …Bill was a North Ender through & through in those playing days of his, appearing in not one but two F.A Cup Finals - even going as far as actually winning one…(1938)
Credit, where Credit’s due, Brian…
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