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Football match

1889 FA Cup Final

Event

Preston North End	Wolverhampton Wanderers

3	0

Date

30 March 1889

Venue

Kennington Oval, London

Referee

Francis Marindin

Attendance

27,000

← 1888 1890 →

The 1889 FA Cup final was contested by Preston North End and Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Kennington Oval.

Preston won 3–0, with goals by Fred Dewhurst, Jimmy Ross and Sam Thomson.

This completed the "Double" for the victors, Preston having already won the inaugural Football League title without losing a game, a feat which earned them the nickname "The Invincibles".

Match details

30 March 1889

Preston North End	3–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Dewhurst 15' Ross 25' Thomson 70'

Kennington Oval, LondonAttendance: 27,000Referee: Major Francis Marindin

Preston N.E.

W. Wanderers



GK		Robert Mills-Roberts
DF		Bob Howarth
DF		Bob Holmes
MF		George Drummond
MF		David Russell
MF		Johnny Graham
FR		Jack Gordon
FW		Jimmy Ross
FW		John Goodall
FW		Fred Dewhurst (c)
FL		Sammy Thomson
Manager:
William Sudell



GK		Jack Baynton
DF		Dickie Baugh
DF		Charlie Mason
MF		Albert Fletcher
MF		Harry Allen
MF		Arthur Lowder
FR		Tommy Hunter
FW		David Wykes
FW		John Brodie (c)
FW		Harry Wood
FL		Tommy Knight
Manager:
Jack Addenbrooke

Route to the Final

Preston North End

Round 1: Bootle 0–3 Preston North End

Round 2: Grimsby Town 0–2 Preston North End

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

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

(at Bramall Lane)

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Round 1: Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–3 Old Carthusians

Round 2: Wolverhampton Wanderers 6–1 Walsall Town Swifts

Quarter-final: Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–0 Sheffield Wednesday

Semi-final: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Blackburn Rovers

(at Alexandra Ground, Crewe)

Replay: Blackburn Rovers 1–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers

(at Alexandra Ground, Crewe)

External links

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

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