15. September 1888 - 00:00 - Perry Barr - Wellington Road - Birmingham - England - The Football League - Zuschauer: 4000

Aston Villa - Stoke City 5:1 (0:0)

1:0 Albert Allen

2:0 Albert Allen

3:0 Arthur Dixon

4:0 Tommy Green

5:0 Archie Hunter 90'

5:1 Fred Staton

Aston Villa: Jimmy Warner, Frank Coulton, Gershom Cox, Albert Allen, Harry Devey, Arthur Dixon, Dennis Hodgetts, Albert Brown, Tommy Green, Archie Hunter, Harry Yates. Manager: George Ramsay

Stoke City: Bill Rowley, Tommy Clare, Alf Underwood, Bob Ramsay, George Shutt, Father Smith, Billy Tunncliffe, Alf Edge, Bob McSkimming, Fred Staton, Tom Wainwirght

Schiedsrichter: William Henry Jope