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The 1888-89 season was the first season of the Football League. Aston Villa were one of the new league’s 12 founding members and finished as runners-up of the Football League behind double winners Preston North End. The ‘Invincibles’ from Lancashire also ended Villa’s bid to win every single home game with a 2–0 win at Wellington Road in Villa’s last home fixture.Villa’s cup season ended with an 8–1 defeat by Blackburn Rovers that remained a club record until 2012.