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Home Grounds used:
Thorneyholme Road, Accrington

Away Grounds visited:
Turf Moor, Burnley; Hare Hill, Littleborough; Centre Vale, Todmorden; Dill Hall Lane, Enfield; Blackburn Road, Oswaldtwistle; Cliffe Park, Great Harwood; Lanehead, Bacup; The Watersheddings, Oldham; Barley Bank, Darwen

First XI playing record:
P 16     W 7     D 6     L 3

Click on this link for the season's First XI scorecards and results

26 players appeared in First XI matches for Accrington in 1878:
JJ Bank; W Boothman; RG Calvert; T Calvert; Haley; S Haley; C Hargreaves; J Hargreaves; J Haworth; J Hindle; G Holgate; J Houlker; R Kay; J Lindley; Mackeson; G Moore; JA Moore; G Nash; HJ Ramsbottom; XH Ramsbottom; WB Rhodes; R Roberts; J Sanderson; JC Shaw; D Talbot; WJ Whittaker.