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Home Grounds used:
Thorneyholme Road, Accrington

Away Grounds visited:
Turf Moor, Burnley; Seedhill, Nelson; The Horsfield, Colne; Cliffe Park, Great Harwood; Blackburn Road, Oswaldtwistle; Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn; Blackburn Road, Rishton; Lanehead, Bacup; Acre Bottom, Ramsbottom; Centre Vale, Todmorden; not arranged

First XI playing record:
P 26     W 10     D 2     L 14

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

36 players appeared in First XI matches for Accrington in 1886:
JJ Bank; W Blackburn; WT Bond; W Boothman; RG Calvert; J Clarke; CF Critchley; Davidson; JS Dewhurst; W Eastham; Firth; A Fletcher; E Hacking; J Hargreaves; JL Heys; J Hindle; SM Holden; JK Horne; JR Horne; R Horne; P Hughes; King; R Lindley; W Lord; E Mayes; JA Moore; HJ Ramsbottom; S Raynor; AP Riley; J Roberts; A Rogers; J Sanderson; E Smith; J Sykes; D Whittaker; F Whittaker.