Season 1898-99

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Southern League
Re-elections
Lower League Key

FA Cup Final 1899						Venue	Gate	Notes

Cup Competition
D 1	Sheffield United	4	1	Derby County	D 1	The Crystal Palace, London	73,833
	Bennett, Beer, Almond, Priest			Boag

FA Cup Semi-Finals 1899						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Derby County	3	1	Stoke	D 1	Molineux, Wolverhampton	24,500
	Bloomer 3			Maxwell
D 1	Sheffield United	2	2	Liverpool	D 1	City Ground, Nottingham	21,000
	Hedley, Needham			Allan, Morgan
FA Cup Semi-Finals 1899 Replay						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Sheffield United	4	4	Liverpool	D 1	Burnden Park, Bolton	20,000	aet
	Beer, Bennett, Priest 2			Walker, Allan, Boyle OG, Cox
FA Cup Semi-Finals 1899 Replay 2						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Liverpool	1	0	Sheffield United	D 1	Fallowfield, Manchester	32,500	Abandoned h/t - crowd trouble & darkness
	Allan
FA Cup Semi-Finals 1899 Replay 3						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Sheffield United	1	0	Liverpool	D 1	Baseball Ground, Derby	9,957
	Beer

Final Table for Season 1898-99

				Home					Away
First Division
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	5	Aston Villa	34	15	2	0	58	13	4	5	8	18	27	1.900	45	Rd 1
2	7	Liverpool	34	12	3	2	29	10	7	2	8	20	23	1.485	43	SF
3	D 2	Burnley	34	11	5	1	32	15	4	4	9	13	32	0.957	39	Rd 1
4	0	Everton	34	10	2	5	25	13	5	6	6	23	28	1.171	38	Rd 2
5	8	Notts County	34	9	6	2	33	20	3	7	7	14	31	0.922	37	Rd 2
6	9	Blackburn Rovers	34	9	5	3	41	23	5	3	9	19	29	1.154	36	Rd 1
7	-5	Sunderland	34	11	3	3	26	10	4	3	10	15	31	1.000	36	Rd 2
8	-5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	9	5	3	30	13	5	2	10	24	35	1.125	35	Rd 2
9	1	Derby County	34	11	5	1	46	19	1	6	10	16	38	1.088	35	Final
10	4	Bury	34	9	5	3	31	18	5	2	10	17	31	0.980	35	Rd 2
11	-3	Nottingham Forest	34	6	6	5	22	18	5	5	7	20	24	1.000	33	Rd 3
12	4	Stoke	34	10	4	3	29	17	3	3	11	18	35	0.904	33	SF
13	D 2	Newcastle United	34	9	3	5	33	18	2	5	10	16	30	1.021	30	Rd 2
14	-7	West Bromwich Albion	34	11	1	5	28	9	1	5	11	14	48	0.737	30	Rd 3
15	-3	Preston North End	34	10	4	3	29	14	0	5	12	15	33	0.936	29	Rd 2
16	-15	Sheffield United	34	7	8	2	31	20	2	3	12	14	31	0.882	29	Win
17	-6	Bolton Wanderers	34	6	5	6	24	21	3	2	12	13	30	0.725	25	Rd 1
18	-13	The Wednesday	34	8	2	7	26	24	0	6	11	6	37	0.525	24	Rd 1

				Home					Away
Second Division
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	2	Manchester City	34	15	1	1	64	10	8	5	4	28	25	2.629	52	Rd 1
2	ML	Glossop	34	12	1	4	48	13	8	5	4	28	25	2.000	46	Rd 1
3	4	Leicester Fosse	34	12	5	0	35	12	6	4	7	29	30	1.524	45	Q5
4	0	Newton Heath	34	12	4	1	51	14	7	1	9	16	29	1.558	43	Rd 1
5	Lan	New Brighton Tower	34	13	2	2	48	13	5	5	7	23	39	1.365	43	Q3
6	4	Walsall	34	12	5	0	64	11	3	7	7	15	25	2.194	42	Q3
7	-2	Woolwich Arsenal	34	14	2	1	55	10	4	3	10	17	31	1.756	41	Rd 1
8	-2	Small Heath	34	14	1	2	66	17	3	6	8	19	33	1.700	41	Rd 2
9	ML	Burslem Port Vale	34	12	2	3	35	12	5	3	9	21	22	1.647	39	Q4
10	2	Grimsby Town	34	10	3	4	39	17	5	2	10	32	43	1.183	35	Rd 1
11	MYL	Barnsley	34	11	4	2	44	18	1	3	13	8	38	0.929	31	Q5
12	2	Lincoln City	34	10	5	2	31	16	2	2	13	20	40	0.911	31	Q4
13	0	Burton Swifts	34	7	5	5	35	25	3	3	11	16	45	0.729	28	Q5
14	-5	Gainsborough Trinity	34	8	4	5	40	22	2	1	14	16	50	0.778	25	Q3
15	-7	Luton Town	34	8	1	8	37	31	2	2	13	14	64	0.537	23	Q5
16	-5	Blackpool	34	6	3	8	35	30	2	1	14	14	60	0.544	20	Q1
17	-1	Loughborough	34	5	4	8	31	26	1	2	14	7	66	0.413	18	Q4
18	-3	Darwen	34	2	4	11	16	32	0	1	16	6	109	0.156	9	Q3

				Home					Away
Southern League Division 1
Ptn		Southern League Div 1	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	0	Southampton	24	9	2	1	34	9	6	3	3	20	15	2.25	35	Rd 3
2	0	Bristol City	24	11	0	1	39	16	4	3	5	16	17	1.667	33	Rd 1
3	6	Millwall Athletic	24	7	2	3	34	17	5	4	3	25	18	1.686	30	Q4
4	0	Chatham	24	6	3	3	21	11	4	4	4	13	15	1.308	27	PR
5	0	Reading	24	9	2	1	24	4	1	5	6	10	22	1.308	27	Q5
6	0	New Brompton	24	7	3	2	24	9	3	2	7	14	21	1.267	25	Rd 1
7	-4	Tottenham Hotspur	24	8	2	2	24	11	2	2	8	16	25	1.111	24	Rd 3
8	WL	Bedminster	24	7	1	4	19	13	3	3	6	16	26	0.897	24	Q2
9	1	Swindon Town	24	7	4	1	33	21	2	1	9	10	28	0.878	23	Q3
10	Non	Brighton United	24	6	2	4	23	13	3	0	9	14	35	0.771	20	Q3
11	-3	Gravesend United	24	6	3	3	31	20	1	2	9	11	32	0.808	19	Q5
12	-5	Sheppey United	24	5	2	5	16	18	0	1	11	7	35	0.434	13	Q4
13	SL 2	Royal Artillery Portsmouth	24	3	4	5	11	16	1	0	11	6	44	0.283	12	Q2
14	SL 2	Warmley	17	1	0	6	10	21	1	2	7	15	37	0.431	6	Q4

League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	Ballot	Result
1899 Election to the Second Division of the Football League
D 2	Loughborough	1,988	Q4	28	Re-Elected
ML	Chesterfield Town		Q4	17	Elected
NL	Middlesbrough		Q3	17	Elected
D 2	Blackpool	2,271	Q1	15	Not Re-Election
Lan	Stockport County		Q5	11	Failed
Lan	Chorley		Q4	7	Failed
Lan	Wigan County		Q4	7	Failed
Lan	Ashton North End		Q3	0	Failed
Bir	Coventry City		Q1	0	Failed
D 2	Darwen	1,206	Q3	0	Resigned