1898–99 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa

1898–99 season

Chairman

Manager

Champions (4)

Round 1

← 1897–98

1899–1900 →

Season highlights

Three of Villa’s 1897 double-winning team joined Celtic in the summer of 1897, so 1897/98 proved to be a rebuilding period for the club. By the mid-point of 1898/99, Villa had a narrow lead over Everton and Burnley but a late season run by Liverpool dropped them to second place. It came down to ‘last-game decider’, with Villa at home to Liverpool. 41,000 spectators shoe-horned themselves into Villa Park to see an emphatic win by the home team, 5–0.

The season was notable for one of those one-off, never repeated events that enliven League history. The referee was late arriving for the match at Sheffield Wednesday. After some deliberation, it was decided to start without him. Though he took over at half-time, the delay meant that darkness fell with 10 minutes left to play. Wednesday were the better team on the day and led 3–1 at the time. The League consulted the rule-book and decided that the last 10 minutes would have to be played at a later date. The first suggestion was that perhaps the 10 minutes could be played before the return game at Villa Park. In the end, Villa agreed to play Wednesday in a benefit match for one of their players, and the missing minutes were duly played out before the friendly game. Villa made one change for the second game, Garraty replacing Bedingfield.

Trivia

Ever-present: Tommy Bowman

First at top: 29 October

Date won league: 29 April (last game)

Players used: 23

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1898–99 in English football

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FA competitions

FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds
Final)
Charity Shield

Football and Southern Leagues

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division

Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Burnley
Bury
Derby County
Everton
Liverpool
Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest
Notts County
Preston North End
Sheffield United
Stoke
Sunderland
The Wednesday
West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division

Barnsley
Blackpool
Burslem Port Vale
Burton United
Darwen
Gainsborough Trinity
Glossop
Grimsby Town
Leicester Fosse
Lincoln City
Loughborough
Luton Town
Manchester City
New Brighton Tower
Newton Heath
Small Heath
Walsall
Woolwich Arsenal

Southern League

Division One	Bedminster Brentford Bristol City Gravesend United Millwall New Brompton Portsmouth Reading Sheppey United Southampton Swindon Town Thames Ironworks Tottenham Hotspur Watford

Division Two	Fulham

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