1898–99 Football League

The 18981899 season was the eleventh season of The Football League. The race for the First Division title was one of the most exciting yet. Second-placed Liverpool travelled to Villa Park to face league leaders Aston Villa, needing a win to overhaul Villa and take the title on the last day of the season. Villa won 5-0 to take the title in emphatic style.

Final league tables[1][2]

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at the The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is until the season, 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league.[2]

First Division

First Division
Season 1898–99
Champions Aston Villa
(4th English title)
Relegated Bolton Wanderers
The Wednesday
FA Cup winners Sheffield United (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played 306
Goals scored 868 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer Steve Bloomer (Derby County), 23
Biggest home win Derby CountyThe Wednesday 9–0 (21 Jan 1899)
Biggest away win LiverpoolAston Villa 0–3 (15 Oct 1898)
Nottingham ForestLiverpool 0–3 (26 Nov 1898)
The WednesdayLiverpool 0–3 (31 Dec 1898)
Highest scoring Derby CountyEverton 5–5 (15 Oct 1898)
Longest winning run 8 matches
Aston Villa (8 Oct 1898 – 10 Dec 1898)
Longest unbeaten run 13 matches
Aston Villa (17 Sep 1898 – 24 Dec 1898)
Longest losing run 4 matches
Everton (18 Mar 1899 – 15 Apr 1899)
Sheffield United (31 Mar 1899 – 29 Apr 1899)
The Wednesday (21 Jan 1899 – 25 Feb 1899)
Sunderland (3 Dec 1898 – 31 Dec 1898)
Wolverhampton Wanderers (12 Sep 1898 – 8 Oct 1898
Highest attendance 41.000
Aston Villa - Liverpool F.C. (29 Apr 1899)
Lowest attendance 1.000
Bury -Newcastle (22 Oct 1898)
West Bromwich Albion - Nottingham Forest (24 Dec 1898)
West Bromwich Albion - Blackburn Rovers (21 Jan 1899)
Average attendance 10.004
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1Aston Villa3415205813458182776401.900+3645
2Liverpool3412322910728202349331.485+1643
3Burnley3411513215449133245470.957–239
4Everton3410252513566232848411.171+738
5Notts County349623320377143147510.922–437
6Blackburn Rovers349534123539192960521.154+836
7Sunderland34113326104310153141411.000±036
8Wolverhampton Wanderers3495330135210243554481.125+635
9Derby County34115146191610163862571.088+535
10Bury3495331185210173148490.980–135
11Nottingham Forest346652218557202442421.000±033
12Stoke34104329173311183547520.904–533
13Newcastle United3493533182510163049481.021+130
14West Bromwich Albion3411152891511144842570.737–1530
15Preston North End34104329140512153344470.936–329
16Sheffield United3478231202312143145510.882–629
17Bolton Wanderers3465624213212133037510.725–1425
18The Wednesday348272624061163732610.525–2924

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
League Champions
FA Cup Winners
Relegated

First Division results

Home ╲ Away AST BLB BOLBURBRYDEREVELIVNEWNOTNTCPNESHUSTKSUNWEDWBAWOL
Aston Villa 31 21 40 32 71 30 50 10 30 61 42 11 31 20 31 71 11
Blackburn Rovers 00 41 02 00 30 13 13 42 33 60 22 21 41 32 20 41 22
Bolton Wanderers 00 02 20 01 21 24 21 00 02 01 22 30 02 61 00 33 21
Burnley 24 20 20 21 21 00 21 21 11 11 31 10 11 10 50 11 42
Bury 21 32 31 11 00 31 30 11 20 20 31 13 52 12 00 11 02
Derby County 11 00 11 21 12 55 10 31 20 42 10 10 11 42 90 41 62
Everton 11 21 10 40 01 12 12 30 13 12 20 10 20 00 20 10 21
Liverpool 03 20 20 20 10 40 20 32 01 00 31 21 10 00 40 22 10
Newcastle United 11 10 41 41 20 20 22 30 01 12 21 12 30 01 22 30 24
Nottingham Forest 10 01 12 01 12 33 00 03 20 00 22 21 21 11 11 30 30
Notts County 10 53 21 22 41 22 01 11 31 22 10 22 20 52 10 00 02
Preston North End 20 11 01 11 31 31 00 12 10 10 20 10 42 23 11 40 21
Sheffield United 13 11 31 11 41 21 11 02 22 22 22 11 11 20 21 50 10
Stoke City 30 01 23 41 11 00 21 21 00 21 11 21 41 10 10 21 24
Sunderland 42 01 00 01 30 10 21 10 23 11 11 10 10 20 20 20 30
The Wednesday 41 12 10 10 32 31 12 03 13 21 11 21 11 13 01 12 30
West Bromwich Albion 01 62 10 01 20 11 30 01 20 20 20 20 30 01 10 20 12
Wolverhampton Wanderers 40 21 10 40 12 22 12 00 00 02 10 00 41 32 20 00 51

Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division

Second Division
Season 1898–99
Champions Manchester City (1st title)
Promoted Manchester City
Glossop North End
Failed re-election Blackpool
Darwen
Matches played 306
Goals scored 1103 (3.6 per match)
Top goalscorer Walter Abbott (Small Heath), 33 [3]
Biggest home win LoughboroughDarwen 10–0 (1 Apr 1899)
WalsallDarwen 10–0 (4 Mar 1899)
Biggest away win Lincoln CityGrimsby Town 1–6 (8 Apr 1899)
Luton TownLeicester Fosse 1–6 (14 Jan 1899)
Highest scoring Grimsby TownDarwen 9–2 (15 Apr 1899)
Longest winning run 7 matches
Glossop North End (25 Feb 1899 – 8 Apr 1899)
New Brighton Tower (26 Nov 1898 – 7 Jan 1899)
Longest unbeaten run 13 matches
Manchester City F.C. (1 Oct 1898 – 27 Dec 1898)
Longest losing run 18 matches
Darwen (12 Nov 1898 – 21 Mar 1899)
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1Manchester City3415116410854282592352.629+4752
2Glossop North End3412144813854282576382.000+3846
3Leicester Fosse3412503512647293064421.524+2245
4Newton Heath3412415114719162967431.558+2443
5New Brighton Tower3413224813557233971521.365+943
6Walsall3412506411377152579362.194+4342
7Woolwich Arsenal34142155104310173172411.756+3141
8Small Heath3414126617368193385501.700+3541
9Burslem Port Vale3412233512539212256341.647+2239
10Grimsby Town34103439175210324371601.183+1135
11Barnsley3411424418131383852560.929–431
12Lincoln City34105231162213204051560.911–531
13Burton Swifts3475535253311164551700.729–1928
14Gainsborough Trinity3484540222114165056720.778–1625
15Luton Town3481837312213146451950.537–4423
16Blackpool3463835302114146049900.544–3120
17Loughborough345483126121476638920.413–5418
18Darwen342411163201166109221410.156–1199

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
Division Champions, promoted
Promoted
New club in the league (see also Glossop North End)
Re-elected
Failed re-election

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away BAR BLP BPVBRSDRWGAIGLPGRILEILINLOULUTMCINBRNWHSMHWALWOO
Barnsley 21 21 20 60 10 11 22 34 10 90 21 11 21 02 72 11 21
Blackpool 31 04 30 60 40 12 36 22 30 21 23 24 12 01 11 12 11
Burslem Port Vale 20 61 41 31 21 12 20 02 21 30 41 11 00 10 10 01 30
Burton Swifts 50 31 20 40 21 12 12 11 21 11 11 33 11 51 26 02 12
Darwen 11 02 13 02 03 02 02 30 12 01 41 02 24 11 11 11 14
Gainsborough Trinity 20 70 32 12 22 24 51 40 22 30 23 31 31 02 11 00 01
Glossop 10 41 00 50 50 51 42 13 20 40 50 12 50 12 12 20 20
Grimsby Town 01 21 31 13 92 02 11 10 11 50 50 12 22 30 20 21 10
Leicester Fosse 31 40 11 10 40 10 42 20 32 10 11 11 41 10 00 22 21
Lincoln City 10 00 10 11 20 10 22 16 31 60 20 31 12 20 22 11 20
Loughborough 20 13 03 10 100 00 13 13 03 24 41 13 60 01 11 11 00
Luton Town 41 32 01 30 81 42 02 31 16 20 22 03 23 01 23 32 01
Manchester City 50 41 31 60 100 40 02 72 31 31 50 20 11 40 20 20 31
New Brighton Tower 21 40 10 22 70 32 22 20 10 41 30 40 01 03 40 60 31
Newton Heath 00 31 21 22 90 61 30 32 22 10 61 50 30 12 20 10 22
Small Heath 31 50 12 41 80 61 11 21 03 41 60 90 41 32 41 21 41
Walsall 11 60 11 71 100 61 20 41 11 32 70 60 11 11 20 20 41
Woolwich Arsenal 30 60 10 21 60 51 30 11 40 42 31 62 01 40 51 20 00

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "England 1898–99". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  2. 1 2 3 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
  3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
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