1899–1900 Football League

The 1899–1900 season was the 12th season of The Football League.

1 Final league tables
2 First Division
3 First Division Results
4 Second Division
5 Second Division Results
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

Final league tables

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.

Note: 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	1899–1900
Champions	Aston Villa (4th English title)
Relegated	Bolton Wanderers The Wednesday
FA Cup winners	Bury FC (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	868 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer	Steve Bloomer (Derby County), 23
Biggest home win	Aston Villa –Glossop 9–0 (4 Sept 1899)
Biggest away win	Preston – Aston Villa 0–5 (2 Dec 1899)
Highest scoring	Aston Villa –Glossop 9–0 (4 Sept 1899)
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1897–98 1900–01 →

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1899–1900 teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aston Villa	34	12	4	1	45	18		10	2	5	32	17	77	35	2.200	+ 42	50
2	Sheffield United	34	11	5	1	40	11		7	7	3	23	22	63	33	1.909	+ 30	48
3	Sunderland	34	12	2	3	27		9	7	1	9	23	26	50	35	1.429	+ 15	41
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	8	4	5	28	16		7	5	5	20	21	48	37	1.297	+ 11	39
5	Newcastle United	34	10	5	2	34	15		3	5	9	19	28	53	43	1.233	+ 10	36
6	Derby County	34	11	2	4	32	15		3	6	8	13	28	45	43	1.047	+ 2	36
7	Manchester City	34	10	3	4	33	15		3	5	9	17	29	50	44	1.136	+ 6	34
8	Nottingham Forest	34	12	3	2	42	16		1	5	11	14	39	56	55	1.018	+ 1	34
9	Stoke	34	9	5	3	24	15		4	3	10	13	30	37	45	0.822	– 8	34
10	Liverpool	34	9	4	4	31	19		5	1	11	18	26	49	45	1.089	+ 4	33
11	Everton	34	11	1	5	30	15		2	6	9	17	34	47	49	0.959	– 2	33
12	Bury	34	12	2	3	29	14		1	4	12	11	30	40	44	0.909	– 4	32
13	West Bromwich Albion	34	8	6	3	27	11		3	2	12	16	40	43	51	0.843	– 8	30
14	Blackburn Rovers	34	12	2	3	38	22		1	2	14	11	39	49	61	0.803	– 12	30
15	Notts County	34	5	7	5	29	22		4	4	9	17	38	46	60	0.767	– 14	29
16	Preston North End	34	9	3	5	28	20		3	1	13	10	28	38	48	0.792	– 10	28
17	Burnley	34	10	2	5	28	17		1	3	13	6	37	34	54	0.630	– 20	27
18	Glossop	34	4	6	7	19	22		0	4	13	12	52	31	74	0.419	– 43	18

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 \ Away¹	AST	BLB	BUR	BRY	DER	EVE	GLP	LIV	MNC	NEW	NOT	NTC	PRE	SHE	STO	SUN	WBA	WOL
Aston Villa		3–1	2–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	9–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	6–2	3–1	1–1	4–1	4–2	0–2	0–0
Blackburn Rovers	0–4		2–0	3–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	4–3	2–3	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–3	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–1
Burnley	1–2	1–0		1–0	1–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–1
Bury	2–0	2–0	1–1		1–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	1–4	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–0
Derby County	2–0	0–2	4–1	3–0		2–1	4–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	0–2
Everton	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–0		4–1	3–1	4–0	3–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–3	0–1
Glossop North End	1–0	4–2	2–0	0–0	1–3	1–1		1–2	0–2	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–3
Liverpool	3–3	3–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–2	5–2		5–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	2–0	1–1
Manchester City	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	4–0	1–2	4–1	0–1		1–0	2–0	5–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	4–0	1–1
Newcastle United	3–2	4–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0		3–1	6–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–4	4–2	0–1
Nottingham Forest	1–1	3–2	4–0	2–2	4–1	4–2	5–0	1–0	2–0	1–0		0–3	3–1	4–0	1–0	1–3	6–1	0–0
Notts County	1–4	5–1	6–1	2–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–2		3–0	1–2	1–3	3–1	1–2	0–0
Preston North End	0–5	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–2	4–1	3–0	4–3		0–1	3–0	0–1	5–2	2–0
Sheffield United	2–1	3–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	5–0	4–0	1–2	3–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–0		1–0	2–2	1–1	5–2
Stoke City	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1		1–2	1–0	1–3
Sunderland	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	5–0	1–0	1–1	3–0		3–1	1–2
West Bromwich Albion	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–3	2–0	0–0	1–1	8–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	4–0	1–0		3–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	4–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–2	0–2	1–0	2–0

Source: [1]
¹The 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	John Wright (The Wednesday), 24^[3]
Biggest home win	Woolwich Arsenal – Loughborough 12–0 (12 Mar 1900)
Biggest away win	Grimsby Town – Newton Heath 0–7 (26 Dec 1899)
Highest scoring	Woolwich Arsenal – Loughborough 12–0 (12 Mar 1900)
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1897–98 1899–1900 →

Newton Heath (Manchester)

Small Heath (Birmingham)

Walsall

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

Woolwich Arsenal

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1899–1900 teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	The Wednesday	34	17	0	0	61	7	8	4	5	23	15	84	22	3.818	+ 62	54
2	Bolton Wanderers	34	14	2	1	47	7	8	6	3	32	18	79	25	3.160	+ 54	52
3	Small Heath	34	15	1	1	58	12	5	5	7	20	26	78	38	2.053	+ 30	46
4	Newton Heath	34	15	1	1	44	11	5	3	9	19	16	63	27	2.333	+ 36	44
5	Leicester Fosse	34	11	5	1	34	8	6	4	7	19	28	53	36	1.472	+ 27	43
6	Grimsby Town	34	10	3	4	46	24	7	3	7	21	22	67	46	1.457	+ 21	40
7	Chesterfield	34	10	4	3	35	24	6	2	9	30	36	65	60	1.083	+ 5	38
8	Woolwich Arsenal	34	13	1	3	47	12	3	3	11	14	31	61	43	1.419	+ 18	36
9	Lincoln City	34	11	5	1	31	9	3	3	11	15	34	46	43	1.070	+ 3	36
10	New Brighton Tower	34	9	4	4	44	22	4	5	8	22	36	66	58	1.138	+ 8	35
11	Burslem Port Vale	34	11	2	4	26	16	3	4	10	13	33	39	49	0.796	– 10	34
12	Walsall	34	10	5	2	35	18	2	3	12	15	37	50	55	0.909	– 5	32
13	Gainsborough Trinity	34	8	4	5	37	24	1	3	13	10	51	47	75	0.627	– 28	25
14	Middlesbrough	34	8	4	5	28	15	0	4	13	11	54	39	69	0.565	– 30	24
15	Burton Swifts	34	8	5	4	31	24	1	1	15	12	60	43	84	0.512	– 34	24
16	Barnsley	34	8	5	4	36	23	0	2	15	10	56	46	79	0.582	– 33	23
17	Luton Town	34	5	3	9	25	25	0	5	12	15	50	40	75	0.533	– 25	18
18	Loughborough	34	1	6	10	12	26	0	0	17	6	74	18	100	0.180	– 82	8

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
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

Second Division Results

Home \ Away¹	BAR	BOL	BPV	BRS	CHS	GAI	GRI	LEI	LIN	LOU	LUT	MID	NBR	NWH	SMH	WAL	WED	WOO
Barnsley		1–6	3–0	4–1	0–0	5–0	0–1	1–2	0–4	7–0	2–1	5–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	3–2
Bolton Wanderers	2–0		5–0	5–0	3–0	3–0	1–2	2–2	4–0	7–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0
Burslem Port Vale	3–1	0–2		2–1	2–0	1–0	2–3	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–3	1–1
Burton Swifts	4–0	2–5	2–2		2–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	5–0	2–2	0–0	0–3	2–1	0–5	2–0
Chesterfield	2–1	3–3	0–4	0–4		3–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	7–1	5–2	2–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	3–1
Gainsborough Trinity	1–0	1–1	4–0	4–1	3–5		2–3	3–0	3–1	4–2	2–2	5–0	1–1	0–1	1–4	2–0	0–2	1–1
Grimsby Town	8–1	0–0	1–1	6–0	0–3	3–0		6–1	5–2	3–0	3–3	2–0	1–2	0–7	2–0	4–2	1–2	1–0
Leicester Fosse	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	5–0	3–0		2–0	5–0	2–2	4–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–0
Lincoln City	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0		3–2	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–2	5–0
Loughborough	0–0	2–3	1–2	2–1	0–4	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–1		1–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–3
Luton Town	3–0	0–2	1–1	5–2	0–3	4–0	0–4	0–0	0–2	4–0		1–1	1–4	0–1	1–2	4–0	0–1	1–2
Middlesbrough	3–0	0–3	1–0	8–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–0		5–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–0
New Brighton Tower	6–2	3–1	2–0	5–0	2–3	5–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	3–0	5–1	1–1		1–4	2–2	0–1	2–2	0–2
Newton Heath	3–0	1–2	3–0	4–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	3–2	1–0	4–0	5–0	2–1	2–1		3–2	5–0	1–0	2–0
Small Heath	5–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	5–3	8–1	0–1	4–1	5–0	6–0	3–0	5–1	2–0	1–0		3–2	4–1	3–1
Walsall	4–2	2–2	0–1	2–0	6–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	7–3	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0		1–1	2–0
The Wednesday	5–1	2–1	4–0	6–0	5–1	5–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	5–0	6–0	3–0	4–0	2–1	4–0	2–0		3–1
Woolwich Arsenal	5–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	12–0	3–1	3–0	5–0	2–1	3–0	3–1	1–2

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

References

^ "England 1899-00". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1899-00.html. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ ^a ^b Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engtops.html#1947-1. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

External links

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

The Football League seasons

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1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–2000 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12

1899–1900 in English football

« 1898–99 1900–01 »

FA competitions	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) · Charity Shield

Football and Southern Leagues	Football League (First Division • Second Division) • Southern League

Lower leagues	Northern League · The Combination · Western League

Related to national team	Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aston Villa · Blackburn Rovers · Burnley · Bury · Derby County · Everton · Glossop · Liverpool · Manchester City · Newcastle United · Nottingham Forest · Notts County · Preston North End · Sheffield United · Stoke · Sunderland · West Bromwich Albion · Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Barnsley · Bolton Wanderers · Burslem Port Vale · Burton United · Chesterfield · Gainsborough Trinity · Grimsby Town · Leicester Fosse · Lincoln City · Loughborough · Luton Town · New Brighton Tower · Newton Heath · Middlesbrough · Small Heath · Walsall · The Wednesday · Woolwich Arsenal

Southern League	Bedminster · Brentford · Bristol City · Bristol Rovers · Gravesend United · Millwall · New Brompton · Portsmouth · Queens Park Rangers · Reading · Sheppey United · Southampton · Swindon Town · Thames Ironworks · Tottenham Hotspur · Watford

1899–1900 in European football

Domestic leagues	Belgium · Denmark · England · Italy '99 '00 · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Switzerland

Domestic cups	Albania · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cyprus · Czechoslovakia · Denmark · England · Faroe Islands '99 '00 · Finland '99 '00 · France · East Germany · West Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '99 '00 · Israel · Italy · Liechtenstein · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '99 '00 · Poland · Republic of Ireland · Romania · San Marino · Scotland · Soviet Union · Spain · Sweden '99 '00 · Switzerland · Turkey · Wales

League cups	England · France · Israel · Northern Ireland · Republic of Ireland · Scotland