1899–1900 Football League

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

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.

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 (5th 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	5 matches Sheffield United (2 Sep 1899 – 2 Oct 1899)
Longest unbeaten run	22 matches Sheffield United (2 Sep 1899 – 20 Jan 1900)
Longest losing run	8 matches Liverpool F.C. (2 Sep 1899 – 21 Oct 1899)
Highest attendance	60.000 Aston Villa - Sunderland (30 Dec 1899)
Lowest attendance	300 Blackburn Rovers - Nottingham Forest (5 Mar 1900)
Average attendance	9.417
← 1898–99 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 ╲ Away	Aston Villa !AST	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Burnley !BUR	Bury !BRY	Derby County !DER	Everton !EVE	Glossop !GLP	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester City !MCI	Newcastle United !NEW	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Notts County !NTC	Preston North End !PNE	Sheffield United !SHU	Stoke City !STK	Sunderland !SUN	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Aston Villa !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !Glossop	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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 ^{^} 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	1899–1900
Champions	The Wednesday
Promoted	The Wednesday Bolton Wanderers
Failed re-election	Luton Town Loughborough
Matches played	306
Goals scored	984 (3.22 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	7 matches Bolton Wanderers (23 Dec 1899 – 20 Jan 1900)
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches The Wednesday (2 Sep 1899 – 30 Dec 1899)
Longest losing run	13 matches Loughborough (13 Jan 1900 – 14 Apr 1900)
← 1898–99 1900–01 →

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	+40	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	+17	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 ╲ Away	Barnsley !BAR	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Burslem Port Vale !BPV	Burton Swifts !BRS	Chesterfield !CHF	Gainsborough Trinity !GAI	Grimsby Town !GRI	Leicester Fosse !LEI	Lincoln City !LIN	Loughborough !LOU	Luton Town !LUT	Middlesbrough !MID	New Brighton Tower !NBR	Newton Heath !NWH	Small Heath !SMH	Walsall !WAL	The Wednesday !WED	Woolwich Arsenal !WOO
Barnsley !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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.
1 ^{^} The 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. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
1 2 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. 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.

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1899–1900 in English football

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FA competitions

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Final)
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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

« 1898–99 1900–01 »

Domestic leagues	Belgium Denmark England Italy Netherlands Ireland Scotland Switzerland

Domestic cups	England Netherlands Ireland Scotland Wales

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