1899–1900 Football League

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

The Football League

Season	1899–1900
Champions	Aston Villa
Relegated	Luton Town Loughborough
New Clubs in League	Chesterfield Town, Middlesbrough
← 1898–99 1900–01 →

Final league tables

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at 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.

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

Football League
First Division

Season	1899–1900
Champions	Aston Villa (5th English title)
Relegated	Burnley Glossop
FA Cup winners	Bury (1st Football Association Challenge Cup)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	856 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Billy Garraty (Aston Villa), 27 goals
Biggest home win	Aston Villa – Glossop 9–0 (4 September 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 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aston Villa	34	12	4	1	45	18	10	2	5	32	17	2.200	50	League Champions
2	Sheffield United	34	11	5	1	40	11	7	7	3	23	22	1.909	48
3	Sunderland	34	12	2	3	27	9	7	1	9	23	26	1.429	41
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	8	4	5	28	16	7	5	5	20	21	1.297	39
5	Newcastle United	34	10	5	2	34	15	3	5	9	19	28	1.233	36
6	Derby County	34	11	2	4	32	15	3	6	8	13	28	1.047	36
7	Manchester City	34	10	3	4	33	15	3	5	9	17	29	1.136	34
8	Nottingham Forest	34	12	3	2	42	16	1	5	11	14	39	1.018	34
9	Stoke	34	9	5	3	24	15	4	3	10	13	30	0.822	34
10	Liverpool	34	9	4	4	31	19	5	1	11	18	26	1.089	33
11	Everton	34	11	1	5	30	15	2	6	9	17	34	0.959	33
12	Bury	34	12	2	3	29	14	1	4	12	11	30	0.909	32	FA Cup Winners
13	West Bromwich Albion	34	8	6	3	27	11	3	2	12	16	40	0.843	30
14	Blackburn Rovers	34	12	2	3	38	22	1	2	14	11	39	0.803	30
15	Notts County	34	5	7	5	29	22	4	4	9	17	38	0.767	29
16	Preston North End	34	9	3	5	28	20	3	1	13	10	28	0.792	28
17	Burnley	34	10	2	5	28	17	1	3	13	6	37	0.630	27	Relegated
18	Glossop	34	4	6	7	19	22	0	4	13	12	52	0.419	18

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	AST	BLB	BUR	BRY	DER	EVE	GLP	LIV	MCI	NEW	NOT	NTC	PNE	SHU	STK	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	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	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:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

Burnley

Bury

Derby County

Everton

Glossop

Manchester City

Liverpool

Newcastle

Nottingham Forest

Notts County

Preston North End

Sheffield United

Stoke

Sunderland

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Football League
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	Jocky 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 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	The Wednesday	34	17	0	0	61	7	8	4	5	23	15	3.818	54	Division Champions, promoted
2	Bolton Wanderers	34	14	2	1	47	7	8	6	3	32	18	3.160	52	Promoted
3	Small Heath	34	15	1	1	58	12	5	5	7	20	26	2.053	46
4	Newton Heath	34	15	1	1	44	11	5	3	9	19	16	2.333	44
5	Leicester Fosse	34	11	5	1	34	8	6	4	7	19	28	1.472	43
6	Grimsby Town	34	10	3	4	46	24	7	3	7	21	22	1.457	40
7	Chesterfield Town[lower-alpha 1]	34	10	4	3	35	24	6	2	9	30	36	1.083	38
8	Woolwich Arsenal	34	13	1	3	47	12	3	3	11	14	31	1.419	36
9	Lincoln City	34	11	5	1	31	9	3	3	11	15	34	1.070	36
10	New Brighton Tower	34	9	4	4	44	22	4	5	8	22	36	1.138	35
11	Burslem Port Vale	34	11	2	4	26	16	3	4	10	13	33	0.796	34
12	Walsall	34	10	5	2	35	18	2	3	12	15	37	0.909	32
13	Gainsborough Trinity	34	8	4	5	37	24	1	3	13	10	51	0.627	25
14	Middlesbrough[lower-alpha 1]	34	8	4	5	28	15	0	4	13	11	54	0.565	24
15	Burton Swifts	34	8	5	4	31	24	1	1	15	12	60	0.512	24
16	Barnsley	34	8	5	4	36	23	0	2	15	10	56	0.582	23	Re-elected
17	Luton Town	34	5	3	9	25	25	0	5	12	15	50	0.533	18	Failed re-election
18	Loughborough	34	1	6	10	12	26	0	0	17	6	74	0.180	8

Source:
Notes:

1. New club in the league

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BOL	BPV	BRS	CHF	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Barnsley

Bolton Wanderers

Burslem Port Vale

Burton Swifts

Chesterfield

Gainsborough Trinity

Grimsby Town

Leicester Fosse

Lincoln City

Loughborough

Luton Town

Middlesbrough

New Brighton Tower

Newton Heath (Manchester)

Small Heath (Birmingham)

Walsall

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

Woolwich Arsenal

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

See also

• 1899–00 in English football
• 1899 in association football
• 1900 in association football

References

1. "England 1899-00". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
2. 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 31 October 2010.

External links

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