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SEASON: 1898-99

Prev Season: 1897-98
This Season: 1898-99
Next Season: 1899-00

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Harry Haslam
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Sheffield United (H) 0-1)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Fred Spencer (9 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals
Scored	12 times	9 times	5 times
Conceded	12 times	10 times	4 times
Won By	7 times	4 times	2 times
Lost By	8 times	3 times	2 times

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 16,000
Lowest League Attendance:: 3,000
Average League Attendance:: 7,588
Highest Cup Attendance:: 33,500
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 32,070

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 11
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 2
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Aston Villa	34	19	7	8	76	40	15	2	0	58	13	4	5	8	18	27	1.900	45		1-0	0-3
2	Liverpool	34	19	5	10	49	33	12	3	2	29	10	7	2	8	20	23	1.485	43		0-3	1-0
3	Burnley	34	15	9	10	45	47	11	5	1	32	15	4	4	9	13	32	.957	39		0-1	1-1
4	Everton	34	15	8	11	48	41	10	2	5	25	13	5	6	6	23	28	1.171	38		0-0	3-1
5	Notts County	34	12	13	9	47	51	9	6	2	33	20	3	7	7	14	31	.922	37		0-0	2-2
6	Blackburn Rovers	34	14	8	12	60	52	9	5	3	41	23	5	3	9	19	29	1.154	36		0-1	3-3
7	Sunderland	34	15	6	13	41	41	11	3	3	26	10	4	3	10	15	31	1.000	36		1-1	1-1
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	14	7	13	54	48	9	5	3	30	13	5	2	10	24	35	1.125	35		3-0	2-0
9	Derby County	34	12	11	11	62	57	11	5	1	46	19	1	6	10	16	38	1.088	35		3-3	0-2
10	Bury	34	14	7	13	48	49	9	5	3	31	18	5	2	10	17	31	.980	35		1-2	0-2
11	Nottingham Forest	34	11	11	12	42	42	6	6	5	22	18	5	5	7	20	24	1.000	33
12	Stoke City	34	13	7	14	47	52	10	4	3	29	17	3	3	11	18	35	.904	33		2-1	1-2
13	Newcastle United	34	11	8	15	49	48	9	3	5	33	18	2	5	10	16	30	1.021	30		2-0	1-0
14	West Bromwich Albion	34	12	6	16	42	57	11	1	5	28	9	1	5	11	14	48	.737	30		3-0	0-2
15	Preston North End	34	10	9	15	44	47	10	4	3	29	14	0	5	12	15	33	.936	29		2-2	0-1
16	Sheffield United	34	9	11	14	45	51	7	8	2	31	20	2	3	12	14	31	.882	29		2-1	2-2
17	Bolton Wanderers	34	9	7	18	37	51	6	5	6	24	21	3	2	12	13	30	.725	25	Relegated	1-2	2-0
18	The Wednesday	34	8	8	18	32	61	8	2	7	26	24	0	6	11	6	37	.525	24	Relegated	1-1	1-2

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Sep 03, 1898	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-1	Loss	15,000	17
2	Sat Sep 10, 1898	The Wednesday	A	1-2	Loss	10,000	17	Capes (?)
3	Sat Sep 17, 1898	Sunderland	H	1-1	Draw	10,000	17	Capes (?)
4	Sat Sep 24, 1898	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-0	Win	5,000	13	McPherson (?), Richards (?)
5	Sat Oct 01, 1898	Everton	H	0-0	Draw	10,000	15
6	Thu Oct 06, 1898	Preston North End	H	2-2	Draw	5,000	11	McPherson (?), Benbow (?)
7	Sat Oct 08, 1898	Notts County	A	2-2	Draw	20,000	11	Forman (? pen), Spencer (?)
8	Sat Oct 15, 1898	Stoke City	H	2-1	Win	6,000	7	McInnes (?), Spencer (?)
9	Sat Oct 22, 1898	Aston Villa	A	0-3	Loss	10,000	11
10	Sat Oct 29, 1898	Burnley	H	0-1	Loss	5,000	14
11	Sat Nov 05, 1898	Sheffield United	A	2-2	Draw	8,000	12	Suddick (?), Benbow (?)
12	Sat Nov 12, 1898	Newcastle United	H	2-0	Win	7,000	10	Suddick (?), Benbow (?)
13	Sat Nov 19, 1898	Preston North End	A	0-1	Loss	4,000	12
14	Sat Nov 26, 1898	Liverpool	H	0-3	Loss	3,000	16
15	Sat Dec 03, 1898	Bury	A	0-2	Loss	3,000	16
16	Sat Dec 10, 1898	Bolton Wanderers	A	2-0	Win	4,000	15	Morris (?), Suddick (?)
17	Sat Dec 17, 1898	Derby County	H	3-3	Draw	9,000	15	Capes (?), Richards (?), Morris (?)
18	Sat Dec 24, 1898	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-2	Loss	1,000	15
19	Mon Dec 26, 1898	Stoke City	A	1-2	Loss	10,000	15	Benbow (?)
20	Sat Dec 31, 1898	Blackburn Rovers	A	3-3	Draw	1,000	15	Morris (?, ?), Forman (? pen)
21	Mon Jan 02, 1899	Everton	A	3-1	Win	12,000	14	Benbow (?, ?, ?)
22	Sat Jan 07, 1899	The Wednesday	H	1-1	Draw	10,000	15	Forman (?)
23	Sat Jan 14, 1899	Sunderland	A	1-1	Draw	9,000	14	Spencer (?)
24	Sat Jan 21, 1899	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-0	Win	6,000	13	Spencer (?), Morris (?, ?)
25	Sat Feb 04, 1899	Notts County	H	0-0	Draw	16,000	11
26	Sat Feb 18, 1899	Aston Villa	H	1-0	Win	10,000	11	Morris (?)
27	Sat Mar 04, 1899	Sheffield United	H	2-1	Win	8,000	9	Spencer (?, ?)
28	Mon Mar 06, 1899	Burnley	A	1-1	Draw	2,000	9	Suddick (?)
29	Sat Mar 11, 1899	Newcastle United	A	1-0	Win	15,000	7	Spencer (?)
30	Sat Mar 25, 1899	Liverpool	A	1-0	Win	12,000	6	Benbow (?)
31	Sat Apr 01, 1899	Bury	H	1-2	Loss	3,000	8	Spencer (?)
32	Sat Apr 08, 1899	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-2	Loss	3,000	11	Spencer (?)
33	Thu Apr 20, 1899	Derby County	A	0-2	Loss	500	12
34	Sat Apr 22, 1899	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-0	Win	3,000	11	Forman (?, ?, ?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 28, 1899	Aston Villa	1	H	2-1	Win	32,070	Capes (?), Forman (?)
Sat Feb 11, 1899	Everton	2	A	1-0	Win	23,000	Forman (?)
Sat Feb 25, 1899	Sheffield United	Quarter	H	0-1	Loss	33,500

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Thu Sep 22, 1898	Grimsby Town	England	A	1-0	Win	1,500	Radford (?)
Wed Mar 15, 1899	Suffolk County	England	A	3-2	Win	3,000	Spouncer (?), Morris (?), Suddick (?)
Thu Mar 16, 1899	Kirkley And Lowestoft	England	A	3-0	Win	3,000	Morris (?), Allsop (? pen), Spouncer (?)
Fri Mar 31, 1899	Notts County	England	H	1-5	Loss	5,000	Benbow (?)
Mon Apr 03, 1899	Corinthians	England	N	2-3	Loss	30,000	Forman (33), Spouncer (45)
Tue Apr 04, 1899	Coventry City	England	A	1-0	Win	5,000	Benbow (?)
Sat Apr 15, 1899	Millwall	England	A	5-2	Win	5,000	Benbow (?), Spencer (?, ?), Forman (?, ?)
Thu Apr 27, 1899	Swindon Town	England	A	0-1	Loss	4,000

Bass Charity Vase

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Thu Apr 06, 1899	Leicester Fosse	Semi	A	1-1	Draw	1,000	Spouncer (?)
Mon Apr 17, 1899	Leicester Fosse	Semi	N	7-1	Win	-	Spouncer (?, ?, ?), Forman (?, ?, ?), Forman (?)
Wed Apr 26, 1899	Burton Swifts	Final	A	2-1	Win	2,000	Capes (?, ?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7)				Out (12)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Arthur Charlton	Bought			Archibald Ritchie	Sold
	Bob Parkinson	Bought			Arthur Charlton	Retired
	Fred Coles	Bought			Arthur Shaw	Sold
	Grenville Morris	Bought			Bob Parkinson	Sold
	James Suddick	Bought			Chas Richards	Sold
	Robert Norris	Bought			James Suddick	Sold
	Thomas Kent	Bought			John Thornley	Sold
					Peter McCracken	Sold
					Richardson (1898)	Sold
					Tom Bradshaw	Sold
					Tom McInnes	Sold
					Willie Wragg	Sold

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Dan Allsop	37	13	11	13
D		Adam Scott	22	9	6	7
D		Archibald Ritchie	7	1	1	5
D		James Iremonger	35	13	11	11
M		Arthur Charlton	3	2		1
M		Bob Parkinson	2		1	1
M		Frank Forman	30	11	9	10	6
M		Fred Coles
M		George Robinson	3	1		2
M		James Suddick	14	3	4	7	4
M		John Thornley	5	1	1	3
M		Peter McCracken	8	3	1	4
M		Robert Norris	31	12	10	9
M		Thomas Kent	2	1		1
M		Willie Wragg	12	3	6	3
M		Richardson (1898)
F		Alf Spouncer	14	7	3	4
F		Arthur Capes	31	10	10	11	4
F		Arthur Shaw
F		Chas Richards	12	2	6	4	2
F		Fred Forman	14	6	2	6	2
F		Fred Spencer	16	7	4	5	9
F		Grenville Morris	20	9	6	5	7
F		John McPherson	33	11	10	12	2
F		Len Benbow	27	10	6	11	8
F		Tom Bradshaw	16	6	7	3
F		Tom McInnes	10	1	5	4	1
		A Radford	3	1	1	1
		Rivers
		Smith (1898)

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
9	Fred Spencer	16
8	Len Benbow	27
7	Grenville Morris	20
6	Frank Forman	30
4	Arthur Capes	31
4	James Suddick	14
2	Chas Richards	12
2	Fred Forman	14
2	John McPherson	33
1	Tom McInnes	10

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1898-99

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Newcastle United	Sat Nov 12, 1898	H	2-0	Sat Mar 11, 1899	A	1-0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sat Sep 24, 1898	A	2-0	Sat Jan 21, 1899	H	3-0