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SEASON: 1899-00

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This Season: 1899-00
Next Season: 1900-01

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Harry Haslam
FA Cup:: Semi Final (Bury (Bramall Lane) 2-3)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: John Calvey (18 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	11 times	8 times	4 times	4 times	2 times
Conceded	8 times	11 times	7 times		1 time
Won By	6 times	3 times	3 times	2 times	2 times
Lost By	6 times	3 times	4 times		1 time

Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions and
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the positions.

		Record against teams
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results
1		1	2	-	1	1	1	4	1	Sheffield United (0-3), Aston Villa (1-1)
2		2	2	1	1	-	6	2	3	Aston Villa (2-2), Sheffield United (4-0)
3		3	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Sunderland (1-3)
4	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	20	5	5	3	-	2	9	4	6	Stoke City (1-0), Sunderland (0-1), West Bromwich Albion (6-1), Newcastle United (1-0), Bury (1-2)
6	11	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	10	7	2	-	1	1	1	3	1	Stoke City (0-0), Newcastle United (1-3)
8	4	8	2	2	-	-	8	3	4	Everton (4-2), Derby County (4-1)
9	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	2	10	3	1	1	1	4	4	3	Derby County (2-2), Manchester City (2-0), Manchester City (0-2)
11	1	11	3	-	2	1	5	6	2	Everton (1-2), Bury (2-2), Burnley (2-2)
12	1	12	2	1	-	1	3	3	2	Blackburn Rovers (3-2), Liverpool (0-1)
13		13	1	-	-	1	0	3	0	Glossop North End (0-3)
14		14	2	1	-	1	2	4	2	Notts County (2-1), Notts County (0-3)
15		15	2	1	-	1	1	8	2	Liverpool (1-0), West Bromwich Albion (0-8)
16		16	1	1	-	-	4	0	2	Burnley (4-0)
17		17	2	-	-	2	1	5	0	Preston North End (0-3), Blackburn Rovers (1-2)
18		18	2	1	1	-	7	2	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers (2-2), Glossop North End (5-0)

Not included: Week 1 game against Preston North End (3-1)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 17,000
Lowest League Attendance:: 1,000
Average League Attendance:: 7,470
Highest Cup Attendance:: 12,000
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 7,000

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 13
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1899-00)

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	22	6	6	77	35	12	4	1	45	18	10	2	5	32	17	2.200	50		1-1	2-2
2	Sheffield United	34	18	12	4	63	33	11	5	1	40	11	7	7	3	23	22	1.909	48		4-0	0-3
3	Sunderland	34	19	3	12	50	35	12	2	3	27	9	7	1	9	23	26	1.429	41		1-3	0-1
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	15	9	10	48	37	8	4	5	28	16	7	5	5	20	21	1.297	39		0-0	2-2
5	Newcastle United	34	13	10	11	53	43	10	5	2	34	15	3	5	9	19	28	1.233	36		1-0	1-3
6	Derby County	34	14	8	12	45	43	11	2	4	32	15	3	6	8	13	28	1.047	36		4-1	2-2
7	Manchester City	34	13	8	13	50	44	10	3	4	33	15	3	5	9	17	29	1.136	34		2-0	0-2
8	Nottingham Forest	34	13	8	13	56	55	12	3	2	42	16	1	5	11	14	39	1.018	34
9	Stoke City	34	13	8	13	37	45	9	5	3	24	15	4	3	10	13	30	.822	34		1-0	0-0
10	Liverpool	34	14	5	15	49	45	9	4	4	31	19	5	1	11	18	26	1.089	33		1-0	0-1
11	Everton	34	13	7	14	47	49	11	1	5	30	15	2	6	9	17	34	.959	33		4-2	1-2
12	Bury	34	13	6	15	40	44	12	2	3	29	14	1	4	12	11	30	.909	32		2-2	1-2
13	West Bromwich Albion	34	11	8	15	43	51	8	6	3	27	11	3	2	12	16	40	.843	30		6-1	0-8
14	Blackburn Rovers	34	13	4	17	49	61	12	2	3	38	22	1	2	14	11	39	.803	30		3-2	1-2
15	Notts County	34	9	11	14	46	60	5	7	5	29	22	4	4	9	17	38	.767	29		0-3	2-1
16	Preston North End	34	12	4	18	38	48	9	3	5	28	20	3	1	13	10	28	.792	28		3-1	0-3
17	Burnley	34	11	5	18	34	54	10	2	5	28	17	1	3	13	6	37	.630	27		4-0	2-2
18	Glossop North End	34	4	10	20	31	74	4	6	7	19	22	0	4	13	12	52	.419	18		5-0	0-3

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Sep 02, 1899	Preston North End	H	3-1	Win	1,000	5	Calvey (?), Beveridge (?), Morris (?)
2	Sat Sep 09, 1899	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-2	Draw	8,000	6	Calvey (?, ?)
3	Sat Sep 16, 1899	Glossop North End	A	0-3	Loss	8,000	11
4	Sat Sep 23, 1899	Stoke City	H	1-0	Win	6,000	9	Benbow (?)
5	Sat Sep 30, 1899	Sunderland	A	0-1	Loss	7,000	9
6	Sat Oct 07, 1899	West Bromwich Albion	H	6-1	Win	17,000	7	Forman (?), Forman (?, ?), Capes (?), Morris (?, ?)
7	Sat Oct 14, 1899	Everton	A	1-2	Loss	25,000	8	Beveridge (?)
8	Sat Oct 21, 1899	Blackburn Rovers	H	3-2	Win	8,000	7	Spencer (?), Calvey (?), Beveridge (?)
9	Sat Oct 28, 1899	Derby County	A	2-2	Draw	12,000	6	Forman (?), Calvey (?)
10	Sat Nov 04, 1899	Bury	H	2-2	Draw	6,000	5	Forman (?, ?)
11	Sat Nov 11, 1899	Notts County	A	2-1	Win	12,000	5	Forman (?), Capes (?)
12	Sat Nov 25, 1899	Sheffield United	A	0-3	Loss	12,000	8
13	Sat Dec 02, 1899	Newcastle United	H	1-0	Win	8,000	7	Forman (?)
14	Sat Dec 09, 1899	Aston Villa	A	2-2	Draw	15,000	7	Morris (?), Forman (?)
15	Sat Dec 16, 1899	Liverpool	H	1-0	Win	5,000	7	Capes (?)
16	Sat Dec 23, 1899	Burnley	A	2-2	Draw	5,000	6	Calvey (?), Taylor (? OG)
17	Mon Dec 25, 1899	Bury	A	1-2	Loss	9,000	6	Calvey (?)
18	Wed Dec 27, 1899	Manchester City	H	2-0	Win	6,000	6	Morris (?), Capes (?)
19	Fri Dec 29, 1899	Preston North End	A	0-3	Loss	4,000	7
20	Sun Jan 07, 1900	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-0	Draw	7,000
21	Sat Jan 13, 1900	Glossop North End	H	5-0	Win	5,000	5	McPherson (?), Capes (?), Calvey (?, ?), Morris (?)
22	Sat Jan 20, 1900	Stoke City	A	0-0	Draw	6,000	6
23	Sat Feb 17, 1900	Everton	H	4-2	Win	7,000	4	Calvey (?, ?, ?), Morris (?)
24	Sat Mar 03, 1900	Derby County	H	4-1	Win	12,000	5	Norris (?), Forman (?), Beveridge (?), Morris (?)
25	Mon Mar 05, 1900	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	Loss	3,000	5	Spouncer (?)
26	Sat Mar 17, 1900	Notts County	H	0-3	Loss	8,000	5
27	Sat Mar 31, 1900	Sheffield United	H	4-0	Win	8,000	5	McPherson (?), Calvey (?), Morris (?, ?)
28	Sat Apr 07, 1900	Newcastle United	A	1-3	Loss	16,000	6	Calvey (?)
29	Mon Apr 09, 1900	Manchester City	A	0-2	Loss	5,000	6
30	Sat Apr 14, 1900	Aston Villa	H	1-1	Draw	12,000	7	Beveridge (?)
31	Mon Apr 16, 1900	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-8	Loss	6,000	9
32	Tue Apr 17, 1900	Sunderland	H	1-3	Loss	8,000	9	Spencer (?)
33	Sat Apr 21, 1900	Liverpool	A	0-1	Loss	9,000	9
34	Sat Apr 28, 1900	Burnley	H	4-0	Win	3,000	8	Calvey (?, ?), Morris (?), Spouncer (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 27, 1900	Grimsby Town	1			H	3-0	Win	7,000	Calvey (?), Morris (?, ?)
Sat Feb 10, 1900	Sunderland	2			H	3-0	Win	12,000	Beveridge (?, ?), Morris (?)
Sat Feb 24, 1900	Preston North End	Quarter			A	0-0	Draw	10,300
Wed Feb 28, 1900	Preston North End	Quarter	Y	1	H	1-0	Win	9,000	Capes (?)
Sat Mar 24, 1900	Bury	Semi			N	1-1	Draw	18,000	Capes (?)
Thu Mar 29, 1900	Bury	Semi	Y	1	N	2-3	Loss	11,200	Capes (?), Calvey (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Sep 04, 1899	Leicester Fosse	England	H	4-1	Win	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?)
Thu Oct 12, 1899	Kaffirs	South Africa	H	6-3	Win	-	Capes (?), Beveridge (?), Spencer (?), ? (?, ?, ?)
Tue Dec 26, 1899	Notts County	England	A	4-2	Win	5,000	Capes (?, ?), Spouncer (?), Spencer (?)
Sat Mar 10, 1900	Corinthians	England	A	2-2	Draw	4,000	Morris (?, ?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (6)				Out (8)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Albert Brentnall	Bought			Adam Scott	Sold
	Edward Peers	Bought			Albert Brentnall	Sold
	Harry Linacre	Bought			Dan Allsop	Retired
	Patrick Murray	Bought			Fred Coles	Sold
	Robert Beveridge	Bought			Fred Spencer	Sold
	Tom Lockyer	Bought			Len Benbow	Sold
					Thomas Kent	Sold
					Tom Lockyer	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	33	13	9	11
GK		Harry Linacre	6	2	1	3
GK		Tom Lockyer	1	1
D		Adam Scott	1		1
D		Albert Brentnall	2			2
D		Edward Peers	38	16	9	13
D		James Iremonger	40	16	10	14
M		Frank Forman	28	14	8	6	4
M		Fred Coles	3	1	1	1
M		George Robinson	14	5	3	6
M		John Calvey	36	14	10	12	18
M		Robert Norris	37	14	9	14	1
M		Thomas Kent
F		Alf Spouncer	29	10	6	13	2
F		Arthur Capes	31	12	7	12	8
F		Fred Forman	26	11	8	7	6
F		Fred Spencer	7	4		3	2
F		Grenville Morris	35	15	9	11	14
F		John McPherson	34	14	9	11	2
F		Len Benbow	6	2	1	3	1
F		Patrick Murray	1			1
F		Robert Beveridge	32	12	9	11	7
		Matthews (1899)
		Wagstaff (1899)
		Webb (1899)

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
18	John Calvey	36
14	Grenville Morris	35
8	Arthur Capes	31
7	Robert Beveridge	32
6	Fred Forman	26
4	Frank Forman	28
2	Alf Spouncer	29
2	Fred Spencer	7
2	John McPherson	34
1	Len Benbow	6
1	Robert Norris	37

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season