SEASON: 1898-99
- DIVISION:
- English First Division (Tier 1)
- MANAGER(s):
- Harry Hallam
- FA Cup:
- Quarter Final (Sheffield United (H) 0-1)
- League Cup:
- Did not exist
- Top Goalscorer:
- Fred Spencer (9 goals)
TABLE
FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1898-99
SEASON END TABLE | Home | Away | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 1.90000 | 45 | 1-0 | 0-3 | ||
2 | Liverpool | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 1.48485 | 43 | 0-3 | 1-0 | ||
3 | Burnley | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 47 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 32 | .95745 | 39 | 0-1 | 1-1 | ||
4 | Everton | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 1.17073 | 38 | 0-0 | 3-1 | ||
5 | Notts County | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 47 | 51 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 31 | .92157 | 37 | 0-0 | 2-2 | ||
6 | Blackburn Rovers | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 60 | 52 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 1.15385 | 36 | 0-1 | 3-3 | ||
7 | Sunderland | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 1.00000 | 36 | 1-1 | 1-1 | ||
8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 54 | 48 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 1.12500 | 35 | 3-0 | 2-0 | ||
9 | Derby County | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 62 | 57 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 38 | 1.08772 | 35 | 3-3 | 0-2 | ||
10 | Bury | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 48 | 49 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 31 | .97959 | 35 | 1-2 | 0-2 | ||
11 | Nottingham Forest | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 42 | 42 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 1.00000 | 33 | ||||
12 | Stoke City | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 52 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 35 | .90385 | 33 | 2-1 | 1-2 | ||
13 | Newcastle United | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 49 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 1.02083 | 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 | .73684 | 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 | .93617 | 29 | 2-2 | 0-1 | ||
16 | Sheffield United | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 51 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 31 | .88235 | 29 | 2-1 | 2-2 | ||
17 | Bolton Wanderers | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 37 | 51 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 30 | .72549 | 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 | .52459 | 24 | Relegated | 1-1 | 1-2 |
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LEAGUE POSITIONS
- GAME COUNTS
- Competitive Games:
- 37
- Competitive Goals:
- 45
- Goals per game:
- 1.2
- League Games:
- 34
- League Points:
- 33 out of 68 (2 points per win)
- Points Percentage:
- 48.5%
GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins
Goal count: | 1 goal | 2 goals | 3 goals | 4 goals | 5+ 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 |
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LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.
ATTENDANCES (HOME)
MISCELLANEOUS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.
ATTENDANCES (HOME)
- Highest League Attendance:
- 16,000 (Notts County)
- Lowest League Attendance:
- 3,000 (Liverpool)
- Average League Attendance:
- 7,588
- Highest Cup Attendance:
- 33,500 (Sheffield United)
- Lowest Cup Attendance:
- 32,070 (Aston Villa)
MISCELLANEOUS
- Clean Sheets:
- 11
- Yellow Cards:
- 0
- Red Cards:
- 0   
- Own goals (for):
- 0   (scored by opponents for us)
- Own goals (against):
- 0   (scored by us for opponents)   
- Penalties scored:
- 2
- Penalties conceded:
- 0
- Penalties missed:
- 0
- Penalties saved:
- 0
GAMES
 
Manager for all games: Harry Hallam
League
FA Cup
Friendly
Bass Charity Vase
Manager for all games: Harry Hallam
League
FA Cup
Date | Opponent | Round | Replay | H/A | Score | Att | Scorers |
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Sat Jan 28, 1899 | Aston Villa | 1 | H | 2-1 | 32,070 | Capes (5'), Forman (9') | |
Sat Feb 11, 1899 | Everton | 2 | A | 1-0 | 23,000 | Forman (?) | |
Sat Feb 25, 1899 | Sheffield United | Quarter | H | 0-1 | 33,500 |
Friendly
Date | Opponent | Country | H/A | Score | Att | Scorers |
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Thu Sep 22, 1898 | Grimsby Town | England | A | 1-0 | 1,500 | Radford (?) |
Wed Mar 15, 1899 | Suffolk County | England | A | 3-2 | 3,000 | Spouncer (?), Morris (?), Suddick (?) |
Thu Mar 16, 1899 | Kirkley And Lowestoft | England | A | 3-0 | 3,000 | Morris (?), Allsop (? pen), Spouncer (?) |
Fri Mar 31, 1899 | Notts County | England | H | 1-5 | 5,000 | Benbow (?) |
Mon Apr 03, 1899 | Corinthians | England | N | 2-3 | 30,000 | Forman (33'), Spouncer (45') |
Tue Apr 04, 1899 | Coventry City | England | A | 1-0 | 5,000 | Benbow (?) |
Sat Apr 15, 1899 | Millwall | England | A | 5-2 | 5,000 | Benbow (?), Spencer (?, ?), Forman (?, ?) |
Thu Apr 27, 1899 | Swindon Town | England | A | 0-1 | 4,000 |
Bass Charity Vase
Date | Opponent | Round | H/A | Score | Att | Scorers |
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Thu Apr 06, 1899 | Leicester Fosse | Semi | A | 1-1 | 1,000 | Spouncer (?) |
Mon Apr 17, 1899 | Leicester Fosse | Semi | N | 7-1 | - | Spouncer (?, ?, ?), Forman (?, ?, ?), Forman (?) |
Wed Apr 26, 1899 | Burton Swifts | Final | A | 2-1 | 2,000 | Capes (?, ?) |
TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.
In (7) - £0 | Out (13) - £0 | |||||||
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Date | Player | Details | Fee | Date | Player | Details | Fee | Arthur Charlton | Bought | Archibald Ritchie | Sold | Sept 1989 | Bob Norris | Bought | Arthur Charlton | Retired | Bob Parkinson | Bought | Arthur Shaw | Sold | Fred Coles | Bought | Bob Parkinson | Sold | Grenville Morris | Bought | Chas Richards | Sold | Thomas Kent | Bought | Peter McCracken | Sold | 1898 | James Suddick | Bought | Richardson (1898) | Sold | Tom Bradshaw | Sold | Tom McInnes | Sold | 1898 | Tom Widdowson | Sold | Willie Wragg | Sold | 1899 | James Suddick | Sold | 1899 | John Thornley | Sold |
SQUAD
*Age = Player age on August 1st | Season Record (Competitive Games only) | |||||||||||||||
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Pos | Num | Player | Country | Age* | P | W | D | L | Goals | Yellows | Reds | Went Off | Came On | Unused Sub | Notes | Goalkeepers |
GK | Dan Allsop | England | 27 | 37 | 13 | 11 | 13 | Defenders | ||||||||
D | Adam Scott | Scotland | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
D | Archibald Ritchie | Scotland | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
D | James Iremonger | England | 22 | 35 | 13 | 11 | 11 | Midfielders | ||||||||
M | Arthur Charlton | Scotland | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
M | Bob Norris | England | 23 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | |||||||||
M | Bob Parkinson | England | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
M | Frank Forman | England | 23 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 3 | ||||||||
M | Fred Coles | |||||||||||||||
M | George Robinson | England | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
M | James Suddick | England | 20 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||
M | John McPherson | Scotland | 31 | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 2 | ||||||||
M | John Thornley | England | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
M | Peter McCracken | Scotland | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
M | Thomas Kent | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
M | Willie Wragg | England | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||
M | Richardson (1898) | Forwards | ||||||||||||||
F | Alf Spouncer | England | 21 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
F | Arthur Capes | England | 23 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 4 | ||||||||
F | Arthur Shaw | England | 29 | |||||||||||||
F | Chas Richards | England | 22 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
F | Fred Forman | England | 24 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||
F | Fred Spencer | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||
F | Grenville Morris | Wales | 21 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||
F | Len Benbow | England | 22 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 8 | ||||||||
F | Tom Bradshaw | England | 19 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||
F | Tom McInnes | Scotland | 25 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
A Radford | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Rivers | ||||||||||||||||
Smith (1898) |
GOALSCORERS
Number of different scorers: 15
Goals (Pens) | Player | Games |
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9 | Fred Spencer | 16 |
8 | Len Benbow | 27 |
7 | Grenville Morris | 20 |
5 | Fred Forman | 14 |
4 | Arthur Capes | 31 |
4 | James Suddick | 14 |
3 (2) | Frank Forman | 30 |
2 | Chas Richards | 12 |
2 | John McPherson | 33 |
1 | Tom McInnes | 10 |
LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season
Game 1 | Game 2 | ||||||
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Opponent | Date | H/A | Score | Date | H/A | Score | |
Newcastle United | Sat Nov 12, 1898 | Home | 2-0 | Sat Mar 11, 1899 | Away | 1-0 | |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | Sat Sep 24, 1898 | Away | 2-0 | Sat Jan 21, 1899 | Home | 3-0 |
LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season
Game 1 | Game 2 | ||||||
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Opponent | Date | H/A | Score | Date | H/A | Score | |
Bury | Sat Dec 03, 1898 | Away | 0-2 | Sat Apr 01, 1899 | Home | 1-2 |