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SEASON: 1899-00

Prev Season: 1898-99
This Season: 1899-00
Next Season: 1900-01

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Harry Haslam
FA Cup:: Semi Final (Bury (N) 2-3)
League Cup:: Did not exist

Top Goalscorer:: John Calvey (18 goals)

TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1899-00

SEASON END TABLE								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	2.20000	50		1-1	2-2
2	Sheffield United	34	18	12	4	63	33	11	5	1	40	11	7	7	3	23	22	1.90909	48		4-0	0-3
3	Sunderland	34	19	3	12	50	35	12	2	3	27	9	7	1	9	23	26	1.42857	41		1-3	0-1
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	15	9	10	48	37	8	4	5	28	16	7	5	5	20	21	1.29730	39		0-0	2-2
5	Newcastle United	34	13	10	11	53	43	10	5	2	34	15	3	5	9	19	28	1.23256	36		1-0	1-3
6	Derby County	34	14	8	12	45	43	11	2	4	32	15	3	6	8	13	28	1.04651	36		4-1	2-2
7	Manchester City	34	13	8	13	50	44	10	3	4	33	15	3	5	9	17	29	1.13636	34		2-0	0-2
8	Nottingham Forest	34	13	8	13	56	55	12	3	2	42	16	1	5	11	14	39	1.01818	34
9	Stoke City	34	13	8	13	37	45	9	5	3	24	15	4	3	10	13	30	.82222	34		1-0	0-0
10	Liverpool	34	14	5	15	49	45	9	4	4	31	19	5	1	11	18	26	1.08889	33		1-0	0-1
11	Everton	34	13	7	14	47	49	11	1	5	30	15	2	6	9	17	34	.95918	33		4-2	1-2
12	Bury	34	13	6	15	40	44	12	2	3	29	14	1	4	12	11	30	.90909	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	.84314	30		6-1	0-8
14	Blackburn Rovers	34	13	4	17	49	61	12	2	3	38	22	1	2	14	11	39	.80328	30		3-2	1-2
15	Notts County	34	9	11	14	46	60	5	7	5	29	22	4	4	9	17	38	.76667	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	.79167	28		3-1	0-3
17	Burnley	34	11	5	18	34	54	10	2	5	28	17	1	3	13	6	37	.62963	27	Relegated	4-0	2-2
18	Glossop North End	34	4	10	20	31	74	4	6	7	19	22	0	4	13	12	52	.41892	18	Relegated	5-0	0-3

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

Competitive Games:: 40
Competitive Goals:: 66
Goals per game:: 1.6
League Games:: 34
League Points:: 34 out of 68 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 50.0%

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

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.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
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	2	-	1	1	1	3	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-0), Sunderland (1-3)
4	12	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	65	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	66	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	48	7	2	-	1	1	1	3	1	Stoke City (0-0), Newcastle United (1-3)
8	23	8	2	2	-	-	8	3	4	Everton (4-2), Derby County (4-1)
9	14	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	5	10	3	1	1	1	4	4	3	Derby County (2-2), Manchester City (2-0), Manchester City (0-2)
11	2	11	3	-	2	1	5	6	2	Everton (1-2), Bury (2-2), Burnley (2-2)
12	5	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) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 17,106 (West Bromwich Albion)
Lowest League Attendance:: 1,000 (Preston North End)
Average League Attendance:: 7,476
Highest Cup Attendance:: 12,000 (Sunderland)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 7,000 (Grimsby Town)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 13
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 1 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Harry Haslam
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	8	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	17,106	7	Forman (2, 47), Morris (20, 53), Capes (50), Forman (85)
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	Sat Jan 06, 1900	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-0	Draw	7,000	7
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	5,187	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 (?, ?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Harry Haslam
Sat Sep 02, 1899	League Tier 1	Preston North End			H	3-1	1,000	Calvey (?), Beveridge (?), Morris (?)
Mon Sep 04, 1899	Friendly	Leicester Fosse			H	4-1	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Sep 09, 1899	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	2-2	8,000	Calvey (?, ?)
Sat Sep 16, 1899	League Tier 1	Glossop North End			A	0-3	8,000
Sat Sep 23, 1899	League Tier 1	Stoke City			H	1-0	6,000	Benbow (?)
Sat Sep 30, 1899	League Tier 1	Sunderland			A	0-1	7,000
Sat Oct 07, 1899	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			H	6-1	17,106	Forman (2, 47), Morris (20, 53), Capes (50), Forman (85)
Thu Oct 12, 1899	Friendly	Kaffirs			H	6-3	-	Capes (?), Beveridge (?), Spencer (?), ? (?, ?, ?)
Sat Oct 14, 1899	League Tier 1	Everton			A	1-2	25,000	Beveridge (?)
Sat Oct 21, 1899	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			H	3-2	8,000	Spencer (?), Calvey (?), Beveridge (?)
Sat Oct 28, 1899	League Tier 1	Derby County			A	2-2	12,000	Forman (?), Calvey (?)
Sat Nov 04, 1899	League Tier 1	Bury			H	2-2	6,000	Forman (?, ?)
Sat Nov 11, 1899	League Tier 1	Notts County			A	2-1	12,000	Forman (?), Capes (?)
Sat Nov 25, 1899	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			A	0-3	12,000
Sat Dec 02, 1899	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			H	1-0	8,000	Forman (?)
Sat Dec 09, 1899	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	2-2	15,000	Morris (?), Forman (?)
Sat Dec 16, 1899	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	1-0	5,000	Capes (?)
Sat Dec 23, 1899	League Tier 1	Burnley			A	2-2	5,000	Calvey (?), Taylor (? OG)
Mon Dec 25, 1899	League Tier 1	Bury			A	1-2	9,000	Calvey (?)
Tue Dec 26, 1899	Friendly	Notts County			A	4-2	5,000	Capes (?, ?), Spouncer (?), Spencer (?)
Wed Dec 27, 1899	League Tier 1	Manchester City			H	2-0	6,000	Morris (?), Capes (?)
Fri Dec 29, 1899	League Tier 1	Preston North End			A	0-3	4,000
Sat Jan 06, 1900	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	0-0	7,000
Sat Jan 13, 1900	League Tier 1	Glossop North End			H	5-0	5,000	McPherson (?), Capes (?), Calvey (?, ?), Morris (?)
Sat Jan 20, 1900	League Tier 1	Stoke City			A	0-0	6,000
Sat Jan 27, 1900	FA Cup	Grimsby Town	1		H	3-0	7,000	Calvey (?), Morris (?, ?)
Sat Feb 10, 1900	FA Cup	Sunderland	2		H	3-0	12,000	Beveridge (?, ?), Morris (?)
Sat Feb 17, 1900	League Tier 1	Everton			H	4-2	7,000	Calvey (?, ?, ?), Morris (?)
Sat Feb 24, 1900	FA Cup	Preston North End	Quarter		A	0-0	10,300
Wed Feb 28, 1900	FA Cup	Preston North End	Quarter	1	H	1-0	9,000	Capes (?)
Sat Mar 03, 1900	League Tier 1	Derby County			H	4-1	12,000	Norris (?), Forman (?), Beveridge (?), Morris (?)
Mon Mar 05, 1900	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			A	1-2	3,000	Spouncer (?)
Sat Mar 10, 1900	Friendly	Corinthians			A	2-2	4,000	Morris (?, ?)
Sat Mar 17, 1900	League Tier 1	Notts County			H	0-3	8,000
Sat Mar 24, 1900	FA Cup	Bury	Semi		N	1-1	18,000	Capes (?)
Thu Mar 29, 1900	FA Cup	Bury	Semi	1	N	2-3	11,200	Capes (?), Calvey (?)
Sat Mar 31, 1900	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			H	4-0	8,000	McPherson (?), Calvey (?), Morris (?, ?)
Sat Apr 07, 1900	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			A	1-3	16,000	Calvey (?)
Mon Apr 09, 1900	League Tier 1	Manchester City		1	A	0-2	5,000
Sat Apr 14, 1900	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			H	1-1	12,000	Beveridge (?)
Mon Apr 16, 1900	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			A	0-8	5,187
Tue Apr 17, 1900	League Tier 1	Sunderland			H	1-3	8,000	Spencer (?)
Sat Apr 21, 1900	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	0-1	9,000
Sat Apr 28, 1900	League Tier 1	Burnley			H	4-0	3,000	Calvey (?, ?), Morris (?), Spouncer (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7) - £0				Out (7) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Harry Linacre	Bought			Albert Brentnall	Sold
	John Calvey	Bought			Dan Allsop	Retired
	Patrick Murray	Bought			Fred Spencer	Sold
	Tom Lockyer	Bought			Len Benbow	Sold
1899	Edward Peers	Bought			Thomas Kent	Sold
1899	Rabbie Beveridge	Bought			Tom Lockyer	Sold
Jan 29, 1900	Albert Brentnall	Bought		Jul 01, 1900	Fred Coles	Sold

SQUAD

				Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Dan Allsop	England	33	13	9	11
GK		Harry Linacre	England	6	2	1	3
GK		Tom Lockyer		1	1
Defenders
D		Adam Scott	Scotland	1		1
D		Albert Brentnall		2			2
D		Edward Peers	England	38	16	9	13
D		James Iremonger	England	40	16	10	14
Midfielders
M		Frank Forman	England	28	14	8	6	4
M		Fred Coles		3	1	1	1
M		George Robinson	England	14	5	3	6
M		John McPherson	Scotland	34	14	9	11	2
M		Robert Norris		37	14	9	14	1
M		Thomas Kent
Forwards
F		Alf Spouncer	England	29	10	6	13	2
F		Arthur Capes	England	31	12	7	12	8
F		Fred Forman	England	26	11	8	7	6
F		Fred Spencer		7	4		3	2
F		Grenville Morris	Wales	35	15	9	11	14
F		John Calvey	England	36	14	10	12	18
F		Len Benbow	England	6	2	1	3	1
F		Patrick Murray		1			1
F		Rabbie Beveridge	Scotland	32	12	9	11	7

		Matthews (1899)
		Wagstaff (1899)
		Webb (1899)

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
18	John Calvey	36
14	Grenville Morris	35
8	Arthur Capes	31
7	Rabbie 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	Own Goals	40
1	Robert Norris	37

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Sunderland	Sat Sep 30, 1899	Away	0-1		Tue Apr 17, 1900	Home	1-3