1899–1900 Football League

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

The Football League
Season1899–1900
ChampionsAston Villa
RelegatedLuton Town
Loughborough
New Clubs in LeagueChesterfield Town,
Middlesbrough

Final league tables

Beginning in the 1894–95 season, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). 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 six seasons of the league, (up to the 1893–94 season), 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.

First Division
First Division
Season1899–1900
ChampionsAston Villa
5th English title
RelegatedBurnley
Glossop
Matches played306
Goals scored856 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorerBilly Garraty
(27 goals)
Biggest home winAston Villa 9–0 Glossop
(4 September 1899)
Biggest away winPreston North End 0–5 Aston Villa
(2 December 1899)
Highest scoringAston Villa 9–0 Glossop
(4 September 1899)
Longest winning run5 matches
Sheffield United
Longest unbeaten run22 matches
Sheffield United
Longest losing run8 matches
Liverpool
Highest attendance60,000
Aston Villa 4–2 Sunderland
(30 December 1899)
Lowest attendance300
Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Nottingham Forest
(5 March 1900)
Average attendance9,417

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Relegation
1 Aston Villa (C) 34 22 6 6 77 35 2.200 50
2 Sheffield United 34 18 12 4 63 33 1.909 48
3 Sunderland 34 19 3 12 50 35 1.429 41
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 15 9 10 48 37 1.297 39
5 Newcastle United 34 13 10 11 53 43 1.233 36
6 Derby County 34 14 8 12 45 43 1.047 36
7 Manchester City 34 13 8 13 50 44 1.136 34
8 Nottingham Forest 34 13 8 13 56 55 1.018 34
9 Stoke 34 13 8 13 37 45 0.822 34
10 Liverpool 34 14 5 15 49 45 1.089 33
11 Everton 34 13 7 14 47 49 0.959 33
12 Bury 34 13 6 15 40 44 0.909 32
13 West Bromwich Albion 34 11 8 15 43 51 0.843 30
14 Blackburn Rovers 34 13 4 17 49 61 0.803 30
15 Notts County 34 9 11 14 46 60 0.767 29
16 Preston North End 34 12 4 18 38 48 0.792 28
17 Burnley (R) 34 11 5 18 34 54 0.630 27 Relegation to the Second Division
18 Glossop (R) 34 4 10 20 31 74 0.419 18
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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
Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division
Second Division
Season1899–1900
ChampionsThe Wednesday
PromotedThe Wednesday
Bolton Wanderers
RelegatedLuton Town
Loughborough
Matches played306
Goals scored984 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorerJocky Wright
(24 goals)[1]
Biggest home winWoolwich Arsenal 12–0 Loughborough
(12 March 1900)
Biggest away winGrimsby Town 0–7 Newton Heath
(26 December 1899)
Highest scoringWoolwich Arsenal 12–0 Loughborough
(12 March 1900)
Longest winning run7 matches
Bolton Wanderers
Longest unbeaten run14 matches
The Wednesday
Longest losing run13 matches
Loughborough

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Promotion or relegation
1 The Wednesday (C, P) 34 25 4 5 84 22 3.818 54 Promotion to the First Division
2 Bolton Wanderers (P) 34 22 8 4 79 25 3.160 52
3 Small Heath 34 20 6 8 78 38 2.053 46
4 Newton Heath 34 20 4 10 63 27 2.333 44
5 Leicester Fosse 34 17 9 8 53 36 1.472 43
6 Grimsby Town 34 17 6 11 67 46 1.457 40
7 Chesterfield Town 34 16 6 12 65 60 1.083 38
8 Woolwich Arsenal 34 16 4 14 61 43 1.419 36
9 Lincoln City 34 14 8 12 46 43 1.070 36
10 New Brighton Tower 34 13 9 12 66 58 1.138 35
11 Burslem Port Vale 34 14 6 14 39 49 0.796 34
12 Walsall 34 12 8 14 50 55 0.909 32
13 Gainsborough Trinity 34 9 7 18 47 75 0.627 25
14 Middlesbrough 34 8 8 18 39 69 0.565 24
15 Burton Swifts 34 9 6 19 43 84 0.512 24
16 Barnsley 34 8 7 19 46 79 0.582 23 Re-elected
17 Luton Town (R) 34 5 8 21 40 75 0.533 18 Not re-elected
18 Loughborough (R) 34 1 6 27 18 100 0.180 8
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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
Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

See also

References
  1. "English League Leading Goalscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  • Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.
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