1899–1900 Football League

12th season of the Football League

Football league season

The Football LeagueSeason| 1899–1900

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Champions| Aston Villa
Relegated| Luton Town
Loughborough
New Clubs in League| Chesterfield Town,
Middlesbrough

← 1898–99

1900–01 →

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

## Final league tables

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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

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Football league season

First DivisionSeason| 1899–1900

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Champions| Aston Villa
5th English title
Relegated| Burnley
Glossop
Matches played| 306
Goals scored| 856 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer| Billy Garraty
(27 goals)
Biggest home win| Aston Villa 9–0 Glossop
(4 September 1899)
Biggest away win| Preston North End 0–5 Aston Villa
(2 December 1899)
Highest scoring| Aston Villa 9–0 Glossop
(4 September 1899)
Longest winning run| 5 matches
Sheffield United
Longest unbeaten run| 22 matches
Sheffield United
Longest losing run| 8 matches
Liverpool
Highest attendance| 60,000
Aston Villa 4–2 Sunderland
(30 December 1899)
Lowest attendance| 300
Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Nottingham Forest
(5 March 1900)
Average attendance| 9,417

← 1898–99

1900–01 →

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation

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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

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Home \ Away  | AST | BLB | BUR | BRY | DER | EVE | GLP | LIV | MCI | NEW | NOT | NTC | PNE | SHU | STK | SUN | WBA | WOL

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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: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

### Maps

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Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

Burnley

Bury

Derby County

Everton

Glossop

Manchester City

Liverpool

Newcastle

Nottingham Forest

Notts County

Preston North End

Sheffield United

Stoke

Sunderland

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Locations of the Football League First Division teams

## Second Division

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Football league season

Second DivisionSeason| 1899–1900

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Champions| The Wednesday
Promoted| The Wednesday
Bolton Wanderers
Relegated| Luton Town
Loughborough
Matches played| 306
Goals scored| 984 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorer| Jocky Wright
(24 goals)[1]
Biggest home win| Woolwich Arsenal 12–0 Loughborough
(12 March 1900)
Biggest away win| Grimsby Town 0–7 Newton Heath
(26 December 1899)
Highest scoring| Woolwich Arsenal 12–0 Loughborough
(12 March 1900)
Longest winning run| 7 matches
Bolton Wanderers
Longest unbeaten run| 14 matches
The Wednesday
Longest losing run| 13 matches
Loughborough

← 1898–99

1900–01 →

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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: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

### Results

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Home \ Away  | BAR | BOL | BPV | BRS | CHF | GAI | GRI | LEI | LIN | LOU | LUT | MID | NBR | NWH | SMH | WAL | WED | WOO

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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

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Barnsley

Bolton Wanderers

Burslem Port Vale

Burton Swifts

Chesterfield

Gainsborough Trinity

Grimsby Town

Leicester Fosse

Lincoln City

Loughborough

Luton Town

Middlesbrough

New Brighton Tower

Newton Heath (Manchester)

Small Heath (Birmingham)

Walsall

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

Woolwich Arsenal

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Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

## See also

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* 1899–1900 in English football
* 1899 in association football
* 1900 in association football

## References

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1. ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 October 2010.

## External links

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* Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.

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