1898–99 Newcastle United F.C. season

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Newcastle United
1898–99 season
ManagerSelection committee (overseen by Frank Watt)
StadiumSt James' Park
Football League First Division13th
FA CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jack Peddie (18)
All: Jack Peddie (20)
Highest home attendance25,000
(vs. Aston Villa)
Lowest home attendance6,000
(vs. Sheffield United)
Average home league attendance16,709

The 1898–99 season was Newcastle United's first season in the Football League First Division, the top flight of English football at the time. Newcastle finished the season in 13th place.

Appearances and goals[]

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Matt Kingsley 34 0 2 0 36 0
DF Scotland Jimmy Jackson 31 0 1 0 32 0
DF England Billy Lindsay 29 1 1 0 30 1
DF England Jim Lockley 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland Andy Aitken 26 4 2 0 28 4
MF England Ted Birnie 8 0 0 0 8 0
MF Scotland Tommy Ghee 32 0 2 0 34 0
MF England Willie Higgins 17 2 2 0 19 2
MF Scotland Jack Ostler 25 0 2 0 27 0
FW Scotland John Campbell 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW Scotland John Harvey 3 1 0 0 3 1
FW England Sandy MacFarlane 21 5 0 0 21 5
FW England Archie Mowatt 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland Tom Niblo 10 0 0 0 10 0
FW Scotland Jack Peddie 29 18 2 2 31 20
FW England Joe Rogers 27 8 2 0 29 8
FW Scotland Billy Reid 4 1 0 0 4 1
FW Scotland Jimmy Stevenson 24 7 2 0 26 7
FW England James Stott 28 0 2 0 30 0
FW Scotland Billy Smith 5 0 0 0 5 0
FW Scotland Willie Wardrope 24 2 2 0 26 2

Competitions[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

League[]

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Result 2–4 0–3 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–2 4–1 1–3 3–0 2–4 2–2 3–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–3 3–0 4–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–3 1–0 3–1 0–1
Position 16th 18th 18th 18th 17th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 17th 17th 17th 17th 17th 16th 17th 17th 17th 16th 16th 13th 14th 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th 13th 13th

FA Cup[]

Match 1 2
Result 1–0 1–3

Friendlies[]

Match 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Result 1–1 6–2 4–4 2–0 1–4 4–1 4–3 12–2 1–3 2–1 0–2 2–2 4–1

Matches[]

League[]

3 September 1898 Newcastle United 2–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers Newcastle upon Tyne
Peddie Goal Goal (Report) Goal
Goal
Goal
Goal		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 20,000
10 September 1898 Everton 3–0 Newcastle United Liverpool
Clarke Goal
Owen Goal
Goal (o.g.)		 (Report) Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 16,000
17 September 1898 Newcastle United 1–2 Notts County Newcastle upon Tyne
Aitken Goal (Report) Goal
Goal		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 18,000
24 September 1898 Stoke City 0–0 Newcastle United Stoke-on-Trent
(Report) Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 12,000
26 September 1898 Sheffield United 2–2 Newcastle United Sheffield
Goal
Goal		 (Report) Peddie Goal
Higgins Goal		 Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 4,000
1 October 1898 Newcastle United 1–1 Aston Villa Newcastle upon Tyne
Rogers Goal (Report) Goal Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 25,000
8 October 1898 Burnley 2–1 Newcastle United Burnley
Goal
Goal		 (Report) Rogers Goal Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 6,000
15 October 1898 Newcastle United 1–2 Sheffield United Newcastle upon Tyne
Harvey Goal (Report) Goal
Goal		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 6,000
22 October 1898 Bury 1–1 Newcastle United Bury
Goal (Report) Rogers Goal Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 4,000
29 October 1898 Preston North End 1–0 Newcastle United Preston
Goal (Report) Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 3,000
5 November 1898 Newcastle United 3–0 Liverpool Newcastle upon Tyne
Peddie Goal Goal
MacFarlane Goal		 (Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 20,000
12 November 1898 Nottingham Forest 2–2 Newcastle United Nottingham
Goal
Goal		 (Report) Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 8,000
19 November 1898 Newcastle United 4–0 Bolton Wanderers Newcastle upon Tyne
Peddie Goal Goal
MacFarlane Goal
Rogers Goal		 (Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 20,000
26 November 1898 Derby County 3–1 Newcastle United Derby
Goal
Goal
Goal		 (Report) Wardrope Goal Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 7,000
3 December 1898 Newcastle United 3–0 West Bromwich Albion Newcastle upon Tyne
Aitken Goal
Peddie Goal
Rogers Goal		 (Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 16,000
10 December 1898 Blackburn Rovers 4–2 Newcastle United Blackburn
Goal
Goal
Goal
Goal		 (Report) Stevenson Goal Goal Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 7,000
17 December 1898 Newcastle United 2–2 Sheffield Wednesday Newcastle upon Tyne
MacFarlane Goal
Peddie Goal 90'		 (Report) Wright Goal
Spiksley Goal 30'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 15,000
24 December 1898 Sunderland 2–3 Newcastle United Sunderland
Leslie Goal Goal (Report) Wardrope Goal
Peddie Goal Goal		 Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 25,000
26 December 1898 Aston Villa 1–0 Newcastle United Birmingham
Goal (Report) Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 30,000
31 December 1898 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 Newcastle United Wolverhampton
(Report) Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
7 January 1899 Newcastle United 2–2 Everton Newcastle upon Tyne
Aitken Goal
Stevenson Goal		 (Report) Proudfoot Goal Goal Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 15,000
14 January 1899 Notts County 3–1 Newcastle United Nottingham
Goal
Goal
Goal		 (Report) Peddie Goal Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 12,000
21 January 1899 Newcastle United 3–0 Stoke City Newcastle upon Tyne
Peddie Goal Goal
Rogers Goal		 (Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 12,000
4 February 1899 Newcastle United 4–1 Burnley Newcastle upon Tyne
Peddie Goal
Rogers Goal Goal
Lindsay Goal		 (Report) Goal Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 20,000
18 February 1899 Newcastle United 2–0 Bury Newcastle upon Tyne
Peddie Goal Goal (Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 16,060
25 February 1899 Newcastle United 2–1 Preston North End Newcastle upon Tyne
MacFarlane Goal
Peddie Goal (pen.)		 (Report) Goal Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 15,000
11 March 1899 Newcastle United 0–1 Nottingham Forest Newcastle upon Tyne
(Report) Goal Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 18,000
18 March 1899 Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Newcastle United Bolton
Goal (Report) Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 5,000
25 March 1899 Newcastle United 2–0 Derby County Newcastle upon Tyne
Stevenson Goal
Reid Goal		 (Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 14,000
1 April 1899 West Bromwich Albion 2–0 Newcastle United West Bromwich
Goal
Goal		 (Report) Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 2,304
3 April 1899 Liverpool 3–2 Newcastle United Liverpool
Allan Goal
Cox Goal
Walker Goal		 (Report) Stevenson Goal
Higgins Goal		 Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 12,000
8 April 1899 Newcastle United 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Newcastle upon Tyne
MacFarlane Goal (Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 12,000
15 April 1899 Sheffield Wednesday 1–3 Newcastle United Sheffield
Hutton Goal 5' (Report) Stevenson Goal Goal
Aitken Goal		 Stadium: Olive Grove
Attendance: 4,000
22 April 1899 Newcastle United 0–1 Sunderland Newcastle upon Tyne
(Report) McLatchie Goal Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 22,000

FA Cup[]

28 January 1899 Round 1 Glossop 0–1 Newcastle United Glossop
(Report) Peddie Goal Stadium: North Road
Attendance: 7,000
11 February 1899 Round 2 Liverpool 3–1 Newcastle United Liverpool
Higgins Goal (o.g.)
Morgan Goal
Raisbeck Goal		 (Report) Peddie Goal Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 7,000

Friendlies[]

1 September 1898 Newcastle United 1–1 Sunderland Newcastle upon Tyne
Peddie Goal Goal Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 15,000
7 September 1898 Newcastle United 6–2 Grimsby Town Newcastle upon Tyne
Milne Goal Goal
Niblo Goal Goal
Peddie Goal
Aitken Goal		 Goal
Goal		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 4,000
15 September 1898 Grimsby Town 4–4 Newcastle United Grimsby
Goal
Goal
Goal
Goal		 Smith Goal Goal
Birnie Goal
Harvey Goal		 Stadium: Abbey Park
Attendance: 4,000
27 December 1898 Coventry City 0–2 Newcastle United Coventry
Wardrope Goal
Stevenson Goal		 Stadium: Stoke Road
Attendance: 2,000
2 January 1899 Newcastle United 1–4 Burnley Newcastle upon Tyne
Stevenson Goal Goal
Goal
Goal
Goal		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 8,000
3 January 1899 Newcastle United 4–1 Heart of Midlothian Newcastle upon Tyne
MacFarlane Goal Goal Goal
Rogers Goal		 Goal Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 4,000
14 February 1899 Sunderland 3–4 Newcastle United Sunderland
Goal
Goal
Goal		 Peddie Goal
Niblo Goal
Stevenson Goal
Goal		 Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 5,000
2 March 1899 Brampton 2–12 Newcastle United Brampton
Goal
Goal		 Harvey Goal Goal
Stevenson Goal
Ghee Goal
Peddie Goal
Niblo Goal
Higgins Goal
Lindsay Goal
Ostler Goal
Stott Goal
Kingsley Goal
MacFarlane Goal		 Attendance: 1,000
4 March 1899 Newcastle United 1–3 Liverpool Newcastle upon Tyne
MacFarlane Goal Goal
Goal
Goal		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 4,000
31 March 1899 Newcastle United 2–1 Everton Newcastle upon Tyne
Rogers Goal
Aitken Goal (pen.)		 Goal Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 2,000
17 April 1899 Hibernian 2–0 Newcastle United Edinburgh
Goal
Goal		 Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 3,000
24 April 1899 Newcastle United 2–2 Hibernian Newcastle upon Tyne
Aitken Goal
MacFarlane Goal		 Goal
Goal		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 2,000
29 April 1899 Newcastle United 4–1 Derby County Newcastle upon Tyne
Aitken Goal
Stevenson Goal
Wardrope Goal
Peddie Goal		 Goal Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 2,000

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