1898–99 in English football

Football in England
Season	1898–99
Men's football
First Division	Aston Villa
Second Division	Manchester City
Southern League	Southampton
Northern League	Bishop Auckland
The Combination	Everton Reserves
Western League	Swindon Town
FA Cup	Sheffield United
Sheriff of London Charity Shield	Shared between Corinthian and Sheffield United

The 1898–99 season was the 28th season of competitive football in England.

Overview[]

Events[]

This was the first season in which automatic promotion/relegation was introduced between the First and Second divisions. Both Divisions were expanded to 18 teams.^{[citation needed]}

The new teams to join the Second Division were: Barnsley, Glossop North End and New Brighton Tower. Burslem Port Vale also returned to the Football League.^{[citation needed]}

On 26 November 1898, the First Division match between The Wednesday and Aston Villa was abandoned after 79 minutes due to bad light. Rather than let the score stand or replay the whole match, The Football Association ordered that the remaining 11 minutes should be played at Hillsborough on 13 March 1899. The Wednesday, who were leading 3–1 when the game was abandoned, scored one more goal to win 4–1.^[1]

Honours[]

Competition	Winner
First Division	Aston Villa (4*)
Second Division	Manchester City
FA Cup	Sheffield United (1)
Home Championship	England

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

League table[]

First Division[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aston Villa	34	19	7	8	76	40	1.900	45	League Champions
2	Liverpool	34	19	5	10	49	33	1.485	43
3	Burnley	34	15	9	10	45	47	0.957	39
4	Everton	34	15	8	11	48	41	1.171	38
5	Notts County	34	12	13	9	47	51	0.922	37
6	Blackburn Rovers	34	14	8	12	60	52	1.154	36
7	Sunderland	34	15	6	13	41	41	1.000	36
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	14	7	13	54	48	1.125	35
9	Derby County	34	12	11	11	62	57	1.088	35
10	Bury	34	14	7	13	48	49	0.980	35
11	Nottingham Forest	34	11	11	12	42	42	1.000	33
12	Stoke	34	13	7	14	47	52	0.904	33
13	Newcastle United	34	11	8	15	49	48	1.021	30
14	West Bromwich Albion	34	12	6	16	42	57	0.737	30
15	Preston North End	34	10	9	15	44	47	0.936	29
16	Sheffield United	34	9	11	14	45	51	0.882	29	FA Cup Winners
17	Bolton Wanderers	34	9	7	18	37	51	0.725	25	Relegated
18	The Wednesday	34	8	8	18	32	61	0.525	24	Relegated

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Second Division[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Manchester City	34	23	6	5	92	35	2.629	52	Division Champions, promoted
2	Glossop North End^[a]	34	20	6	8	76	38	2.000	46	Promoted
3	Leicester Fosse	34	18	9	7	64	42	1.524	45
4	Newton Heath	34	19	5	10	67	43	1.558	43
5	New Brighton Tower^[a]	34	18	7	9	71	52	1.365	43
6	Walsall	34	15	12	7	79	36	2.194	42
7	Woolwich Arsenal	34	18	5	11	72	41	1.756	41
8	Small Heath	34	17	7	10	85	50	1.700	41
9	Burslem Port Vale^[a]	34	17	5	12	56	34	1.647	39
10	Grimsby Town	34	15	5	14	71	60	1.183	35
11	Barnsley^[a]	34	12	7	15	52	56	0.929	31
12	Lincoln City	34	12	7	15	51	56	0.911	31
13	Burton Swifts	34	10	8	16	51	70	0.729	28
14	Gainsborough Trinity	34	10	5	19	56	72	0.778	25
15	Luton Town	34	10	3	21	51	95	0.537	23
16	Blackpool	34	8	4	22	49	90	0.544	20	Failed re-election
17	Loughborough	34	6	6	22	38	92	0.413	18	Re-elected
18	Darwen	34	2	5	27	22	141	0.156	9	Failed re-election

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d New club in the league

References[]

^ "Abandoned Matches". www.footballsite.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.

[table_note_GLP0.74259932466904-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d New club in the league

[1] "Abandoned Matches". www.footballsite.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.

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