1899–1900 Football League
12th season of the Football League
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The 1899â1900 season was the 12th season of The Football League.
Loughborough
Middlesbrough
| Season | 1899â1900 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Aston Villa |
| Relegated | Luton Town Loughborough |
| New Clubs in League | Chesterfield Town, Middlesbrough |
â 1898â99 1900â01 â | |
Final league tables
Beginning in the 1894â95 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 1976â77 season.
During the first six seasons of the league, (up to the 1893â94 season), re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894â95 season and until the 1920â21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league.
First Division
| Season | 1899â1900 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Aston Villa 5th English title |
| Relegated | Burnley Glossop |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 856 (2.8 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Billy Garraty (27 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Aston Villa 9â0 Glossop (4 September 1899) |
| Biggest away win | Preston North End 0â5 Aston Villa (2 December 1899) |
| Highest scoring | Aston Villa 9â0 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 4â2 Sunderland (30 December 1899) |
| Lowest attendance | 300 Blackburn Rovers 2â1 Nottingham Forest (5 March 1900) |
| Average attendance | 9,417 |
â 1898â99 1900â01 â | |
| 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 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
Maps
Second Division
| Season | 1899â1900 |
|---|---|
| Champions | The Wednesday |
| Promoted | The Wednesday Bolton Wanderers |
| Relegated | Luton Town Loughborough |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 984 (3.22 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Jocky Wright (24 goals)[1] |
| Biggest home win | Woolwich Arsenal 12â0 Loughborough (12 March 1900) |
| Biggest away win | Grimsby Town 0â7 Newton Heath (26 December 1899) |
| Highest scoring | Woolwich Arsenal 12â0 Loughborough (12 March 1900) |
| Longest winning run | 7 matches Bolton Wanderers |
| Longest unbeaten run | 14 matches The Wednesday |
| Longest losing run | 13 matches Loughborough |
â 1898â99 1900â01 â | |
| 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 | Failed re-election and demoted to the Southern League |
| 18 | Loughborough | 34 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 100 | 0.180 | 8 | Failed re-election and folded |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Results
Maps
Attendances
Source:[2]
Division One
| No. | Club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aston Villa FC | 18,765 |
| 2 | Newcastle United FC | 16,445 |
| 3 | Manchester City FC | 15,510 |
| 4 | Everton FC | 13,875 |
| 5 | Liverpool FC | 11,820 |
| 6 | Sheffield United FC | 11,350 |
| 7 | Sunderland AFC | 11,265 |
| 8 | Notts County FC | 8,655 |
| 9 | Derby County FC | 8,255 |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest FC | 7,620 |
| 11 | Stoke City FC | 7,275 |
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 6,780 |
| 13 | Blackburn Rovers FC | 6,725 |
| 14 | Bury FC | 6,400 |
| 15 | Burnley FC | 5,880 |
| 16 | West Bromwich Albion FC | 5,735 |
| 17 | Preston North End FC | 5,020 |
| 18 | Glossop AFC | 4,005 |