1898–99 Football League

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

4th English title The Wednesday (23 goals) (21 January 1899) (15 October 1898) Nottingham Forest 0–3 Liverpool (26 November 1898) The Wednesday 0–3 Liverpool (31 December 1898) (15 October 1898) Aston Villa Liverpool Everton Sheffield United Sunderland The Wednesday Wolverhampton Wanderers Aston Villa 5–0 Liverpool (29 April 1899) Bury 1–1 Newcastle United (22 October 1898) West Bromwich Albion 2–0 Nottingham Forest (24 December 1898) West Bromwich Albion 6–2 Blackburn Rovers (21 January 1899)

Results

• The game between Aston Villa and Sheffield Wednesday on the 26th of November was abandoned after 78 minutes due to adverse weather conditions, with Wednesday leading 3-1. The Football League ordered that the remaining 12 minutes be played. The game was finished in March 1899, with no further score.

Maps

Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Bury Derby County Everton Liverpool Newcastle Nottingham Forest Notts County Preston North End Sheffield United The Wednesday (Sheffield) Stoke Sunderland West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division

Glossop North End Darwen (33 goals) (18 February 1899) Walsall 10–0 Darwen (4 March 1899)

Loughborough 10–0 Darwen (1 April 1899) (14 January 1899) Lincoln City 1–6 Grimsby Town (8 April 1899) (15 April 1899) Glossop North End New Brighton Tower Manchester City Darwen

Results

Maps

Barnsley Blackpool Burslem Port Vale Burton Swifts Darwen Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Grimsby Town Leicester Fosse Lincoln City Loughborough Luton Town Manchester City New Brighton Tower Newton Heath (Manchester) Small Heath (Birmingham) Walsall Woolwich Arsenal

Attendances

First Division

!#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Aston Villa || 17 || 23,045 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Newcastle United || 17 || 17,390 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Everton FC || 17 || 15,190 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Liverpool FC || 17 || 14,650 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Sunderland AFC || 17 || 12,540 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Notts County || 17 || 11,125 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Sheffield United || 17 || 9,870 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Blackburn Rovers || 17 || 8,920 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Nottingham Forest || 17 || 8,815 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || The Wednesday || 17 || 8,150 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Stoke || 17 || 7,600 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Derby County || 17 || 7,110 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Wolverhampton Wanderers || 17 || 7,085 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Bolton Wanderers || 17 || 7,075 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Burnley FC || 17 || 6,355 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Preston North End || 17 || 5,770 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Bury FC || 17 || 5,330 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || West Bromwich Albion || 17 || 5,020 |- |} }}

References

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

References

1. (2023-05-10). "Which teams have endured the least successful seasons in football history?". The Guardian.
2. "Game #356 Aston Villa - Sheffield Wednesday".
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]].
4. "Historical attendances".