1898–99 in English football

none July 2020 July 2020 England 1898–99 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 1897–98 1899–1900 yes The 1898–99 season was the 28th season of competitive football in England. 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.July 2020 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.July 2020 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.Abandoned Matches https://www.footballsite.co.uk/DYK/DYK01-AbandonedMatches.htm www.footballsite.co.uk 17 June 2012 11 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120611111759/http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/Articles/DidYouKnow01.htm dead Honours CompetitionWinnerFirst DivisionAston Villa (4*)Second DivisionManchester CityFA CupSheffield United (1)Home ChampionshipENG Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition League table First Division 1898–99 Football League#First Division First Division y Second Division 1898–99 Football League#Second Division Second Division y References 1898