1899–1900 Football League

12th season of the Football League May 2023 July 2013 The Football League 1899–1900 Aston Villa Luton TownLoughborough New Clubs in League Chesterfield Town,Middlesbrough 1898–99 1900–01 The 1899–1900 season was the 12th season of The 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 First Division 1899–1900 Aston Villa5th English title BurnleyGlossop Billy Garraty(27 goals) Aston Villa 9–0 Glossop(4 September 1899) Preston North End 0–5 Aston Villa(2 December 1899) Aston Villa 9–0 Glossop(4 September 1899) 306 856 5 matchesSheffield United 22 matchesSheffield United 8 matchesLiverpool 60,000Aston Villa 4–2 Sunderland(30 December 1899) 300Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Nottingham Forest(5 March 1900) 9,417 1898–99 1900–01 main WDL First Division World Football AVL, SHU, SUN, WOL, NEW, DER, MCI, NFO, STK, LIV, EVE, BRY, WBA, BLA, NTC, PNE, BUR, GLO 1st REL REL complete 22 6 6 77 35 13 4 17 49 61 11 5 18 34 54 13 6 15 40 44 14 8 12 45 43 13 7 14 47 49 4 10 20 31 74 14 5 15 49 45 13 8 13 50 44 13 10 11 53 43 13 8 13 56 55 9 11 14 46 60 12 4 18 38 48 18 12 4 63 33 13 8 13 37 45 19 3 12 50 35 11 8 15 43 51 15 9 10 48 37 C R R Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Burnley Bury Derby County Everton Glossop Liverpool Manchester City Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Notts County Preston North End Sheffield United Stoke Sunderland West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored R yellow red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey AST BLB BUR BRY DER EVE GLP LIV MCI NEW NOT NTC PNE SHU STK SUN WBA WOL Aston Villa 3–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 9–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 6–2 3–1 1–1 4–1 4–2 0–2 0–0 Blackburn Rovers 0–4 2–0 3–2 2–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 4–3 2–3 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–3 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 Burnley 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–3 2–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 0–1 Bury 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–4 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 Derby County 2–0 0–2 4–1 3–0 2–1 4–1 3–2 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 4–1 0–2 Everton 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 3–1 4–0 3–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 Glossop 1–0 4–2 2–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–3 Liverpool 3–3 3–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 5–2 5–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 Manchester City 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 4–0 1–2 4–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 5–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 Newcastle United 3–2 4–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 6–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–4 4–2 0–1 Nottingham Forest 1–1 3–2 4–0 2–2 4–1 4–2 5–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–3 3–1 4–0 1–0 1–3 6–1 0–0 Notts County 1–4 5–1 6–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–3 3–1 1–2 0–0 Preston North End 0–5 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–2 4–1 3–0 4–3 0–1 3–0 0–1 5–2 2–0 Sheffield United 2–1 3–0 0–0 4–0 1–1 5–0 4–0 1–2 3–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 5–2 Stoke 0–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 Sunderland 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 5–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–2 West Bromwich Albion 0–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 8–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 4–0 1–0 3–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–3 1–2 0–2 1–0 2–0 complete Maps England none 369 Locations of the Football League First Division teams England 52.49 -1.88 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 53.48 -2.97 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 53.47 -2.22 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 52.942 -1.137 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 54.914 -1.388 right England 53.38 -1.47 right England 52.509 -1.964 right England 52.59 -2.13 right England 53.44 -1.95 right Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Burnley Bury Derby County Everton Glossop Manchester City Liverpool Newcastle Nottingham Forest Notts County Preston North End Sheffield United Stoke Sunderland West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers Second Division Second Division 1899–1900 The Wednesday The WednesdayBolton Wanderers Luton TownLoughborough Jocky Wright(24 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-10-31 Woolwich Arsenal 12–0 Loughborough(12 March 1900) Grimsby Town 0–7 Newton Heath(26 December 1899) Woolwich Arsenal 12–0 Loughborough(12 March 1900) 306 984 7 matchesBolton Wanderers 14 matchesThe Wednesday 13 matchesLoughborough 1898–99 1900–01 main WDL Second Division THW, BOL, SMH, NEH, LEF, GRI, CHT, WOO, LIN, NBT, BPV, WAL, GAI, MID, BSW, BAR, LUT, LOU PRO PRO RET SOU REL complete 8 7 19 46 79 22 8 4 79 25 14 6 14 39 49 9 6 19 43 84 16 6 12 65 60 9 7 18 47 75 17 6 11 67 46 17 9 8 53 36 14 8 12 46 43 1 6 27 18 100 5 8 21 40 75 8 8 18 39 69 13 9 12 66 58 20 4 10 63 27 20 6 8 78 38 25 4 5 84 22 12 8 14 50 55 16 4 14 61 43 C, P P R Barnsley Bolton Wanderers Burslem Port Vale Burton Swifts Chesterfield Town Gainsborough Trinity Grimsby Town Leicester Fosse Lincoln City Loughborough Luton Town Middlesbrough New Brighton Tower Newton Heath Small Heath The Wednesday Walsall Woolwich Arsenal 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored PR green1 Promotion to the First Division red2 Re-elected red1 Failed re-election and demoted to the Southern League black1 Failed re-election and folded Results main FBR grey BAR BOL BPV BRS CHF GAI GRI LEI LIN LOU LUT MID NBR NWH SMH WAL WED WOO Barnsley 1–6 3–0 4–1 0–0 5–0 0–1 1–2 0–4 7–0 2–1 5–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–2 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 5–0 5–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 2–2 4–0 7–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 Burslem Port Vale 3–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–3 0–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 Burton Swifts 4–0 2–5 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 5–0 2–2 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–5 2–0 Chesterfield 2–1 3–3 0–4 0–4 3–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 7–1 5–2 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 3–1 Gainsborough Trinity 1–0 1–1 4–0 4–1 3–5 2–3 3–0 3–1 4–2 2–2 5–0 1–1 0–1 1–4 2–0 0–2 1–1 Grimsby Town 8–1 0–0 1–1 6–0 0–3 3–0 6–1 5–2 3–0 3–3 2–0 1–2 0–7 2–0 4–2 1–2 1–0 Leicester Fosse 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 5–0 3–0 2–0 5–0 2–2 4–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 Lincoln City 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–2 5–0 Loughborough 0–0 2–3 1–2 2–1 0–4 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–3 Luton Town 3–0 0–2 1–1 5–2 0–3 4–0 0–4 0–0 0–2 4–0 1–1 1–4 0–1 1–2 4–0 0–1 1–2 Middlesbrough 3–0 0–3 1–0 8–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 5–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 New Brighton Tower 6–2 3–1 2–0 5–0 2–3 5–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–0 5–1 1–1 1–4 2–2 0–1 2–2 0–2 Newton Heath 3–0 1–2 3–0 4–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–0 4–0 5–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 5–0 1–0 2–0 Small Heath 5–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 5–3 8–1 0–1 4–1 5–0 6–0 3–0 5–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 4–1 3–1 Walsall 4–2 2–2 0–1 2–0 6–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 7–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 The Wednesday 5–1 2–1 4–0 6–0 5–1 5–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 5–0 6–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 3–1 Woolwich Arsenal 5–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 12–0 3–1 3–0 5–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 1–2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps England none 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division teams England 53.59 -2.56 right England 53.04 -2.19 right England 52.80 -1.68 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 53.40 -0.77 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 52.77 -1.204 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 52.56 -1.82 right England 52.58 -1.98 right England 51.50 0.068 right England 53.55 -1.48 right England 53.43 -3.05 right England 53.32 -1.47 right Barnsley Bolton Wanderers Burslem Port Vale Burton Swifts Chesterfield Gainsborough Trinity Grimsby Town Leicester Fosse Lincoln City Loughborough Luton Town Middlesbrough New Brighton Tower Newton Heath (Manchester) Small Heath (Birmingham) Walsall The Wednesday (Sheffield) Woolwich Arsenal Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1900.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 9 August 2026 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 See also 1899–1900 in English football 1899 in association football 1900 in association football References External links Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. 1899–1900 League