Final League Table -
Division I
Teams in a silver box denotes a player
representing England in 1899-1900
Teams denoted with ▼ were
relegated to the second division for the following season |
|
Team |
P |
Home |
Away |
₧
|
|
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
Aston Villa |
34 |
12 |
4 |
1 |
45 |
18 |
10 |
2 |
5 |
32 |
17 |
50 |
|
Sheffield
United |
34 |
11 |
5 |
1 |
40 |
11 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
23 |
22 |
48 |
|
Sunderland |
34 |
12 |
2 |
3 |
27 |
9 |
7 |
1 |
9 |
23 |
26 |
41 |
|
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
34 |
8 |
4 |
5 |
28 |
16 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
20 |
21 |
39 |
|
Newcastle United |
34 |
10 |
5 |
2 |
34 |
15 |
3 |
5 |
9 |
19 |
28 |
36 |
|
Derby
County |
34 |
11 |
2 |
4 |
32 |
15 |
3 |
6 |
8 |
13 |
28 |
36 |
|
Manchester City |
34 |
10 |
3 |
4 |
33 |
15 |
3 |
5 |
9 |
17 |
29 |
34 |
|
Nottingham Forest |
34 |
12 |
3 |
2 |
42 |
16 |
1 |
5 |
11 |
14 |
39 |
34 |
|
Stoke |
34 |
9 |
5 |
3 |
24 |
15 |
4 |
3 |
10 |
13 |
30 |
34 |
|
Liverpool |
34 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
31 |
19 |
5 |
1 |
11 |
18 |
26 |
33 |
|
Everton |
34 |
11 |
1 |
5 |
30 |
15 |
2 |
6 |
9 |
17 |
34 |
33 |
|
Bury |
34 |
12 |
2 |
3 |
29 |
14 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
11 |
30 |
32 |
|
West Bromwich Albion |
34 |
8 |
6 |
3 |
27 |
11 |
3 |
2 |
12 |
16 |
40 |
30 |
|
Blackburn Rovers |
34 |
12 |
2 |
3 |
38 |
22 |
1 |
2 |
14 |
11 |
39 |
30 |
|
Notts County |
34 |
5 |
7 |
5 |
29 |
22 |
4 |
4 |
9 |
17 |
38 |
29 |
|
Preston North End |
34 |
9 |
3 |
5 |
28 |
20 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
10 |
28 |
28 |
|
Burnley▼ |
34 |
10 |
2 |
5 |
28 |
17 |
1 |
3 |
13 |
6 |
37 |
27 |
|
Glossop▼ |
34 |
4 |
6 |
7 |
19 |
22 |
0 |
4 |
13 |
12 |
52 |
18 |
|
Sheffield United won their first five games:
Everton (a) 2-1, Blackburn (h) 3-0, Derby (a)
1-0, Bury (h) 4-0, Notts C. (a) 2-1, before drawing 2-2 at home to
Sunderland on 2 October 1899. Aston Villa's biggest winning sequence was of
four matches. |
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How The League Was Won 1899-1900 Season |
|
Timeline |
35 Saturdays from 2 September 1899 to 28 April 1900, plus
Christmas Day (Monday, 25th December 1899), Boxing Day (Tuesday, 26th December 1899),
New Year's Day (Monday, 1 January 1900), Good Friday,
13 April 1900 and Easter Monday, 16 April 1900
Two
additional games were played on Mondays in September, plus one on
the Monday, and one on the Thursday, of the first week in October,
two on Mondays in November and one on the day after Boxing Day. One
game was played on the last Tuesday in February, five on Mondays and
three on Wednesdays in March, and games were played on Mondays,
Tuesdays and Wednesdays in April. The
FA Cup took precedence on five weekends from the first round on 27
January 1900 to the
final on 21 April 1900 (a week later than the previous season, to
avoid Easter). There were two weeks between each
round and four weeks each before the semi-finals and final. Last
league game was Preston 2-0 Blackburn on Monday, 30 April 1900.
|
Tuesday,
17
April 1900 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1
Sheffield United 2
Molineux, Wolverhampton
(6,000)
Colley
~ Bennett, Hedley
|
Villa completed their fixtures the day before, on Easter
Monday, with a 1-0 win at Molineux, leaving Sheffield United
with two away games to play and four points behind. This meant
that they would have to win both games by a minimum total
aggregate of eight goals to better Villa's goal average. It was
unlikely, and when Wolves managed to score against them, it
increased their target to nine goals in their last game. |
|
Monday,
23 April 1900 |
Burnley 1 Sheffield United
0
Turf Moor, Burnley
(6,000)
Davidson |
Burnley were fighting an, ultimately, unsuccessful battle
against relegation, but they hammered the final nail in United's
coffin with a last-minute winner and Villa had won their fifth
title in seven years, by two points.
Strangely, it was the third time that a result at Burnley had
decided the final destiny of the championship in Villa's favour. |
|
|
The Elite League 1899-1900 Season
(games between the top four) |
Only Aston Villa retained their top-four placing from the previous season.
Burnley, Everton and Liverpool all dropped
out of the top four.
Games played between the top two:-
|
Saturday, 28 October 1899 |
Sheffield United 2 Aston Villa 1
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
(28,500)
Beer (2)
~ Wheldon |
|
Saturday, 3 March 1900 |
Aston Villa 1 Sheffield United
1
Aston Lower
Grounds,
Birmingham
(50,000)
Garraty
~ Bennett |
|
|
The Continuous League
1888-1900
(first twelve seasons) |
Aston Villa increased their lead at the top to 39 points. This was the
second
season
of 34 games each, following three of 22, one of 26 and six of thirty
games each. Sunderland no longer had the highest average points per game
from their ten seasons, with Villa now claiming the best record.
The first three seasons were of thirty games each. Sheffield
United jumped two places
into second, but Aston Villa increased their lead to 39 points for a
period in which they won the league championship four times. |
|
Champions:
Aston Villa |
|
Manager: George
Ramsay |
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Derby's Steve Bloomer was second on the list with 19.
Jack Calvey of Nottingham Forest scored
17.
|
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England and the Football
League 1899-1900 Season |
|
England's impact on the Football League |
Of the 33 playing positions used
during the active 1899-1900 season, Football League players provided
16 of them, and of the four goals scored, League players scored
two of them (one was an own goal).
Five of the 18 first division clubs were
represented.
Six Football League games had a direct impact on
all three of England's games.
As a
result, on 17 March, England took Bury's Charlie Sagar and, on 26
March, Sheffield United's Harry Johnson. On 7 April, Aston Villa
were without Charlie Athersmith
and Jimmy Crabtree, and England took Bury's John Plant, Derby's Steve Bloomer,
and
Sheffield United's Johnson (again) and Ernest Needham. |
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