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SEASON: 1899-00

Prev Season: 1898-99
This Season: 1899-00
Next Season: 1900-01

DIVISION: English First Division (Tier 1)

MANAGER(s):: Harry Hallam
FA Cup:: Semi Final (Bury (N) 2-3)

Top Goalscorer:: John Calvey (18 goals)

Competitive Games:: 40
Competitive Goals:: 66
Goals per game:: 1.6
League Games:: 34
League Points:: 34 out of 68 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 50.0%

Highest League Attendance:: 17,106 (West Bromwich Albion)
Lowest League Attendance:: 1,000 (Preston North End)
Average League Attendance:: 7,476
Highest Cup Attendance:: 12,000 (Sunderland)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 7,000 (Grimsby Town)

Champions:: Aston Villa
FA Cup:: Bury

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 6
6-1 (Sat Oct 07, 1899, West Bromwich Albion, Home, League Tier 1)

Biggest Winning Margin: 5
6-1 (Sat Oct 07, 1899, West Bromwich Albion, Home, League Tier 1)
5-0 (Sat Jan 13, 1900, Glossop North End, Home, League Tier 1)

Most Goals Conceded: 8
0-8 (Mon Apr 16, 1900, West Bromwich Albion, Away, League Tier 1)

Biggest Losing Margin: 8
0-8 (Mon Apr 16, 1900, West Bromwich Albion, Away, League Tier 1)

Clean Sheets:: 13
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 2
Penalties conceded:: 4
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1899-00

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Aston Villa	34	22	6	6	77	35	12	4	1	45	18	10	2	5	32	17	2.200	50		1-1	2-2
2	Sheffield United	34	18	12	4	63	33	11	5	1	40	11	7	7	3	23	22	1.909	48		4-0	0-3
3	Sunderland	34	19	3	12	50	35	12	2	3	27	9	7	1	9	23	26	1.429	41		1-3	0-1
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	15	9	10	48	37	8	4	5	28	16	7	5	5	20	21	1.297	39		0-0	2-2
5	Newcastle United	34	13	10	11	53	43	10	5	2	34	15	3	5	9	19	28	1.233	36		1-0	1-3
6	Derby County	34	14	8	12	45	43	11	2	4	32	15	3	6	8	13	28	1.047	36		4-1	2-2
7	Manchester City	34	13	8	13	50	44	10	3	4	33	15	3	5	9	17	29	1.136	34		2-0	0-2
8	Nottingham Forest	34	13	8	13	56	55	12	3	2	42	16	1	5	11	14	39	1.018	34
9	Stoke City	34	13	8	13	37	45	9	5	3	24	15	4	3	10	13	30	.822	34		1-0	0-0
10	Liverpool	34	14	5	15	49	45	9	4	4	31	19	5	1	11	18	26	1.089	33		1-0	0-1
11	Everton	34	13	7	14	47	49	11	1	5	30	15	2	6	9	17	34	.959	33		4-2	1-2
12	Bury	34	13	6	15	40	44	12	2	3	29	14	1	4	12	11	30	.909	32		2-2	1-2
13	West Bromwich Albion	34	11	8	15	43	51	8	6	3	27	11	3	2	12	16	40	.843	30		6-1	0-8
14	Blackburn Rovers	34	13	4	17	49	61	12	2	3	38	22	1	2	14	11	39	.803	30		3-2	1-2
15	Notts County	34	9	11	14	46	60	5	7	5	29	22	4	4	9	17	38	.767	29		0-3	2-1
16	Preston North End	34	12	4	18	38	48	9	3	5	28	20	3	1	13	10	28	.792	28		3-1	0-3
17	Burnley	34	11	5	18	34	54	10	2	5	28	17	1	3	13	6	37	.630	27	Relegated	4-0	2-2
18	Glossop North End	34	4	10	20	31	74	4	6	7	19	22	0	4	13	12	52	.419	18	Relegated	5-0	0-3

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	11 times	8 times	4 times	4 times	2 times
Conceded	8 times	11 times	7 times		1 time
Won By	6 times	3 times	3 times	2 times	2 times
Lost By	6 times	3 times	4 times		1 time

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	2	-	1	1	1	4	1	Sheffield United (0-3), Aston Villa (1-1)
2		2	2	1	1	-	6	2	3	Aston Villa (2-2), Sheffield United (4-0)
3		3	2	-	1	1	1	3	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-0), Sunderland (1-3)
4	12	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	65	5	5	3	-	2	9	4	6	Stoke City (1-0), Sunderland (0-1), West Bromwich Albion (6-1), Newcastle United (1-0), Bury (1-2)
6	66	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	48	7	2	-	1	1	1	3	1	Stoke City (0-0), Newcastle United (1-3)
8	23	8	2	2	-	-	8	3	4	Everton (4-2), Derby County (4-1)
9	14	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	5	10	3	1	1	1	4	4	3	Derby County (2-2), Manchester City (2-0), Manchester City (0-2)
11	2	11	3	-	2	1	5	6	2	Everton (1-2), Bury (2-2), Burnley (2-2)
12	5	12	2	1	-	1	3	3	2	Blackburn Rovers (3-2), Liverpool (0-1)
13		13	1	-	-	1	0	3	0	Glossop North End (0-3)
14		14	2	1	-	1	2	4	2	Notts County (2-1), Notts County (0-3)
15		15	2	1	-	1	1	8	2	Liverpool (1-0), West Bromwich Albion (0-8)
16		16	1	1	-	-	4	0	2	Burnley (4-0)
17		17	2	-	-	2	1	5	0	Preston North End (0-3), Blackburn Rovers (1-2)
18		18	2	1	1	-	7	2	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers (2-2), Glossop North End (5-0)

Not included: Week 1 game against Preston North End (3-1) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

Manager for all games: Harry Hallam
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Sep 02, 1899	Preston North End	H	3-1	1,000	5	Morris (?), Calvey (?), Beveridge (?)
2	Sat Sep 09, 1899	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-2	8,000	6	Calvey (?, ?)
3	Sat Sep 16, 1899	Glossop North End	A	0-3	8,000	11
4	Sat Sep 23, 1899	Stoke City	H	1-0	6,000	8	Benbow (?)
5	Sat Sep 30, 1899	Sunderland	A	0-1	7,000	9
6	Sat Oct 07, 1899	West Bromwich Albion	H	6-1	17,106	7	Forman (2', 47'), Morris (20', 53'), Capes (50'), Forman (85')
7	Sat Oct 14, 1899	Everton	A	1-2	25,000	8	Beveridge (30')
8	Sat Oct 21, 1899	Blackburn Rovers	H	3-2	8,000	7	Spencer (?), Calvey (?), Beveridge (?)
9	Sat Oct 28, 1899	Derby County	A	2-2	12,000	6	Forman (?), Calvey (?)
10	Sat Nov 04, 1899	Bury	H	2-2	6,000	5	Forman (?, ? pen)
11	Sat Nov 11, 1899	Notts County	A	2-1	12,000	5	Capes (22'), Forman (74')
12	Sat Nov 25, 1899	Sheffield United	A	0-3	12,000	8
13	Sat Dec 02, 1899	Newcastle United	H	1-0	8,000	7	Forman (? pen)
14	Sat Dec 09, 1899	Aston Villa	A	2-2	15,000	7	Forman (?), Morris (?)
15	Sat Dec 16, 1899	Liverpool	H	1-0	5,000	7	Capes (85')
16	Sat Dec 23, 1899	Burnley	A	2-2	5,000	6	Joe Taylor (? OG), Calvey (?)
17	Mon Dec 25, 1899	Bury	A	1-2	9,000	6	Calvey (27')
18	Wed Dec 27, 1899	Manchester City	H	2-0	6,000	6	Capes (?), Morris (?)
19	Sat Dec 30, 1899	Preston North End	A	0-3	4,000	7
20	Sat Jan 06, 1900	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-0	7,000	7
21	Sat Jan 13, 1900	Glossop North End	H	5-0	5,000	5	McPherson (7'), Calvey (35', 65'), Capes (40'), Morris (55')
22	Sat Jan 20, 1900	Stoke City	A	0-0	6,000	6
23	Sat Feb 17, 1900	Everton	H	4-2	7,000	4	Calvey (11', 37', 56'), Morris (75')
24	Sat Mar 03, 1900	Derby County	H	4-1	12,000	5	Beveridge (16'), Norris (21'), Morris (43'), Forman (55')
25	Mon Mar 05, 1900	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	3,000	5	Spouncer (65')
26	Sat Mar 17, 1900	Notts County	H	0-3	8,000	5
27	Sat Mar 31, 1900	Sheffield United	H	4-0	8,000	5	Morris (18', 72'), Calvey (26'), McPherson (66')
28	Sat Apr 07, 1900	Newcastle United	A	1-3	16,000	6	Calvey (48')
29	Mon Apr 09, 1900	Manchester City	A	0-2	5,000	6
30	Sat Apr 14, 1900	Aston Villa	H	1-1	12,000	7	Beveridge (18')	Safe
31	Mon Apr 16, 1900	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-8	5,187	9		Safe
32	Tue Apr 17, 1900	Sunderland	H	1-3	8,000	9	Spencer (78')	Safe
33	Sat Apr 21, 1900	Liverpool	A	0-1	9,000	9		Safe
34	Sat Apr 28, 1900	Burnley	H	4-0	3,000	8	Calvey (30', 75'), Spouncer (40'), Morris (67')	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 27, 1900	Grimsby Town	1		H	3-0	7,000	Calvey (7'), Morris (15', 90')
Sat Feb 10, 1900	Sunderland	2		H	3-0	12,000	Beveridge (19', 58'), Morris (48')
Sat Feb 24, 1900	Preston North End	Quarter		A	0-0	10,300
Wed Feb 28, 1900	Preston North End	Quarter	1	H	1-0	9,000	Capes (38')
Sat Mar 24, 1900	Bury	Semi		N	1-1	18,000	Capes (27')
Thu Mar 29, 1900	Bury	Semi	1	N	2-3	11,200	Capes (1'), Calvey (2')

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Mon Sep 04, 1899	Leicester Fosse	England	H	4-1	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?)
Thu Oct 12, 1899	Kaffirs	South Africa	H	6-3	-	? (?, ?, ?), Capes (?), Spencer (?), Beveridge (?)
Tue Dec 26, 1899	Notts County	England	A	4-2	5,000	Spouncer (?), Capes (?, ?), Spencer (?)
Sat Mar 10, 1900	Corinthians	England	A	2-2	4,000	Morris (?, ?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Harry Hallam
Sat Sep 02, 1899	League Tier 1	Preston North End			H	3-1	1,000	Morris (?), Calvey (?), Beveridge (?)
Mon Sep 04, 1899	Friendly	Leicester Fosse			H	4-1	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Sep 09, 1899	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	2-2	8,000	Calvey (?, ?)
Sat Sep 16, 1899	League Tier 1	Glossop North End			A	0-3	8,000
Sat Sep 23, 1899	League Tier 1	Stoke City			H	1-0	6,000	Benbow (?)
Sat Sep 30, 1899	League Tier 1	Sunderland			A	0-1	7,000
Sat Oct 07, 1899	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			H	6-1	17,106	Forman (2', 47'), Morris (20', 53'), Capes (50'), Forman (85')
Thu Oct 12, 1899	Friendly	Kaffirs			H	6-3	-	? (?, ?, ?), Capes (?), Spencer (?), Beveridge (?)
Sat Oct 14, 1899	League Tier 1	Everton			A	1-2	25,000	Beveridge (30')
Sat Oct 21, 1899	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			H	3-2	8,000	Spencer (?), Calvey (?), Beveridge (?)
Sat Oct 28, 1899	League Tier 1	Derby County			A	2-2	12,000	Forman (?), Calvey (?)
Sat Nov 04, 1899	League Tier 1	Bury			H	2-2	6,000	Forman (?, ? pen)
Sat Nov 11, 1899	League Tier 1	Notts County			A	2-1	12,000	Capes (22'), Forman (74')
Sat Nov 25, 1899	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			A	0-3	12,000
Sat Dec 02, 1899	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			H	1-0	8,000	Forman (? pen)
Sat Dec 09, 1899	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	2-2	15,000	Forman (?), Morris (?)
Sat Dec 16, 1899	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	1-0	5,000	Capes (85')
Sat Dec 23, 1899	League Tier 1	Burnley			A	2-2	5,000	Joe Taylor (? OG), Calvey (?)
Mon Dec 25, 1899	League Tier 1	Bury			A	1-2	9,000	Calvey (27')
Tue Dec 26, 1899	Friendly	Notts County			A	4-2	5,000	Spouncer (?), Capes (?, ?), Spencer (?)
Wed Dec 27, 1899	League Tier 1	Manchester City			H	2-0	6,000	Capes (?), Morris (?)
Sat Dec 30, 1899	League Tier 1	Preston North End			A	0-3	4,000
Sat Jan 06, 1900	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	0-0	7,000
Sat Jan 13, 1900	League Tier 1	Glossop North End			H	5-0	5,000	McPherson (7'), Calvey (35', 65'), Capes (40'), Morris (55')
Sat Jan 20, 1900	League Tier 1	Stoke City			A	0-0	6,000
Sat Jan 27, 1900	FA Cup	Grimsby Town	1		H	3-0	7,000	Calvey (7'), Morris (15', 90')
Sat Feb 10, 1900	FA Cup	Sunderland	2		H	3-0	12,000	Beveridge (19', 58'), Morris (48')
Sat Feb 17, 1900	League Tier 1	Everton			H	4-2	7,000	Calvey (11', 37', 56'), Morris (75')
Sat Feb 24, 1900	FA Cup	Preston North End	Quarter		A	0-0	10,300
Wed Feb 28, 1900	FA Cup	Preston North End	Quarter	1	H	1-0	9,000	Capes (38')
Sat Mar 03, 1900	League Tier 1	Derby County			H	4-1	12,000	Beveridge (16'), Norris (21'), Morris (43'), Forman (55')
Mon Mar 05, 1900	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			A	1-2	3,000	Spouncer (65')
Sat Mar 10, 1900	Friendly	Corinthians			A	2-2	4,000	Morris (?, ?)
Sat Mar 17, 1900	League Tier 1	Notts County			H	0-3	8,000
Sat Mar 24, 1900	FA Cup	Bury	Semi		N	1-1	18,000	Capes (27')
Thu Mar 29, 1900	FA Cup	Bury	Semi	1	N	2-3	11,200	Capes (1'), Calvey (2')
Sat Mar 31, 1900	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			H	4-0	8,000	Morris (18', 72'), Calvey (26'), McPherson (66')
Sat Apr 07, 1900	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			A	1-3	16,000	Calvey (48')
Mon Apr 09, 1900	League Tier 1	Manchester City		1	A	0-2	5,000
Sat Apr 14, 1900	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			H	1-1	12,000	Beveridge (18')	Safe
Mon Apr 16, 1900	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			A	0-8	5,187		Safe
Tue Apr 17, 1900	League Tier 1	Sunderland			H	1-3	8,000	Spencer (78')	Safe
Sat Apr 21, 1900	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	0-1	9,000		Safe
Sat Apr 28, 1900	League Tier 1	Burnley			H	4-0	3,000	Calvey (30', 75'), Spouncer (40'), Morris (67')	Safe

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7) - £0				Out (7) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Harry Linacre	Bought			Arthur Brentnall	Sold
	John Calvey	Bought			Dan Allsop	Retired
	Patrick Murray	Bought			Fred Spencer	Sold
	Tom Lockyer	Bought			Len Benbow	Sold
1899	Edward Peers	Bought			Thomas Kent	Sold
1899	Rabbie Beveridge	Bought			Tom Lockyer	Sold
Jan 29, 1900	Arthur Brentnall	Bought		Jul 01, 1900	Fred Coles	Sold

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Dan Allsop	England	28	33	13	9	11
GK		Harry Linacre	England	19	6	2	1	3
GK		Tom Lockyer	England		1	1
Defenders
D		Adam Scott	Scotland		1		1
D		Arthur Brentnall			2			2
D		Edward Peers	England	26	38	16	9	13
D		James Iremonger	England	23	40	16	10	14
Midfielders
M		Bob Norris	England	24	37	14	9	14	1
M		Frank Forman	England	24	28	14	8	6	4
M		Fred Coles	England	23	3	1	1	1
M		George Robinson	England	24	14	5	3	6
M		John McPherson	Scotland	32	34	14	9	11	2
M		Thomas Kent	England	27
Forwards
F		Alf Spouncer	England	22	29	10	6	13	2
F		Arthur Capes	England	24	31	12	7	12	8
F		Fred Forman	England	25	26	11	8	7	6
F		Fred Spencer	England		7	4		3	2
F		Grenville Morris	Wales	22	35	15	9	11	14
F		John Calvey	England	24	36	14	10	12	18
F		Len Benbow	England	23	6	2	1	3	1
F		Patrick Murray		25	1			1
F		Rabbie Beveridge	Scotland	22	32	12	9	11	7

		Billy Matthews	England
		Wagstaff (1899)
		Webb (1899)

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Num Games
18	John Calvey	36
14	Grenville Morris	35
8	Arthur Capes	31
7	Rabbie Beveridge	32
6	Fred Forman	26
4	Frank Forman	28
2	Alf Spouncer	29
2	Fred Spencer	7
2	John McPherson	34
1	Bob Norris	37
1	Len Benbow	6
1	Own Goals	40

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Sunderland	Sat Sep 30, 1899	Away	0-1		Tue Apr 17, 1900	Home	1-3