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SEASON: 1899-00

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DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Harry Haslam
FA Cup:: Semi Final (Bury (Bramall Lane) 2-3)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: John Calvey (18 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

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 17,000
Lowest League Attendance:: 17,000
Average League Attendance:: 7,470
Highest Cup Attendance:: 12,000
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 7,000

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 13
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION ONE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	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

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Notes
1	Sat Sep 02, 1899	Preston North End	H	3-1	Win	1,000	5	Calvey (?), Beveridge (?), Morris (?)
2	Sat Sep 09, 1899	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-2	Draw	8,000	6	Calvey (?, ?)
3	Sat Sep 16, 1899	Glossop North End	A	0-3	Loss	8,000	11
4	Sat Sep 23, 1899	Stoke City	H	1-0	Win	6,000	9	Benbow (?)
5	Sat Sep 30, 1899	Sunderland	A	0-1	Loss	7,000	9
6	Sat Oct 07, 1899	West Bromwich Albion	H	6-1	Win	17,000	7	Forman (?), Forman (?, ?), Capes (?), Morris (?, ?)
7	Sat Oct 14, 1899	Everton	A	1-2	Loss	25,000	8	Beveridge (?)
8	Sat Oct 21, 1899	Blackburn Rovers	H	3-2	Win	8,000	7	Spencer (?), Calvey (?), Beveridge (?)
9	Sat Oct 28, 1899	Derby County	A	2-2	Draw	12,000	6	Forman (?), Calvey (?)
10	Sat Nov 04, 1899	Bury	H	2-2	Draw	6,000	5	Forman (?, ?)
11	Sat Nov 11, 1899	Notts County	A	2-1	Win	12,000	5	Forman (?), Capes (?)
12	Sat Nov 25, 1899	Sheffield United	A	0-3	Loss	12,000	8
13	Sat Dec 02, 1899	Newcastle United	H	1-0	Win	8,000	7	Forman (?)
14	Sat Dec 09, 1899	Aston Villa	A	2-2	Draw	15,000	7	Morris (?), Forman (?)
15	Sat Dec 16, 1899	Liverpool	H	1-0	Win	5,000	6	Capes (?)
16	Sat Dec 23, 1899	Burnley	A	2-2	Draw	5,000	6	Calvey (?), Taylor (? OG)
17	Mon Dec 25, 1899	Bury	A	1-2	Loss	9,000	6	Calvey (?)
18	Wed Dec 27, 1899	Manchester City	H	2-0	Win	6,000	6	Morris (?), Capes (?)
19	Fri Dec 29, 1899	Preston North End	A	0-3	Loss	4,000	7
20	Sun Jan 07, 1900	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-0	Draw	7,000	6
21	Sat Jan 13, 1900	Glossop North End	H	5-0	Win	5,000	5	McPherson (?), Capes (?), Calvey (?, ?), Morris (?)
22	Sat Jan 20, 1900	Stoke City	A	0-0	Draw	6,000	6
23	Sat Feb 17, 1900	Everton	H	4-2	Win	7,000	4	Calvey (?, ?, ?), Morris (?)
24	Sat Mar 03, 1900	Derby County	H	4-1	Win	12,000	5	Norris (?), Forman (?), Beveridge (?), Morris (?)
25	Mon Mar 05, 1900	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	Loss	3,000	5	Spouncer (?)
26	Sat Mar 17, 1900	Notts County	H	0-3	Loss	8,000	5
27	Sat Mar 31, 1900	Sheffield United	H	4-0	Win	8,000	5	McPherson (?), Calvey (?), Morris (?, ?)
28	Sat Apr 07, 1900	Newcastle United	A	1-3	Loss	16,000	6	Calvey (?)
29	Mon Apr 09, 1900	Manchester City	A	0-2	Loss	5,000	6
30	Sat Apr 14, 1900	Aston Villa	H	1-1	Draw	12,000	7	Beveridge (?)
31	Mon Apr 16, 1900	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-8	Loss	6,000	9
32	Tue Apr 17, 1900	Sunderland	H	1-3	Loss	8,000	9	Spencer (?)
33	Sat Apr 21, 1900	Liverpool	A	0-1	Loss	9,000	9
34	Sat Apr 28, 1900	Burnley	H	4-0	Win	3,000	8	Calvey (?, ?), Morris (?), Spouncer (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sat Jan 27, 1900	Grimsby Town	1			H	3-0	Win	7,000	Calvey (?), Morris (?, ?)
Sat Feb 10, 1900	Sunderland	2			H	3-0	Win	12,000	Beveridge (?, ?), Morris (?)
Sat Feb 24, 1900	Preston North End	Quarter			A	0-0	Draw	10,300
Wed Feb 28, 1900	Preston North End	Quarter	Y	1	H	1-0	Win	9,000	Capes (?)
Sat Mar 24, 1900	Bury	Semi			N	1-1	Draw	18,000	Capes (?)
Thu Mar 29, 1900	Bury	Semi	Y	1	N	2-3	Loss	11,200	Capes (?), Calvey (?)

Friendly

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

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Dan Allsop	33	13	9	11
GK		Harry Linacre	6	2	1	3
GK		Tom Lockyer	1	1
D		A Brentnall	2			2
D		Adam Scott	1		1
D		Edward Peers	38	16	9	13
D		James Iremonger	40	16	10	14
M		Frank Forman	28	14	8	6	4
M		Fred Coles	3	1	1	1
M		George Robinson	14	5	3	6
M		John Calvey	36	14	10	12	18
M		Robert Norris	37	14	9	14	1
M		Thomas Kent
F		Alf Spouncer	29	10	6	13	2
F		Arthur Capes	31	12	7	12	8
F		Fred Forman	26	11	8	7	6
F		Fred Spencer	7	4		3	2
F		Grenville Morris	35	15	9	11	14
F		John McPherson	34	14	9	11	2
F		Len Benbow	6	2	1	3	1
F		Patrick Murray	1			1
F		Robert Beveridge	32	12	9	11	7
		Matthews (1899)
		Wagstaff (1899)
		Webb (1899)

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

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

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season