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SEASON: 1898-99

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DIVISION: English First Division (Tier 1)

MANAGER(s):: Harry Hallam
FA Cup:: Quarter Final (Sheffield United (H) 0-1)

Top Goalscorer:: Fred Spencer (9 goals)

Competitive Games:: 37
Competitive Goals:: 45
Goals per game:: 1.2
League Games:: 34
League Points:: 33 out of 68 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 48.5%

Highest League Attendance:: 16,000 (Notts County)
Lowest League Attendance:: 3,000 (Liverpool)
Average League Attendance:: 7,588
Highest Cup Attendance:: 33,500 (Sheffield United)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 32,070 (Aston Villa)

FA Cup:: Sheffield United
League Cup:
League Trophy:
Community Shield:

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 3
3-3 (Sat Dec 17, 1898, Derby County, Home, League Tier 1)
3-3 (Sat Dec 31, 1898, Blackburn Rovers, Away, League Tier 1)
3-1 (Mon Jan 02, 1899, Everton, Away, League Tier 1)
3-0 (Sat Jan 21, 1899, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Home, League Tier 1)
3-0 (Sat Apr 22, 1899, West Bromwich Albion, Home, League Tier 1)

Biggest Winning Margin: 3
3-0 (Sat Jan 21, 1899, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Home, League Tier 1)
3-0 (Sat Apr 22, 1899, West Bromwich Albion, Home, League Tier 1)

Most Goals Conceded: 3
0-3 (Sat Oct 22, 1898, Aston Villa, Away, League Tier 1)
0-3 (Sat Nov 26, 1898, Liverpool, Home, League Tier 1)
3-3 (Sat Dec 17, 1898, Derby County, Home, League Tier 1)
3-3 (Sat Dec 31, 1898, Blackburn Rovers, Away, League Tier 1)

Biggest Losing Margin: 3
0-3 (Sat Oct 22, 1898, Aston Villa, Away, League Tier 1)
0-3 (Sat Nov 26, 1898, Liverpool, Home, League Tier 1)

Clean Sheets:: 11
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:: 1
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1898-99

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	19	7	8	76	40	15	2	0	58	13	4	5	8	18	27	1.900	45		1-0	0-3
2	Liverpool	34	19	5	10	49	33	12	3	2	29	10	7	2	8	20	23	1.485	43		0-3	1-0
3	Burnley	34	15	9	10	45	47	11	5	1	32	15	4	4	9	13	32	.957	39		0-1	1-1
4	Everton	34	15	8	11	48	41	10	2	5	25	13	5	6	6	23	28	1.171	38		0-0	3-1
5	Notts County	34	12	13	9	47	51	9	6	2	33	20	3	7	7	14	31	.922	37		0-0	2-2
6	Blackburn Rovers	34	14	8	12	60	52	9	5	3	41	23	5	3	9	19	29	1.154	36		0-1	3-3
7	Sunderland	34	15	6	13	41	41	11	3	3	26	10	4	3	10	15	31	1.000	36		1-1	1-1
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	14	7	13	54	48	9	5	3	30	13	5	2	10	24	35	1.125	35		3-0	2-0
9	Derby County	34	12	11	11	62	57	11	5	1	46	19	1	6	10	16	38	1.088	35		3-3	0-2
10	Bury	34	14	7	13	48	49	9	5	3	31	18	5	2	10	17	31	.980	35		1-2	0-2
11	Nottingham Forest	34	11	11	12	42	42	6	6	5	22	18	5	5	7	20	24	1.000	33
12	Stoke City	34	13	7	14	47	52	10	4	3	29	17	3	3	11	18	35	.904	33		2-1	1-2
13	Newcastle United	34	11	8	15	49	48	9	3	5	33	18	2	5	10	16	30	1.021	30		2-0	1-0
14	West Bromwich Albion	34	12	6	16	42	57	11	1	5	28	9	1	5	11	14	48	.737	30		3-0	0-2
15	Preston North End	34	10	9	15	44	47	10	4	3	29	14	0	5	12	15	33	.936	29		2-2	0-1
16	Sheffield United	34	9	11	14	45	51	7	8	2	31	20	2	3	12	14	31	.882	29		2-1	2-2
17	Bolton Wanderers	34	9	7	18	37	51	6	5	6	24	21	3	2	12	13	30	.725	25	Relegated	1-2	2-0
18	The Wednesday	34	8	8	18	32	61	8	2	7	26	24	0	6	11	6	37	.525	24	Relegated	1-1	1-2

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
Scored	12 times	9 times	5 times
Conceded	12 times	10 times	4 times
Won By	7 times	4 times	2 times
Lost By	8 times	3 times	2 times

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	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Aston Villa (1-0)
2		2	2	2	-	-	4	1	4	Everton (3-1), Liverpool (1-0)
3		3	2	-	1	1	2	5	1	Aston Villa (0-3), Sheffield United (2-2)
4		4	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Blackburn Rovers (0-1), Sunderland (1-1)
5		5	3	-	3	-	1	1	3	Everton (0-0), Notts County (0-0), Burnley (1-1)
6	7	6	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Notts County (2-2)
7	21	7	2	-	-	2	0	3	0	Burnley (0-1), Bury (0-2)
8	2	8	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	West Bromwich Albion (0-2)
9	7	9	3	1	2	-	6	5	4	Stoke City (2-1), Blackburn Rovers (3-3), Sunderland (1-1)
10	7	10	2	2	-	-	5	1	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-0), Sheffield United (2-1)
11	67	11	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Derby County (0-2)
12	14	12	3	1	1	1	6	5	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers (2-0), Derby County (3-3), Bury (1-2)
13	26	13	1	-	-	1	0	3	0	Liverpool (0-3)
14	19	14	3	2	-	1	5	2	4	Stoke City (1-2), Newcastle United (1-0), West Bromwich Albion (3-0)
15	35	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16	14	16	2	-	2	-	3	3	2	Preston North End (2-2), The Wednesday (1-1)
17	21	17	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Preston North End (0-1)
18		18	4	2	-	2	6	4	4	The Wednesday (1-2), Newcastle United (2-0), Bolton Wanderers (2-0), Bolton Wanderers (1-2)

GAMES

Manager for all games: Harry Hallam
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Sep 03, 1898	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-1	15,000	17
2	Sat Sep 10, 1898	The Wednesday	A	1-2	10,000	17	Capes (?)
3	Sat Sep 17, 1898	Sunderland	H	1-1	10,000	17	Capes (?)
4	Sat Sep 24, 1898	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-0	5,000	13	Richards (?), McPherson (?)
5	Sat Oct 01, 1898	Everton	H	0-0	10,000	15
6	Thu Oct 06, 1898	Preston North End	H	2-2	5,000	11	McPherson (?), Benbow (?)
7	Sat Oct 08, 1898	Notts County	A	2-2	20,000	11	Forman (4' pen), Spencer (10')
8	Sat Oct 15, 1898	Stoke City	H	2-1	6,000	7	Spencer (?), McInnes (?)
9	Sat Oct 22, 1898	Aston Villa	A	0-3	10,000	11
10	Sat Oct 29, 1898	Burnley	H	0-1	5,000	14
11	Sat Nov 05, 1898	Sheffield United	A	2-2	8,000	12	Suddick (?), Benbow (?)
12	Sat Nov 12, 1898	Newcastle United	H	2-0	7,000	10	Suddick (?), Benbow (?)
13	Sat Nov 19, 1898	Preston North End	A	0-1	4,000	12
14	Sat Nov 26, 1898	Liverpool	H	0-3	3,000	16
15	Sat Dec 03, 1898	Bury	A	0-2	3,000	16
16	Sat Dec 10, 1898	Bolton Wanderers	A	2-0	4,000	15	Morris (?), Suddick (?)
17	Sat Dec 17, 1898	Derby County	H	3-3	9,000	15	Capes (?), Richards (?), Morris (?)
18	Sat Dec 24, 1898	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-2	1,000	15
19	Mon Dec 26, 1898	Stoke City	A	1-2	10,000	15	Benbow (?)
20	Sat Dec 31, 1898	Blackburn Rovers	A	3-3	1,000	15	Morris (5', 25'), Forman (12' pen)
21	Mon Jan 02, 1899	Everton	A	3-1	12,000	14	Benbow (?, ?, ?)
22	Sat Jan 07, 1899	The Wednesday	H	1-1	10,000	15	Forman (?)
23	Sat Jan 14, 1899	Sunderland	A	1-1	9,000	14	Spencer (?)
24	Sat Jan 21, 1899	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-0	6,000	13	Morris (?, ?), Spencer (30')
25	Sat Feb 04, 1899	Notts County	H	0-0	16,000	11
26	Sat Feb 18, 1899	Aston Villa	H	1-0	10,000	11	Morris (25')
27	Sat Mar 04, 1899	Sheffield United	H	2-1	8,000	9	Spencer (?, ?)
28	Mon Mar 06, 1899	Burnley	A	1-1	2,000	9	Suddick (?)
29	Sat Mar 11, 1899	Newcastle United	A	1-0	15,000	7	Spencer (30')
30	Sat Mar 25, 1899	Liverpool	A	1-0	12,000	6	Benbow (?)
31	Sat Apr 01, 1899	Bury	H	1-2	3,000	8	Spencer (2')
32	Sat Apr 08, 1899	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-2	3,000	11	Spencer (?)	Safe
33	Thu Apr 20, 1899	Derby County	A	0-2	500	12		Safe
34	Sat Apr 22, 1899	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-0	3,000	11	Forman (?, ?, ?)	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 28, 1899	Aston Villa	1	H	2-1	32,070	Capes (5'), Forman (9')
Sat Feb 11, 1899	Everton	2	A	1-0	23,000	Forman (?)
Sat Feb 25, 1899	Sheffield United	Quarter	H	0-1	33,500

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Thu Sep 22, 1898	Grimsby Town	England	A	1-0	1,500	Radford (?)
Wed Mar 15, 1899	Suffolk County	England	A	3-2	3,000	Spouncer (?), Morris (?), Suddick (?)
Thu Mar 16, 1899	Kirkley And Lowestoft	England	A	3-0	3,000	Spouncer (?), Allsop (? pen), Morris (?)
Fri Mar 31, 1899	Notts County	England	H	1-5	5,000	Benbow (?)
Mon Apr 03, 1899	Corinthians	England	N	2-3	30,000	Forman (33'), Spouncer (45')
Tue Apr 04, 1899	Coventry City	England	A	1-0	5,000	Benbow (?)
Sat Apr 15, 1899	Millwall	England	A	5-2	5,000	Forman (?, ?), Spencer (?, ?), Benbow (?)
Thu Apr 27, 1899	Swindon Town	England	A	0-1	4,000

Bass Charity Vase

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Thu Apr 06, 1899	Leicester Fosse	Semi	A	1-1	1,000	Spouncer (?)
Mon Apr 17, 1899	Leicester Fosse	Semi	N	7-1	-	Spouncer (?, ?, ?), Forman (?), Forman (?, ?, ?)
Wed Apr 26, 1899	Burton Swifts	Final	A	2-1	2,000	Capes (?, ?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Harry Hallam
Sat Sep 03, 1898	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			H	0-1	15,000
Sat Sep 10, 1898	League Tier 1	The Wednesday			A	1-2	10,000	Capes (?)
Sat Sep 17, 1898	League Tier 1	Sunderland			H	1-1	10,000	Capes (?)
Thu Sep 22, 1898	Friendly	Grimsby Town			A	1-0	1,500	Radford (?)
Sat Sep 24, 1898	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	2-0	5,000	Richards (?), McPherson (?)
Sat Oct 01, 1898	League Tier 1	Everton			H	0-0	10,000
Thu Oct 06, 1898	League Tier 1	Preston North End			H	2-2	5,000	McPherson (?), Benbow (?)
Sat Oct 08, 1898	League Tier 1	Notts County			A	2-2	20,000	Forman (4' pen), Spencer (10')
Sat Oct 15, 1898	League Tier 1	Stoke City			H	2-1	6,000	Spencer (?), McInnes (?)
Sat Oct 22, 1898	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	0-3	10,000
Sat Oct 29, 1898	League Tier 1	Burnley			H	0-1	5,000
Sat Nov 05, 1898	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			A	2-2	8,000	Suddick (?), Benbow (?)
Sat Nov 12, 1898	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			H	2-0	7,000	Suddick (?), Benbow (?)
Sat Nov 19, 1898	League Tier 1	Preston North End			A	0-1	4,000
Sat Nov 26, 1898	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	0-3	3,000
Sat Dec 03, 1898	League Tier 1	Bury			A	0-2	3,000
Sat Dec 10, 1898	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			A	2-0	4,000	Morris (?), Suddick (?)
Sat Dec 17, 1898	League Tier 1	Derby County			H	3-3	9,000	Capes (?), Richards (?), Morris (?)
Sat Dec 24, 1898	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			A	0-2	1,000
Mon Dec 26, 1898	League Tier 1	Stoke City			A	1-2	10,000	Benbow (?)
Sat Dec 31, 1898	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			A	3-3	1,000	Morris (5', 25'), Forman (12' pen)
Mon Jan 02, 1899	League Tier 1	Everton			A	3-1	12,000	Benbow (?, ?, ?)
Sat Jan 07, 1899	League Tier 1	The Wednesday			H	1-1	10,000	Forman (?)
Sat Jan 14, 1899	League Tier 1	Sunderland			A	1-1	9,000	Spencer (?)
Sat Jan 21, 1899	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	3-0	6,000	Morris (?, ?), Spencer (30')
Sat Jan 28, 1899	FA Cup	Aston Villa	1		H	2-1	32,070	Capes (5'), Forman (9')
Sat Feb 04, 1899	League Tier 1	Notts County			H	0-0	16,000
Sat Feb 11, 1899	FA Cup	Everton	2		A	1-0	23,000	Forman (?)
Sat Feb 18, 1899	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			H	1-0	10,000	Morris (25')
Sat Feb 25, 1899	FA Cup	Sheffield United	Quarter		H	0-1	33,500
Sat Mar 04, 1899	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			H	2-1	8,000	Spencer (?, ?)
Mon Mar 06, 1899	League Tier 1	Burnley			A	1-1	2,000	Suddick (?)
Sat Mar 11, 1899	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			A	1-0	15,000	Spencer (30')
Wed Mar 15, 1899	Friendly	Suffolk County			A	3-2	3,000	Spouncer (?), Morris (?), Suddick (?)
Thu Mar 16, 1899	Friendly	Kirkley And Lowestoft			A	3-0	3,000	Spouncer (?), Allsop (? pen), Morris (?)
Sat Mar 25, 1899	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	1-0	12,000	Benbow (?)
Fri Mar 31, 1899	Friendly	Notts County			H	1-5	5,000	Benbow (?)
Sat Apr 01, 1899	League Tier 1	Bury			H	1-2	3,000	Spencer (2')
Mon Apr 03, 1899	Friendly	Corinthians			N	2-3	30,000	Forman (33'), Spouncer (45')	Safe
Tue Apr 04, 1899	Friendly	Coventry City			A	1-0	5,000	Benbow (?)	Safe
Thu Apr 06, 1899	Bass Charity Vase	Leicester Fosse	Semi		A	1-1	1,000	Spouncer (?)
Sat Apr 08, 1899	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			H	1-2	3,000	Spencer (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 15, 1899	Friendly	Millwall			A	5-2	5,000	Forman (?, ?), Spencer (?, ?), Benbow (?)	Safe
Mon Apr 17, 1899	Bass Charity Vase	Leicester Fosse	Semi	1	N	7-1	-	Spouncer (?, ?, ?), Forman (?), Forman (?, ?, ?)	Safe
Thu Apr 20, 1899	League Tier 1	Derby County			A	0-2	500		Safe
Sat Apr 22, 1899	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			H	3-0	3,000	Forman (?, ?, ?)	Safe
Wed Apr 26, 1899	Bass Charity Vase	Burton Swifts	Final		A	2-1	2,000	Capes (?, ?)
Thu Apr 27, 1899	Friendly	Swindon Town			A	0-1	4,000

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Thu Apr 06, 1899	Leicester Fosse	Semi	A	1-1	1,000
Mon Apr 17, 1899	Leicester Fosse	Semi	N	7-1	-
Wed Apr 26, 1899	Burton Swifts	Final	A	2-1	2,000

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7) - £0				Out (13) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Arthur Charlton	Bought			Archibald Ritchie	Sold
Sept 1989	Bob Norris	Bought			Arthur Charlton	Retired
	Bob Parkinson	Bought			Arthur Shaw	Sold
	Fred Coles	Bought			Bob Parkinson	Sold
	Grenville Morris	Bought			Chas Richards	Sold
	Thomas Kent	Bought			George Richardson	Sold
1898	James Suddick	Bought			Peter McCracken	Sold
					Tom Bradshaw	Sold
					Tom McInnes	Sold
				1898	Tom Widdowson	Sold
					Willie Wragg	Sold
				1899	James Suddick	Sold
				1899	John Thornley	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	27	37	13	11	13
Defenders
D		Adam Scott	Scotland		22	9	6	7
D		Archibald Ritchie	Scotland	26	7	1	1	5
D		James Iremonger	England	22	35	13	11	11
Midfielders
M		Arthur Charlton	Scotland	21	3	2		1
M		Bob Norris	England	23	31	12	10	9
M		Bob Parkinson	England	25	2		1	1
M		Frank Forman	England	23	30	11	9	10	3
M		Fred Coles	England	22
M		George Robinson	England	23	3	1		2
M		James Suddick	England	20	14	3	4	7	4
M		John McPherson	Scotland	31	33	11	10	12	2
M		John Thornley	England	22	5	1	1	3
M		Peter McCracken	Scotland	28	8	3	1	4
M		Thomas Kent	England	26	2	1		1
M		Willie Wragg	England	23	12	3	6	3
M		George Richardson	England	23
Forwards
F		Alf Spouncer	England	21	14	7	3	4
F		Arthur Capes	England	23	31	10	10	11	4
F		Arthur Shaw	England	29
F		Chas Richards	England	22	12	2	6	4	2
F		Fred Forman	England	24	14	6	2	6	5
F		Fred Spencer	England		16	7	4	5	9
F		Grenville Morris	Wales	21	20	9	6	5	7
F		Len Benbow	England	22	27	10	6	11	8
F		Tom Bradshaw	England	19	16	6	7	3
F		Tom McInnes	Scotland	25	10	1	5	4	1

		Arthur Radford	England		3	1	1	1
		Rivers
		Smith (1898)

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
9	Fred Spencer	16
8	Len Benbow	27
7	Grenville Morris	20
5	Fred Forman	14
4	Arthur Capes	31
4	James Suddick	14
3 (2)	Frank Forman	30
2	Chas Richards	12
2	John McPherson	33
1	Tom McInnes	10

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

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Newcastle United	Sat Nov 12, 1898	Home	2-0	Sat Mar 11, 1899	Away	1-0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sat Sep 24, 1898	Away	2-0	Sat Jan 21, 1899	Home	3-0

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

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Bury	Sat Dec 03, 1898	Away	0-2		Sat Apr 01, 1899	Home	1-2