English League Tables

1897/98 Tables 1898/99 Tables 1899/1900 Tables

Football League First Division  1898/99

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Aston Villa 34 19 7 8 76 40 1.900 45 Champions
2nd  Liverpool 34 19 5 10 49 33 1.485 43 Runners Up
3rd  Burnley 34 15 9 10 45 47 0.957 39 -
4th  Everton 34 15 8 11 48 41 1.171 38 -
5th  Notts County 34 12 13 9 47 51 0.922 37 -
6th  Blackburn Rovers 34 14 8 12 60 52 1.154 36 -
7th  Sunderland 34 15 6 13 41 41 1.000 36 -
8th  Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 14 7 13 54 49 1.125 35 -
9th  Derby County 34 12 11 11 62 57 1.088 35 -
10th  Bury 34 14 7 13 48 49 0.980 35 -
11th  Nottingham Forest 34 11 11 12 42 42 1.000 33 -
12th  Stoke 34 13 7 14 47 52 0.904 33 -
13th  Newcastle United 34 11 8 15 49 48 1.021 30 -
14th  West Bromwich Albion 34 12 6 16 42 47 0.737 30 -
15th  Preston North End 34 10 9 15 44 47 0.936 29 -
16th  Sheffield United 34 9 11 14 45 51 0.882 29 -
17th  Bolton Wanderers 34 9 7 18 37 51 0.725 25 ▼Relegated
18th  The Wednesday 34 8 8 18 32 61 0.525 24 ▼Relegated

Football League Second Division  1898/99

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Manchester City 34 23 6 5 92 35 2.629 52 ▲Champions
2nd  Glossop North End 34 20 6 8 76 38 2.000 46 ▲Runners Up
3rd  Leicester Fosse 34 18 9 7 64 42 1.524 45 -
4th  Newton Heath 34 19 5 10 67 43 1.558 43 -
5th  New Brighton Tower 34 18 7 9 71 52 1.365 43 -
6th  Walsall 34 15 12 7 79 36 2.194 42 -
7th  Woolwich Arsenal 34 18 5 11 72 41 1.756 41 -
8th  Small Heath 34 17 7 10 85 50 1.700 41 -
9th  Burslem Port Vale 34 17 5 12 56 34 1.647 39 -
10th  Grimsby Town 34 15 5 14 71 60 1.183 35 -
11th  Barnsley 34 12 7 15 51 56 0.929 31 -
12th  Lincoln City 34 12 7 15 51 56 0.911 31 -
13th  Burton Swifts 34 10 8 16 51 70 0.729 28 -
14th  Gainsborough Trinity 34 10 5 19 56 72 0.778 25 -
15th  Luton Town 34 10 3 21 51 95 0.537 23 -
16th  Blackpool 34 8 4 22 49 90 0.544 20 Not Re Elected
17th  Loughborough 34 6 6 22 38 92 0.413 18 Re Elected
18th  Darwen 34 2 5 27 22 141 0.156 9 Resigned

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Election for League Membership

Darwen did not seek Re-Election so the other bottom two clubs were required to seek re-election to the League. They were joined in the vote for League membership by 7 non-league clubs.
Votes Club End Result
28 Loughborough Re Elected to the League
17 Chesterfield Town Elected to the League
17 Middlesbrough Elected to the League
15 Blackpool ▼Not Re-Elected to the League
11 Stockport County Not Elected to the League
7 Chorley Not Elected to the League
7 Wigan County Not Elected to the League
0 Coventry City Not Elected to the League
0 Ashton North End Not Elected to the League

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