1899–1900 Football League

Second Division
Season	1899–1900
Champions	The Wednesday
Promoted	The Wednesday; Bolton Wanderers
Relegated	Luton Town; Loughborough
Matches played	306
Goals scored	984 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jocky Wright; (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Woolwich Arsenal 12–0 Loughborough; (12 March 1900)
Biggest away win	Grimsby Town 0–7 Newton Heath; (26 December 1899)
Highest scoring	Woolwich Arsenal 12–0 Loughborough; (12 March 1900)
Longest winning run	7 matches; Bolton Wanderers
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches; The Wednesday
Longest losing run	13 matches; Loughborough
	← 1898–99 1900–01 →

First Division
Season	1899–1900
Champions	Aston Villa; 5th English title
Relegated	Burnley; Glossop
Matches played	306
Goals scored	856 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Billy Garraty; (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Aston Villa 9–0 Glossop; (4 September 1899)
Biggest away win	Preston North End 0–5 Aston Villa; (2 December 1899)
Highest scoring	Aston Villa 9–0 Glossop; (4 September 1899)
Longest winning run	5 matches; Sheffield United
Longest unbeaten run	22 matches; Sheffield United
Longest losing run	8 matches; Liverpool
Highest attendance	60,000; Aston Villa 4–2 Sunderland; (30 December 1899)
Lowest attendance	300; Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Nottingham Forest; (5 March 1900)
Average attendance	9,417
	← 1898–99 1900–01 →

The Football League
Season	1899–1900
Champions	Aston Villa
Relegated	Luton Town; Loughborough
New Clubs in League	Chesterfield Town,; Middlesbrough
	← 1898–99 1900–01 →

The 1899–1900 season was the 12th season of The Football League.

Final league tables

Beginning in the 1894–95 season, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

During the first six seasons of the league, (up to the 1893–94 season), re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league.

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Aston Villa (C)	34	22	6	6	77	35	2.200	50
2	Sheffield United	34	18	12	4	63	33	1.909	48
3	Sunderland	34	19	3	12	50	35	1.429	41
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	15	9	10	48	37	1.297	39
5	Newcastle United	34	13	10	11	53	43	1.233	36
6	Derby County	34	14	8	12	45	43	1.047	36
7	Manchester City	34	13	8	13	50	44	1.136	34
8	Nottingham Forest	34	13	8	13	56	55	1.018	34
9	Stoke	34	13	8	13	37	45	0.822	34
10	Liverpool	34	14	5	15	49	45	1.089	33
11	Everton	34	13	7	14	47	49	0.959	33
12	Bury	34	13	6	15	40	44	0.909	32
13	West Bromwich Albion	34	11	8	15	43	51	0.843	30
14	Blackburn Rovers	34	13	4	17	49	61	0.803	30
15	Notts County	34	9	11	14	46	60	0.767	29
16	Preston North End	34	12	4	18	38	48	0.792	28
17	Burnley (R)	34	11	5	18	34	54	0.630	27	Relegation to the Second Division
18	Glossop (R)	34	4	10	20	31	74	0.419	18	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AST	BLB	BUR	BRY	DER	EVE	GLP	LIV	MCI	NEW	NOT	NTC	PNE	SHU	STK	SUN	WBA	WOL
Aston Villa		3–1	2–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	9–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	6–2	3–1	1–1	4–1	4–2	0–2	0–0
Blackburn Rovers	0–4		2–0	3–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	4–3	2–3	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–3	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–1
Burnley	1–2	1–0		1–0	1–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–1
Bury	2–0	2–0	1–1		1–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	1–4	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–0
Derby County	2–0	0–2	4–1	3–0		2–1	4–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	0–2
Everton	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–0		4–1	3–1	4–0	3–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–3	0–1
Glossop	1–0	4–2	2–0	0–0	1–3	1–1		1–2	0–2	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–3
Liverpool	3–3	3–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–2	5–2		5–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	2–0	1–1
Manchester City	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	4–0	1–2	4–1	0–1		1–0	2–0	5–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	4–0	1–1
Newcastle United	3–2	4–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0		3–1	6–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–4	4–2	0–1
Nottingham Forest	1–1	3–2	4–0	2–2	4–1	4–2	5–0	1–0	2–0	1–0		0–3	3–1	4–0	1–0	1–3	6–1	0–0
Notts County	1–4	5–1	6–1	2–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–2		3–0	1–2	1–3	3–1	1–2	0–0
Preston North End	0–5	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–2	4–1	3–0	4–3		0–1	3–0	0–1	5–2	2–0
Sheffield United	2–1	3–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	5–0	4–0	1–2	3–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–0		1–0	2–2	1–1	5–2
Stoke	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1		1–2	1–0	1–3
Sunderland	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	5–0	1–0	1–1	3–0		3–1	1–2
West Bromwich Albion	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–3	2–0	0–0	1–1	8–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	4–0	1–0		3–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	4–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–2	0–2	1–0	2–0

Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	The Wednesday (C, P)	34	25	4	5	84	22	3.818	54	Promotion to the First Division
2	Bolton Wanderers (P)	34	22	8	4	79	25	3.160	52	Promotion to the First Division
3	Small Heath	34	20	6	8	78	38	2.053	46
4	Newton Heath	34	20	4	10	63	27	2.333	44
5	Leicester Fosse	34	17	9	8	53	36	1.472	43
6	Grimsby Town	34	17	6	11	67	46	1.457	40
7	Chesterfield Town	34	16	6	12	65	60	1.083	38
8	Woolwich Arsenal	34	16	4	14	61	43	1.419	36
9	Lincoln City	34	14	8	12	46	43	1.070	36
10	New Brighton Tower	34	13	9	12	66	58	1.138	35
11	Burslem Port Vale	34	14	6	14	39	49	0.796	34
12	Walsall	34	12	8	14	50	55	0.909	32
13	Gainsborough Trinity	34	9	7	18	47	75	0.627	25
14	Middlesbrough	34	8	8	18	39	69	0.565	24
15	Burton Swifts	34	9	6	19	43	84	0.512	24
16	Barnsley	34	8	7	19	46	79	0.582	23	Re-elected
17	Luton Town (R)	34	5	8	21	40	75	0.533	18	Not re-elected
18	Loughborough (R)	34	1	6	27	18	100	0.180	8	Not re-elected

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BOL	BPV	BRS	CHF	GAI	GRI	LEI	LIN	LOU	LUT	MID	NBR	NWH	SMH	WAL	WED	WOO
Barnsley		1–6	3–0	4–1	0–0	5–0	0–1	1–2	0–4	7–0	2–1	5–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	3–2
Bolton Wanderers	2–0		5–0	5–0	3–0	3–0	1–2	2–2	4–0	7–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0
Burslem Port Vale	3–1	0–2		2–1	2–0	1–0	2–3	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–3	1–1
Burton Swifts	4–0	2–5	2–2		2–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	5–0	2–2	0–0	0–3	2–1	0–5	2–0
Chesterfield	2–1	3–3	0–4	0–4		3–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	7–1	5–2	2–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	3–1
Gainsborough Trinity	1–0	1–1	4–0	4–1	3–5		2–3	3–0	3–1	4–2	2–2	5–0	1–1	0–1	1–4	2–0	0–2	1–1
Grimsby Town	8–1	0–0	1–1	6–0	0–3	3–0		6–1	5–2	3–0	3–3	2–0	1–2	0–7	2–0	4–2	1–2	1–0
Leicester Fosse	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	5–0	3–0		2–0	5–0	2–2	4–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–0
Lincoln City	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0		3–2	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–2	5–0
Loughborough	0–0	2–3	1–2	2–1	0–4	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–1		1–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–3
Luton Town	3–0	0–2	1–1	5–2	0–3	4–0	0–4	0–0	0–2	4–0		1–1	1–4	0–1	1–2	4–0	0–1	1–2
Middlesbrough	3–0	0–3	1–0	8–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–0		5–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–0
New Brighton Tower	6–2	3–1	2–0	5–0	2–3	5–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	3–0	5–1	1–1		1–4	2–2	0–1	2–2	0–2
Newton Heath	3–0	1–2	3–0	4–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	3–2	1–0	4–0	5–0	2–1	2–1		3–2	5–0	1–0	2–0
Small Heath	5–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	5–3	8–1	0–1	4–1	5–0	6–0	3–0	5–1	2–0	1–0		3–2	4–1	3–1
Walsall	4–2	2–2	0–1	2–0	6–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	7–3	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0		1–1	2–0
The Wednesday	5–1	2–1	4–0	6–0	5–1	5–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	5–0	6–0	3–0	4–0	2–1	4–0	2–0		3–1
Woolwich Arsenal	5–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	12–0	3–1	3–0	5–0	2–1	3–0	3–1	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.