1897–98 Newton Heath F.C. season
{{Short description|15th season in existence of Newton Heath F.C.}}
{{Unreferenced|date=May 2019|bot=noref (GreenC bot)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox football club season
| club = Newton Heath
| season = 1897–98
| manager = A. H. Albut
| mgrtitle = Secretary
| chairman =
| chrtitle =
| league = Second Division
| league result = 4th
| cup1 = FA Cup
| cup1 result = Second Round
| league topscorer =
Henry Boyd (22)
| season topscorer =
Henry Boyd (22)
| highest attendance = 20,000 vs Manchester City (16 October 1897)
| lowest attendance = 2,000 vs Loughborough (29 March 1898)
| average attendance = 6,647
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| prevseason = 1896–97
| nextseason = 1898–99
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The 1897–98 season was Newton Heath's sixth season in the Football League and their fourth in the Second Division. They finished fourth in the league, which was not enough to earn them a chance for promotion back to the First Division. In the FA Cup, the Heathens were knocked out by Liverpool in the Second Round, after beating Walsall in the First Round.
The club also entered teams in the Lancashire and Manchester Senior Cups in 1897–98. They reached the semi-finals of the Manchester Senior Cup before being beaten 2–1 by Manchester City in a replay, but they went two better in the Lancashire Senior Cup, beating Blackburn Rovers 2–1 in the final.
Second Division
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| Date
!Opponents !H / A !Result !Scorers !Attendance |
|---|
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|4 September 1897 |H |5–0 |5,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|11 September 1897 |A |4–0 |2,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|18 September 1897 |H |1–2 |8,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|25 September 1897 |A |1–0 |2,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|2 October 1897 |H |2–0 |Boyd (2) |6,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|9 October 1897 |A |0–2 | |12,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|16 October 1897 |H |1–1 |20,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|23 October 1897 |A |1–2 |6,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|30 October 1897 |H |6–0 |Cassidy (2), Donaldson (2), Bryant, Gillespie |6,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|6 November 1897 |A |0–1 | |2,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|13 November 1897 |H |0–1 | |7,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|20 November 1897 |A |1–1 |6,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|27 November 1897 |H |2–1 |Bryant, own goal |5,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|11 December 1897 |A |1–1 |Boyd |2,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|25 December 1897 |A |1–0 |16,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|27 December 1897 |A |1–2 |3,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|1 January 1898 |H |4–0 |Boyd, Bryant, Carman, McNaught |6,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|8 January 1898 |A |1–5 |8,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|12 January 1898 |H |0–0 | |7,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|15 January 1898 |H |4–0 |Boyd (2), Cartwright, Cassidy |4,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|26 February 1898 |H |5–1 |Bryant, Cassidy (2), Collinson, Ord (o.g.) |6,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|7 March 1898 |A |3–6 |3,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|19 March 1898 |A |3–2 |2,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|21 March 1898 |A |2–2 |2,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|29 March 1898 |H |5–1 |2,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|2 April 1898 |A |3–1 |2,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|8 April 1898 |H |1–0 |5,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|9 April 1898 |H |3–1 |4,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|16 April 1898 |A |0–0 | |1,200 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|23 April 1898 |H |3–2 |4,000 |
{{:1897–98 Football League|transcludesection=Second Division|showteam=NEH|only_totals=y}}
FA Cup
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| Date
!Round !Opponents !H / A !Result !Scorers !Attendance |
|---|
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|29 January 1898 |First Round |H |1–0 |Pears (o.g.) |6,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|12 February 1898 |Second Round |H |0–0 | |12,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|16 February 1898 |Second Round |A |1–2 |6,000 |
References
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{{Manchester United F.C. seasons}}
{{1897–98 in English football}}
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