1898–99 Newton Heath F.C. season
{{Short description|16th season in existence of Newton Heath F.C.}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox football club season
| club = Newton Heath
| season = 1898–99
| manager = A. H. Albut
| mgrtitle = Secretary
| chairman =
| chrtitle =
| league = Second Division
| league result = 4th
| cup1 = FA Cup
| cup1 result = First Round
| league topscorer =
Joe Cassidy (19)
| season topscorer =
Joe Cassidy (20)
| highest attendance = 20,000 vs Manchester City (10 September 1898)
20,000 vs New Brighton Tower (18 March 1899)
| lowest attendance = 2,000 vs Loughborough (22 October 1898)
2,000 vs Darwen (24 December 1898)
2,000 vs Gainsborough Trinity (31 December 1898)
| average attendance = 7,389
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| prevseason = 1897–98
| nextseason = 1899–1900
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The 1898–99 season was Newton Heath's seventh season in the Football League and their fifth in the Second Division.{{cite web |url=http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/seasons/season1899.html |title=Newton Heath Season 1898/99 |access-date=21 December 2011|publisher=StretfordEnd.co.uk }} They finished fourth in the league, which was not enough to earn promotion back to the First Division. In the FA Cup, the Heathens managed to take Tottenham Hotspur to a replay back at Bank Street after a 1–1 draw at Northumberland Park, before losing 5–3 in the replay.
The club also entered teams in the Lancashire and Manchester Senior Cups in 1898–99, but little progress was made in either competition. The club received a bye to the third round of the Manchester Senior Cup, but lost 4–1 to Bury. It was a similar story in the Lancashire Cup, as they beat Darwen 5–0 in the first round before losing 6–1 to Blackburn Rovers in the second round.
Second Division
=Results=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| Date
!Opponents !H / A !Result !Scorers !Attendance |
|---|
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|3 September 1898 |A |2–0 |2,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|10 September 1898 |H |3–0 |20,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|17 September 1898 |A |2–1 |6,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|24 September 1898 |H |1–0 |8,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|1 October 1898 |A |1–5 |Boyd |2,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|8 October 1898 |H |2–1 |10,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|15 October 1898 |A |1–4 |5,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|22 October 1898 |H |6–1 |Brooks (2), Cassidy (2), Collinson (2) |2,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|5 November 1898 |H |3–2 |5,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|12 November 1898 |H |0–0 | |6,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|19 November 1898 |A |3–0 |Collinson (2), Cunningham |5,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|26 November 1898 |H |1–0 |4,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|3 December 1898 |A |1–5 |6,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|10 December 1898 |H |3–1 |Cassidy, Collinson, Cunningham |5,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|17 December 1898 |A |0–1 | |8,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|24 December 1898 |H |9–0 |Bryant (3), Cassidy (3), Gillespie (2), Radcliffe (o.g.) |2,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|26 December 1898 |A |0–4 | |25,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|31 December 1898 |H |6–1 |Collinson (2), Bryant, Boyd, Cartwright, Draycott |2,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|2 January 1899 |H |2–2 |6,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|14 January 1899 |H |3–0 |Cunningham, Erentz, Gillespie |12,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|21 January 1899 |A |0–2 | |3,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|4 February 1899 |A |0–1 | |6,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|18 February 1899 |A |1–0 |1,500 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|25 February 1899 |H |2–0 |12,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|4 March 1899 |A |0–3 | |4,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|18 March 1899 |H |1–2 |20,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|25 March 1899 |A |0–2 | |3,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|1 April 1899 |H |2–2 |5,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|3 April 1899 |A |1–0 |3,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|4 April 1899 |A |2–0 |Lee (2) |4,000 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|8 April 1899 |A |1–0 |Lee |1,500 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|12 April 1899 |H |5–0 |Cartwright, Cassidy, Gillespie, Lee, Morgan |3,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|15 April 1899 |H |2–2 |7,000 |
| bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|22 April 1899 |A |1–1 |1,000 |
=Table=
{{:1898–99 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="#ffffdd"
|28 January 1899 |First Round |A |1–1 |13,721 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|1 February 1899 |First Round |H |3–5 |Bryant (3) |6,000 |
References
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{{Manchester United F.C. seasons}}
{{1898–99 in English football}}
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