1898–99 Manchester City F.C. season

189899 Manchester City F.C. season
Manchester City F.C.
189899 season
Manager England Sam Ormerod
Football League 1st
FA Cup First round
Top goalscorer League: Gillespie (18 goals)
All: Gillespie (19 goals)
Highest home attendance 20,000 vs Newton Heath
(26 December 1898)
20,000 vs Small Heath
(8 April 1899)
Lowest home attendance 4,000 vs Loughborough (17 December 1898)

The 189899 season was Manchester City F.C.'s eighth season of league football and seventh season in the Football League. The season saw their first title as they won the Football League Second Division, earning promotion to the First Division.

Contents

Team Kit

Football League Second Division

P W D L F A Pts
1 Manchester City 34 23 6 5 92 35 52
2 Glossop North End 34 20 6 8 76 38 46
3 Leicester Fosse 34 18 9 7 64 42 45
4 Newton Heath 34 19 5 10 67 43 43
5 New Brighton Tower 34 18 7 9 71 52 43

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points
Source: Football League

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 23 6 5 92 35 +57 52 15 1 1 64 10 +54 8 5 4 28 25 +3

N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2

Reports

Date Opponents H / A Venue Result

FA

Scorers Attendance
3 September 1898 Grimsby Town H Hyde Road 72 Meredith (3), Gillespie (3), Whitehead 10,000
10 September 1898 Newton Heath A Bank Street 03 15,000
17 September 1898 New Brighton Tower H Hyde Road 11 Cowie 6,000
24 September 1898 Lincoln City A Sincil Bank 13 Whitehead 3,000
1 October 1898 Woolwich Arsenal H Hyde Road 31 Read, S. Smith, Dougal 6,000
8 October 1898 Luton Town A Dunstable Road 30 Meredith, S. Smith, Cowie 10,000
15 October 1898 Leicester Fosse H Hyde Road 31 Meredith, S. Smith, Gillespie 8,000
22 October 1898 Darwen A Barley Bank 20 Meredith, S. Smith 7,000
5 November 1898 Barnsley A Oakwell 11 Cowie 4,000
12 November 1898 Glossop North End A North Road 21 Meredith, Gillespie 6,000
19 November 1898 Walsall H Hyde Road 20 Jones, Gillespie 10,000
26 November 1898 Burton Swifts A Peel Croft 33 Meredith, Moffatt, Gillespie 5,000
3 December 1898 Burslem Port Vale H Hyde Road 31 Meredith (2), Dougal 10,000
10 December 1898 Loughborough A Athletic Grounds 31 B. Smith, Meredith, F. Williams 10,000
17 December 1898 Loughborough H Hyde Road 50 Meredith (3), Ray, S. Smith 4,000
24 December 1898 Blackpool A Athletic Grounds 42 Moffatt (2), Meredith, Gillespie 8,000
26 December 1898 Newton Heath H Hyde Road 40 Meredith, Gillespie, Dougal, F. Williams 20,000
27 December 1898 Small Heath A Muntz Street 14 Dougal 10,000
31 December 1898 Grimsby Town A Abbey Park Abandoned
00
300
2 January 1899 Glossop North End H Tower Athletic Grounds 02 7,000
14 January 1899 New Brighton Tower A Hyde Road 10 Gillespie 10,000
4 February 1899 Luton Town H Hyde Road 20 S. Smith, Gillespie 8,000
11 February 1899 Leicester Fosse A Filbert Street 11 F. Williams 10,000
18 February 1899 Darwen H Hyde Road 100 F. Williams (5), Meredith (3), Dougal, S. Smith 8,000
22 February 1899 Lincoln City H Hyde Road 31 S. Smith, Gillespie, F. Williams 5,000
25 February 1899 Gainsborough Trinity A The Northolme 13 Meredith 5,000
4 March 1899 Barnsley H Hyde Road 50 Meredith (3), Ross (2) 12,000
18 March 1899 Walsall A Hillary Street 11 Ross 6,000
25 March 1899 Burton Swifts H Hyde Road 60 Meredith (2), Ross (2), Moffatt, Dougal 6,000
31 March 1899 Gainsborough Trinity H Hyde Road 40 Gillespie (2), Dougal, Ross 15,000
1 April 1899 Burslem Port Vale A Athletic Ground 11 Meredith 12,000
3 April 1899 Woolwich Arsenal A Manor Ground 10 Gillespie 5,000
8 April 1899 Small Heath H Hyde Road 20 F. Williams (2) 20,000
11 April 1899 Grimsby Town A Abbey Park 21 Meredith, Gillespie 5,000
13 April 1899 Blackpool H Hyde Road 41 Meredith (2), Gillespie, Ross 10,000

FA Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Venue Result

FA

Scorers Attendance
28 January 1899 First round Small Heath A Muntz Street 23 Meredith, Gillespie 15,399

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos. Name League FA Cup Abandoned Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Tommy Chappell 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
GK England Charlie Williams 33 0 1 0 1 0 35 0
DF Wales Di Jones 27 1 1 0 1 0 29 1
DF England Dick Ray 24 1 1 0 1 0 26 1
MF Scotland Stuart Munn 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
FW Canada Walter Bowman 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
FW England Billie Gillespie 30 17 1 1 1 0 32 18
FW Wales Billy Meredith 33 29 1 1 1 0 35 30
FW England Bill Smith 34 1 1 0 1 0 36 1
FW England Jimmy Whitehead 4 2 0 0 0 0 4 2
FW England Fred Williams 25 11 1 0 1 0 27 11
-- Andrew Cowie 11 3 0 0 0 0 11 3
-- George Dougal 31 7 1 0 1 0 33 7
-- Billy Holmes 25 0 0 0 1 0 26 0
-- Bobby Moffatt 34 4 1 0 1 0 36 4
-- Thomas Read 20 1 0 0 0 0 20 1
-- Scotland Jimmy Ross 9 7 0 0 0 0 9 7
-- S. Smith 25 8 1 0 1 0 27 8

Scorers

All

Scorer Goals
Wales Billy Meredith 30
England Billie Gillespie 18
England Fred Williams 11
S. Smith 8
George Dougal 7
Scotland Jimmy Ross
Bobby Moffatt 4
Andrew Cowie 3
England Jimmy Whitehead 2
Wales Di Jones 1
England Dick Ray
Thomas Read
England Bill Smith

League

Scorer Goals
Wales Billy Meredith 29
England Billie Gillespie 17
England Fred Williams 11
S. Smith 8
George Dougal 7
Scotland Jimmy Ross
Bobby Moffatt 4
Andrew Cowie 3
England Jimmy Whitehead 2
Wales Di Jones 1
England Dick Ray
Thomas Read
England Bill Smith

FA Cup

Scorer Goals
England Billie Gillespie 1
Wales Billy Meredith

See also

References

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