- 1897–98 Newton Heath F.C. season
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Newton Heath 1897–98 season Secretary 
A. H. AlbutSecond Division 4th FA Cup Second Round Top goalscorer League:
Henry Boyd (22)
All:
Henry Boyd (22)Highest home attendance 20,000 vs Manchester City (16 October 1897) Lowest home attendance 2,000 vs Loughborough (29 March 1898) Average home attendance 6,647 ← 1896–97 1898–99 → 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
Date Opponents Home/
AwayResult
F – AScorers Attendance 4 September 1897 Lincoln City H 5 – 0 Boyd (3), Cassidy, Bryant 5,000 11 September 1897 Burton Swifts A 4 – 0 Boyd (3), Cassidy 2,000 18 September 1897 Luton Town H 1 – 2 Cassidy 8,000 25 September 1897 Blackpool A 1 – 0 Smith 2,000 2 October 1897 Leicester Fosse H 2 – 0 Boyd (2) 6,000 9 October 1897 Newcastle United A 0 – 2 12,000 16 October 1897 Manchester City H 1 – 1 Gillespie 20,000 23 October 1897 Small Heath A 1 – 2 Bryant 6,000 30 October 1897 Walsall H 6 – 0 Cassidy (2), Donaldson (2), Bryant, Gillespie 6,000 6 November 1897 Lincoln City A 0 – 1 2,000 13 November 1897 Newcastle United H 0 – 1 7,000 20 November 1897 Leicester Fosse A 1 – 1 Wedge 6,000 27 November 1897 Grimsby Town H 2 – 1 Bryant, own goal 5,000 11 December 1897 Walsall A 1 – 1 Boyd 2,000 25 December 1897 Manchester City A 1 – 0 Cassidy 16,000 27 December 1897 Gainsborough Trinity A 1 – 2 Carman 3,000 1 January 1898 Burton Swifts H 4 – 0 Boyd, Bryant, Carman, McNaught 6,000 8 January 1898 Woolwich Arsenal A 1 – 5 Erentz 8,000 12 January 1898 Burnley H 0 – 0 7,000 15 January 1898 Blackpool H 4 – 0 Boyd (2), Cartwright, Cassidy 4,000 26 February 1898 Woolwich Arsenal H 5 – 1 Bryant, Cassidy (2), Collinson, Ord (o.g.) 6,000 7 March 1898 Burnley A 3 – 6 Collinson, Bryant (2) 3,000 19 March 1898 Darwen A 3 – 2 Boyd (2), McNaught 2,000 21 March 1898 Luton Town A 2 – 2 Boyd, Cassidy 2,000 29 March 1898 Loughborough H 5 – 1 Boyd (3), Cassidy (2) 2,000 2 April 1898 Grimsby Town A 3 – 1 Cassidy (2), Boyd 2,000 8 April 1898 Gainsborough Trinity H 1 – 0 Cassidy 5,000 9 April 1898 Small Heath H 3 – 1 Boyd, Gillespie, Morgan 4,000 16 April 1898 Loughborough A 0 – 0 1,200 23 April 1898 Darwen H 3 – 2 Collinson (2), Bryant 4,000 Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts 3 Manchester City 30 15 9 6 66 36 39 4 Newton Heath 30 16 6 8 64 35 38 5 Woolwich Arsenal 30 16 5 9 69 49 37 Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
FA Cup
Date Round Opponents Home/
AwayResult
F – AScorers Attendance 29 January 1898 First Round Walsall H 1 – 0 Pears (o.g.) 6,000 12 February 1898 Second Round Liverpool H 0 – 0 12,000 16 February 1898 Second Round
ReplayLiverpool A 1 – 2 Jimmy Collinson 6,000 See also
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