# 1899–1900 Football League

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 |

### 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 | |

### Maps
## 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 |

### 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 | |