1898–99 Newcastle United F.C. season

Newcastle United
1898–99 season
Manager	Selection committee (overseen by Frank Watt)
Stadium	St James' Park
Football League First Division	13th
FA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Jack Peddie (18); All: Jack Peddie (20)
Highest home attendance	25,000; (vs. Aston Villa)
Lowest home attendance	6,000; (vs. Sheffield United)
Average home league attendance	16,709
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1897–98 1899–1900 →

The 1898–99 season was Newcastle United's first season in the Football League First Division, the top flight of English football at the time. Newcastle finished the season in 13th place.

Appearances and goals

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Matt Kingsley	34	0	2	0	36	0
DF	Jimmy Jackson	31	0	1	0	32	0
DF	Billy Lindsay	29	1	1	0	30	1
DF	Jim Lockley	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Andy Aitken	26	4	2	0	28	4
MF	Ted Birnie	8	0	0	0	8	0
MF	Tommy Ghee	32	0	2	0	34	0
MF	Willie Higgins	17	2	2	0	19	2
MF	Jack Ostler	25	0	2	0	27	0
FW	John Campbell	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW	John Harvey	3	1	0	0	3	1
FW	Sandy MacFarlane	21	5	0	0	21	5
FW	Archie Mowatt	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Tom Niblo	10	0	0	0	10	0
FW	Jack Peddie	29	18	2	2	31	20
FW	Joe Rogers	27	8	2	0	29	8
FW	Billy Reid	4	1	0	0	4	1
FW	Jimmy Stevenson	24	7	2	0	26	7
FW	James Stott	28	0	2	0	30	0
FW	Billy Smith	5	0	0	0	5	0
FW	Willie Wardrope	24	2	2	0	26	2

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

League

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Result	2–4	0–3	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–2	4–1	1–3	3–0	2–4	2–2	3–2	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–3	3–0	4–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	2–3	1–0	3–1	0–1
Position	16th	18th	18th	18th	17th	18th	18th	18th	18th	18th	18th	18th	18th	18th	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th	16th	17th	17th	17th	16th	16th	13th	14th	15th	15th	15th	15th	15th	13th	13th

FA Cup

Match	1	2
Result	1–0	1–3

Friendlies

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Result	1–1	6–2	4–4	2–0	1–4	4–1	4–3	12–2	1–3	2–1	0–2	2–2	4–1

Matches

League

3 September 1898	Newcastle United	2–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Peddie	(Report)		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 20,000

10 September 1898	Everton	3–0	Newcastle United	Liverpool
	Clarke Owen (o.g.)	(Report)		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 16,000

17 September 1898	Newcastle United	1–2	Notts County	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Aitken	(Report)		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 18,000

24 September 1898	Stoke City	0–0	Newcastle United	Stoke-on-Trent
		(Report)		Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 12,000

26 September 1898	Sheffield United	2–2	Newcastle United	Sheffield
		(Report)	Peddie Higgins	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 4,000

1 October 1898	Newcastle United	1–1	Aston Villa	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Rogers	(Report)		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 25,000

8 October 1898	Burnley	2–1	Newcastle United	Burnley
		(Report)	Rogers	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 6,000

15 October 1898	Newcastle United	1–2	Sheffield United	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Harvey	(Report)		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 6,000

22 October 1898	Bury	1–1	Newcastle United	Bury
		(Report)	Rogers	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4,000

29 October 1898	Preston North End	1–0	Newcastle United	Preston
		(Report)		Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 3,000

5 November 1898	Newcastle United	3–0	Liverpool	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Peddie MacFarlane	(Report)		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 20,000

12 November 1898	Nottingham Forest	2–2	Newcastle United	Nottingham
		(Report)		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 8,000

19 November 1898	Newcastle United	4–0	Bolton Wanderers	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Peddie MacFarlane Rogers	(Report)		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 20,000

26 November 1898	Derby County	3–1	Newcastle United	Derby
		(Report)	Wardrope	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 7,000

3 December 1898	Newcastle United	3–0	West Bromwich Albion	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Aitken Peddie Rogers	(Report)		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 16,000

10 December 1898	Blackburn Rovers	4–2	Newcastle United	Blackburn
		(Report)	Stevenson	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 7,000

17 December 1898	Newcastle United	2–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Newcastle upon Tyne
	MacFarlane Peddie 90'	(Report)	Wright Spiksley 30'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 15,000

24 December 1898	Sunderland	2–3	Newcastle United	Sunderland
	Leslie	(Report)	Wardrope Peddie	Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 25,000

26 December 1898	Aston Villa	1–0	Newcastle United	Birmingham
		(Report)		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,000

31 December 1898	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Newcastle United	Wolverhampton
		(Report)		Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 6,000

7 January 1899	Newcastle United	2–2	Everton	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Aitken Stevenson	(Report)	Proudfoot	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 15,000

14 January 1899	Notts County	3–1	Newcastle United	Nottingham
		(Report)	Peddie	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,000

21 January 1899	Newcastle United	3–0	Stoke City	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Peddie Rogers	(Report)		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 12,000

4 February 1899	Newcastle United	4–1	Burnley	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Peddie Rogers Lindsay	(Report)		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 20,000

18 February 1899	Newcastle United	2–0	Bury	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Peddie	(Report)		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 16,060

25 February 1899	Newcastle United	2–1	Preston North End	Newcastle upon Tyne
	MacFarlane Peddie (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 15,000

11 March 1899	Newcastle United	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Newcastle upon Tyne
		(Report)		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 18,000

18 March 1899	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Newcastle United	Bolton
		(Report)		Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 5,000

25 March 1899	Newcastle United	2–0	Derby County	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Stevenson Reid	(Report)		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 14,000

1 April 1899	West Bromwich Albion	2–0	Newcastle United	West Bromwich
		(Report)		Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 2,304

3 April 1899	Liverpool	3–2	Newcastle United	Liverpool
	Allan Cox Walker	(Report)	Stevenson Higgins	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 12,000

8 April 1899	Newcastle United	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	Newcastle upon Tyne
	MacFarlane	(Report)		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 12,000

15 April 1899	Sheffield Wednesday	1–3	Newcastle United	Sheffield
	Hutton 5'	(Report)	Stevenson Aitken	Stadium: Olive Grove Attendance: 4,000

22 April 1899	Newcastle United	0–1	Sunderland	Newcastle upon Tyne
		(Report)	McLatchie	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 22,000

FA Cup

28 January 1899 Round 1	Glossop	0–1	Newcastle United	Glossop
		(Report)	Peddie	Stadium: North Road Attendance: 7,000

11 February 1899 Round 2	Liverpool	3–1	Newcastle United	Liverpool
	Higgins (o.g.) Morgan Raisbeck	(Report)	Peddie	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 7,000

Friendlies

1 September 1898	Newcastle United	1–1	Sunderland	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Peddie			Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 15,000

7 September 1898	Newcastle United	6–2	Grimsby Town	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Milne Niblo Peddie Aitken			Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 4,000

15 September 1898	Grimsby Town	4–4	Newcastle United	Grimsby
			Smith Birnie Harvey	Stadium: Abbey Park Attendance: 4,000

27 December 1898	Coventry City	0–2	Newcastle United	Coventry
			Wardrope Stevenson	Stadium: Stoke Road Attendance: 2,000

2 January 1899	Newcastle United	1–4	Burnley	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Stevenson			Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 8,000

3 January 1899	Newcastle United	4–1	Heart of Midlothian	Newcastle upon Tyne
	MacFarlane Rogers			Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 4,000

14 February 1899	Sunderland	3–4	Newcastle United	Sunderland
			Peddie Niblo Stevenson	Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 5,000

2 March 1899	Brampton	2–12	Newcastle United	Brampton
			Harvey Stevenson Ghee Peddie Niblo Higgins Lindsay Ostler Stott Kingsley MacFarlane	Attendance: 1,000

4 March 1899	Newcastle United	1–3	Liverpool	Newcastle upon Tyne
	MacFarlane			Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 4,000

31 March 1899	Newcastle United	2–1	Everton	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Rogers Aitken (pen.)			Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 2,000

17 April 1899	Hibernian	2–0	Newcastle United	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 3,000

24 April 1899	Newcastle United	2–2	Hibernian	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Aitken MacFarlane			Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 2,000

29 April 1899	Newcastle United	4–1	Derby County	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Aitken Stevenson Wardrope Peddie			Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 2,000

1898–99 Newcastle United F.C. season

Appearances and goals

Competitions

League

FA Cup

Friendlies

Matches

League

FA Cup

Friendlies

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