Football League Division One
18 February 1899 |
Team |
P
|
Pts |
Aston Villa |
23 |
33 |
Liverpool |
26 |
33 |
Everton |
24 |
29 |
Blackburn Rovers |
27 |
28 |
Burnley |
25 |
28 |
West Bromwich Albion |
26 |
27 |
Notts County |
24 |
27 |
Derby County |
25 |
26 |
Bury |
26 |
26 |
Sheffield
United |
27 |
25 |
Nottingham Forest |
26 |
24 |
Sunderland |
24 |
24 |
Preston North End |
26 |
23 |
Stoke |
25 |
23 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
25 |
22 |
Newcastle
United |
25 |
21 |
The Wednesday |
25 |
18 |
Bolton Wanderers |
23 |
15 |
Division One
matches played on 18
February 1899:
BLACKBURN ROVERS 2-2 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Anderson, Booth (Miller 2)
4,500 (Ewood Park, Blackburn)
BOLTON WANDERERS 0-2 STOKE
(Turner 2)
4,000 (Burnden Park,
Bolton)
DERBY
COUNTY 4-2 NOTTS COUNTY
A.Goodall pen., Oakden 2, Bull o.g. (Hadley, Fletcher)
8,000 (Baseball Ground, Derby)
Derby
were without Steve Bloomer, who scored twice for England against Ireland
at Sunderland.
LIVERPOOL
2-0 BURNLEY
Allan, Robertson
12,000 (Anfield, Liverpool)
Burnley were without Jack Hillman, who was making his international
debut in goal for England against Ireland at Sunderland.
NEWCASTLE UNITED 2-0 BURY
Peddie 2
16,000 (St. James' Park, Newcastle)
Bury
were without Jimmy Settle, who scored a hat-trick on his international
debut for England against Ireland at Sunderland.
NOTTINGHAM FOREST
1-0 ASTON VILLA
11,000 (City Ground, Nottingham)
Forest were without Frank and Fred Forman, who
both scored for England against Ireland at Sunderland (they were
responsible for the first two goals, with Fred later adding a second),
whilst Villa's Athersmith and Crabtree were also playing for England (Athersmith
scored, whilst Crabtree missed a penalty).
PRESTON NORTH END 1-0 SHEFFIELD UNITED
Halsall
6,500 (Deepdale, Preston)
Sheffield United were without Ernest Needham, who
was playing for England against Ireland at Sunderland.
THE WEDNESDAY 0-1
SUNDERLAND
(Raisbeck)
12,000 (Olive Grove, Sheffield)
Liverpool drew level on points with Aston Villa,
but they had played three games more. Preston met Sheffield United for
the third time in eight days and for the second time in three days, but
took revenge for their FA Cup replay defeat of two days earlier.
Football League Division Two
18 February 1899 |
Team |
P
|
Pts |
Manchester
City |
23 |
34 |
Leicester
Fosse |
24 |
33 |
Burslem Port Vale |
24 |
32 |
New Brighton Tower |
24 |
31 |
Small
Heath |
22 |
30 |
Newton Heath |
23 |
30 |
Walsall |
24 |
28 |
Woolwich Arsenal |
23 |
28 |
Glossop |
24 |
28 |
Barnsley |
22 |
22 |
Lincoln City |
22 |
22 |
Burton Swifts |
24 |
21 |
Grimsby Town |
20 |
18 |
Gainsborough Trinity |
24 |
17 |
Luton Town |
22 |
16 |
Blackpool |
21 |
8 |
Loughborough |
23 |
8 |
Darwen |
21 |
4 |
Division Two matches played on
18 February 1899:
BLACKPOOL 3-6 GRIMSBY TOWN
Birkett 2, Parkinson (nk, Jenkinson 2,1 pen., Greenwood)
4,000 (Raikes Hall, Blackpool)
BURSLEM
PORT VALE 2-1 LINCOLN CITY
Harvey, Beech (nk)
3,000 (Athletic Ground, Stoke)
BURTON
SWIFTS 1-2 WOOLWICH ARSENAL
Knibbs (Shaw 2)
2,000 (Peel
Croft, Burton)
GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY 2-0 BARNSLEY
Wigmore, nk
3,000 (The Northolme, Gainsborough)
GLOSSOP 1-3 LEICESTER FOSSE
nk (King, Galbraith, Watkins)
1,000 (North Road, Glossop)
LOUGHBOROUGH 0-1 NEWTON HEATH
(Bryant)
1,500 (Athletic Ground, Loughborough)
MANCHESTER CITY 10-0 DARWEN
F.Williams 5, Meredith 3, Dougal, S.Smith
8,000 (Hyde Road, Manchester)
SMALL HEATH 3-2 NEW BRIGHTON TOWER
Abbott 2, Wilcox (nk)
9,500 (Coventry Road, Birmingham)
WALSALL 6-0 LUTON TOWN
Dean pen., Aston 2, nk, Vail 2
3,000 (Hilary Street, Walsall)
Manchester City maintained their
slender advantage at the top (albeit with a game in hand), following an
astonishing double-figures scoreline against a hapless
Darwen team, who were heading out of the Football League at the end of
the season. This was their 13th successive defeat on their way to
setting the Football League record of 18 in a row. They would also
suffer two more 10-0 defeats before the season was out.
IN OTHER NEWS...
Cambridge University
beat Oxford University, 3-1 in the annual varsity match at Queen's Club,
in Kensington.
It was on 18 February
1899 that
�mile Loubet was elected the new president of the French Republic,
following the death of his predecessor, F�lix Faure, just two days
earlier, from a brain haemorrhage, whilst 'entertaining' his young
mistress.