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1898–99 Newcastle United F.C. season

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Newcastle United
1898–99 season
ManagerSelection committee (overseen by Frank Watt)
StadiumSt James' Park
Football League First Division13th
FA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jack Peddie (18)
All: Jack Peddie (20)
Highest home attendance25,000
(vs. Aston Villa)
Lowest home attendance6,000
(vs. Sheffield United)
Average home league attendance16,709

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

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

Competitions

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  Win   Draw   Loss

League

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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

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Match 1 2
Result 1–0 1–3

Friendlies

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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

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League

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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
26 September 1898 Sheffield United 2–2 Newcastle United Sheffield

(Report) Peddie
Higgins
Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 4,000
8 October 1898 Burnley 2–1 Newcastle United Burnley

(Report) Rogers Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 6,000
22 October 1898 Bury 1–1 Newcastle United Bury
(Report) Rogers Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 4,000
26 November 1898 Derby County 3–1 Newcastle United Derby


(Report) Wardrope Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 7,000
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
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
18 February 1899 Newcastle United 2–0 Bury Newcastle upon Tyne
Peddie (Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 16,060
3 April 1899 Liverpool 3–2 Newcastle United Liverpool
Allan
Cox
Walker
(Report) Stevenson
Higgins
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 12,000

FA Cup

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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

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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 March 1899 Brampton 2–12 Newcastle United Brampton

Harvey
Stevenson
Ghee
Peddie
Niblo
Higgins
Lindsay
Ostler
Stott
Kingsley
MacFarlane
Attendance: 1,000
17 April 1899 Hibernian 2–0 Newcastle United Edinburgh

Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 3,000
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