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1898–99 Manchester City F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Manchester City F.C.
season	1898–99
manager	Sam Ormerod
league	Football League
league result	1st
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	First round
league topscorer	Meredith (29 goals)
season topscorer	Meredith (30 goals)
highest attendance	20,000 vs Newton Heath
(26 December 1898)
20,000 vs Small Heath
(8 April 1899)
lowest attendance	4,000 vs Loughborough (17 December 1898)
prevseason	1897–98
nextseason	1899–1900

(26 December 1898) 20,000 vs Small Heath (8 April 1899)

The 1898–99 season was '''Manchester City F.C.''''s eighth season of league football and seventh season in the Football League. The season saw their first title as they won the Football League Second Division, earning promotion to the First Division.

Team Kit

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Football League Second Division

Results summary

Reports

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
3 September 1898	Grimsby Town	H	Hyde Road	7 – 2	Meredith (3), Gillespie (3), Whitehead	10,000
10 September 1898	Newton Heath	A	Bank Street	0 – 3		15,000
17 September 1898	New Brighton Tower	H	Hyde Road	1 – 1	Cowie	6,000
24 September 1898	Lincoln City	A	Sincil Bank	1 – 3	Whitehead	3,000
1 October 1898	Woolwich Arsenal	H	Hyde Road	3 – 1	Read, S. Smith, Dougal	6,000
8 October 1898	Luton Town	A	Dunstable Road	3 – 0	Meredith, S. Smith, Cowie	10,000
15 October 1898	Leicester Fosse	H	Hyde Road	3 – 1	Meredith, S. Smith, Gillespie	8,000
22 October 1898	Darwen	A	Barley Bank	2 – 0	Meredith, S. Smith	7,000
5 November 1898	Barnsley	A	Oakwell	1 – 1	Cowie	4,000
12 November 1898	Glossop North End	A	North Road	2 – 1	Meredith, Gillespie	6,000
19 November 1898	Walsall	H	Hyde Road	2 – 0	Jones, Gillespie	10,000
26 November 1898	Burton Swifts	A	Peel Croft	3 – 3	Meredith, Moffatt, Gillespie	5,000
3 December 1898	Burslem Port Vale	H	Hyde Road	3 – 1	Meredith (2), Dougal	10,000
10 December 1898	Loughborough	A	Athletic Ground	3 – 1	Bill Smith, Meredith, F. Williams	10,000
17 December 1898	Loughborough	H	Hyde Road	5 – 0	Meredith (3), Ray, S. Smith	4,000
24 December 1898	Blackpool	A	Athletic Grounds	4 – 2	Moffatt (2), Meredith, Gillespie	8,000
26 December 1898	Newton Heath	H	Hyde Road	4 – 0	Meredith, Gillespie, Dougal, F. Williams	20,000
27 December 1898	Small Heath	A	Muntz Street	1 – 4	Dougal	10,000
31 December 1898	Grimsby Town	A	Abbey Park	Abandoned
0 – 0		300
2 January 1899	Glossop North End	H	Tower Athletic Grounds	0 – 2		7,000
14 January 1899	New Brighton Tower	A	Hyde Road	1 – 0	Gillespie	10,000
4 February 1899	Luton Town	H	Hyde Road	2 – 0	S. Smith, Gillespie	8,000
11 February 1899	Leicester Fosse	A	Filbert Street	1 – 1	F. Williams	10,000
18 February 1899	Darwen	H	Hyde Road	10 – 0	F. Williams (5), Meredith (3), Dougal, S. Smith	8,000
22 February 1899	Lincoln City	H	Hyde Road	3 – 1	S. Smith, Gillespie, F. Williams	5,000
25 February 1899	Gainsborough Trinity	A	The Northolme	1 – 3	Meredith	5,000
4 March 1899	Barnsley	H	Hyde Road	5 – 0	Meredith (3), Ross (2)	12,000
18 March 1899	Walsall	A	Hillary Street	1 – 1	Ross	6,000
25 March 1899	Burton Swifts	H	Hyde Road	6 – 0	Meredith (2), Ross (2), Moffatt, Dougal	6,000
31 March 1899	Gainsborough Trinity	H	Hyde Road	4 – 0	Gillespie (2), Dougal, Ross	15,000
1 April 1899	Burslem Port Vale	A	Athletic Ground	1 – 1	Meredith	12,000
3 April 1899	Woolwich Arsenal	A	Manor Ground	1 – 0	Gillespie	5,000
8 April 1899	Small Heath	H	Hyde Road	2 – 0	F. Williams (2)	20,000
11 April 1899	Grimsby Town	A	Abbey Park	2 – 1	Meredith, Gillespie	5,000
22 April 1899	Blackpool	H	Hyde Road	4 – 1	Meredith (2), Gillespie, Ross	10,000

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
28 January 1899	First round	Small Heath	A	Muntz Street	2 – 3	Meredith, Gillespie	15,399

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	Abandoned	Total	Apps	Apps	Goals
GK	Tommy Chappell	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
GK	ENG Charlie Williams	33	0	1	0	1	35	0
DF	WAL Di Jones	27	1	1	0	1	29	1
DF	ENG Dick Ray	24	1	1	0	1	26	1
MF	SCO Stuart Munn	6	0	0	0	0	6	0
FW	CAN Walter Bowman	3	0	0	0	0	3	0
FW	ENG Billie Gillespie	30	17	1	1	1	32	18
FW	WAL Billy Meredith	33	29	1	1	1	35	30
FW	ENG Bill Smith	34	1	1	0	1	36	1
FW	ENG Jimmy Whitehead	4	2	0	0	0	4	2
FW	ENG Fred Williams	25	11	1	0	1	27	11
--	Andrew Cowie	11	3	0	0	0	11	3
--	George Dougal	31	7	1	0	1	33	7
--	Billy Holmes	25	0	0	0	1	26	0
--	Bobby Moffatt	34	4	1	0	1	36	4
--	Thomas Read	20	1	0	0	0	20	1
--	SCO Jimmy Ross	9	7	0	0	0	9	7
--	S. Smith	25	8	1	0	1	27	8

Scorers

All

Scorer	Goals
WAL Billy Meredith	30
ENG Billie Gillespie	18
ENG Fred Williams	11
S. Smith	8
George Dougal	7
SCO Jimmy Ross
Bobby Moffatt	4
Andrew Cowie	3
ENG Jimmy Whitehead	2
WAL Di Jones	1
ENG Dick Ray
Thomas Read
ENG Bill Smith

League

Scorer	Goals
WAL Billy Meredith	29
ENG Billie Gillespie	17
ENG Fred Williams	11
S. Smith	8
George Dougal	7
SCO Jimmy Ross
Bobby Moffatt	4
Andrew Cowie	3
ENG Jimmy Whitehead	2
WAL Di Jones	1
ENG Dick Ray
Thomas Read
ENG Bill Smith

FA Cup

Scorer	Goals
ENG Billie Gillespie	1
WAL Billy Meredith

References

corrected - see goalscorers further down on this page!

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