1898–99 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur
1898–99 season
ManagerFrank Brettell
StadiumNorthumberland Park
Southern League7th
United League4th
Thames & Medway League4th
FA Cup3rd round
Top goalscorerJohn Cameron (11)

The 1898–99 season was Tottenham's third season as a fully professional club and the 16th year in existence. They competed in three leagues this season along with a long run in the FA Cup. In the Southern League Tottenham finished in 7th place. This was the clubs final appearance in the United League where they finished in fourth place. This was also the only season that Tottenham played in the Thames & Medway League.

In the FA Cup Tottenham played Luton Town three times finally managing to beat them 2–0 at Tufnell Park. Making it through the first round with two games played against Newton Heath (Who later became Manchester United). The second round saw a home tie against Sunderland which Tottenham over come to progress to the third round to face Stoke only to loose 4–1.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK England ENG Charles Ambler
— GK Scotland SCO Joseph Cullen
— GK South Africa RSA Wilf Waller
— DF Scotland SCO Edwin Downie
— DF Scotland SCO Alex Hall
— DF Scotland SCO Harry Erentz
— DF Scotland SCO Robert Cain
— DF England ENG Jimmy Melia
— MF England ENG Tom Smith
— MF Wales WAL Jack Jones
— MF England ENG Ernest Payne
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Scotland SCO Robert Stormont
— MF Scotland SCO James McNaught
— FW Scotland SCO Kenny McKay
— FW England ENG Harry Bradshaw
— FW England ENG Thomas Meade
— FW England ENG Tommy Atherton
— FW Scotland SCO Bill Joyce
— FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Hartley
— FW Scotland SCO John Cameron
— FW England ENG Arthur Rule

Transfers

In

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
May 1898 Forward Scotland John Cameron Unknown [1]
May 1898 Forward England Tommy Atherton Unknown [2]
May 1898 Forward Scotland Robert Cain Unknown [3]

Out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
December 1898 Forward Scotland James Davidson Brighton United Released [4]
1898 Full back England Joe Knowles Sunderland Released [5]

Competitions

Southern League

Main article: 1898–99 Southern Football League

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
5 Reading 24 9 8 7 31 24 1.292 26
6 New Brompton 24 10 5 9 38 30 1.267 25
7 Tottenham Hotspur 24 10 4 10 40 36 1.111 24
8 Bedminster 24 10 4 10 35 39 0.897 24
9 Swindon Town 24 9 5 10 43 49 0.878 23
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976-77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Results

10 September 1898 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Bedminster Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
17 September 1898 2 Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 Sheppey United Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
24 September 1898 3 Tottenham Hotspur 7–1
Game was void after Warmley resigned from the league.		 Warmley Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
8 October 1898 4 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Chatham Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
22 October 1898 5 Millwall Athletic 4–2 Tottenham Hotspur Isle of Dogs, London
Stadium: The Athletic Grounds
5 November 1898 6 Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Reading Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
26 November 1898 7 Royal Artillery Portsmouth 2–3 Tottenham Hotspur Portsmouth
Stadium: United Services Recreation Ground
3 December 1898 8 Bristol City 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Bristol, Gloucestershire
Stadium: St John's Lane
17 December 1898 9 Sheppey United 3–2 Tottenham Hotspur Isle of Sheppey, Kent
Stadium: Botany Road
24 December 1898 10 Warmley 1–5
Game was void after Warmley resigned from the league.		 Tottenham Hotspur Warmley
26 December 1898 11 Southampton 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Southampton
Wood Stadium: County Ground
31 December 1898 12 Swindon Town 4–3 Tottenham Hotspur Swindon, Wiltshire
Stadium: County Ground
7 January 1899 13 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Royal Artillery Portsmouth Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
14 January 1899 14 Gravesend United 4–2 Tottenham Hotspur Gravesend, Kent
Stadium: Overcliffe Ground
21 January 1899 15 Brighton United 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Brighton, Sussex
4 February 1899 16 Reading 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Reading, Berkshire
Stadium: Elm Park
18 February 1899 17 Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 Bristol City Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
13 March 1899 18 New Brompton 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Gillingham, Kent
Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
18 March 1899 19 Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 New Brompton Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
25 March 1899 20 Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 Brighton United Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
31 March 1899 21 Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Southampton Tottenham, London
Wood Stadium: Northumberland Park
1 April 1899 22 Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Gravesend United Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
3 April 1899 23 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Swindon Town Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
8 April 1899 24 Chatham 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Chatham, Kent
15 April 1899 25 Bedminster 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Ashton Gate, Bristol
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
22 April 1899 26 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Millwall Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park

United League

Main article: United League (football)

Table

Pos Club P W D L F A Pts
1 Millwall Athletic 20 14 3 3 42 19 31
2 Southampton 20 12 1 7 52 32 25
3 Woolwich Arsenal 20 10 4 6 30 30 24
4 Tottenham Hotspur 20 11 2 7 36 25 24
5 Bristol City 20 11 0 9 43 31 22
6 Reading 20 8 5 7 36 25 21
7 Brighton United 20 10 1 9 41 42 21
8 Wellingborough 20 7 1 12 32 40 15
9 Kettering Town 20 8 1 11 25 38 15[a]
10 Rushden 20 6 1 13 26 45 13
11 Luton Town 20 2 3 15 24 71 7

Results

5 September 1898 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Luton Town Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
19 September 1898 2 Luton Town 3–4 Tottenham Hotspur Luton, Bedfordshire
Stadium: Dunstable Road
5 October 1898 3 Brighton United 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur Brighton, Sussex
10 October 1898 4 Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 Southampton Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
15 October 1898 5 Bristol City 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Bristol, Gloucestershire
Stadium: St John's Lane
9 November 1898 6 Reading 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Reading, Berkshire
Stadium: Elm Park
12 November 1898 7 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Bristol City Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
5 December 1898 8 Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Kettering Town Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
23 January 1899 9 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Reading Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
15 February 1899 10 Southampton 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Southampton, Hampshire
Stadium: County Ground
20 February 1899 11 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Rushden Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
27 February 1899 12 Kettering Town 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Kettering, Northamptonshire
Stadium: Rockingham Road
4 March 1899 13 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Millwall Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
11 March 1899 14 Woolwich Arsenal 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Plumstead, London
Stadium: Manor Ground
27 March 1899 15 Rushden 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Rushden, Northamptonshire
Stadium: Hayden Road
4 April 1899 16 Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Brighton United Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
17 April 1899 17 Wellingborough 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
24 April 1899 18 Tottenham Hotspur 5–2 Wellingborough Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland
26 April 1899 19 Millwall 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur Isle of Dogs, London
Stadium: The Athletic Grounds
29 April 1899 20 Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 Woolwich Arsenal Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park

Thames & Medway

1898–99 season was the only season that Tottenham played in this league. The table is recorded in Phil Sour's Tottenham Hotspur The Official Illustrated History 1882–1995.[6]

Table

Pos Club P W D L F A Pts
1 New Brompton 16 13 1 2 47 15 27
2 Gravesend United 16 12 1 3 53 21 25
3 Chatham 16 10 3 3 41 11 23
4 Tottenham Hotspur 16 11 0 5 34 28 22
5 Thames Ironworks 16 7 2 7 23 24 16
6 Sheppey United 16 7 1 8 31 31 15
7 RETB 16 2 2 12 24 49 6
8 Grays United 16 2 2 12 11 42 6
9 Dartford 16 2 0 14 21 64 4

Results

3 September 1898 1 Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Thames Ironworks Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
26 September 1898 2 Sheppey United 2–3 Tottenham Hotspur Isle of Sheppey, Kent
Stadium: Botany Road
3 October 1898 3 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Gravesend United Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
17 October 1898 4 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 New Brompton Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
26 October 1898 5 Dartford 2–3 Tottenham Hotspur Dartford, Kent
2 November 1898 6 Royal Engineers Training Battalion 2–6 Tottenham Hotspur Chatham, Kent
2 January 1899 7 Chatham 0–5 Tottenham Hotspur Chatham, Kent
9 January 1899 8 Tottenham Hotspur 0–4 Chatham Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
16 January 1899 9 Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Sheppey United Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
6 February 1899 10 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Grays United Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
8 March 1899 11 Gravesend United 0–3 Tottenham Hotspur Gravesend, Kent
Stadium: Overcliffe Ground
16 March 1899 12 Thames Ironworks 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur London
Stadium: Memorial Grounds
20 March 1899 13 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Royal Engineers Training Battalion Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park
22 March 1899 14 Grays United 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Grays, Essex
Stadium: New Recreation Ground
10 April 1899 15 New Brompton 5–4 Tottenham Hotspur Gillingham, Kent
Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
13 April 1899 16 Tottenham Hotspur 9–0 Dartford Tottenham, London
Stadium: Northumberland Park

FA Cup

Main article: 1898–99 FA Cup

Results

29 October 1898 3rd Qualifying Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 Wolverton Tottenham, London
Bradshaw
McKay
Cameron
Joyce 		Stadium: Northumberland Park
Attendance: 3,000
19 November 1898 4th Qualifying Clapton 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Forest Gate, London
Bradshaw Stadium: The Old Spotted Dog Ground
Attendance: 7,000
23 November 1898 4th Qualifying reply Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Clapton Tottenham, London
John Cameron Stadium: Northumberland Park
10 December 1898 5th Qualifying Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Luton Town Tottenham, London
Joyce Stadium: Northumberland Park
Attendance: 12,000
10 December 1898 5th Qualifying reply Luton Town 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Luton, Bedfordshire
Joyce Stadium: Dunstable Road
Attendance: 4,000
10 December 1898 5th Qualifying 2nd reply Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Luton Town Tufnell Park
Bradshaw
Cameron 		Attendance: 8,000
28 January 1899 First round Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Newton Heath Tottenham, London
Joyce Cassidy Stadium: Northumberland Park
Attendance: 13,721
1 February 1899 First round replay Newton Heath 3–5 Tottenham Hotspur Clayton, Manchester
Bryant McKay
Joyce
McNaught
Smith 		Stadium: Bank Street (football ground)
Attendance: 6,000
11 February 1899 Second round Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Sunderland Tottenham, London
Bradshaw
Cameron 		Stadium: Northumberland Park
Attendance: 12,371
25 February 1899 Third round Stoke 4–1 Tottenham Hotspur Stoke-on-Trent
Kennedy
Molyneux
Schofield
Johnson 		Bradshaw Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 25,000

Notes

  1. ^ Kettering Town were deduced two points.

References

  1. ^ Goodwin 1992, p. 68.
  2. ^ Goodwin 1992, p. 23.
  3. ^ Goodwin 1992, p. 67.
  4. ^ Goodwin 1992, p. 103.
  5. ^ Goodwin 1992, p. 224.
  6. ^ Soar 1995, p. 233.

Bibliography

  • Soar, Phil (1995). Tottenham Hotspur The Official Illustrated History 1882–1995. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-58706-1.
  • Goodwin, Bob (1992). The Spurs Alphabet. ACL & Polar Publishing (UK) Ltd. ISBN 0-9514862-8-4.