1898–99 Southampton F.C. season
1898–99 season | ||
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Chairman | Dr. Ernest Stancomb | |
Secretary | Ernest Arnfield | |
Stadium | The Dell | |
Southern League | Champions | |
FA Cup | Round 3 | |
Top goalscorer | League: Harry Wood (16) All: Harry Wood & Abe Hartley (16) | |
Highest home attendance | 14,000 vs Derby County (25 February 1899) (FA Cup) | |
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The 1898–99 season was the 14th since the foundation of Southampton F.C. and their fifth in league football, as members of the Southern League.
They ended the season as champions of the Southern League for the third consecutive season and reached the Third Round of the FA Cup where they were eliminated by Derby County of the Football League First Division.
Pre-season
Having spent two seasons as temporary residents of Hampshire County Cricket Club, the "Saints" became resident at a new stadium about 200 yards down Northlands Road, nicknamed "The Dell", which had been built by George Thomas, a fish merchant who was a director of the football club. At the time of its opening, The Dell was considered to be the most compact ground in the country — the players got their first taste of their new home when they participated in a sports meeting there on 27 August 1898.[1]
Determined to build on their success of the previous season, the club signed several new players during the summer of 1898, including five present or former internationals — Scotsmen
League season
The first league season in the new ground started on 3 September 1898, with a match against
Despite having signed five present or former international players during the summer, Southampton were unable to dominate the league as they had done in the previous year, losing their second match to
On 3 December, the Saints defeated Warmley 6–0 at The Dell, but this result was expunged when Warmley withdrew from the league before the end of the season.[1] Reserve goalkeeper, John Joyce made his "debut" in this match, but with the result being expunged, had to wait until 21 October 1899 before his official debut.[4] The New Year started with two away defeats; in the match at Sheppey United on 7 January, Arthur Chadwick was dismissed, becoming the first Southampton player to be sent off in a league match.[1]
The Saints won five of the next seven games and entered the last day of the season level on points with
A crowd of 13,000 attended the match, including 400 Saints' supporters. Early in the game, England international goalkeeper
For the second half, Southampton made a tactical change, switching
The news of the result had reached Southampton by
League results
- Note: Southampton score given first
Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A |
Scorers |
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3 September 1898 | Brighton United | H | 4 – 1 | Smith
|
17 September 1898 | New Brompton
|
H | 0 – 2 | |
24 September 1898 | Gravesend United | A | 2 – 1 | Hartley, Petrie |
1 October 1898 | Millwall Athletic
|
H | 2 – 0 | Wood (2) |
8 October 1898 | Royal Artillery
|
H | 4 – 1 | Hartley, McKenzie, Meston, Wood |
15 October 1898 | Reading | H | 0 – 0 | |
22 October 1898 | Swindon Town | A | 1 – 1 | Hartley |
5 November 1898 | Gravesend United | H | 4 – 1 | Hartley, Keay, McKenzie, Wood |
12 November 1898 | Sheppey United | H | 6 – 0 | Wood (3), Hartley (2), Keay |
26 November 1898 | Millwall Athletic
|
A | 4 – 1 | Hartley (2), Chadwick, Keay |
17 December 1898 | Royal Artillery
|
A | 1 – 1 | Keay |
24 December 1898 | Swindon Town | H | 4 – 1 | Wood (2), Hartley, Keay |
26 December 1898 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 1 – 1 | Wood |
31 December 1898 | Bedminster | H | 1 – 0 | Wood |
7 January 1899 | Sheppey United | A | 1 – 2 | Seeley |
18 February 1899 | Reading | A | 0 – 2 | |
11 March 1899 | Bristol City | H | 4 – 1 | Hartley (3), Nicol |
18 March 1899 | Chatham Town | H | 4 – 1 | |
27 March 1899 | Brighton United | A | 2 – 0 | Steven (2) |
31 March 1899 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 1 – 0 | Wood |
4 April 1899 | Bedminster | A | 1 – 2 | Haynes |
22 April 1899 | Chatham Town | A | 2 – 1 | McLean, Wood
|
24 April 1899 | New Brompton
|
A | 1 – 1 | Haynes |
29 April 1899 | Bristol City | A | 4 – 3 | McLean
|
Legend
Win | Draw | Loss |
Top of league table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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1 | Southampton | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 24 | 2.250 | 35 |
2 | Bristol City | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 55 | 33 | 1.667 | 33 |
3 | Millwall Athletic | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 35 | 1.686 | 30 |
4 | Chatham Town | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 1.391 | 28 |
5 | Reading | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 24 | 1.292 | 26 |
Rules for classification: The system of using
FA Cup
Southampton were excused the qualifying competition of the
This set up the first FA Cup match to be played at
FA Cup results
Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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28 January 1899 | Round 1 | New Brompton
|
A | 1 – 0 | Hartley | 5,000 |
11 February 1899 | Round 2 | Notts County | A | 1 – 0 | Hartley | 18,000 |
25 February 1899 | Round 3 | Derby County | H | 1 – 2 | Nicol | 14,000 |
Friendly matches
Towards the end of the season, Southampton played a series of friendly matches against
Two days later, Southampton entertained Rangers, the newly crowned Scottish Football League champions, with the Saints going down by the single goal.[9]
Player statistics
Position | Nationality | Name | League apps |
League goals |
FA Cup apps |
FA Cup goals |
Total apps |
Total goals |
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FW | Scotland | Robert Buchanan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
FW | England | Sid Cavendish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
HB | England | Arthur Chadwick | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
HB | Scotland | Geordie Dewar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
FB | England | Peter Durber | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
HB | England | Frank Englefield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FW | Scotland | Walter Fairgrieve | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
FW | Scotland | Abe Hartley | 21 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 |
FB | England | Harry Haynes | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
GK | England | John Joyce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FW | Scotland | Watty Keay | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
FW | Scotland | Jim McKenzie | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
FW | Scotland | Duncan McLean
|
8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
FW | Scotland | Roddy McLeod | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
FB | Scotland | Peter Meechan
|
15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
FB | Scotland | Samuel Meston | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
FB | Scotland | Tom Nicol | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
HB | Scotland | Bob Petrie | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
HB | Scotland | John Robertson
|
19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
GK | England | Jack Robinson
|
24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
FW | England | George Seeley | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
FW | England | Tom Smith
|
14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
HB | England | Victor Smith
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FW | Scotland | David Steven | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
FW | England | Harry Wood | 24 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 16 |
FW | England | Jimmy Yates | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Key
- GK — Goalkeeper
- FB — Full back
- HB — Half back
- FW — Forward
Transfers
In
Date | Position | Name | From |
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May 1898 | FW | Sid Cavendish | Overseal Town |
May 1898 | HB | Geordie Dewar | New Brighton Tower |
May 1898 | FB | Peter Durber | Stoke
|
May 1898 | FW | Frank Englefield | Freemantle |
May 1898 | FW | Walter Fairgrieve | Glasgow Perthshire |
May 1898 | FW | Abe Hartley | Liverpool |
May 1898 | GK | John Joyce | Overseal Town |
Summer 1898 | FW | Jim McKenzie | Clyde |
February 1899 | FW | Duncan McLean
|
Cowes
|
April 1899 | FW | Roddy McLeod | Brighton United |
August 1898 | FB | Peter Meechan
|
Everton |
May 1898 | HB | John Robertson
|
Everton |
August 1898 | GK | Jack Robinson
|
New Brighton Tower |
Summer 1898 | FW | George Seeley | Eastville Rovers
|
Summer 1898 | FW | Tom Smith
|
Preston North End |
May 1898 | FW | Harry Wood | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Departures
Date | Position | Name | To |
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Summer 1898 | FW | Bob Brown
|
Queens Park Rangers |
May 1898 | GK | George Clawley | Stoke
|
Summer 1898 | FW | Jack Farrell | Stoke
|
December 1898 | FW | Jim McKenzie | Retired |
Summer 1898 | HB | William McMillan | Retired |
Summer 1898 | FW | Willie Naughton | Carfin Rovers |
July 1898 | FW | Jack Reynolds
|
Bristol St George
|
May 1898 | FW | Joe Turner | Stoke
|
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Chalk & Holley 1987, pp. 24–25.
- ^ "Scotland 1 – England 3 (2 April 1898)". www.englandstats.com. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
- ^ Bull & Brunskell 2000, pp. 20–21.
- ^ Holley & Chalk 1992, p. 189.
- ^ a b c d Bull & Brunskell 2000, pp. 22–23.
- ^ Collett 2003, pp. 68 & 560.
- ^ Wilton 2000, p. 144.
- ^ a b Cavallini 2003, p. 57.
- ^ Chalk & Holley 1987, p. 211.
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