Secretary A. H. Albut FA Cup First Round | Second Division 4th | |
Top goalscorer League:Joe Cassidy (19)All:Joe Cassidy (20) Highest home attendance 20,000 vs Manchester City (10 September 1898)20,000 vs New Brighton Tower (18 March 1899) Lowest home attendance 2,000 vs Loughborough (22 October 1898)2,000 vs Darwen (24 December 1898)2,000 vs Gainsborough Trinity (31 December 1898) | ||
The 1898–99 season was Newton Heath's seventh season in the Football League and their fifth in the Second Division. They finished fourth in the league, which was not enough to earn promotion back to the First Division. In the FA Cup, the Heathens managed to take Tottenham Hotspur to a replay back at Bank Street after a 1–1 draw at Northumberland Park, before losing 5–3 in the replay.
The club also entered teams in the Lancashire and Manchester Senior Cups in 1898–99, but little progress was made in either competition. The club received a bye to the third round of the Manchester Senior Cup, but lost 4–1 to Bury. It was a similar story in the Lancashire Cup, as they beat Darwen 5–0 in the first round before losing 6–1 to Blackburn Rovers in the second round.
Second Division
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points