Football : Season Details : 1899

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s).

Legend
Clubs in BLUE were relegated.
Points: 2 for a win; 1 for a draw.
History is in the form A-B:
A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division;
B is the number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Abbreviations:
FAC FA Cup
W Winner(s); F Finalist(s).

Position Club Points History Notes
1
 Aston Villa
45
1-11
  
2
 Liverpool
43
2-3
  
3
 Burnley
39
2-1
  
4
 Everton
38
1-11
  
5
 Notts County
37
2-2
  
6
 Blackburn Rovers
36
1-11
  
7
 Sunderland
36
1-9
  
8
 Wolverhampton Wanderers
35
1-11
  
9
 Derby County
35
1-11
 FAC-F
10
 Bury
35
1-4
  
11
 Nottingham Forest
33
1-7
  
12
 Stoke
33
2-8
  
13
 Newcastle United
30
1-1
  
14
 West Bromwich Albion
30
1-11
  
15
 Preston North End
29
1-11
  
16
 Sheffield United
29
1-6
 FAC-W
17
 Bolton Wanderers
25
1-11
  
18
 Wednesday
24
1-7
  

Wednesday would later become Sheffield Wednesday
Stoke would later become Stoke City

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History

The League was expanded to 18 clubs. Automatic relegation and promotion between the First and Second Divisions was introduced.

Two clubs would be relegated each season from the First Division to be replaced by two clubs promoted from the Second Division. This system would remain unchanged until 1974.

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