1897–98 Newcastle United F.C. season

Newcastle United
Newcastle United 1897/98
1897–98 season
ManagerSelection committee (overseen by Frank Watt)
StadiumSt James' Park
Football League Second Division2nd (Promoted)
FA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jack Peddie (16)
All: Jack Peddie (18)
Highest home attendance24,959
(vs. Burnley)
Lowest home attendance4,000
(vs. Loughborough
& Grimsby Town)
Average home league attendance11,905

The 1897–98 season was Newcastle United's fifth season in the Football League Second Division. Newcastle finished the season in second place and were promoted to the First Division when the division was expanded from 16 to 18 teams.

Appearances and goals

Pos. Name League FA Cup Test Matches Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Charlie Watts 30 0 5 0 4 0 39 0
DF Scotland Jimmy Jackson 27 0 5 2 4 1 36 3
DF England Billy Lindsay 7 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
DF England Jim Lockley 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
DF Scotland Thomas Stewart 10 0 2 0 0 0 12 0
DF Scotland John White 20 1 4 0 0 0 24 1
MF Scotland Andy Aitken 23 4 4 4 4 1 31 9
MF England Jack Carr 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF Scotland Tommy Ghee 28 0 5 1 4 1 37 2
MF Scotland Jack Ostler 26 2 4 0 4 0 34 2
FW Scotland John Allan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland Ronald Allan 24 4 5 0 0 0 29 4
FW Scotland John Campbell 21 9 3 2 3 1 27 12
FW Scotland John Harvey 23 5 5 2 4 2 34 9
FW Scotland Malcolm Lennox 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
FW England William Milne 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland Tom Niblo 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland Jack Peddie 20 16 3 2 1 0 24 18
FW England James Stott 26 2 5 0 4 0 35 2
FW Scotland Billy Smith 10 4 0 0 4 2 14 6
FW Scotland Willie Wardrope 26 12 5 1 4 1 35 14

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

League

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Result 4–1 3–2 3–1 3–2 0–3 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 4–0 3–1 1–3 3–2 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 1–3 3–0 3–1 4–1 2–0 4–0 5–2 1–1 1–0 0–1
Position 4th 5th 4th 4th 5th 4th 3rd 3rd 4th 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd

FA Cup

Match 1 2 3 4 5
Result 6–0 4–1 2–0 2–1 0–1

Test Matches

Match 1 2 3 4
Result 2–1 0–1 3–4 4–0

Friendlies

Match 1 2 3 4 5 6
Result 1–3 1–1 6–2 4–4 1–1 1–1

Matches

League

4 September 1897 Newcastle United 4–1 Woolwich Arsenal Newcastle upon Tyne
Wardrope
Campbell
Lennox 		(Report) McGeoch Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 10,000
11 September 1897 Walsall 2–3 Newcastle United Walsall

 (Report) Wardrope
(o.g.)
(o.g.)		 Stadium: Hillary Street
Attendance: 4,000
18 September 1897 Newcastle United 3–1 Burton Swifts Newcastle upon Tyne
Wardrope
R. Allen
Stott 		(Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 12,000
25 September 1897 Lincoln City 2–3 Newcastle United Lincoln

 (Report) Wardrope
Campbell 		Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 3,000
2 October 1897 Burnley 3–0 Newcastle United Burnley


 (Report) Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 8,000
9 October 1897 Newcastle United 2–0 Newton Heath Newcastle upon Tyne
Aitken
Harvey 		(Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 14,000
16 October 1897 Woolwich Arsenal 0–0 Newcastle United London
(Report) Stadium: Manor Ground
Attendance: 12,000
23 October 1897 Newcastle United 2–0 Blackpool Newcastle upon Tyne
Aitken
Campbell 		(Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 8,000
6 November 1897 Grimsby Town 2–0 Newcastle United Grimsby

 (Report) Stadium: Abbey Park
Attendance: 5,000
13 November 1897 Newton Heath 0–1 Newcastle United Manchester
(Report) Wardrope Stadium: Bank Street
Attendance: 6,000
27 November 1897 Newcastle United 4–0 Small Heath Newcastle upon Tyne
Wardrope
Peddie
Campbell 		(Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 11,000
4 December 1897 Gainsborough Trinity 1–3 Newcastle United Gainsborough
(Report) Campbell
Harvey
Ostler 		Stadium: The Northolme
Attendance: 700
18 December 1897 Burton Swifts 3–1 Newcastle United Burton upon Trent


 (Report) White Stadium: Peel Croft
25 December 1897 Blackpool 2–3 Newcastle United Blackpool

 (Report) Wardrope
Campbell
Stott 		Stadium: Athletic Grounds
Attendance: 4,000
27 December 1897 Newcastle United 0–1 Burnley Newcastle upon Tyne
(Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 24,959
1 January 1898 Newcastle United 2–1 Walsall Newcastle upon Tyne
Peddie
R. Allen 		(Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 16,000
3 January 1898 Newcastle United 3–1 Loughborough Newcastle upon Tyne
Peddie
Ostler
(o.g.)		 (Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 4,000
8 January 1898 Manchester City 1–1 Newcastle United Manchester
Whitehead (Report) R. Allen Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 20,000
15 January 1898 Newcastle United 1–0 Darwen Newcastle upon Tyne
(o.g.) (Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 10,000
22 January 1898 Newcastle United 4–2 Leicester Fosse Newcastle upon Tyne
Aitken
Peddie 		(Report)
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 10,000
19 February 1898 Luton Town 3–1 Newcastle United Luton


 (Report) R. Allen Stadium: Dunstable Road
Attendance: 3,500
26 February 1898 Newcastle United 3–0 Lincoln City Newcastle upon Tyne
Wardrope
Smith 		(Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 10,000
5 March 1898 Darwen 1–3 Newcastle United Darwen
(Report) Peddie Stadium: Barley Bank
Attendance: 2,000
12 March 1898 Newcastle United 5–1 Luton Town Newcastle upon Tyne
Wardrope
Harvey 		(Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 15,000
16 March 1898 Newcastle United 2–0 Manchester City Newcastle upon Tyne
Peddie
Aitken 		(Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 17,000
26 March 1898 Newcastle United 4–0 Grimsby Town Newcastle upon Tyne
Campbell
Smith
Peddie 		(Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 4,000
2 April 1898 Newcastle United 5–2 Gainsborough Trinity Newcastle upon Tyne
Smith
Peddie 		(Report)
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 12,000
9 April 1898 Leicester Fosse 1–1 Newcastle United Leicester
(Report) Peddie Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 6,000
11 April 1898 Loughborough 0–1 Newcastle United Loughborough
(Report) Campbell Stadium: Athletic Ground
Attendance: 2,000
12 April 1898 Small Heath 1–0 Newcastle United Birmingham
(Report) Stadium: Muntz Street
Attendance: 5,000

FA Cup

30 October 1897 Third Qual. Round Newcastle United 6–0 Willington Athletic Newcastle upon Tyne
Aitken
Campbell
Jackson 		(Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 6,000
20 November 1897 Fourth Qual. Round Stockton 1–4 Newcastle United Stockton-on-Tees
(Report) Campbell
Harvey
Ghee
Jackson 		Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 8,000
11 December 1897 Fifth Qual. Round Middlesbrough 0–2 Newcastle United Middlesbrough
(Report) Wardrope
Harvey 		Stadium: Linthorpe Road
Attendance: 6,000
29 January 1898 Round 1 Preston North End 1–2 Newcastle United Preston
(o.g.) (Report) Peddie Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 15,000
12 February 1898 Round 2 Southampton 1–0 Newcastle United Southampton
Buchanan (Report) Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 14,000

Test Matches

20 April 1898 Newcastle United 2–1 Stoke City Newcastle upon Tyne
Smith
Harvey 		(Report) Kennedy Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 17,000
23 April 1898 Stoke City 1–0 Newcastle United Stoke-on-Trent
Maxwell (Report) Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 20,000
28 April 1898 Blackburn Rovers 4–3 Newcastle United Blackburn



 (Report) Wardrope
Smith
Aitken 		Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 30,000
30 April 1898 Newcastle United 4–0 Blackburn Rovers Newcastle upon Tyne
Campbell
Harvey
Ghee
Jackson 		(Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 13,324

Friendlies

1 September 1897 Newcastle United 1–3 Sunderland Newcastle upon Tyne
Ghee

Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 12,000
6 September 1897 Newcastle United 1–1 Hibernian Newcastle upon Tyne
Stott Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 4,000
4 January 1898 South Shields 2–6 Newcastle United South Shields

 Campbell
Peddie


Attendance: 2,000
5 February 1898 Newcastle United 4–4 Derby County Newcastle upon Tyne
Aitken
Peddie
Ostler
Allan


Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 7,000
19 March 1898 Newcastle United 1–1 Sunderland Newcastle upon Tyne
Wardrope Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 14,000
16 April 1898 Newcastle United 1–1 West Bromwich Albion Newcastle upon Tyne
Blyth Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 10,000