1897–98 Newcastle United F.C. season

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.

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

Appearances and goals

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

Competitions

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  Win   Draw   Loss

League

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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

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

Test Matches

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Match 1 2 3 4
Result 2–1 0–1 3–4 4–0

Friendlies

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

Matches

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League

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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
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
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
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
2 April 1898 Newcastle United 5–2 Gainsborough Trinity Newcastle upon Tyne
Smith    
Peddie      
(Report)  
 
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 12,000
12 April 1898 Small Heath 1–0 Newcastle United Birmingham
  (Report) Stadium: Muntz Street
Attendance: 5,000

FA Cup

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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

Test Matches

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20 April 1898 Newcastle United 2–1 Stoke City Newcastle upon Tyne
Smith  
Harvey  
(Report) Kennedy   Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 17,000
28 April 1898 Blackburn Rovers 4–3 Newcastle United Blackburn
 
 
 
 
(Report) Wardrope  
Smith  
Aitken  
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 30,000

Friendlies

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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
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