1898–99 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 1898–99 season was Tottenham's third season as a fully professional club and the 16th year in existence. They competed in three leagues this season along with a long run in the FA Cup. In the Southern League Tottenham finished in 7th place. This was the clubs final appearance in the United League where they finished in fourth place. This was also the only season that Tottenham played in the Thames & Medway League.

In the FA Cup Tottenham played Luton Town three times finally managing to beat them 2–0 at Tufnell Park. Making it through the first round with two games played against Newton Heath (Who later became Manchester United). The second round saw a home tie against Sunderland which Tottenham over come to progress to the third round to face Stoke only to loose 4–1.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Charles Ambler — GK  SCO Joseph Cullen — GK  RSA Wilf Waller — DF  SCO Edwin Downie — DF  SCO Alex Hall — DF  SCO Harry Erentz — DF  SCO Robert Cain — DF  ENG Jimmy Melia — MF  ENG Tom Smith — MF  WAL Jack Jones — MF  ENG Ernest Payne

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SCO Robert Stormont — MF  SCO James McNaught — FW  SCO Kenny McKay — FW  ENG Harry Bradshaw — FW  ENG Thomas Meade — FW  ENG Tommy Atherton — FW  SCO Bill Joyce — FW  SCO Jimmy Hartley — FW  SCO John Cameron — FW  ENG Arthur Rule

Transfers

In

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
May 1898	Forward		John Cameron		Unknown	[1]
May 1898	Forward		Tommy Atherton		Unknown	[2]
May 1898	Forward		Robert Cain		Unknown	[3]

Out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
December 1898	Forward		James Davidson	Brighton United	Released	[4]
1898	Full back		Joe Knowles	Sunderland	Released	[5]

Competitions

Southern League

Table

Results

Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur

26 December 1898 11	Southampton	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Southampton
	Wood			Stadium: County Ground

Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton

31 March 1899 21	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Southampton	Tottenham, London
			Wood	Stadium: Northumberland Park

United League

Table

Results

Thames & Medway

1898–99 season was the only season that Tottenham played in this league. The table is recorded in Phil Sour's Tottenham Hotspur The Official Illustrated History 1882–1995.^[6]

Table

Results

FA Cup

Results

Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverton

29 October 1898 3rd Qualifying	Tottenham Hotspur	4–0	Wolverton	Tottenham, London
	Bradshaw McKay Cameron Joyce			Stadium: Northumberland Park Attendance: 3,000

Clapton v Tottenham Hotspur

19 November 1898 4th Qualifying	Clapton	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Forest Gate, London
			Bradshaw	Stadium: The Old Spotted Dog Ground Attendance: 7,000

Tottenham Hotspur v Clapton

23 November 1898 4th Qualifying reply	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Clapton	Tottenham, London
	John Cameron			Stadium: Northumberland Park

Tottenham Hotspur v Luton Town

10 December 1898 5th Qualifying	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Luton Town	Tottenham, London
	Joyce			Stadium: Northumberland Park Attendance: 12,000

Luton Town v Tottenham Hotspur

10 December 1898 5th Qualifying reply	Luton Town	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Luton, Bedfordshire
			Joyce	Stadium: Dunstable Road Attendance: 4,000

Tottenham Hotspur v Luton Town

10 December 1898 5th Qualifying 2nd reply	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Luton Town	Tufnell Park
	Bradshaw Cameron			Attendance: 8,000

Tottenham Hotspur v Newton Heath

28 January 1899 First round	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Newton Heath	Tottenham, London
	Joyce		Cassidy	Stadium: Northumberland Park Attendance: 13,721

Newton Heath v Tottenham Hotspur

1 February 1899 First round replay	Newton Heath	3–5	Tottenham Hotspur	Clayton, Manchester
	Bryant		McKay Joyce McNaught Smith	Stadium: Bank Street (football ground) Attendance: 6,000

Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland

11 February 1899 Second round	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Sunderland	Tottenham, London
	Bradshaw Cameron			Stadium: Northumberland Park Attendance: 12,371

Stoke v Tottenham Hotspur

25 February 1899 Third round	Stoke	4–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Stoke-on-Trent
	Kennedy Molyneux Schofield Johnson		Bradshaw	Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 25,000

Notes

References

Bibliography

• Soar, Phil (1995). Tottenham Hotspur The Official Illustrated History 1882–1995. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-58706-1.
• Goodwin, Bob (1992). The Spurs Alphabet. ACL & Polar Publishing (UK) Ltd. ISBN 0-9514862-8-4.