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
Bury may refer to:
*The burial of human remains
*-bury, a suffix in English placenames
Places England
* Bury, Cambridgeshire, a village
* Bury, Greater Manchester, a town, historically in Lancashire
** Bury (UK Parliament constituency) (1832–19 ...
. 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
Results
Table
FA Cup
References
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