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Derby County and Sheffield United were both members of the [[Football League First Division]]. In the [[1898–99 Football League#First Division|1898–99 league championship]], Derby amassed 35 points to finish in ninth place, ten points behind champions [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]. Sheffield United had won the league title in 1897–98 but had struggled in 1898–99 and finished in 16th place with 29 points, just above the relegation placings.<ref name="FLA">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1898-99.html |title=England 1898–99 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) |access-date=1 November 2020}}</ref>
Both teams were selected by a committee with the club secretary in charge on match days. Derby's secretary was [[Harry Newbould]] who, in 1900, became their first formally appointed [[manager (association football)|team manager]].<ref name="NBP">{{cite
==Route to the final==
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* No substitutes allowed.{{efn|Although there were isolated instances of substitution in earlier times, it was not until the beginning of the 1965–66 season that substitutes were first allowed in English top-class matches, and then only for replacement of injured players.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/news/theknowledge/0,9204,527236,00.html |first=Sean |last=Ingle |title=Whatever happened to Len Shackleton's old club? |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=25 July 2001 |access-date=12 October 2020}}</ref>}}
'''Notes'''
* Players are listed above according to their positions on the field. There was no shirt numbering in 1899.{{efn|The first known instance of shirt numbering in English football was in March 1914.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cavallini |first=Rob |title=Play Up Corinth: A History of The Corinthian Football Club |year=2007 |page=114 |publisher=Stadia |isbn=978-07-52444-79-6}}</ref> It was not until the 1939–40 season that a numbering system was formally introduced.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/gunners-wear-numbered-shirts |title=27. Gunners wear numbered shirts |work=Arsenal History |date=1 June 2017 |publisher=The Arsenal Football Club plc |location=London |access-date=22 October 2020}}</ref>}}
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