1897–98 Football League

Statistics of The Football League in season 1897/1898.

League Standings

First Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Sheffield United	30	17	8	5	56	31	1.806	42
2	Sunderland	30	16	5	9	43	30	1.433	37
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	14	7	9	57	41	1.390	35
4	Everton	30	13	9	8	48	39	1.231	35
5	The Wednesday	30	15	3	12	51	42	1.214	33
6	Aston Villa	30	14	5	11	61	51	1.196	33
7	West Bromwich Albion	30	11	10	9	44	45	0.978	32
8	Nottingham Forest	30	11	9	10	47	49	0.959	31
9	Liverpool	30	11	6	13	48	45	1.067	28
10	Derby County	30	11	6	13	57	61	0.934	28
11	Bolton Wanderers	30	11	4	15	28	41	0.683	26
12	Preston North End	30	8	8	14	35	43	0.814	24
13	Notts County	30	8	8	14	36	46	0.783	24
14	Bury	30	8	8	14	39	51	0.765	24
15	Blackburn Rovers	30	7	10	13	39	54	0.722	24
16	Stoke	30	8	8	14	35	55	0.636	24

Second Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Burnley	30	20	8	2	80	24	3.333	48
2	Newcastle United	30	21	3	6	64	32	2.000	45
3	Manchester City	30	15	9	6	66	36	1.833	39
4	Manchester United	30	16	6	8	64	35	1.829	38
5	Woolwich Arsenal	30	16	5	9	69	49	1.408	37
6	Small Heath	30	16	4	10	58	50	1.160	36
7	Leicester Fosse	30	13	7	10	46	35	1.314	33
8	Luton Town	30	13	4	13	68	50	1.360	30
9	Gainsborough Trinity	30	12	6	12	50	54	0.926	30
10	Walsall	30	12	5	13	58	58	1.000	29
11	Blackpool	30	10	5	15	49	61	0.803	25
12	Grimsby Town	30	10	4	16	52	62	0.839	24
13	Burton Swifts	30	8	5	17	38	69	0.551	21
14	Lincoln City	30	6	5	19	43	82	0.524	17
15	Darwen	30	6	2	22	31	76	0.408	14
16	Loughborough	30	6	2	22	24	87	0.276	14

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

See also

• 1897-98 in English football