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ENGLAND 1897/98 | ![]() |
| Champions: | Sheffield United | ![]() |
| Cup Winners: | Nottingham Forest | ![]() |
| Pos | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Notes |
| 1 | Sheffield United | 42 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 56 | 31 | Champions |
| 2 | Sunderland | 37 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 43 | 30 | |
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 35 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 41 | |
| 4 | Everton | 35 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 48 | 39 | |
| 5 | Sheffield Wednesday | 33 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 51 | 42 | |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 33 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 61 | 51 | |
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion | 32 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 45 | |
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 31 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 49 | FA Cup Winners |
| 9 | Liverpool | 28 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 48 | 45 | |
| 10 | Derby County | 28 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 57 | 61 | |
| 11 | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 41 | |
| 12 | Preston North End | 24 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 43 | |
| 13 | Notts County | 24 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 46 | |
| 14 | Bury | 24 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 51 | |
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 54 | |
| 16 | Stoke | 24 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 55 | |
| Test matches | |||||||||
| 18/08/1897 | Everton - Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3-0 | ||
| 01/09/1897 | Aston Villa - Sheffield Wednesday | 5-2 | ||
| 01/09/1897 | Sheffield United - Derby County | 2-1 | ||
| 01/09/1897 | Wolverhampton Wanderers - Preston North End | 3-0 | ||
| 02/09/1897 | Stoke - Notts County | 2-0 | ||
| 04/09/1897 | Aston Villa - West Bromwich Albion | 4-3 | ||
| 04/09/1897 | Derby County - Blackburn Rovers | 3-1 | ||
| 04/09/1897 | Everton - Bolton Wanderers | 2-1 | ||
| 04/09/1897 | Nottingham Forest - Notts County | 1-1 | ||
| 04/09/1897 | Preston North End - Sheffield United | 1-3 | ||
| 04/09/1897 | Sheffield Wednesday - Sunderland | 0-1 | ||
| 04/09/1897 | Stoke - Liverpool | 2-2 | ||
| 04/09/1897 | Wolverhampton Wanderers - Bury | 3-0 | ||
| 11/09/1897 | Blackburn Rovers - Bolton Wanderers | 1-3 | ||
| 11/09/1897 | Bury - Sheffield Wednesday | 3-0 | ||
| 11/09/1897 | Derby County - Everton | 5-1 | ||
| 11/09/1897 | Liverpool - Preston North End | 0-0 | ||
| 11/09/1897 | Notts County - Aston Villa | 2-3 | ||
| 11/09/1897 | Sheffield United - Stoke | 4-3 | ||
| 11/09/1897 | Sunderland - Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3-2 | ||
| 11/09/1897 | West Bromwich Albion - Nottingham Forest | 2-0 | ||
| 18/09/1897 | Aston Villa - Bury | 3-1 | ||
| 18/09/1897 | Bolton Wanderers - Notts County | 1-0 | ||
| 18/09/1897 | Derby County - West Bromwich Albion | 3-2 | ||
| 18/09/1897 | Nottingham Forest - Sheffield United | 1-1 | ||
| 18/09/1897 | Preston North End - Sunderland | 2-0 | ||
| 18/09/1897 | Sheffield Wednesday - Liverpool | 4-2 | ||
| 18/09/1897 | Stoke - Blackburn Rovers | 2-1 | ||
| 25/09/1897 | Blackburn Rovers - Aston Villa | 4-3 | ||
| 25/09/1897 | Bolton Wanderers - Preston North End | 1-0 | ||
| 25/09/1897 | Liverpool - Everton | 3-1 | ||
| 25/09/1897 | Notts County - Derby County | 1-1 | ||
| 25/09/1897 | Sheffield United - Bury | 1-1 | ||
| 25/09/1897 | Sunderland - Sheffield Wednesday | 1-0 | ||
| 25/09/1897 | West Bromwich Albion - Stoke | 2-0 | ||
| 25/09/1897 | Wolverhampton Wanderers - Nottingham Forest | 0-0 | ||
| 27/09/1897 | Sheffield Wednesday - Aston Villa | 3-0 | ||
| 02/10/1897 | Aston Villa - Bolton Wanderers | 3-2 | ||
| 02/10/1897 | Bury - West Bromwich Albion | 3-2 | ||
| 02/10/1897 | Everton - Blackburn Rovers | 1-1 | ||
| 02/10/1897 | Nottingham Forest - Sunderland | 1-1 | ||
| 02/10/1897 | Preston North End - Liverpool | 1-1 | ||
| 02/10/1897 | Sheffield Wednesday - Notts County | 3-1 | ||
| 02/10/1897 | Stoke - Derby County | 2-1 | ||
| 02/10/1897 | Wolverhampton Wanderers - Sheffield United | 1-1 | ||
| 04/10/1897 | Sheffield United - Blackburn Rovers | 5-2 | ||
| 07/10/1897 | Notts County - Preston North End | 1-1 | ||
| 09/10/1897 | Blackburn Rovers - Preston North End | 1-0 | ||
| 09/10/1897 | Bolton Wanderers - Sheffield Wednesday | 0-3 | ||
| 09/10/1897 | Bury - Sheffield United | 2-5 | ||
| 09/10/1897 | Liverpool - Stoke | 4-0 | ||
| 09/10/1897 | Notts County - Nottingham Forest | 1-3 | ||
| 09/10/1897 | Sunderland - Derby County | 2-1 | ||
| 09/10/1897 | West Bromwich Albion - Aston Villa | 1-1 | ||
| 09/10/1897 | Wolverhampton Wanderers - Everton | 2-3 | ||
| 16/10/1897 | Aston Villa - Notts County | 4-2 | ||
| 16/10/1897 | Derby County - Bury | 2-2 | ||
| 16/10/1897 | Everton - Liverpool | 3-0 | ||
| 16/10/1897 | Nottingham Forest - Blackburn Rovers | 3-1 | ||
| 16/10/1897 | Preston North End - Bolton Wanderers | 0-0 | ||
| 16/10/1897 | Sheffield Wednesday - Sheffield United | 0-1 | ||
| 16/10/1897 | Stoke - Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0-2 | ||
| 16/10/1897 | Sunderland - West Bromwich Albion | 0-2 | ||
| 23/10/1897 | Blackburn Rovers - Sheffield Wednesday | 1-1 | ||
| 23/10/1897 | Bolton Wanderers - Nottingham Forest | 2-0 | ||
| 23/10/1897 | Bury - Everton | 0-1 | ||
| 23/10/1897 | Liverpool - Derby County | 4-2 | ||
| 23/10/1897 | Notts County - Stoke | 4-0 | ||
| 23/10/1897 | Sheffield United - Preston North End | 2-1 | ||
| 23/10/1897 | Sunderland - Aston Villa | 0-0 | ||
| 23/10/1897 | West Bromwich Albion - Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2-2 | ||
| 30/10/1897 | Aston Villa - Liverpool | 3-1 | ||
| 30/10/1897 | Bolton Wanderers - Sunderland | 1-0 | ||
| 30/10/1897 | Everton - Sheffield United | 1-4 | ||
| 30/10/1897 | Nottingham Forest - Derby County | 3-4 | ||
| 30/10/1897 | Preston North End - Blackburn Rovers | 1-4 | ||
| 30/10/1897 | Stoke - West Bromwich Albion | 0-0 | ||
| 30/10/1897 | Wolverhampton Wanderers - Notts County | 3-1 | ||
| 01/11/1897 | West Bromwich Albion - Bolton Wanderers | 2-0 | ||
| 06/11/1897 | Bury - Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2-1 | ||
| 06/11/1897 | Derby County - Stoke | 4-1 | ||
| 06/11/1897 | Liverpool - Nottingham Forest | 1-2 | ||
| 06/11/1897 | Notts County - Bolton Wanderers | 1-2 | ||
| 06/11/1897 | Preston North End - Aston Villa | 3-1 | ||
| 06/11/1897 | West Bromwich Albion - Everton | 2-2 | ||
| 08/11/1897 | Stoke - Preston North End | 1-2 | ||
| 13/11/1897 | Aston Villa - Everton | 3-0 | ||
| 13/11/1897 | Bolton Wanderers - Stoke | 2-1 | ||
| 13/11/1897 | Derby County - Sheffield United | 1-1 | ||
| 13/11/1897 | Nottingham Forest - Preston North End | 4-1 | ||
| 13/11/1897 | Sheffield Wednesday - Blackburn Rovers | 4-1 | ||
| 13/11/1897 | West Bromwich Albion - Liverpool | 2-1 | ||
| 13/11/1897 | Wolverhampton Wanderers - Sunderland | 4-2 | ||
| 20/11/1897 | Blackburn Rovers - Sheffield United | 1-1 | ||
| 20/11/1897 | Bolton Wanderers - Aston Villa | 2-0 | ||
| 20/11/1897 | Liverpool - Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1-0 | ||
| 20/11/1897 | Preston North End - Everton | 1-1 | ||
| 20/11/1897 | Sheffield Wednesday - Bury | 3-0 | ||
| 20/11/1897 | Stoke - Nottingham Forest | 1-2 | ||
| 20/11/1897 | West Bromwich Albion - Derby County | 3-1 | ||
| 27/11/1897 | Aston Villa - Sunderland | 4-3 | ||
| 27/11/1897 | Blackburn Rovers - Derby County | 1-1 | ||
| 27/11/1897 | Bury - Notts County | 0-0 | ||
| 27/11/1897 | Everton - West Bromwich Albion | 6-1 | ||
| 27/11/1897 | Nottingham Forest - Liverpool | 2-3 | ||
| 27/11/1897 | Preston North End - Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1-2 | ||
| 27/11/1897 | Sheffield Wednesday - Bolton Wanderers | 3-0 | ||
| 04/12/1897 | Notts County - Sheffield Wednesday | 0-0 | ||
| 04/12/1897 | Sheffield United - Nottingham Forest | 1-1 | ||
| 04/12/1897 | Sunderland - Stoke | 4-0 | ||
| 04/12/1897 | Wolverhampton Wanderers - Derby County | 2-0 | ||
| 11/12/1897 | Aston Villa - Blackburn Rovers | 5-1 | ||
| 11/12/1897 | Bury - Bolton Wanderers | 2-1 | ||
| 11/12/1897 | Derby County - Sunderland | 2-2 | ||
| 11/12/1897 | Everton - Notts County | 1-0 | ||
| 11/12/1897 | Nottingham Forest - West Bromwich Albion | 0-1 | ||
| 11/12/1897 | Sheffield Wednesday - Preston North End | 2-1 | ||
| 11/12/1897 | Stoke - Sheffield United | 2-1 | ||
| 11/12/1897 | Wolverhampton Wanderers - Liverpool | 2-1 | ||
| 18/12/1897 | Liverpool - Blackburn Rovers | 0-1 | ||
| 18/12/1897 | Notts County - Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2-2 | ||
| 18/12/1897 | Preston North End - Sheffield Wednesday | 2-0 | ||
| 18/12/1897 | Stoke - Aston Villa | 0-0 | ||
| 18/12/1897 | Sunderland - Everton | 0-0 | ||
| 18/12/1897 | West Bromwich Albion - Bury | 1-0 | ||
| 25/12/1897 | Blackburn Rovers - Sunderland | 2-1 | ||
| 25/12/1897 | Bolton Wanderers - Liverpool | 0-2 | ||
| 25/12/1897 | Derby County - Notts County | 1-2 | ||
| 25/12/1897 | Everton - Aston Villa | 2-1 | ||
| 25/12/1897 | Preston North End - Nottingham Forest | 3-0 | ||
| 25/12/1897 | Sheffield Wednesday - Stoke | 4-0 | ||
| 27/12/1897 | Derby County - Bolton Wanderers | 1-0 | ||
| 27/12/1897 | Liverpool - Sunderland | 0-2 | ||
| 27/12/1897 | Sheffield United - Sheffield Wednesday | 1-1 | ||
| 27/12/1897 | Stoke - Bury | 3-1 | ||
| 27/12/1897 | West Bromwich Albion - Blackburn Rovers | 1-1 | ||
| 27/12/1897 | Wolverhampton Wanderers - Aston Villa | 1-1 | ||
| 28/12/1897 | Wolverhampton Wanderers - West Bromwich Albion | 1-1 | ||
| 29/12/1897 | Sheffield United - Liverpool | 1-2 | ||
| 01/01/1898 | Blackburn Rovers - Everton | 1-1 | ||
| 01/01/1898 | Bolton Wanderers - Derby County | 3-3 | ||
| 01/01/1898 | Bury - Stoke | 3-3 | ||
| 01/01/1898 | Liverpool - West Bromwich Albion | 1-1 | ||
| 01/01/1898 | Notts County - Sheffield United | 1-3 | ||
| 01/01/1898 | Sheffield Wednesday - Nottingham Forest | 3-6 | ||
| 01/01/1898 | Sunderland - Preston North End | 1-0 | ||
| 03/01/1898 | Bolton Wanderers - Bury | 0-0 | ||
| 03/01/1898 | Sunderland - Notts County | 2-0 | ||
| 08/01/1898 | Blackburn Rovers - Liverpool | 2-1 | ||
| 08/01/1898 | Derby County - Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3-2 | ||
| 08/01/1898 | Everton - Sheffield Wednesday | 1-0 | ||
| 08/01/1898 | Nottingham Forest - Bolton Wanderers | 2-0 | ||
| 08/01/1898 | Preston North End - Bury | 2-1 | ||
| 08/01/1898 | Sheffield United - Aston Villa | 1-0 | ||
| 08/01/1898 | Stoke - Sunderland | 0-1 | ||
| 15/01/1898 | Aston Villa - Sheffield United | 1-2 | ||
| 15/01/1898 | Blackburn Rovers - Nottingham Forest | 1-1 | ||
| 15/01/1898 | Notts County - Everton | 3-2 | ||
| 15/01/1898 | Sheffield Wednesday - Derby County | 3-1 | ||
| 15/01/1898 | Stoke - Bolton Wanderers | 2-0 | ||
| 15/01/1898 | Sunderland - Bury | 2-1 | ||
| 15/01/1898 | West Bromwich Albion - Preston North End | 3-1 | ||
| 17/01/1898 | Everton - Stoke | 1-1 | ||
| 22/01/1898 | Derby County - Aston Villa | 3-1 | ||
| 22/01/1898 | Nottingham Forest - Sheffield Wednesday | 1-0 | ||
| 22/01/1898 | Sheffield United - Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2-1 | ||
| 22/01/1898 | Sunderland - Liverpool | 1-0 | ||
| 05/02/1898 | Aston Villa - Preston North End | 4-0 | ||
| 05/02/1898 | Blackburn Rovers - West Bromwich Albion | 1-3 | ||
| 05/02/1898 | Liverpool - Sheffield United | 0-4 | ||
| 05/02/1898 | Notts County - Sunderland | 0-1 | ||
| 05/02/1898 | Sheffield Wednesday - Everton | 2-1 | ||
| 05/02/1898 | Wolverhampton Wanderers - Stoke | 4-2 | ||
| 07/02/1898 | Sheffield United - Bolton Wanderers | 4-0 | ||
| 12/02/1898 | Bury - Preston North End | 1-0 | ||
| 19/02/1898 | Derby County - Sheffield Wednesday | 1-2 | ||
| 19/02/1898 | Nottingham Forest - Stoke | 3-1 | ||
| 19/02/1898 | Sheffield United - Notts County | 0-1 | ||
| 19/02/1898 | West Bromwich Albion - Sunderland | 2-2 | ||
| 22/02/1898 | Sheffield United - Everton | 0-0 | ||
| 22/02/1898 | Sunderland - Bolton Wanderers | 2-0 | ||
| 26/02/1898 | Blackburn Rovers - Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2-3 | ||
| 26/02/1898 | Notts County - Bury | 2-1 | ||
| 05/03/1898 | Aston Villa - Derby County | 4-1 | ||
| 05/03/1898 | Everton - Bury | 4-2 | ||
| 05/03/1898 | Notts County - Blackburn Rovers | 0-0 | ||
| 05/03/1898 | Preston North End - Stoke | 0-0 | ||
| 05/03/1898 | Sheffield Wednesday - Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2-0 | ||
| 05/03/1898 | Sunderland - Sheffield United | 3-1 | ||
| 12/03/1898 | Bolton Wanderers - Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2-1 | ||
| 12/03/1898 | Bury - Aston Villa | 1-2 | ||
| 12/03/1898 | Derby County - Preston North End | 3-1 | ||
| 12/03/1898 | Liverpool - Notts County | 2-0 | ||
| 12/03/1898 | Nottingham Forest - Everton | 2-2 | ||
| 12/03/1898 | Sunderland - Blackburn Rovers | 2-1 | ||
| 12/03/1898 | West Bromwich Albion - Sheffield Wednesday | 0-2 | ||
| 19/03/1898 | Blackburn Rovers - Bury | 1-1 | ||
| 19/03/1898 | Liverpool - Bolton Wanderers | 1-1 | ||
| 19/03/1898 | Notts County - West Bromwich Albion | 2-2 | ||
| 21/03/1898 | Everton - Preston North End | 1-1 | ||
| 26/03/1898 | Bolton Wanderers - Everton | 1-0 | ||
| 26/03/1898 | Bury - Liverpool | 0-2 | ||
| 26/03/1898 | Nottingham Forest - Aston Villa | 3-1 | ||
| 26/03/1898 | Stoke - Sheffield Wednesday | 2-1 | ||
| 26/03/1898 | West Bromwich Albion - Sheffield United | 2-0 | ||
| 29/03/1898 | Bury - Derby County | 4-0 | ||
| 31/03/1898 | Liverpool - Bury | 2-2 | ||
| 31/03/1898 | Preston North End - West Bromwich Albion | 1-1 | ||
| 02/04/1898 | Aston Villa - Stoke | 1-1 | ||
| 02/04/1898 | Bolton Wanderers - West Bromwich Albion | 2-0 | ||
| 02/04/1898 | Everton - Nottingham Forest | 2-0 | ||
| 02/04/1898 | Notts County - Liverpool | 3-2 | ||
| 02/04/1898 | Sheffield United - Sunderland | 1-0 | ||
| 02/04/1898 | Wolverhampton Wanderers - Blackburn Rovers | 3-2 | ||
| 04/04/1898 | Bury - Nottingham Forest | 2-2 | ||
| 04/04/1898 | West Bromwich Albion - Notts County | 0-3 | ||
| 08/04/1898 | Blackburn Rovers - Stoke | 1-1 | ||
| 08/04/1898 | Bolton Wanderers - Sheffield United | 0-1 | ||
| 08/04/1898 | Bury - Sunderland | 1-0 | ||
| 08/04/1898 | Everton - Derby County | 3-0 | ||
| 08/04/1898 | Nottingham Forest - Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1-1 | ||
| 08/04/1898 | Preston North End - Notts County | 3-1 | ||
| 09/04/1898 | Blackburn Rovers - Notts County | 0-1 | ||
| 09/04/1898 | Nottingham Forest - Bury | 3-1 | ||
| 09/04/1898 | Preston North End - Derby County | 5-0 | ||
| 09/04/1898 | Sheffield Wednesday - West Bromwich Albion | 3-0 | ||
| 09/04/1898 | Stoke - Everton | 2-0 | ||
| 09/04/1898 | Wolverhampton Wanderers - Bolton Wanderers | 2-0 | ||
| 11/04/1898 | Aston Villa - Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1-2 | ||
| 11/04/1898 | Derby County - Nottingham Forest | 5-0 | ||
| 11/04/1898 | Everton - Sunderland | 2-0 | ||
| 11/04/1898 | Liverpool - Sheffield Wednesday | 4-0 | ||
| 11/04/1898 | Sheffield United - West Bromwich Albion | 2-0 | ||
| 12/04/1898 | Derby County - Liverpool | 3-1 | ||
| 14/04/1898 | Bolton Wanderers - Blackburn Rovers | 1-2 | ||
| 16/04/1898 | Bury - Blackburn Rovers | 1-0 | ||
| 16/04/1898 | Liverpool - Aston Villa | 4-0 | ||
| 16/04/1898 | Wolverhampton Wanderers - Sheffield Wednesday | 5-0 | ||
| 23/04/1898 | Sunderland - Nottingham Forest | 4-0 | ||
| 30/04/1898 | Aston Villa - Nottingham Forest | 2-0 |
| Pos | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Notes |
| 1 | Burnley | 48 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 80 | 24 | |
| 2 | Newcastle United | 45 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 64 | 32 | |
| 3 | Manchester City | 39 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 66 | 36 | |
| 4 | Newton Heath | 38 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 64 | 35 | |
| 5 | Woolwich Arsenal | 37 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 69 | 49 | |
| 6 | Small Heath | 36 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 58 | 50 | |
| 7 | Leicester Fosse | 33 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 35 | |
| 8 | Luton Town | 30 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 68 | 50 | |
| 9 | Gainsborough Trinity | 30 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 50 | 54 | |
| 10 | Walsall | 29 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 58 | 58 | |
| 11 | Blackpool | 25 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 49 | 61 | |
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 52 | 62 | |
| 13 | Burton Swifts | 21 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 69 | |
| 14 | Lincoln City | 17 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 43 | 82 | |
| 15 | Darwen | 14 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 31 | 76 | |
| 16 | Loughborough | 14 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 87 | |
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