1896-97 Seasons | Championship | Competitions
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | G | W‑D‑L | GF‑GA | Pts | |
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| Notts County | 3-1 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 1-3 | 3-0 | 3-3 | 6-0 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 7-4 | 5-2 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 6-1 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 8-0 | 4-0 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 5-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 30 | 19‑4‑7 | 92‑43 | 42 |
| Newton Heath | 2-0 | 5-3 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 3-2 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 3-0 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 6-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 30 | 17‑5‑8 | 56‑34 | 39 |
| Grimsby Town | 4-1 | 1-1 | 1-5 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 8-1 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 2-4 | 3-1 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 30 | 17‑4‑9 | 66‑45 | 38 |
| Small Heath | 3-1 | 3-4 | 5-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 6-1 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 0-3 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 6-2 | 3-2 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 30 | 16‑5‑9 | 69‑47 | 37 |
| Newcastle United | 1-3 | 4-3 | 1-3 | 0-4 | 5-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 0-5 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 0-3 | 2-0 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 0-3 | 1-5 | 30 | 17‑1‑12 | 56‑52 | 35 |
| Manchester City | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 4-2 | 3-1 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 0-5 | 3-0 | 5-0 | 1-3 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 30 | 12‑8‑10 | 58‑50 | 32 |
| Blackpool | 1-3 | 3-2 | 5-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 1-3 | 4-1 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 30 | 13‑5‑12 | 59‑56 | 31 |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-6 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-4 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 1-4 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 7-0 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 30 | 12‑7‑11 | 50‑47 | 31 |
| Leicester Fosse | 4-1 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 0-6 | 1-4 | 4-1 | 1-3 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 1-0 | 5-0 | 2-1 | 1-4 | 2-0 | 6-3 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 3-0 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 30 | 13‑4‑13 | 59‑57 | 30 |
| Woolwich Arsenal | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 3-0 | 3-5 | 6-1 | 4-7 | 2-5 | 4-2 | 3-2 | 0-8 | 4-2 | 6-2 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 3-6 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 5-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 30 | 13‑4‑13 | 68‑70 | 30 |
| Darwen | 1-4 | 2-3 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 3-0 | 1-5 | 5-1 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 4-1 | 4-2 | 12‑0 | 4-1 | 2-4 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 5-1 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 30 | 14‑0‑16 | 67‑61 | 28 |
| Walsall | 2-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 5-3 | 1-6 | 5-1 | 2-5 | 3-2 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 0‑12 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 5-2 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 5-0 | 4-0 | 30 | 11‑4‑15 | 54‑69 | 26 |
| Loughborough | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 1-8 | 0-1 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 8-0 | 2-0 | 2-4 | 4-2 | 4-1 | 0-6 | 1-5 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 0-3 | 1-4 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 6-0 | 1-0 | 30 | 12‑1‑17 | 50‑64 | 25 |
| Burton Swifts | 3-5 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 5-0 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 4-0 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 0-3 | 30 | 9‑6‑15 | 46‑61 | 24 |
| Burton Wanderers | 0-2 | 5-1 | 0-3 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-5 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-6 | 0-1 | 30 | 9‑2‑19 | 31‑67 | 20 |
| Lincoln City | 3-1 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 0-8 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-7 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-5 | 30 | 5‑2‑23 | 27‑85 | 12 |
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