1896-97 Seasons | First Division | 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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| Aston Villa | 2-1 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 4-0 | 5-1 | 3-2 | 3-3 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 2-4 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 4-3 | 3-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 5-0 | 1-0 | 30 | 21‑5‑4 | 73‑38 | 47 |
| Derby County | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 7-2 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 5-1 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 6-0 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 8-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-5 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 2-5 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 30 | 16‑4‑10 | 70‑50 | 36 |
| Sheffield United | 1-0 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 7-0 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 30 | 13‑10‑7 | 42‑29 | 36 |
| Preston North End | 0-0 | 5-3 | 1-1 | 5-3 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 4-3 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 30 | 11‑12‑7 | 55‑40 | 34 |
| Liverpool | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 2-3 | 3-3 | 1-4 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-6 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 30 | 12‑9‑9 | 46‑38 | 33 |
| Everton | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 6-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 5-2 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 3-4 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 1-4 | 5-2 | 6-3 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 30 | 14‑3‑13 | 62‑57 | 31 |
| The Wednesday | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 0-4 | 4-3 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 0-4 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 6-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 30 | 10‑11‑9 | 42‑37 | 31 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 30 | 12‑6‑12 | 40‑43 | 30 |
| Bury | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 30 | 10‑10‑10 | 39‑44 | 30 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-5 | 4-0 | 30 | 11‑6‑13 | 45‑41 | 28 |
| Nottingham Forest | 1-1 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 0-4 | 3-0 | 2-4 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 30 | 9‑8‑13 | 44‑49 | 26 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 2-1 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1-8 | 1-0 | 1-6 | 1-0 | 1-4 | 4-0 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 3-0 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 30 | 10‑6‑14 | 33‑56 | 26 |
| Stoke | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-4 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 1-5 | 2-1 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 1-4 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 30 | 11‑3‑16 | 48‑59 | 25 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-6 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-6 | 2-0 | 0-7 | 5-2 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 30 | 11‑3‑16 | 35‑62 | 25 |
| Sunderland | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-5 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 30 | 7‑9‑14 | 34‑47 | 23 |
| Burnley | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-6 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 5-0 | 30 | 6‑7‑17 | 43‑61 | 19 |
| «1888-89 ‹1895-96 Home games in bold. PDF 1897-98› 1991-92» | Grid | Points Title race | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
