1897-98 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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| Sheffield United | 2-1 | 3-1 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 5-2 | 5-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 30 | 17‑8‑5 | 56‑31 | 42 |
| Sunderland | 1-0 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 4-0 | 30 | 16‑5‑9 | 43‑30 | 37 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 5-0 | 30 | 14‑7‑9 | 57‑41 | 35 |
| Everton | 2-1 | 1-5 | 3-0 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 6-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 30 | 13‑9‑8 | 48‑39 | 35 |
| Aston Villa | 5-2 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 3-4 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 3-0 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 4-0 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 2-0 | 30 | 14‑5‑11 | 61‑51 | 33 |
| The Wednesday | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 0-4 | 0-5 | 30 | 15‑3‑12 | 51‑42 | 33 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 3-4 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 1-6 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 30 | 11‑10‑9 | 44‑45 | 32 |
| Nottingham Forest | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 6-3 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 0-5 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 30 | 11‑9‑10 | 47‑49 | 31 |
| Liverpool | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 0-3 | 4-2 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 4-0 | 1-3 | 4-0 | 30 | 11‑6‑13 | 48‑45 | 28 |
| Derby County | 1-2 | 3-1 | 5-1 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 4-3 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 3-3 | 3-2 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 3-1 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-5 | 5-0 | 3-1 | 30 | 11‑6‑13 | 57‑61 | 28 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 1-2 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 30 | 11‑4‑15 | 28‑41 | 26 |
| Preston North End | 0-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 5-0 | 30 | 8‑8‑14 | 35‑43 | 24 |
| Notts County | 0-2 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 4-0 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 3-0 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 30 | 8‑8‑14 | 36‑46 | 24 |
| Bury | 0-3 | 3-0 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 30 | 8‑8‑14 | 39‑51 | 24 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 2-5 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-5 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 30 | 7‑10‑13 | 39‑54 | 24 |
| Stoke | 2-0 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 3-1 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 30 | 8‑8‑14 | 35‑55 | 24 |
| «1888-89 ‹1896-97 Home games in bold. PDF 1898-99› 1991-92» | Grid | Points Title race | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
