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Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Southern League

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	1	2	Sunderland	Ewood Park	12,000
Haydock	Lineups		Gillespie, Cowan
Bury	2	0	Nottingham Forest	Gigg Lane	7,959
Henderson, Millar	Lineups
Derby County	8	1	West Bromwich Albion	Baseball Ground	12,000
Bloomer 3, Goodall A 2, McQueen 2, Miller	Lineups		Flewitt
Liverpool	3	3	Aston Villa	Anfield Road	15,000
Becton 2 (1p), Allan	Lineups		Cowan Jas, Wheldon, Athersmith

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Aston Villa	16	5	2	1	17	9	5	2	1	20	11	1.85	24	D	W	W	W	W	1896-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
2	0	Bolton Wanderers	15	5	2	0	14	3	4	2	2	14	11	2	22	D	W	W	W	L	1896-12-26	Derby County	A
3	0	Liverpool	19	5	3	1	18	6	3	2	5	13	16	1.409	21	D	L	W	L	D	1896-12-26	Burnley	A
4	1	Derby County	17	7	1	2	39	18	1	2	4	7	12	1.533	19	W	W	D	L	W	1896-12-26	Bolton Wanderers	H
5	-1	Preston North End	15	6	1	1	23	13	1	4	2	10	9	1.5	19	D	W	L	D	L	1896-12-26	Bury	H
6	0	West Bromwich Albion	18	4	2	4	8	8	2	3	3	9	18	0.654	17	L	D	L	W	W	1896-12-26	Blackburn Rovers	H
7	0	Sheffield United	13	2	4	1	9	6	3	2	1	10	7	1.462	16	L	D	W	D	L	1896-12-26	The Wednesday	H
8	0	The Wednesday	16	4	2	2	15	10	1	4	3	7	14	0.917	16	D	D	D	W	L	1896-12-26	Sheffield United	A
9	0	Everton	15	4	1	3	19	12	2	2	3	6	10	1.136	15	W	D	L	W	D	1896-12-26	Sunderland	H
10	0	Nottingham Forest	17	5	2	1	19	9	0	3	6	8	21	0.9	15	L	L	W	L	W	1896-12-28	Bury	H
11	0	Blackburn Rovers	17	4	1	4	12	15	2	2	4	5	16	0.548	15	L	W	L	L	L	1896-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	A
12	1	Bury	15	3	3	1	13	9	1	3	4	7	16	0.8	14	W	L	W	D	W	1896-12-26	Preston North End	A
13	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15	3	2	3	10	7	1	2	4	9	10	1.118	12	D	D	W	L	W	1896-12-26	Aston Villa	H
14	0	Stoke	17	3	2	2	13	11	2	0	8	13	32	0.605	12	L	W	D	L	D	1897-01-02	Everton	H
15	0	Sunderland	17	1	3	3	6	10	2	2	6	8	17	0.519	11	W	L	D	D	L	1896-12-26	Everton	A
16	0	Burnley	14	2	4	1	9	8	0	0	7	8	24	0.531	8	D	L	L	L	L	1896-12-26	Liverpool	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Burton Wanderers	1	0	Burton Swifts	Derby Turn	5,000
Arkesden TA	Lineups
Gainsborough Trinity	2	4	Darwen	The Northolme	2,000
Scott, Spouncer	Lineups		Kinsella, Tyrer 2, Hunt
Leicester Fosse	4	2	Loughborough	Filbert Street	11,000
McDonald, Dorrell, Freebairn 2	Lineups		Brailsford, Jones
Newton Heath	2	1	Manchester City	Bank Street	18,000
Donaldson, Smith	Lineups		Hill
Small Heath	3	3	Walsall	Coventry Road	7,500
Inglis, Hare, Izon	Lineups		Aston J 2, Griffin
Woolwich Arsenal	6	2	Lincoln City	Manor Ground	9,000
O'Brien 2, Boyle, Meade 2, Russell	Lineups		Kirton, Sinclair OG

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Notts County	17	7	1	1	37	15	5	1	2	19	13	2	26	W	D	W	L	L	1897-01-02	Burton Swifts	A
2	1	Newton Heath	16	7	1	0	21	5	2	1	5	10	17	1.409	20	W	L	L	W	W	1896-12-26	Blackpool	H
3	-1	Grimsby Town	17	6	1	0	22	6	3	1	6	17	26	1.219	20	L	W	L	L	W	1896-12-26	Newcastle United	H
4	2	Woolwich Arsenal	15	6	1	1	28	11	2	1	4	16	28	1.128	18	W	W	L	W	W	1896-12-26	Gainsborough Trinity	A
5	-1	Newcastle United	13	5	1	0	21	8	3	0	4	8	14	1.318	17	D	W	W	W	L	1896-12-26	Grimsby Town	A
6	-1	Manchester City	16	6	2	2	22	13	0	3	3	10	14	1.185	17	L	W	W	L	W	1896-12-26	Burton Swifts	A
7	0	Walsall	15	4	1	2	19	16	2	2	4	13	19	0.914	15	D	L	W	L	W	1896-12-26	Darwen	A
8	0	Small Heath	16	4	2	3	21	14	1	2	4	12	13	1.222	14	D	L	L	W	L	1897-01-01	Manchester City	A
9	2	Leicester Fosse	13	6	0	1	24	12	1	0	5	6	17	1.034	14	W	L	W	W	L	1896-12-28	Newton Heath	H
10	2	Darwen	14	6	0	1	22	7	1	0	6	8	23	1	14	W	W	L	W	L	1896-12-26	Walsall	H
11	-2	Gainsborough Trinity	13	4	2	1	12	7	0	3	3	5	13	0.85	13	L	W	L	W	L	1896-12-26	Woolwich Arsenal	H
12	-2	Blackpool	11	4	1	0	17	7	1	1	4	11	17	1.167	12	L	W	W	L	D	1896-12-26	Newton Heath	A
13	0	Burton Swifts	13	3	2	2	14	13	2	0	4	7	16	0.724	12	L	L	W	L	W	1896-12-26	Manchester City	H
14	0	Loughborough	17	3	0	5	13	11	1	0	8	9	31	0.524	8	L	W	W	L	L	1897-01-02	Darwen	H
15	0	Burton Wanderers	14	4	0	3	9	9	0	0	7	2	20	0.379	8	W	W	L	L	W	1896-12-26	Lincoln City	A
16	0	Lincoln City	12	1	0	3	6	8	1	0	7	9	27	0.429	4	L	L	L	L	L	1896-12-26	Burton Wanderers	H

Southern League

Southern League				Venue	Gate	Notes
Millwall Athletic	0	4	Tottenham Hotspur	The Athletic Grounds, East Ferry Road	5,000
Sheppey United	5	1	Wolverton L&NWR	Botany Road

				Home					Away
Ptn		Southern League	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Southampton St. Mary's	9	5	0	0	29	7	4	0	0	6	1	4.38	18	W	W	W	W	W	1897-01-16	Gravesend United	A
2	0	Millwall Athletic	9	2	1	1	15	6	4	1	0	19	7	2.62	14	L	W	W	W	W	1897-01-09	Chatham	H
3	1	Tottenham Hotspur	11	4	0	1	13	7	2	1	3	13	10	1.53	13	W	L	L	W	W	1897-01-09	Swindon Town	A
4	-1	Chatham	11	2	1	2	11	8	4	0	2	15	10	1.44	13	L	W	W	W	L	1896-12-26	Swindon Town	H
5	0	Gravesend United	8	1	0	2	5	5	2	2	1	8	9	0.93	8	W	L	W	L	L	1897-01-09	Wolverton L&NWR	H
6	0	Reading	8	3	0	1	7	10	1	0	3	4	15	0.44	8	W	W	L	L	L	1897-01-16	Swindon Town	H
7	2	Sheppey United	8	1	1	2	9	7	2	0	2	8	11	0.94	7	W	L	W	L	W	1897-02-06	Gravesend United	H
8	-1	Northfleet	9	0	2	2	5	8	2	1	2	7	8	0.75	7	D	L	L	W	D	1897-01-30	New Brompton	H
9	-1	Swindon Town	9	2	1	3	14	16	0	0	3	3	8	0.71	5	D	L	L	L	L	1896-12-26	Chatham	A
10	0	New Brompton	7	1	0	3	4	8	0	1	2	8	14	0.55	3	L	L	L	L	L	1896-12-26	Wolverton L&NWR	H
11	0	Wolverton L&NWR	9	1	0	4	7	12	0	0	4	3	26	0.26	2	L	L	L	L	L	1896-12-26	New Brompton	A
12	0	Royal Ordnance Factories	7	0	0	3	3	16	0	0	4	5	30	0.17	0	L	L	L	L	L	End of Season