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Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Southern League

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Burnley	4	1	Liverpool	Turf Moor	9,000
Bowes 2, Toman, Chambers	Lineups		Becton
Derby County	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Baseball Ground	19,500
Fisher	Lineups
Everton	5	2	Sunderland	Goodison Park	35,000
Bell 2, Chadwick, Hartley, Milward (p)	Lineups		Morgan, Gillespie
Preston North End	2	2	Bury	Deepdale	10,000
Pratt 2	Lineups		Millar, Pray
Sheffield United	2	0	The Wednesday	Bramall Lane	30,000
Priest, Howell	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	1	0	Blackburn Rovers	Stoney Lane	8,000
Flewitt	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	2	Aston Villa	Molineux	18,000
Malpass	Lineups		Chatt, 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	17	5	2	1	17	9	6	2	1	22	12	1.857	26	W	D	W	W	W	1897-01-02	Burnley	H
2	0	Bolton Wanderers	16	5	2	0	14	3	4	2	3	14	12	1.867	22	L	D	W	W	W	1896-12-29	Sheffield United	A
3	1	Derby County	18	8	1	2	40	18	1	2	4	7	12	1.567	21	W	W	W	D	L	1897-01-02	Sunderland	A
4	-1	Liverpool	20	5	3	1	18	6	3	2	6	14	20	1.231	21	L	D	L	W	L	1897-01-01	Bolton Wanderers	A
5	0	Preston North End	16	6	2	1	25	15	1	4	2	10	9	1.458	20	D	D	W	L	D	1897-01-01	Sunderland	A
6	0	West Bromwich Albion	19	5	2	4	9	8	2	3	3	9	18	0.692	19	W	L	D	L	W	1896-12-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
7	0	Sheffield United	14	3	4	1	11	6	3	2	1	10	7	1.615	18	W	L	D	W	D	1896-12-29	Bolton Wanderers	H
8	1	Everton	16	5	1	3	24	14	2	2	3	6	10	1.25	17	W	W	D	L	W	1897-01-01	Sheffield United	A
9	-1	The Wednesday	17	4	2	2	15	10	1	4	4	7	16	0.846	16	L	D	D	D	W	1896-12-28	Blackburn Rovers	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	1	Bury	16	3	3	1	13	9	1	4	4	9	18	0.815	15	D	W	L	W	D	1896-12-28	Nottingham Forest	A
12	-1	Blackburn Rovers	18	4	1	4	12	15	2	2	5	5	17	0.531	15	L	L	W	L	L	1896-12-28	The Wednesday	A
13	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	3	2	4	11	9	1	2	4	9	10	1.053	12	L	D	D	W	L	1896-12-28	West Bromwich Albion	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	18	1	3	3	6	10	2	2	7	10	22	0.5	11	L	W	L	D	D	1897-01-01	Preston North End	H
16	0	Burnley	15	3	4	1	13	9	0	0	7	8	24	0.636	10	W	D	L	L	L	1897-01-01	Bury	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Burton Swifts	5	0	Manchester City	Peel Croft	6,000
Leigh, McKenzie, Dewey, Yardley 2	Lineups
Darwen	12	0	Walsall	Barley Bank	2,000	Walsall fielded only 8 men for this fixture
Sharp, Hunt, Tyrer 2, Harrison 2, Kinsella 2, Hunt 3, Morrison	Lineups
Gainsborough Trinity	4	1	Woolwich Arsenal	The Northolme	3,000
Spouncer, Bagshaw, McRoberts, Raby	Lineups		Brock
Grimsby Town	3	2	Newcastle United	Abbey Park	10,000
McCairns, Rogers 2	Lineups		Wardrope, Stott
Lincoln City	2	3	Burton Wanderers	Sincil Bank	3,000
Kirton, Smith	Lineups		Brown, Handley, Lumsden
Newton Heath	2	0	Blackpool	Bank Street	9,000
Cassidy 2	Lineups

				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	0	Newton Heath	17	8	1	0	23	5	2	1	5	10	17	1.5	22	W	W	L	L	W	1896-12-28	Leicester Fosse	A
3	0	Grimsby Town	18	7	1	0	25	8	3	1	6	17	26	1.235	22	W	L	W	L	L	1897-01-01	Blackpool	A
4	0	Woolwich Arsenal	16	6	1	1	28	11	2	1	5	17	32	1.047	18	L	W	W	L	W	1897-01-01	Darwen	A
5	0	Newcastle United	14	5	1	0	21	8	3	0	5	10	17	1.24	17	L	D	W	W	W	1896-12-28	Gainsborough Trinity	A
6	0	Manchester City	17	6	2	2	22	13	0	3	4	10	19	1	17	L	L	W	W	L	1897-01-01	Small Heath	H
7	3	Darwen	15	7	0	1	34	7	1	0	6	8	23	1.4	16	W	W	W	L	W	1897-01-01	Woolwich Arsenal	H
8	3	Gainsborough Trinity	14	5	2	1	16	8	0	3	3	5	13	1	15	W	L	W	L	W	1896-12-28	Newcastle United	H
9	-2	Walsall	16	4	1	2	19	16	2	2	5	13	31	0.681	15	L	D	L	W	L	1897-01-06	Manchester City	A
10	-2	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
11	-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
12	1	Burton Swifts	14	4	2	2	19	13	2	0	4	7	16	0.897	14	W	L	L	W	L	1897-01-02	Notts County	H
13	-1	Blackpool	12	4	1	0	17	7	1	1	5	11	19	1.077	12	L	L	W	W	L	1897-01-01	Grimsby Town	H
14	1	Burton Wanderers	15	4	0	3	9	9	1	0	7	5	22	0.452	10	W	W	W	L	L	1897-01-02	Grimsby Town	A
15	-1	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
16	0	Lincoln City	13	1	0	4	8	11	1	0	7	9	27	0.447	4	L	L	L	L	L	1897-01-02	Newcastle United	A

Southern League

Southern League				Venue	Gate	Notes
Chatham	6	2	Swindon Town	Maidstone Road	2,500
New Brompton	5	0	Wolverton L&NWR	Priestfield Road	10,000

				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	2	Chatham	12	3	1	2	17	10	4	0	2	15	10	1.6	15	W	L	W	W	W	1897-01-09	Millwall Athletic	A
3	-1	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
4	-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
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	0	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	0	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	New Brompton	8	2	0	3	9	8	0	1	2	8	14	0.77	5	W	L	L	L	L	1897-01-16	Wolverton L&NWR	A
10	-1	Swindon Town	10	2	1	3	14	16	0	0	4	5	14	0.63	5	L	D	L	L	L	1897-01-09	Tottenham Hotspur	H
11	0	Wolverton L&NWR	10	1	0	4	7	12	0	0	5	3	31	0.23	2	L	L	L	L	L	1897-01-09	Gravesend United	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