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Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Southern League

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Semi Final						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Aston Villa	3	0	Liverpool	D 1	Bramall Lane, Sheffield	30,000
	Cowan John 2, Athersmith	Lineups
D 1	Everton	3	2	Derby County	D 1	Victoria Ground, Stoke-on-Trent	25,000
	Chadwick, Hartley, Milward	Lineups		Goodall A, Goodall J

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	Stoke	Ewood Park	7,000
Rowley OG, Chippendale	Lineups		Hingerty
Bolton Wanderers	0	0	Nottingham Forest	Burnden Park	1,000
	Lineups
Burnley	0	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Turf Moor	3,000
	Lineups		Beats 2, Miller
Bury	0	1	Sheffield United	Gigg Lane	5,426
	Lineups		Bowes

				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	25	7	3	2	22	14	9	2	2	34	21	1.6	37	D	W	W	W	W	1897-03-22	Bolton Wanderers	H
2	2	Sheffield United	27	5	4	5	21	16	6	6	1	18	11	1.444	32	W	L	D	D	W	1897-03-27	Stoke	H
3	-1	Derby County	24	10	1	2	43	19	4	2	5	18	20	1.564	31	W	W	W	L	W	1897-03-27	Preston North End	H
4	-1	Liverpool	27	7	4	1	22	6	5	3	7	21	28	1.265	31	D	W	L	W	W	1897-03-27	Burnley	H
5	0	Preston North End	23	7	3	1	31	17	3	5	4	18	17	1.441	28	W	L	D	W	W	1897-03-27	Derby County	A
6	0	Bolton Wanderers	24	6	3	2	18	11	5	3	5	16	15	1.308	28	D	W	L	D	W	1897-03-22	Aston Villa	A
7	0	The Wednesday	26	7	4	2	24	11	1	6	6	10	22	1.03	26	L	W	D	D	D	1897-04-03	Liverpool	A
8	0	Everton	25	6	1	5	30	22	5	2	6	18	24	1.043	25	L	L	L	L	L	1897-04-03	Preston North End	A
9	0	Nottingham Forest	27	8	2	3	29	14	1	5	8	14	30	0.977	25	D	D	W	L	W	1897-04-05	The Wednesday	A
10	1	Blackburn Rovers	27	8	1	6	27	25	3	2	7	8	30	0.636	25	W	W	W	L	L	1897-03-27	Bury	A
11	-1	Bury	24	5	4	3	20	14	2	5	5	12	23	0.865	23	L	W	W	D	W	1897-03-27	Blackburn Rovers	H
12	0	West Bromwich Albion	26	6	2	6	15	16	3	3	6	12	29	0.6	23	L	L	L	W	L	1897-04-03	Burnley	H
13	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	5	4	5	22	14	3	2	7	15	20	1.088	22	W	W	D	L	D	1897-04-05	Bolton Wanderers	A
14	0	Sunderland	28	4	6	5	21	21	2	2	9	11	25	0.696	20	D	W	D	L	W	1897-04-03	Stoke	A
15	0	Stoke	25	5	3	3	24	17	3	0	11	18	40	0.737	19	L	W	L	W	D	1897-03-27	Sheffield United	A
16	0	Burnley	26	3	5	5	18	22	1	2	10	16	32	0.63	15	L	L	L	D	L	1897-03-27	Liverpool	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Burton Wanderers	1	2	Newton Heath	Derby Turn	3,000
Brown	Lineups		Gillespie, OG
Darwen	3	1	Grimsby Town	Barley Bank	1,000
Ratcliffe 2, Ashcroft	Lineups		Gray
Lincoln City	1	1	Burton Swifts	Sincil Bank	900
Hartley	Lineups		Yardley
Newcastle United	1	2	Gainsborough Trinity	St James' Park	6,000
Lennox	Lineups		Wigmore, Scott
Notts County	3	1	Blackpool	Trent Bridge	7,000
Boucher, Langham, Murphy	Lineups		Bradshaw
Small Heath	3	0	Loughborough	Coventry Road	4,000
Jones 2, Leake	Lineups
Walsall	1	1	Leicester Fosse	Hillary Street	2,500
Wilkes	Lineups		Wood
Footnotes
Notts County clinch Test Match place

				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	26	12	1	1	59	16	7	1	4	29	20	2.444	40	W	W	L	L	W	1897-03-27	Newton Heath	A
2	0	Grimsby Town	28	10	2	1	38	14	5	2	8	22	30	1.364	34	L	L	W	W	D	1897-04-03	Burton Swifts	H
3	0	Newton Heath	25	11	2	0	35	8	4	1	7	14	21	1.69	33	W	W	W	W	W	1897-03-22	Woolwich Arsenal	H
4	0	Newcastle United	25	11	1	1	37	12	3	0	9	11	31	1.116	29	L	L	W	L	W	1897-03-27	Burton Swifts	H
5	0	Manchester City	26	10	2	2	38	14	1	4	7	13	28	1.214	28	L	W	D	W	W	1897-04-12	Leicester Fosse	A
6	0	Leicester Fosse	24	11	0	1	41	16	2	1	9	11	31	1.106	27	D	L	W	L	L	1897-03-27	Small Heath	H
7	0	Small Heath	24	6	2	4	28	19	5	2	5	27	21	1.375	26	W	W	L	W	W	1897-03-27	Leicester Fosse	A
8	0	Darwen	26	12	0	2	51	14	1	0	11	13	39	1.208	26	W	L	L	L	W	1897-04-10	Gainsborough Trinity	H
9	2	Gainsborough Trinity	24	8	2	3	26	16	2	3	6	12	23	0.974	25	W	W	L	W	W	1897-03-27	Lincoln City	H
10	-1	Blackpool	23	8	2	1	30	14	2	2	8	19	33	1.043	24	L	W	W	W	D	1897-03-27	Loughborough	H
11	-1	Woolwich Arsenal	22	7	1	1	31	11	3	2	8	24	46	0.965	23	W	W	L	L	D	1897-03-22	Newton Heath	A
12	0	Walsall	25	5	2	4	26	23	3	2	9	16	42	0.646	20	D	W	L	L	L	1897-04-03	Newcastle United	H
13	0	Burton Swifts	24	5	3	4	25	19	2	2	8	12	33	0.712	19	D	L	L	L	L	1897-03-27	Newcastle United	A
14	0	Loughborough	25	8	0	5	29	14	1	0	11	10	45	0.661	18	L	W	W	W	L	1897-03-27	Blackpool	A
15	0	Burton Wanderers	24	6	1	5	17	20	1	0	11	8	35	0.455	15	L	L	D	L	L	1897-03-29	Blackpool	H
16	0	Lincoln City	23	2	1	8	11	21	1	0	11	10	44	0.323	7	D	L	L	L	L	1897-03-27	Gainsborough Trinity	A

Southern League

Southern League				Venue	Gate	Notes
New Brompton	2	0	Northfleet	Priestfield Road	1,000
Sheppey United	4	1	Millwall Athletic	Botany Road	3,000
Tottenham Hotspur	4	4	Reading	Northumberland Park	4,000

				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	14	7	0	0	37	9	5	2	0	10	3	3.92	26	W	D	W	W	D	1897-03-29	Tottenham Hotspur	H
2	0	Chatham	18	5	1	2	25	13	6	0	4	19	14	1.63	23	W	W	W	L	W	1897-03-27	Gravesend United	H
3	0	Millwall Athletic	14	5	2	1	25	7	4	1	1	20	11	2.5	21	L	W	D	W	W	1897-03-22	Northfleet	H
4	0	Gravesend United	15	4	1	2	17	9	3	3	2	12	13	1.32	18	W	L	W	W	D	1897-03-27	Chatham	A
5	0	Tottenham Hotspur	16	5	1	1	22	11	2	1	6	14	15	1.38	16	D	L	L	W	L	1897-03-27	New Brompton	H
6	1	Reading	16	6	1	1	17	11	1	1	6	10	25	0.75	16	D	L	W	L	W	1897-03-27	Northfleet	A
7	-1	Swindon Town	17	4	2	3	18	18	2	1	5	10	16	0.82	15	W	L	W	W	D	1897-03-23	Sheppey United	A
8	0	New Brompton	16	5	0	4	15	12	1	1	5	13	23	0.8	13	W	L	W	W	L	1897-03-27	Tottenham Hotspur	A
9	1	Sheppey United	14	2	1	4	15	13	2	0	5	11	25	0.68	9	W	L	L	L	L	1897-03-23	Swindon Town	H
10	-1	Northfleet	15	1	2	4	9	16	2	1	5	9	21	0.49	9	L	L	W	L	L	1897-03-22	Millwall Athletic	A
11	0	Wolverton L&NWR	15	2	0	6	8	14	0	0	7	5	42	0.23	4	L	L	L	W	L	1897-04-01	Tottenham Hotspur	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