Wednesday 1897-03-31
| Second Division |
| Second Division | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln City | 1 | 1 | Notts County | Sincil Bank | 850 | |
| Lynes | Lineups | Murphy | ||||
| Footnotes | ||||||
| Notts County champions & Lincoln City to apply for re-election | ||||||
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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 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 2.368 | 42 | D | D | W | W | L | 1897-04-03 | Small Heath | H |
| 2 | 0 | Newton Heath | 27 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 1.645 | 35 | D | D | W | W | W | 1897-04-01 | Lincoln City | A |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | 0 | Newcastle United | 26 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 1.136 | 31 | W | L | L | W | L | 1897-04-03 | Walsall | A |
| 5 | 0 | Small Heath | 26 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 1.405 | 30 | W | W | W | W | L | 1897-04-03 | Notts County | A |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | 0 | Gainsborough Trinity | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 1.154 | 27 | W | W | W | L | W | 1897-04-03 | Blackpool | H |
| 8 | 0 | Leicester Fosse | 25 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 1.083 | 27 | L | D | L | W | L | 1897-04-10 | Lincoln City | A |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | 0 | Blackpool | 25 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 1.059 | 26 | L | W | L | W | W | 1897-04-03 | Gainsborough Trinity | A |
| 11 | 0 | Woolwich Arsenal | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 47 | 0.951 | 24 | L | D | W | W | L | 1897-04-03 | Newton Heath | H |
| 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 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 0.704 | 19 | L | D | L | L | L | 1897-04-03 | Grimsby Town | A |
| 14 | 0 | Loughborough | 26 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 49 | 0.635 | 18 | L | L | W | W | W | 1897-04-10 | Newton Heath | H |
| 15 | 0 | Burton Wanderers | 25 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 0.5 | 17 | W | L | L | D | L | 1897-04-03 | Lincoln City | H |
| 16 | 0 | Lincoln City | 25 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 51 | 0.301 | 8 | D | L | D | L | L | 1897-04-01 | Newton Heath | H |
| Southern League |
| Southern League | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravesend United | 1 | 2 | Millwall Athletic | Overcliffe Ground | 2,250 | |
| Reading | 1 | 5 | Southampton St. Mary's | Elm Park | ||
| Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3.79 | 29 | W | D | W | D | W | 1897-04-08 | Tottenham Hotspur | A |
| 2 | 1 | Millwall Athletic | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 2.57 | 26 | W | D | W | L | W | 1897-04-05 | Wolverton L&NWR | A |
| 3 | -1 | Chatham | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 1.68 | 25 | W | W | W | W | L | 1897-04-17 | Wolverton L&NWR | H |
| 4 | 0 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 1.44 | 19 | D | W | D | L | L | 1897-04-01 | Wolverton L&NWR | H |
| 5 | 0 | Swindon Town | 19 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0.91 | 19 | W | W | W | L | W | 1897-04-19 | Gravesend United | A |
| 6 | 0 | Gravesend United | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 1.15 | 18 | L | L | W | L | W | 1897-04-03 | Northfleet | H |
| 7 | 0 | Reading | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 0.7 | 17 | L | D | D | L | W | 1897-04-03 | Sheppey United | H |
| 8 | 0 | New Brompton | 18 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 0.77 | 14 | D | L | W | L | W | 1897-04-10 | Millwall Athletic | H |
| 9 | 0 | Northfleet | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 0.45 | 10 | D | L | L | L | W | 1897-04-03 | Gravesend United | A |
| 10 | 0 | Sheppey United | 16 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 0.63 | 9 | L | L | W | L | L | 1897-04-03 | Reading | 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 | ||
