Wednesday 1897-04-21
| Cup and International Matches |
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| Test Match | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D 2 | Newton Heath | 2 | 0 | Burnley | D 1 | Bank Street | 7,000 | |
| Boyd, Jenkins | Lineups | |||||||
| Second Division |
| Second Division | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walsall | 4 | 0 | Darwen | Hillary Street | 1,500 | |
| Aston J, Copeland 2, Johnson G | Lineups | |||||
| Footnotes | ||||||
| Walsall to apply for re-election | ||||||
| Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 2.14 | 42 | L | L | D | D | W | End of Season | # | |
| 2 | 0 | Newton Heath | 30 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 1.647 | 39 | L | W | W | D | D | End of Season | # | |
| 3 | 0 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 1.467 | 38 | W | W | L | L | W | End of Season | # | |
| 4 | 0 | Small Heath | 30 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 1.468 | 37 | W | D | W | W | W | End of Season | # | |
| 5 | 0 | Newcastle United | 30 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 1.077 | 35 | L | L | W | W | W | End of Season | # | |
| 6 | 0 | Manchester City | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 1.143 | 30 | L | D | D | L | W | 1897-04-28 | Woolwich Arsenal | A |
| 7 | 0 | Gainsborough Trinity | 29 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 1.065 | 30 | D | L | L | W | W | 1897-04-24 | Blackpool | A |
| 8 | 0 | Blackpool | 29 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 40 | 1.055 | 30 | W | W | L | L | L | 1897-04-24 | Gainsborough Trinity | H |
| 9 | 0 | Leicester Fosse | 30 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 1.035 | 30 | D | L | D | D | L | End of Season | # | |
| 10 | 0 | Woolwich Arsenal | 29 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 50 | 0.985 | 30 | W | W | W | L | L | 1897-04-28 | Manchester City | H |
| 11 | 0 | Darwen | 30 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 45 | 1.098 | 28 | L | L | L | W | W | End of Season | # | |
| 12 | 2 | Walsall | 30 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 44 | 0.783 | 26 | W | W | L | W | L | End of Season | # | |
| 13 | -1 | Loughborough | 30 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 50 | 0.781 | 25 | W | W | D | W | L | End of Season | # | |
| 14 | -1 | Burton Swifts | 30 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 41 | 0.754 | 24 | L | W | D | W | L | End of Season | # | |
| 15 | 0 | Burton Wanderers | 30 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 45 | 0.463 | 20 | L | L | D | L | W | End of Season | # | |
| 16 | 0 | Lincoln City | 30 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 58 | 0.318 | 12 | L | W | W | L | L | End of Season | # | |
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Test Match | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | G Ave | Pts | Last 5 Games | Next Match | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | Notts County | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | D | W | # | # | # | 1897-04-24 | Burnley | H |
| 2 | 0 | Burnley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | L | W | # | # | # | 1897-04-24 | Notts County | A |
| 3 | 1 | Newton Heath | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | W | L | # | # | # | 1897-04-24 | Sunderland | H |
| 4 | -1 | Sunderland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | L | D | # | # | # | 1897-04-24 | Newton Heath | A |
