Thursday 1897-10-07
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| Division 1 | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
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| Notts County | 1 | 1 | Preston North End | Trent Bridge | 11,000 | |
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First Division | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | G Ave | Pts | Last 5 Games | Next Match | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | Sheffield United | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1.7 | 11 | W | D | D | D | W | 1897-10-09 | Bury | A |
| 2 | 0 | Aston Villa | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1.235 | 10 | W | L | L | W | W | 1897-10-09 | West Bromwich Albion | A |
| 3 | 0 | Derby County | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1.556 | 7 | L | D | W | W | W | 1897-10-09 | Sunderland | A |
| 4 | 0 | Sunderland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.2 | 7 | D | W | L | W | W | 1897-10-09 | Derby County | H |
| 5 | 0 | Stoke | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1.1 | 7 | W | L | W | L | D | 1897-10-09 | Liverpool | A |
| 6 | 0 | Bolton Wanderers | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1.333 | 6 | L | W | W | W | L | 1897-10-09 | The Wednesday | H |
| 7 | 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1.286 | 6 | D | D | L | L | W | 1897-10-09 | Everton | H |
| 8 | 0 | The Wednesday | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0.923 | 6 | W | W | L | W | L | 1897-10-09 | Bolton Wanderers | A |
| 9 | 0 | Liverpool | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | D | W | L | D | D | 1897-10-09 | Stoke | H |
| 10 | 0 | Bury | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0.889 | 5 | W | D | L | W | L | 1897-10-09 | Sheffield United | H |
| 11 | 0 | Everton | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0.8 | 5 | D | L | W | L | W | 1897-10-09 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A |
| 12 | 2 | Preston North End | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.556 | 5 | D | D | L | W | D | 1897-10-09 | Blackburn Rovers | A |
| 13 | -1 | West Bromwich Albion | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1.1 | 4 | L | W | L | W | L | 1897-10-09 | Aston Villa | H |
| 14 | -1 | Nottingham Forest | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.6 | 4 | D | D | D | L | D | 1897-10-09 | Notts County | A |
| 15 | 0 | Blackburn Rovers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0.588 | 3 | L | D | W | L | L | 1897-10-09 | Preston North End | H |
| 16 | 0 | Notts County | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0.5 | 3 | D | L | D | L | L | 1897-10-09 | Nottingham Forest | H |
