Saturday 1897-10-30
| First Division |
| Division 1 | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aston Villa | 3 | 1 | Liverpool | Villa Park | 25,000 | |
| Devey, Wheldon, Athersmith | Lineups | Bradshaw | ||||
| Bolton Wanderers | 1 | 0 | Sunderland | Burnden Park | 12,000 | |
| Cassidy | Lineups | |||||
| Everton | 1 | 4 | Sheffield United | Goodison Park | 33,000 | |
| Bell L | Lineups | Cunningham, Almond 2, Bennett | ||||
| Nottingham Forest | 3 | 4 | Derby County | Town Ground | 12,000 | |
| MacPherson (p), Spencer, Capes AJ | Lineups | Maconnachie 2, Goodall A, Bloomer | ||||
| Preston North End | 1 | 4 | Blackburn Rovers | Deepdale | 10,000 | |
| Brown | Lineups | Campbell, Trainer OG, Wilkie, Hulse | ||||
| Stoke | 0 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion | Victoria Ground | 6,400 | |
| Lineups | ||||||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 | 1 | Notts County | Molineux | 7,000 | |
| Beats, Tonks, Wood | Lineups | Carter | ||||
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| Ptn |  |
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 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 2.071 | 19 | W | W | W | W | W | 1897-11-13 | Derby County | A |
| 2 | 0 | Aston Villa | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1.381 | 16 | W | D | W | D | W | 1897-11-06 | Preston North End | A |
| 3 | 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1.385 | 11 | W | D | W | L | D | 1897-11-06 | Bury | A |
| 4 | 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1.222 | 11 | W | W | D | L | L | 1897-11-01 | West Bromwich Albion | A |
| 5 | -2 | Everton | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 11 | L | W | W | W | D | 1897-11-06 | West Bromwich Albion | A |
| 6 | 4 | Derby County | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1.15 | 10 | W | L | D | L | L | 1897-11-06 | Stoke | H |
| 7 | -3 | Sunderland | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.889 | 10 | L | D | L | W | D | 1897-11-13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A |
| 8 | 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1.231 | 9 | D | D | W | D | L | 1897-11-01 | Bolton Wanderers | H |
| 9 | -1 | The Wednesday | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1.067 | 9 | D | L | W | W | W | 1897-11-13 | Blackburn Rovers | H |
| 10 | -4 | Liverpool | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 1.063 | 9 | L | W | L | W | D | 1897-11-06 | Nottingham Forest | H |
| 11 | 0 | Nottingham Forest | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.923 | 8 | L | L | W | W | D | 1897-11-06 | Liverpool | A |
| 12 | 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 0.773 | 8 | W | D | L | W | L | 1897-11-13 | The Wednesday | A |
| 13 | -1 | Stoke | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 0.55 | 8 | D | L | L | L | W | 1897-11-06 | Derby County | A |
| 14 | -1 | Bury | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0.706 | 6 | L | D | L | W | D | 1897-11-06 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H |
| 15 | 0 | Preston North End | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0.438 | 6 | L | L | D | L | D | 1897-11-06 | Aston Villa | H |
| 16 | 0 | Notts County | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 0.636 | 5 | L | W | L | L | D | 1897-11-06 | Bolton Wanderers | H |
| Second Division |
| Second Division | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnley | 3 | 1 | Manchester City | Turf Moor | 10,000 | |
| Toman 2, Ross | Lineups | Gillespie | ||||
| Newton Heath | 6 | 0 | Walsall | Bank Street | 2,000 | |
| Cassidy 2, Donaldson 2, Bryant, Gillespie | Lineups | |||||
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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 | Manchester City | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4.143 | 17 | L | W | D | W | W | 1897-11-20 | Burnley | H |
| 2 | 0 | Burnley | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3.857 | 17 | W | L | W | W | W | 1897-11-06 | Darwen | A |
| 3 | 0 | Newcastle United | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1.889 | 13 | W | D | W | L | W | 1897-11-06 | Grimsby Town | A |
| 4 | 0 | Small Heath | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1.417 | 13 | W | L | W | D | W | 1897-11-06 | Loughborough | H |
| 5 | 1 | Newton Heath | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 11 | W | L | D | L | W | 1897-11-06 | Lincoln City | A |
| 6 | -1 | Woolwich Arsenal | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 0.895 | 10 | L | D | W | W | L | 1897-11-06 | Walsall | A |
| 7 | 0 | Grimsby Town | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1.067 | 9 | W | L | L | W | L | 1897-11-06 | Newcastle United | H |
| 8 | 0 | Darwen | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 0.44 | 8 | L | W | D | D | L | 1897-11-06 | Burnley | H |
| 9 | 1 | Leicester Fosse | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1.143 | 6 | W | W | L | L | D | 1897-11-06 | Blackpool | H |
| 10 | -1 | Walsall | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 0.87 | 6 | L | W | L | W | L | 1897-11-06 | Woolwich Arsenal | H |
| 11 | 0 | Gainsborough Trinity | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 0.75 | 6 | W | L | W | W | L | 1897-11-13 | Lincoln City | A |
| 12 | 0 | Loughborough | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0.5 | 6 | W | W | L | L | L | 1897-11-06 | Small Heath | A |
| 13 | 0 | Luton Town | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0.778 | 5 | L | L | L | W | W | 1897-11-06 | Burton Swifts | H |
| 14 | 0 | Blackpool | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0.529 | 5 | L | W | W | L | L | 1897-11-06 | Leicester Fosse | A |
| 15 | 0 | Lincoln City | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 0.462 | 2 | L | L | D | L | L | 1897-11-06 | Newton Heath | H |
| 16 | 0 | Burton Swifts | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 0.318 | 2 | L | L | L | W | L | 1897-11-06 | Luton Town | A |
