Saturday 1897-12-18

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Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Southern League

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Liverpool	0	1	Blackburn Rovers	Anfield Road	5,000
	Lineups		Proudfoot
Notts County	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Trent Bridge	4,000
Carter, Deighton	Lineups		Owen, Miller
Preston North End	2	0	The Wednesday	Deepdale	3,000
Stevenson, Pratt	Lineups
Stoke	0	0	Aston Villa	Victoria Ground	11,000
	Lineups
Sunderland	0	0	Everton	Newcastle Road	8,000
	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	1	0	Bury	Stoney Lane	6,303
Garfield	Lineups

				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	1	Aston Villa	17	9	0	0	34	15	1	3	4	8	15	1.4	23	D	W	W	L	W	1897-12-25	Everton	A
2	-1	Sheffield United	15	4	2	0	15	9	4	4	1	18	10	1.737	22	L	D	D	D	W	1897-12-27	The Wednesday	H
3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	6	2	1	20	8	2	2	4	11	14	1.409	20	D	W	W	W	L	1897-12-27	Aston Villa	H
4	1	West Bromwich Albion	16	6	3	0	17	7	2	1	4	11	16	1.217	20	W	W	L	W	W	1897-12-27	Blackburn Rovers	H
5	-1	The Wednesday	16	7	0	2	22	7	1	2	4	6	12	1.474	18	L	W	D	W	W	1897-12-25	Stoke	H
6	0	Everton	15	5	1	1	17	7	2	3	3	9	16	1.13	18	D	W	W	D	L	1897-12-25	Aston Villa	H
7	0	Bolton Wanderers	15	6	0	1	9	4	2	1	5	9	14	1	17	L	L	W	W	W	1897-12-25	Liverpool	H
8	0	Nottingham Forest	15	2	3	3	15	13	3	2	2	8	8	1.095	15	L	D	L	W	W	1897-12-25	Preston North End	A
9	0	Derby County	16	4	3	0	20	10	1	2	6	12	20	1.067	15	D	L	D	L	D	1897-12-25	Notts County	H
10	1	Sunderland	14	4	2	1	10	5	1	2	4	9	14	1	14	D	D	W	L	L	1897-12-25	Blackburn Rovers	A
11	-1	Liverpool	15	4	1	2	13	6	1	2	5	11	19	0.96	13	L	L	W	W	L	1897-12-25	Bolton Wanderers	A
12	1	Preston North End	18	3	3	3	12	12	1	2	6	6	15	0.667	13	W	L	L	D	L	1897-12-25	Nottingham Forest	H
13	1	Blackburn Rovers	15	2	3	1	9	9	2	1	6	13	24	0.667	12	W	L	D	D	L	1897-12-25	Sunderland	H
14	-2	Bury	13	4	1	2	12	10	0	2	4	4	13	0.696	11	L	W	D	L	W	1897-12-27	Stoke	A
15	0	Stoke	17	4	3	3	12	11	0	0	7	5	24	0.486	11	D	W	L	L	L	1897-12-25	The Wednesday	A
16	0	Notts County	16	1	4	3	12	12	0	2	6	5	15	0.63	8	D	L	D	D	L	1897-12-25	Derby County	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	5	0	Gainsborough Trinity	Athletic Grounds	1,500
Cox, Stirzaker, Parkinson, OG 2	Lineups
Burton Swifts	3	1	Newcastle United	Peel Croft	4,000
Leigh 2, Blackie	Lineups		White
Darwen	1	2	Leicester Fosse	Barley Bank	600
Crook (p)	Lineups		McLeod, McMillan
Grimsby Town	3	4	Manchester City	Abbey Park	5,000
McCairns 2, Gray	Lineups		Leonard 2, Meredith, Gillespie
Loughborough	1	3	Woolwich Arsenal	Athletic Ground	2,000
Shaw	Lineups		Brock, White, Hannah
Luton Town	9	3	Lincoln City	Dunstable Road	3,000
Birch 3, Stewart, Coupar, McInnes 2, Little, Gallacher	Lineups		Fletcher 2, Hulme
Walsall	1	2	Small Heath	Hillary Street	3,000
Griffin	Lineups		Lewis 2

				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	Burnley	15	9	0	0	38	4	3	2	1	7	5	5	26	W	W	D	W	W	1897-12-27	Newcastle United	A
2	0	Manchester City	13	6	1	0	21	3	4	1	1	15	9	3	22	W	W	D	L	W	1897-12-25	Newton Heath	H
3	0	Newcastle United	13	5	0	0	15	2	4	1	3	11	13	1.733	19	L	W	W	W	L	1897-12-25	Blackpool	A
4	0	Small Heath	13	6	0	0	17	6	3	1	3	10	14	1.35	19	W	W	L	L	W	1897-12-25	Darwen	H
5	2	Leicester Fosse	14	3	2	1	11	6	3	2	3	11	10	1.375	16	W	L	W	W	D	1897-12-25	Loughborough	H
6	2	Woolwich Arsenal	15	5	2	1	19	7	2	0	5	10	19	1.115	16	W	L	W	W	L	1897-12-27	Lincoln City	A
7	-2	Grimsby Town	17	7	1	1	30	10	0	1	7	3	23	1	16	L	L	W	L	L	1897-12-25	Lincoln City	A
8	-2	Newton Heath	14	4	1	2	17	5	2	2	3	8	7	2.083	15	D	W	D	L	L	1897-12-25	Manchester City	A
9	2	Luton Town	12	3	1	1	17	7	1	2	4	8	18	1	11	W	L	W	D	L	1897-12-25	Burton Swifts	A
10	-1	Walsall	16	4	2	3	21	11	0	0	7	5	28	0.667	10	L	D	L	D	L	1897-12-27	Blackpool	H
11	-1	Darwen	13	4	1	3	13	12	0	1	4	3	23	0.457	10	L	L	W	L	L	1897-12-24	Gainsborough Trinity	A
12	0	Loughborough	13	3	1	3	10	12	1	0	5	4	18	0.467	9	L	L	W	D	L	1897-12-25	Leicester Fosse	A
13	0	Lincoln City	13	3	1	2	13	11	0	1	6	11	31	0.571	8	L	W	L	W	W	1897-12-25	Grimsby Town	H
14	1	Burton Swifts	12	3	0	3	13	13	0	1	5	4	14	0.63	7	W	W	L	D	L	1897-12-25	Luton Town	H
15	1	Blackpool	13	3	1	2	12	6	0	0	7	6	23	0.621	7	W	L	L	L	L	1897-12-25	Newcastle United	H
16	-2	Gainsborough Trinity	12	3	1	1	14	7	0	0	7	6	26	0.606	7	L	L	D	L	W	1897-12-24	Darwen	H

Southern League

Southern League				Venue	Gate	Notes
Sheppey United	5	1	Northfleet	Botany Road
Swindon Town	2	2	Bristol City	County Ground	4,000
Wolverton L&NWR	1	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Wolverton Park	1,500

				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	Bristol City	10	4	0	0	20	7	2	4	0	14	9	2.13	16	D	W	W	D	D	1898-01-01	Southampton	A
2	0	Southampton	8	2	0	0	8	2	5	0	1	9	4	2.83	14	W	W	W	W	W	1898-01-01	Bristol City	H
3	0	Reading	9	5	1	1	14	6	1	0	1	2	2	2	13	L	W	W	D	W	1898-01-01	Chatham	H
4	0	Chatham	9	3	2	0	12	5	2	0	2	4	4	1.78	12	W	L	D	D	W	1897-12-25	Gravesend United	H
5	1	Tottenham Hotspur	10	3	1	0	13	2	1	2	3	8	13	1.4	11	W	L	D	D	L	1898-01-15	Northfleet	H
6	1	Sheppey United	10	4	1	1	14	4	1	0	3	7	16	1.05	11	W	W	L	W	W	1898-01-01	New Brompton	A
7	-2	New Brompton	8	2	0	2	4	4	2	2	0	9	4	1.63	10	W	L	D	D	L	1897-12-24	Gravesend United	H
8	0	Gravesend United	8	2	3	0	7	3	0	0	3	0	7	0.7	7	L	W	D	D	L	1897-12-24	New Brompton	A
9	0	Millwall Athletic	11	2	0	4	17	12	1	0	4	6	12	0.96	6	L	L	L	W	L	1898-01-15	Swindon Town	H
10	0	Wolverton L&NWR	10	2	0	4	13	14	0	1	3	5	22	0.5	5	L	L	L	L	W	1897-12-27	Chatham	A
11	0	Swindon Town	8	1	1	2	4	11	0	0	4	2	11	0.27	3	D	W	L	L	L	1897-12-27	Gravesend United	A
12	0	Northfleet	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	5	22	0.22	0	L	L	L	L	L	1897-12-27	New Brompton	H