Monday 1897-12-27

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Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Southern League

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Derby County	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Baseball Ground	15,000
Bloomer	Lineups
Liverpool	0	2	Sunderland	Anfield Road	30,000
	Lineups		Brown, Cleghorn OG
Sheffield United	1	1	The Wednesday	Bramall Lane	37,389
Earp OG	Lineups		Spiksley
Stoke	3	1	Bury	Victoria Ground	15,000
Murphy, Hill J, Maxwell	Lineups		Millar
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Stoney Lane	7,000
Williams (p)	Lineups		Campbell
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Aston Villa	Molineux	20,000
Beats	Lineups		Athersmith

				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	0	Aston Villa	19	9	0	0	34	15	1	4	5	10	18	1.333	24	D	L	D	W	W	1898-01-08	Sheffield United	A
2	0	Sheffield United	16	4	3	0	16	10	4	4	1	18	10	1.7	23	D	L	D	D	D	1897-12-29	Liverpool	H
3	0	The Wednesday	18	8	0	2	26	7	1	3	4	7	13	1.65	21	D	W	L	W	D	1898-01-01	Nottingham Forest	H
4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	6	3	1	21	9	2	2	4	11	14	1.391	21	D	D	W	W	W	1897-12-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
5	0	West Bromwich Albion	17	6	4	0	18	8	2	1	4	11	16	1.208	21	D	W	W	L	W	1897-12-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
6	0	Everton	16	6	1	1	19	8	2	3	3	9	16	1.167	20	W	D	W	W	D	1898-01-01	Blackburn Rovers	A
7	2	Derby County	18	5	3	1	22	12	1	2	6	12	20	1.063	17	W	L	D	L	D	1898-01-01	Bolton Wanderers	A
8	-1	Bolton Wanderers	17	6	0	2	9	6	2	1	6	9	15	0.857	17	L	L	L	L	W	1898-01-01	Derby County	H
9	3	Sunderland	16	4	2	1	10	5	2	2	5	12	16	1.048	16	W	L	D	D	W	1898-01-01	Preston North End	H
10	-2	Liverpool	17	4	1	3	13	8	2	2	5	13	19	0.963	15	L	W	L	L	W	1897-12-29	Sheffield United	A
11	-1	Nottingham Forest	16	2	3	3	15	13	3	2	3	8	11	0.958	15	L	L	D	L	W	1898-01-01	The Wednesday	A
12	-1	Preston North End	19	4	3	3	15	12	1	2	6	6	15	0.778	15	W	W	L	L	D	1898-01-01	Sunderland	A
13	0	Blackburn Rovers	17	3	3	1	11	10	2	2	6	14	25	0.714	15	D	W	W	L	D	1898-01-01	Everton	H
14	1	Stoke	19	5	3	3	15	12	0	0	8	5	28	0.5	13	W	L	D	W	L	1898-01-01	Bury	A
15	-1	Bury	14	4	1	2	12	10	0	2	5	5	16	0.654	11	L	L	W	D	L	1898-01-01	Stoke	H
16	0	Notts County	17	1	4	3	12	12	1	2	6	7	16	0.679	10	W	D	L	D	D	1898-01-01	Sheffield United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Gainsborough Trinity	2	1	Newton Heath	The Northolme	3,000
Wigmore, McRoberts	Lineups		Boyd
Lincoln City	2	3	Woolwich Arsenal	Sincil Bank	4,000
Morris, Fletcher	Lineups		Hunt 2, Brock
Loughborough	3	2	Burton Swifts	Athletic Ground	2,000
Unknown 3	Lineups		Leigh, Fisher
Luton Town	6	0	Grimsby Town	Dunstable Road	5,000	Grimsby Town played the first half with 10 players as forward Harry Fletcher had missed his train. He arrived to take part in the second half
Donaldson 2, McInnes, Ekins, Coupar, Davies (p)	Lineups
Newcastle United	0	1	Burnley	St James' Park	24,959
	Lineups		Toman
Small Heath	0	1	Manchester City	Coventry Road	11,000
	Lineups		Leonard
Walsall	6	0	Blackpool	Hillary Street	2,000
Holmes 3, Johnson, Aston J 2	Lineups

				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	16	9	0	0	38	4	4	2	1	8	5	5.111	28	W	W	W	D	W	1898-01-01	Lincoln City	H
2	0	Manchester City	15	6	1	1	21	4	5	1	1	16	9	2.846	24	W	L	W	W	D	1898-01-01	Luton Town	A
3	0	Newcastle United	15	5	0	1	15	3	5	1	3	14	15	1.611	21	L	W	L	W	W	1898-01-01	Walsall	H
4	0	Small Heath	15	7	0	1	22	8	3	1	3	10	14	1.455	21	L	W	W	W	L	1898-01-08	Burnley	H
5	0	Leicester Fosse	15	4	2	1	15	6	3	2	3	11	10	1.625	18	W	W	L	W	W	1898-01-08	Blackpool	A
6	2	Woolwich Arsenal	16	5	2	1	19	7	3	0	5	13	21	1.143	18	W	W	L	W	W	1898-01-01	Blackpool	A
7	-1	Newton Heath	16	4	1	2	17	5	3	2	4	10	9	1.929	17	L	W	D	W	D	1898-01-01	Burton Swifts	H
8	-1	Grimsby Town	19	7	1	1	30	10	0	2	8	4	30	0.85	17	L	D	L	L	W	1898-01-22	Luton Town	H
9	0	Luton Town	14	4	1	1	23	7	1	2	5	9	20	1.185	13	W	L	W	L	W	1898-01-01	Manchester City	H
10	0	Walsall	17	5	2	3	27	11	0	0	7	5	28	0.821	12	W	L	D	L	D	1898-01-01	Newcastle United	A
11	2	Gainsborough Trinity	14	5	1	1	19	9	0	0	7	6	26	0.714	11	W	W	L	L	D	1898-01-01	Darwen	A
12	3	Loughborough	15	4	1	3	13	14	1	0	6	4	22	0.472	11	W	L	L	L	W	1898-01-03	Newcastle United	A
13	-2	Darwen	15	4	1	3	13	12	0	1	6	5	31	0.419	10	L	L	L	L	W	1898-01-01	Gainsborough Trinity	H
14	-2	Burton Swifts	14	4	0	3	15	14	0	1	6	6	17	0.677	9	L	W	W	W	L	1898-01-01	Newton Heath	A
15	-1	Lincoln City	15	3	2	3	16	15	0	1	6	11	31	0.587	9	L	D	L	W	L	1898-01-01	Burnley	A
16	0	Blackpool	15	3	1	3	14	9	0	0	8	6	29	0.526	7	L	L	W	L	L	1898-01-01	Woolwich Arsenal	H

Southern League

Southern League				Venue	Gate	Notes
Chatham	10	2	Wolverton L&NWR	Maidstone Road	4,000
Gravesend United	2	2	Swindon Town	Overcliffe Ground	2,000
Northfleet	3	2	New Brompton	Athletic Ground	2,000

				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	2	Chatham	11	5	2	0	26	9	2	0	2	4	4	2.31	16	W	W	W	L	D	1898-01-01	Reading	A
2	-1	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
3	-1	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
4	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
5	0	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	0	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	0	New Brompton	10	2	0	3	4	6	2	2	1	11	7	1.15	10	L	L	W	L	D	1898-01-01	Sheppey United	H
8	0	Gravesend United	11	2	4	0	9	5	1	0	4	4	11	0.81	10	D	L	W	L	W	1898-01-08	Wolverton L&NWR	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	11	2	0	4	13	14	0	1	4	7	32	0.43	5	L	L	L	L	L	1898-01-01	Swindon Town	A
11	0	Swindon Town	9	1	1	2	4	11	0	1	4	4	13	0.33	4	D	D	W	L	L	1898-01-01	Wolverton L&NWR	H
12	0	Northfleet	8	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	6	5	22	0.32	2	W	L	L	L	L	1898-01-08	Swindon Town	H