Monday 1898-01-03
| First Division |
| Division 1 | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton Wanderers | 0 | 0 | Bury | Burnden Park | 18,000 | |
| Lineups | ||||||
| Sunderland | 2 | 0 | Notts County | Newcastle Road | 3,000 | |
| Leslie, Brown | Lineups | |||||
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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 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 1.652 | 25 | W | L | D | L | D | 1898-01-08 | Aston Villa | H |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 1.192 | 23 | D | D | D | W | W | 1898-01-15 | Preston North End | H |
| 4 | 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 1.375 | 22 | D | D | D | W | W | 1898-01-08 | Derby County | A |
| 5 | 0 | The Wednesday | 19 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 1.385 | 21 | L | D | W | L | W | 1898-01-08 | Everton | A |
| 6 | 0 | Everton | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 1.16 | 21 | D | W | D | W | W | 1898-01-08 | The Wednesday | H |
| 7 | 0 | Sunderland | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 1.19 | 20 | W | W | W | L | D | 1898-01-08 | Stoke | A |
| 8 | 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0.875 | 19 | D | D | L | L | L | 1898-01-08 | Nottingham Forest | A |
| 9 | -1 | Derby County | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 1.057 | 18 | D | W | L | D | L | 1898-01-08 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H |
| 10 | -1 | Liverpool | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 18 | D | W | L | W | L | 1898-01-08 | Blackburn Rovers | A |
| 11 | 0 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 1.074 | 17 | W | L | L | D | L | 1898-01-08 | Bolton Wanderers | H |
| 12 | 0 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 0.722 | 16 | D | D | W | W | L | 1898-01-08 | Liverpool | H |
| 13 | 0 | Preston North End | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 0.75 | 15 | L | W | W | L | L | 1898-01-08 | Bury | H |
| 14 | 0 | Stoke | 20 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 0.535 | 14 | D | W | L | D | W | 1898-01-08 | Sunderland | H |
| 15 | 0 | Bury | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 0.69 | 13 | D | D | L | L | W | 1898-01-08 | Preston North End | A |
| 16 | 0 | Notts County | 19 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 0.606 | 10 | L | L | W | D | L | 1898-01-15 | Everton | H |
| Second Division |
| Second Division | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester City | 3 | 2 | Walsall | Hyde Road | 4,000 | |
| Gillespie 2, Meredith | Lineups | Johnson, Devey | ||||
| Newcastle United | 3 | 1 | Loughborough | St James' Park | 4,000 | |
| Peddie 2 (1p), Bailey OG | Lineups | Pegg | ||||
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| 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 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4.8 | 30 | W | W | W | W | D | 1898-01-08 | Small Heath | A |
| 2 | 0 | Manchester City | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 2.222 | 26 | W | L | W | L | W | 1898-01-08 | Newcastle United | H |
| 3 | 0 | Newcastle United | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 1.7 | 25 | W | W | L | W | L | 1898-01-08 | Manchester City | A |
| 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 | Newton Heath | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 2.214 | 19 | W | L | W | D | W | 1898-01-08 | Woolwich Arsenal | A |
| 6 | 0 | Woolwich Arsenal | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 1.129 | 19 | D | W | W | L | W | 1898-01-08 | Newton Heath | H |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | 0 | 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 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 1.296 | 15 | W | W | L | W | L | 1898-01-08 | Walsall | A |
| 10 | 0 | Gainsborough Trinity | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 0.784 | 13 | W | W | W | L | L | 1898-01-22 | Walsall | H |
| 11 | 0 | Walsall | 19 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 0.795 | 12 | L | L | W | L | D | 1898-01-08 | Luton Town | H |
| 12 | 0 | Loughborough | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 0.462 | 11 | L | W | L | L | L | 1898-01-08 | Darwen | H |
| 13 | 0 | Darwen | 16 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 0.426 | 10 | L | L | L | L | L | 1898-01-08 | Loughborough | A |
| 14 | 0 | Burton Swifts | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 0.6 | 9 | L | L | W | W | W | 1898-01-08 | Lincoln City | H |
| 15 | 0 | Lincoln City | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 0.583 | 9 | L | L | D | L | W | 1898-01-08 | Burton Swifts | A |
| 16 | 0 | Blackpool | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 0.561 | 8 | D | L | L | W | L | 1898-01-08 | Leicester Fosse | H |
