Monday 1898-09-19
| First Division |
| Division 1 | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Wednesday | 2 | 1 | Preston North End | Owlerton Stadium | 4,000 | |
| Dryburgh, Hemmingfield | Lineups | Murray | ||||
| Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Everton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | D | W | D | W | # | 1898-09-24 | Liverpool | H |
| 2 | 0 | Blackburn Rovers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | D | W | W | L | # | 1898-09-24 | West Bromwich Albion | H |
| 3 | 0 | Sunderland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1.667 | 5 | D | W | W | # | # | 1898-09-24 | Bolton Wanderers | H |
| 4 | 0 | Sheffield United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.25 | 5 | D | W | D | D | # | 1898-09-24 | Aston Villa | A |
| 5 | 9 | The Wednesday | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.667 | 5 | W | D | W | L | # | 1898-09-24 | Derby County | H |
| 6 | -1 | Liverpool | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | W | L | W | # | # | 1898-09-24 | Everton | A |
| 7 | -1 | Aston Villa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1.6 | 4 | W | L | W | # | # | 1898-09-24 | Sheffield United | H |
| 8 | -1 | West Bromwich Albion | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 4 | W | D | D | # | # | 1898-09-24 | Blackburn Rovers | A |
| 9 | -1 | Notts County | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1.25 | 4 | W | D | D | # | # | 1898-09-24 | Preston North End | H |
| 10 | -1 | Stoke | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1.2 | 4 | D | W | L | D | # | 1898-09-24 | Newcastle United | H |
| 11 | -1 | Bury | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | L | W | W | # | # | 1898-09-24 | Burnley | H |
| 12 | -1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | L | L | D | W | # | 1898-09-24 | Nottingham Forest | H |
| 13 | -1 | Burnley | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.7 | 3 | L | L | W | D | # | 1898-09-24 | Bury | A |
| 14 | -1 | Derby County | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.667 | 3 | D | D | L | D | # | 1898-09-24 | The Wednesday | A |
| 15 | 0 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.571 | 2 | D | L | D | # | # | 1898-09-24 | Sunderland | A |
| 16 | 0 | Preston North End | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0.5 | 2 | L | D | D | L | L | 1898-09-24 | Notts County | A |
| 17 | 0 | Nottingham Forest | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | D | L | L | # | # | 1898-09-24 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A |
| 18 | 0 | Newcastle United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.333 | 0 | L | L | L | # | # | 1898-09-24 | Stoke | A |
