Season 1897-98
Top 20 Division 1 Goal Scorers 1897-98 |
| Pos |
Scorer |
Goals |
Club |
Career Goals to date |
| 1 |
Freddy Wheldon |
23 |
Aston Villa |
59 |
| 2 |
Fred Spiksley |
17 |
Sheffield Wednesday |
70 |
| 3 |
Steve Bloomer |
15 |
Derby County |
101 |
| 4 |
Laurie Bell |
12 |
Everton |
22 |
| 4 |
Walter Bennett |
12 |
Sheffield United |
15 |
| 4 |
Ben Garfield |
12 |
West Bromwich Albion |
17 |
| 4 |
Jimmy Settle |
12 |
Bury |
25 |
| 8 |
Billy Beats |
11 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
32 |
| 8 |
Frank Becton |
11 |
Liverpool |
57 |
| 8 |
Len Benbow |
11 |
Nottingham Forest |
11 |
| 8 |
Sandy Brown |
11 |
Preston North End |
18 |
| 8 |
John Divers |
11 |
Everton |
11 |
| 8 |
Willie Maxwell |
11 |
Stoke City |
30 |
| 8 |
Jack Sharp |
11 |
Aston Villa |
11 |
| 8 |
Billy Smith |
11 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
16 |
| 8 |
Harry Wood |
11 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
109 |
| 17 |
Jim Stevenson |
10 |
Preston North End |
21 |
| 18 |
John Goodall |
9 |
Derby County |
95 |
| 18 |
Albert Kaye |
9 |
Sheffield Wednesday |
9 |
| 18 |
Alex Maconnachie |
9 |
Derby County |
9 |
| 18 |
John Proudfoot |
9 |
Blackburn Rovers |
14 |
All time Top 20 Goal Scorers to the end of 1897-98 |
| Pos |
Scorer |
Goals |
| 1 |
Johnny Campbell |
136 |
| 2 |
Jack 'Skimmy' Southworth |
133 |
| 3 |
Jack Devey |
120 |
| 4 |
Harry Wood |
110 |
| 5 |
Steve Bloomer |
101 |
| 6 |
Jimmy Ross |
100 |
| 7 |
Edgar Chadwick |
95 |
| 7 |
John Goodall |
95 |
| 9 |
Alf Milward |
85 |
| 10 |
Jimmy Cassidy |
84 |
| 11 |
Fred Geary |
81 |
| 12 |
Jimmy Millar |
80 |
| 13 |
Joe Schofield |
73 |
| 14 |
Billy Dickson |
72 |
| 14 |
Tom Pearson |
72 |
| 16 |
Fred Spiksley |
70 |
| 17 |
Alex Latta |
69 |
| 18 |
Jimmy Hannah |
68 |
| 19 |
Charlie Athersmith |
64 |
| 20 |
Denny Hodgetts |
62 |
