Club Attack and Defence Rankings for Season 1896-97
Division 1 |
| Pos |
 |
Club |
WLD |
Ranking |
| Attack |
Defence |
| 1 |
0 |
Aston Villa |
17 |
1 |
3 |
| 2 |
10 |
Sheffield United |
6 |
10 |
1 |
| 3 |
-1 |
Derby County |
6 |
2 |
11 |
| 4 |
5 |
Preston North End |
4 |
4 |
5 |
| 5 | D 2 |
Liverpool |
3 |
6 |
3 |
| 6 |
1 |
The Wednesday |
1 |
10 |
2 |
| 7 |
-4 |
Everton |
1 |
3 |
13 |
| 8 |
-4 |
Bolton Wanderers |
0 |
12 |
7 |
| 9 |
2 |
Bury |
0 |
13 |
8 |
| 10 |
4 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
-2 |
7 |
6 |
| 11 |
2 |
Nottingham Forest |
-4 |
8 |
10 |
| 12 |
4 |
West Bromwich Albion |
-4 |
16 |
12 |
| 13 |
-7 |
Stoke |
-5 |
5 |
14 |
| 14 |
-6 |
Blackburn Rovers |
-5 |
14 |
16 |
| 15 |
-10 |
Sunderland |
-7 |
15 |
9 |
| 16 |
-6 |
Burnley |
-11 |
9 |
15 |
Division 2 |
| Pos |
|
Club |
WLD |
Ranking |
| Attack |
Defence |
| 1 |
9 |
Notts County |
12 |
1 |
2 |
| 2 |
4 |
Newton Heath |
9 |
9 |
1 |
| 3 |
0 |
Grimsby Town |
8 |
5 |
3 |
| 4 | D 1 |
Small Heath |
7 |
2 |
4 |
| 5 |
0 |
Newcastle United |
5 |
9 |
7 |
| 6 |
-4 |
Manchester City |
2 |
8 |
6 |
| 7 | NL |
Gainsborough Trinity |
1 |
12 |
4 |
| 8 | NL |
Blackpool |
1 |
6 |
8 |
| 9 |
-1 |
Leicester Fosse |
0 |
6 |
9 |
| 10 |
-3 |
Woolwich Arsenal |
0 |
3 |
15 |
| 11 |
-2 |
Darwen |
-2 |
4 |
10 |
| 12 | NL |
Walsall |
-4 |
11 |
14 |
| 13 |
-1 |
Loughborough |
-5 |
12 |
12 |
| 14 |
-3 |
Burton Swifts |
-6 |
14 |
10 |
| 15 |
-11 |
Burton Wanderers |
-10 |
15 |
13 |
| 16 |
-3 |
Lincoln City |
-18 |
16 |
16 |
