Club Attack and Defence Rankings for Season 1897-98
Division 1 |
| Pos |
 |
Club |
WLD |
Ranking |
| Attack |
Defence |
| 1 |
1 |
Sheffield United |
12 |
4 |
2 |
| 2 |
13 |
Sunderland |
7 |
10 |
1 |
| 3 |
7 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
5 |
2 |
4 |
| 4 |
3 |
Everton |
5 |
6 |
3 |
| 5 |
1 |
The Wednesday |
3 |
5 |
6 |
| 6 |
-5 |
Aston Villa |
3 |
1 |
12 |
| 7 |
5 |
West Bromwich Albion |
2 |
9 |
8 |
| 8 |
3 |
Nottingham Forest |
1 |
8 |
11 |
| 9 |
-4 |
Liverpool |
-2 |
6 |
8 |
| 10 |
-7 |
Derby County |
-2 |
2 |
16 |
| 11 |
-3 |
Bolton Wanderers |
-4 |
16 |
4 |
| 12 |
-8 |
Preston North End |
-6 |
14 |
7 |
| 13 | D 2 |
Notts County |
-6 |
13 |
10 |
| 14 |
-5 |
Bury |
-6 |
11 |
12 |
| 15 |
-1 |
Blackburn Rovers |
-6 |
11 |
14 |
| 16 |
-3 |
Stoke |
-6 |
14 |
15 |
Division 2 |
| Pos |
|
Club |
WLD |
Ranking |
| Attack |
Defence |
| 1 | D 1 |
Burnley |
18 |
1 |
1 |
| 2 |
3 |
Newcastle United |
15 |
5 |
2 |
| 3 |
3 |
Manchester City |
9 |
4 |
5 |
| 4 |
-2 |
Newton Heath |
8 |
5 |
3 |
| 5 |
5 |
Woolwich Arsenal |
7 |
2 |
6 |
| 6 |
-2 |
Small Heath |
6 |
7 |
7 |
| 7 |
2 |
Leicester Fosse |
3 |
12 |
3 |
| 8 | NL |
Luton Town |
0 |
3 |
7 |
| 9 |
-2 |
Gainsborough Trinity |
0 |
10 |
9 |
| 10 |
2 |
Walsall |
-1 |
7 |
10 |
| 11 |
-3 |
Blackpool |
-5 |
11 |
11 |
| 12 |
-9 |
Grimsby Town |
-6 |
9 |
12 |
| 13 |
1 |
Burton Swifts |
-9 |
14 |
13 |
| 14 |
2 |
Lincoln City |
-13 |
13 |
15 |
| 15 |
-4 |
Darwen |
-16 |
15 |
14 |
| 16 |
-3 |
Loughborough |
-16 |
16 |
16 |
