English First Division 1897/1898
Historical league standings at 4th September 1897
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| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GA |
| 1 | Sheffield United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2.50 |
| 2 | Aston Villa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1.80 |
| 3 | Wolverhampton W'drs. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |
| 4 | Stoke | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2.00 |
| 5 | Everton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 6 | Derby County | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1.33 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 10 | Notts. County | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.33 |
| 11 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.75 |
| 12 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.50 |
| 13 | The Wednesday | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.33 |
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.33 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.17 |
| 16 | Bury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
