Nationwide League Division One 1997/1998
Historical league standings at 16th August 1997
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| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GS |
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| 3 | Swindon Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | Sheffield United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton W'drs. | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 13 | Birmingham City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | Bury | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | Manchester City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Reading | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Stockport County | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Ipswich Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Stoke City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Crewe Alexandra | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Port Vale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Norwich City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
