SEASON: 1897-98
- DIVISION:
- English First Division (Tier 1)
- MANAGER(s):
- Harry Haslam
- FA Cup:
- Winners (Derby County (Crystal Palace) 3-1)
- League Cup:
- -
- Top Goalscorer:
- Arthur Capes, Chas Richards, Len Benbow (12 goals)
- Competitive Games:
- 36
- Competitive Goals:
- 64
- Goals per game:
- 1.8
- League Games:
- 30
- League Points:
- 31 out of 60 (2 points per win)
- Points Percentage:
- 51.7%
ALL GAMES
LEAGUE GAMES
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions and
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the positions.
ATTENDANCES (HOME)
MISCELLANEOUS
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GAMES
League
FA Cup
Friendly
TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.
SQUAD
Competitive goals only
LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season
Goal count: | 1 goal | 2 goals | 3 goals | 4 goals | 5+ goals | Scored | 8 times | 7 times | 8 times | 3 times | 1 time | Conceded | 17 times | 7 times | 3 times | 2 times | 1 time | Won By | 4 times | 8 times | 2 times | 2 times | Lost By | 3 times | 4 times | 1 time | 1 time | 1 time |
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Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions and
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the positions.
Record against teams | |||||||||||
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Forest Pos | Num Days | Opp Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A | Points | Results | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | Sheffield United (1-1), Sheffield United (1-1) | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Sunderland (0-4) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | Aston Villa (3-1) | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 | 4 | 3 | Sunderland (1-1), The Wednesday (6-3) | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-0), West Bromwich Albion (0-1), The Wednesday (1-0), Everton (2-2), Everton (0-2) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-1), Aston Villa (0-2) | 8 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | Bolton Wanderers (2-0) | 9 | 2 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | Derby County (3-4), Liverpool (2-1), Preston North End (4-1), Liverpool (2-3) | 11 | 9 | 11 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion (0-2), Bolton Wanderers (0-2), Derby County (0-5) | 12 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | Preston North End (0-3), Blackburn Rovers (1-1), Bury (3-1) | 13 | 4 | 13 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | Notts County (1-1) | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 4 | Blackburn Rovers (3-1), Stoke City (3-1) | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | Stoke City (2-1) | 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 3 | 3 | Notts County (3-1), Bury (2-2) |
ATTENDANCES (HOME)
- Highest League Attendance:
- 15,000
- Lowest League Attendance:
- 3,000
- Average League Attendance:
- 7,733
- Highest Cup Attendance:
- 10,000
- Lowest Cup Attendance:
- 6,000
MISCELLANEOUS
- Clean Sheets:
- 6
- Red cards:
- 0
- Yellow cards:
- 0
- Penalties scored:
- 0
- Penalties conceded:
- 0
- Penalties missed:
- 0
- Penalties saved:
- 0
END OF SEASON TABLE (1897-98)
FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) | Home | Away | Results | |||||||||||||||||||
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Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Result | Home | Away |
1 | Sheffield United | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 56 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 1.806 | 42 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2 | Sunderland | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 43 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 1.433 | 37 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 1.390 | 35 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4 | Everton | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 48 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 1.231 | 35 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 5 | The Wednesday | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 51 | 42 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 1.214 | 33 | 1-0 | 6-3 | 6 | Aston Villa | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 61 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 1.196 | 33 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 7 | West Bromwich Albion | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 29 | .978 | 32 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 8 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 49 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 30 | .959 | 31 | 9 | Liverpool | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 48 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 1.067 | 28 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 10 | Derby County | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 57 | 61 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 42 | .934 | 28 | 3-4 | 0-5 | 11 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 28 | .683 | 26 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 12 | Preston North End | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 28 | .814 | 24 | 4-1 | 0-3 | 13 | Notts County | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 46 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 23 | .783 | 24 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 14 | Bury | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 51 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 32 | .765 | 24 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 54 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 32 | .722 | 24 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 16 | Stoke City | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 55 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 41 | .636 | 24 | 3-1 | 2-1 |
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GAMES
League
FA Cup
Date | Opponent | Round | Replay | Count | H/A | Score | Result | Att | Scorers |
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Sat Jan 29, 1898 | Grimsby Town | 1 | H | 4-0 | Win | 6,000 | McInnes (?), Richards (?, ?), Capes (?) | ||
Sat Feb 12, 1898 | Gainsborough Trinity | 2 | H | 4-0 | Win | 10,000 | McInnes (?), Richards (?, ?), Benbow (?) | ||
Sat Feb 26, 1898 | West Bromwich Albion | Quarter | A | 3-2 | Win | 16,500 | Forman (?), Richards (?), Spouncer (?) | ||
Sat Mar 19, 1898 | Southampton St Mary's | Semi | N | 1-1 | Draw | 30,000 | Benbow (?) | ||
Thu Mar 24, 1898 | Southampton St Mary's | Semi | Y | 1 | N | 2-0 | Win | 12,000 | McInnes (?), Richards (?) |
Sat Apr 16, 1898 | Derby County | Final | N | 3-1 | Win | 62,017 | McPherson (?), Capes (?, ?) |
Friendly
Date | Opponent | Country | H/A | Score | Result | Att | Scorers |
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Thu Sep 02, 1897 | Gainsborough Trinity | England | H | 5-0 | Win | 400 | McPherson (?), McInnes (?), Benbow (?, ?, ?) |
Wed Sep 08, 1897 | Loughborough | England | A | 5-1 | Win | 500 | Richards (?, ?), Capes (?, ?), Capes (?) |
Mon Sep 13, 1897 | Langley Mill Rangers | England | A | 2-0 | Win | - | Radford (?), ? (?) |
Mon Sep 20, 1897 | Leicester Fosse | England | A | 0-4 | Loss | - | |
Wed Oct 27, 1897 | Gainsborough Trinity | England | A | 6-2 | Win | 2,000 | Capes (?, ?, ?, ?), Simpson (?), Hancock (?) |
Sat Dec 18, 1897 | Derby County | England | A | 4-2 | Win | 3,000 | Forman (?), Spencer (?), Richards (?, ?) |
Mon Dec 27, 1897 | Notts County | England | A | 1-0 | Win | 10,000 | ? (?) |
Tue Apr 26, 1898 | Newark | England | A | 5-0 | Win | 1,200 | Forman (?), Iremonger (?, ?), Richards (?), McCracken (?) |
Wed Apr 27, 1898 | Worksop Town | England | A | 4-1 | Win | - | Forman (?), Bradshaw (?, ?), Thornley (?) |
Thu Apr 28, 1898 | Leicester Fosse | England | H | 1-0 | Win | 1,500 | Capes (?) |
TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.
In (6) | Out (5) | |||||||
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Date | Player | Details | Fee | Date | Player | Details | Fee | James Benbow | Bought | Chris Goodchild | Sold | John Thornley | Bought | James Benbow | Sold | Len Benbow | Bought | JB Hancock | Sold | Richardson (1898) | Bought | Martin (1897-98) | Sold | Tom Bradshaw | Bought | Aug 01, 1897 | Adrian Capes | Sold | May 30, 1897 | Alf Spouncer | Bought |
SQUAD
Season Record (Competitive Games only) | |||||||||||||
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Pos | Num | Player | P | W | D | L | Goals | Yellows | Reds | Went Off | Came On | Unused Sub | Notes |
GK | Dan Allsop | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||
GK | Martin (1897-98) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
D | Adam Scott | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | ||||||||
D | Archibald Ritchie | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||
D | James Iremonger | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||
M | Adrian Capes | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
M | Chris Goodchild | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
M | Frank Forman | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 7 | |||||||
M | James Benbow | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
M | JB Hancock | ||||||||||||
M | John Thornley | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
M | Peter McCracken | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
M | Richardson (1898) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
M | Willie Wragg | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 1 | |||||||
F | Alf Spouncer | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 7 | |||||||
F | Arthur Capes | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 12 | |||||||
F | Arthur Shaw | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
F | Chas Richards | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 12 | |||||||
F | Fred Forman | 7 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
F | Fred Spencer | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
F | John McPherson | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 4 | |||||||
F | Len Benbow | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 12 | |||||||
F | Tom Bradshaw | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
F | Tom McInnes | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 7 | |||||||
A Radford | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Parry (1897) | |||||||||||||
Simpson |
GOALSCORERS
Competitive goals only
Goals | Player | Games |
---|---|---|
12 | Arthur Capes | 33 |
12 | Chas Richards | 31 |
12 | Len Benbow | 30 |
7 | Alf Spouncer | 29 |
7 | Frank Forman | 32 |
7 | Tom McInnes | 29 |
4 | John McPherson | 33 |
2 | Fred Spencer | 11 |
1 | Willie Wragg | 30 |
LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season
1897-98
Opponent | Date | H/A | Score | Date | H/A | Score |
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Stoke City | Sat Nov 20, 1897 | A | 2-1 | Sat Feb 19, 1898 | H | 3-1 |
The Wednesday | Sat Jan 01, 1898 | A | 6-3 | Sat Jan 22, 1898 | H | 1-0 |