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FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1897-98

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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	25	42	Champions	1-1	1-1
2	Sunderland	30	16	5	9	43	30	12	2	1	27	8	4	3	8	16	22	13	37		1-1	0-4
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	14	7	9	57	41	10	4	1	36	14	4	3	8	21	27	16	35		1-1	0-0
4	Everton	30	13	9	8	48	39	11	3	1	33	12	2	6	7	15	27	9	35		2-2	0-2
5	The Wednesday	30	15	3	12	51	42	12	0	3	39	15	3	3	9	12	27	9	33		1-0	6-3
6	Aston Villa	30	14	5	11	61	51	12	1	2	47	21	2	4	9	14	30	10	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	-1	32		0-1	0-2
8	Nottingham Forest	30	11	9	10	47	49	7	5	3	30	19	4	4	7	17	30	-2	31
9	Liverpool	30	11	6	13	48	45	7	4	4	27	16	4	2	9	21	29	3	28		2-3	2-1
10	Derby County	30	11	6	13	57	61	10	3	2	40	19	1	3	11	17	42	-4	28		3-4	0-5
11	Bolton Wanderers	30	11	4	15	28	41	9	2	4	18	13	2	2	11	10	28	-13	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	-8	24		4-1	0-3
13	Notts County	30	8	8	14	36	46	4	6	5	23	23	4	2	9	13	23	-10	24		1-1	3-1
14	Bury	30	8	8	14	39	51	8	3	4	25	19	0	5	10	14	32	-12	24		3-1	2-2
15	Blackburn Rovers	30	7	10	13	39	54	4	7	4	20	22	3	3	9	19	32	-15	24	Remained in 1st Div after league expansion	3-1	1-1
16	Stoke	30	8	8	14	35	55	8	3	4	21	14	0	5	10	14	41	-20	24	Remained in 1st Div after playoffs	3-1	2-1

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SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1897-98

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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
1	Burnley	30	20	8	2	80	24	14	1	0	64	13	6	7	2	16	11	56	48	Promoted after playoffs
2	Newcastle United	30	21	3	6	64	32	14	0	1	43	10	7	3	5	21	22	32	45	Promoted to 1st Div after league expansion
3	Manchester City	30	15	9	6	66	36	10	4	1	45	15	5	5	5	21	21	30	39
4	Newton Heath	30	16	6	8	64	35	11	2	2	42	10	5	4	6	22	25	29	38
5	Woolwich Arsenal	30	16	5	9	69	49	10	4	1	41	14	6	1	8	28	35	20	37
6	Small Heath	30	16	4	10	58	50	11	1	3	37	18	5	3	7	21	32	8	36
7	Leicester Fosse	30	13	7	10	46	35	8	5	2	26	11	5	2	8	20	24	11	33
8	Luton Town	30	13	4	13	68	50	10	2	3	50	13	3	2	10	18	37	18	30
9	Gainsborough Trinity	30	12	6	12	50	54	10	4	1	30	12	2	2	11	20	42	-4	30
10	Walsall	30	12	5	13	58	58	9	3	3	42	15	3	2	10	16	43	0	29
11	Blackpool	30	10	5	15	49	61	8	4	3	32	15	2	1	12	17	46	-12	25
12	Grimsby Town	30	10	4	16	52	62	9	1	5	44	24	1	3	11	8	38	-10	24
13	Burton Swifts	30	8	5	17	38	69	7	3	5	25	21	1	2	12	13	48	-31	21
14	Lincoln City	30	6	5	19	43	82	6	3	6	27	27	0	2	13	16	55	-39	17	Re-elected
15	Darwen	30	6	2	22	31	76	4	1	10	21	32	2	1	12	10	44	-45	14	Re-elected
16	Loughborough	30	6	2	22	24	87	5	2	8	15	26	1	0	14	9	61	-63	14	Re-elected