1897–98 Football League
| Season | 1897–98 |
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| Champions | Sheffield United |
| Relegated | none |
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1898–99 →
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| Season | 1897–98 |
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| Champions |
Sheffield United (1st English title) and as of 2016 last title |
| Relegated | None |
| FA Cup winners | Nottingham Forest (1st FA Cup title) |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 724 (3.02 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Fred Wheldon (Aston Villa), 21 |
| Biggest home win |
Everton – West Brom 6–1 (27 Nov 1897) Derby County – Nottingham Forest 5–0 (11 Apr 1898) Wolverhampton – The Wednesday 5–0 (16 Apr 1898) |
| Biggest away win | Liverpool – Sheffield United 0–4 (5 Feb 1898) |
| Highest scoring | The Wednesday – Nottingham Forest 3–6 (1 Jan 1898) |
| Longest winning run | 7 matches Sunderland (27 Dec 1897 – 19 Feb 1898) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 14 matches Sheffield United (1 Sep 1897 – 11 Dec 1897) |
| Longest losing run | 5 matches Stoke (6 Nov 1897 – 4 Dec 1897) |
| Highest attendance | 50,000 Aston Villa - Sheffield United (15 Jan 1898) |
| Lowest attendance | 1,000 West Bromwich Albion - Liverpool F.C. (13 Nov 1897) |
| Average attendance | 9,396 |
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1898–99 →
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| Season | 1897–98 |
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| Champions | Burnley (1st title) |
| Promoted |
Burnley Newcastle United |
| Failed re-election | None |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 860 (3.58 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Henry Boyd (Newton Heath), 23 |
| Biggest home win | Manchester City – Burton Swifts 9–0 (16 Apr 1898) |
| Biggest away win | Loughborough – Gainsborough Trinity 0–5 (5 Feb 1898) |
| Highest scoring |
Burnley – Loughborough 9–3 (28 Mar 1898) Luton Town – Lincoln City 9–3 (18 Dec 1898) |
| Longest winning run | 7 matches Manchester City F.C. (1 Sep 1897 – 16 Oct 1897) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 16 matches Burnley (30 Oct 1897 – 19 Mar 1898) |
| Longest losing run | 11 matches Darwen (12 Feb 1898 – 23 Apr 1898) Loughborough (3 Jan 1898 – 8 Apr 1898) |
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The 1897–1898 season was the tenth season of The Football League.
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at the The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.
Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.
During the first five seasons of the league, that is until the season, 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source: [1]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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