Season 1897-1898

Division I


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League Table


                                  P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
1. Sheffield United 30 9 4 2 27 14 8 4 3 29 17 42 2. Sunderland 30 12 2 1 27 8 4 3 8 16 22 37 3. Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 10 4 1 36 14 4 3 8 21 27 35 4. Everton 30 11 3 1 33 12 2 6 7 15 27 35 5. Sheffield Wednesday 30 12 0 3 39 15 3 3 9 12 27 33 6. Aston Villa 30 12 1 2 47 21 2 4 9 14 30 33 7. West Bromwich Albion 30 8 5 2 25 16 3 5 7 19 29 32 8. Nottingham Forest 30 7 5 3 30 19 4 4 7 17 30 31 9. Liverpool 30 7 4 4 27 16 4 2 9 21 29 28 10. Derby County 30 10 3 2 40 19 1 3 11 17 42 28 11. Bolton Wanderers 30 9 2 4 18 13 2 2 11 10 28 26 12. Preston North End 30 7 5 3 26 15 1 3 11 9 28 24 13. Notts County 30 4 6 5 23 23 4 2 9 13 23 24 14. Bury 30 8 3 4 25 19 0 5 10 14 32 24 15. Blackburn Rovers 30 4 7 4 20 22 3 3 9 19 32 24 16. Stoke City 30 8 3 4 21 14 0 5 10 14 41 24

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League Results

       Date      Opponents             Result  Posn   Scorers

 1. Wed  1 Sep  Aston Villa............. 2-5     5   Harry Davis, W Dryburgh
 2. Sat  4 Sep  SUNDERLAND.............. 0-1    14   
 3. Sat 11 Sep  Bury.................... 0-3    16   
 4. Sat 18 Sep  LIVERPOOL............... 4-2    13   A Kaye 2, Jack Earp, Bob Ferrier
 5. Sat 25 Sep  Sunderland.............. 0-1    16   
 6. Mon 27 Sep  ASTON VILLA............. 3-0    11   Fred Spiksley 2, Bob Ferrier

 7. Sat  2 Oct  NOTTS COUNTY............ 3-1     8   Fred Spiksley 2, A Kaye
 8. Sat  9 Oct  Bolton Wanderers........ 3-0     4   Alec Brady, Tommy Crawshaw, Fred Spiksley
 9. Sat 16 Oct  SHEFFIELD UNITED........ 0-1     8   
10. Sat 23 Oct  Blackburn Rovers........ 1-1     8   Fred Spiksley

11. Sat 13 Nov  BLACKBURN ROVERS........ 4-1     9   A Kaye 2, Fred Spiksley 2
12. Sat 20 Nov  BURY.................... 3-0     6   Fred Spiksley 2, H Potts
13. Sat 27 Nov  BOLTON WANDERERS........ 3-0     5   Alec Brady, Tommy Crawshaw, Fred Spiksley

14. Sat  4 Dec  Notts County............ 0-0     5   
15. Sat 11 Dec  PRESTON NORTH END....... 2-1     4   Alec Brady, A Kaye
16. Sat 18 Dec  Preston North End....... 0-2     5   
17. Sat 25 Dec  STOKE CITY.............. 4-0     3   Harry Brandon, Tommy Crawshaw, A Kaye
                                                     Fred Spiksley
18. Mon 27 Dec  Sheffield United........ 1-1     3   Fred Spiksley

19. Sat  1 Jan  NOTTINGHAM FOREST....... 3-6     5   Alec Brady, W Dryburgh, Jimmy Jamieson
20. Sat  8 Jan  Everton................. 0-1     7   
21. Sat 15 Jan  DERBY COUNTY............ 3-1     5   W Dryburgh, Fred Spiksley, Own Goal
22. Sat 22 Jan  Nottingham Forest....... 0-1     6   

23. Sat  5 Feb  EVERTON................. 2-1     5   Jimmy Jamieson, Own Goal
24. Sat 19 Feb  Derby County............ 2-1     4   Fred Spiksley, Own Goal

25. Sat  5 Mar  WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS. 2-0     3   Alec Brady 2
26. Sat 12 Mar  West Bromwich Albion.... 2-0     3   Alec Brady, A Kaye
27. Sat 26 Mar  Stoke City.............. 1-2     3   Fred Spiksley

28. Sat  9 Apr  WEST BROMWICH ALBION.... 3-0     3   Alec Brady, A Kaye, Fred Spiksley
29. Mon 11 Apr  Liverpool............... 0-4     4   
30. Sat 16 Apr  Wolverhampton Wanderers. 0-5     5   

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FA Cup Results


Rnd     Date      Opponents             Result  Scorers

 1   Sat 29 Jan  Sunderland.............. 1-0  A Kaye

 2   Sat 12 Feb  West Bromwich Albion.... 0-1  

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Appearances

                         LEAGUE        FA CUP         TOTAL      
 Player                Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals
Tommy Crawshaw          30      3      2      0     32      3
Fred Spiksley           30     17      2      0     32     17
Jimmy Massey            29      0      2      0     31      0
Jack Earp               28      1      2      0     30      1
Bob Ferrier             28      2      2      0     30      2
Alec Brady              27      8      2      0     29      8
Ambrose Langley         26      1      2      0     28      1
Jimmy Jamieson          25      2      2      0     27      2
A Kaye                  25      9      2      1     27     10
Harry Brandon           25      1      0      0     25      1
Archie Brash            18      0      0      0     18      0
W Dryburgh              15      3      2      0     17      3
Harry Davis             14      1      2      0     16      1
Willie Layton            2      0      0      0      2      0
J Melia                  2      0      0      0      2      0
W Regan                  2      0      0      0      2      0
T Stevenson              2      0      0      0      2      0
W Mallinson              1      0      0      0      1      0
H Potts                  1      1      0      0      1      1

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