League Table for the 1897-1898 season

Season

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#	Team	P	Home					Away					G.Avg	PTS
			W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A
1	Sheffield United	30	9	4	2	27	14	8	4	3	29	17	1.806	42
2	Sunderland	30	12	2	1	27	8	4	3	8	16	22	1.433	37
3	Wolves	30	10	4	1	36	14	4	3	8	21	27	1.390	35
4	Everton	30	11	3	1	33	12	2	6	7	15	27	1.231	35
5	The Wednesday	30	12	0	3	39	15	3	3	9	12	27	1.214	33
6	Aston Villa	30	12	1	2	47	21	2	4	9	14	30	1.196	33
7	West Bromwich Albion	30	8	5	2	25	16	3	5	7	19	29	0.978	32
8	Nottingham Forest	30	7	5	3	30	19	4	4	7	17	30	0.959	31
9	Liverpool FC	30	7	4	4	27	16	4	2	9	21	29	1.067	28
10	Derby County	30	10	3	2	40	19	1	3	11	17	42	0.934	28
11	Bolton Wanderers	30	9	2	4	18	13	2	2	11	10	28	0.683	26
12	Preston North End	30	7	5	3	26	15	1	3	11	9	28	0.814	24
13	Notts County	30	4	6	5	23	23	4	2	9	13	23	0.783	24
14	Bury	30	8	3	4	25	19	0	5	10	14	32	0.765	24
15	Blackburn Rovers	30	4	7	4	20	22	3	3	9	19	32	0.722	24
16	Stoke	30	8	3	4	21	14	0	5	10	14	41	0.636	24