First Division 1896-97 751 goals 240 games | Aston Villa | Derby County | Sheffield United | Preston North End | Liverpool | Everton | Sheffield Wednesday | Bolton Wanderers | Bury | Wolverhampton | Nottingham Forest | West Bromwich Albion | Stoke City | Blackburn Rovers | Sunderland | Burnley | GP | HomeGF-GA | Pts | GP | TotalGF-GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aston Villa | 2-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4-0 | 6-2 | 1-1 | 5-0 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 15 | 36-16 | 23 | 30 | 73-38 | 47 | |
| Derby County | 1-3 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 7-2 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 8-1 | 5-1 | 6-0 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 15 | 45-22 | 22 | 30 | 70-50 | 36 | |
| Sheffield United | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 7-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 15 | 22-16 | 16 | 30 | 42-29 | 36 | |
| Preston North End | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 5-3 | 15 | 35-21 | 20 | 30 | 55-40 | 34 | |
| Liverpool | 3-3 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 15 | 25-10 | 20 | 30 | 46-38 | 33 | |
| Everton | 2-3 | 5-2 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 6-3 | 4-2 | 0-3 | 5-2 | 6-0 | 15 | 42-29 | 17 | 30 | 62-57 | 31 | |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 1-3 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 4-3 | 6-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 15 | 29-11 | 22 | 30 | 42-37 | 31 | |
| Bolton Wanderers | 1-2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 1-4 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 15 | 22-18 | 17 | 30 | 40-43 | 30 | |
| Bury | 0-2 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 4-2 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 15 | 25-15 | 19 | 30 | 39-44 | 30 | |
| Wolverhampton | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 6-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 15 | 26-14 | 16 | 30 | 45-41 | 28 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 2-4 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 15 | 30-16 | 19 | 30 | 44-49 | 26 | |
| West Bromwich Albion | 3-1 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 15 | 18-16 | 16 | 30 | 33-56 | 26 | |
| Stoke City | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 6-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 15 | 30-18 | 19 | 30 | 48-59 | 25 | |
| Blackburn Rovers | 1-5 | 5-2 | 1-3 | 0-4 | 1-0 | 4-2 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 15 | 27-25 | 17 | 30 | 35-62 | 25 | |
| Sunderland | 4-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 15 | 21-21 | 14 | 30 | 34-47 | 23 | |
| Burnley | 3-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 5-0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 15 | 25-25 | 13 | 30 | 43-61 | 19 | |
| GP | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
| GF | 37 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 18 | ||||||
| GA | 22 | 28 | 13 | 19 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 29 | 27 | 33 | 40 | 41 | 37 | 26 | 36 | ||||||
Away | 24 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 |