First Division 1897-98 724 goals 240 games | Sheffield United | Sunderland | Wolverhampton | Everton | Aston Villa | Sheffield Wednesday | West Bromwich Albion | Nottingham Forest | Liverpool | Derby County | Bolton Wanderers | Preston North End | Notts County | Bury | Blackburn Rovers | Stoke City | GP | HomeGF-GA | Pts | GP | TotalGF-GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield United | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 5-2 | 4-3 | 15 | 27-14 | 22 | 30 | 56-31 | 42 | |
| Sunderland | 3-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 4-0 | 15 | 27-8 | 26 | 30 | 43-30 | 37 | |
| Wolverhampton | 1-1 | 4-2 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 5-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 3-2 | 4-2 | 15 | 36-14 | 24 | 30 | 57-41 | 35 | |
| Everton | 1-4 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 6-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 4-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 15 | 33-12 | 25 | 30 | 48-39 | 35 | |
| Aston Villa | 1-2 | 4-3 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 5-2 | 4-3 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 4-0 | 4-2 | 3-1 | 5-1 | 1-1 | 15 | 47-21 | 25 | 30 | 61-51 | 33 | |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-6 | 4-2 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 4-1 | 4-0 | 15 | 39-15 | 24 | 30 | 51-42 | 33 | |
| West Bromwich Albion | 2-0 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 15 | 25-16 | 21 | 30 | 44-45 | 32 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 15 | 30-19 | 19 | 30 | 47-49 | 31 | |
| Liverpool | 0-4 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 15 | 27-16 | 18 | 30 | 48-45 | 28 | |
| Derby County | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 5-1 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 5-0 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 15 | 40-19 | 23 | 30 | 57-61 | 28 | |
| Bolton Wanderers | 0-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-3 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 15 | 18-13 | 20 | 30 | 28-41 | 26 | |
| Preston North End | 1-3 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 15 | 26-15 | 19 | 30 | 35-43 | 24 | |
| Notts County | 1-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 15 | 23-23 | 14 | 30 | 36-46 | 24 | |
| Bury | 2-5 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3-3 | 15 | 25-19 | 19 | 30 | 39-51 | 24 | |
| Blackburn Rovers | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 15 | 20-22 | 15 | 30 | 39-54 | 24 | |
| Stoke City | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 15 | 21-14 | 19 | 30 | 35-55 | 24 | |
| GP | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
| GF | 29 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 14 | ||||||
| GA | 17 | 22 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 42 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 32 | 32 | 41 | ||||||
Away | 20 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 5 |