Second Division 1896-97 908 goals 240 games | Notts County | Newton Heath | Grimsby Town | Small Heath | Newcastle United | Manchester City | Blackpool | Gainsborough Trinity | Leicester Fosse | Woolwich Arsenal | Darwen | Walsall | Loughborough | Burton Swifts | Burton Wanderers | Lincoln City | GP | HomeGF-GA | Pts | GP | TotalGF-GA | Pts |
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| Notts County | 3-0 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 3-3 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 6-0 | 7-4 | 4-0 | 5-2 | 3-1 | 6-1 | 5-0 | 8-0 | 15 | 60-18 | 25 | 30 | 92-43 | 42 | |
| Newton Heath | 1-1 | 4-2 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 6-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 15 | 37-10 | 26 | 30 | 56-34 | 39 | |
| Grimsby Town | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 3-1 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 8-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 15 | 44-15 | 26 | 30 | 66-45 | 38 | |
| Small Heath | 3-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 5-2 | 5-1 | 3-3 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 15 | 36-23 | 19 | 30 | 69-47 | 37 | |
| Newcastle United | 2-2 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 4-3 | 3-0 | 4-1 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 5-1 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 15 | 42-13 | 27 | 30 | 56-52 | 35 | |
| Manchester City | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 4-1 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 5-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 15 | 39-15 | 23 | 30 | 58-50 | 32 | |
| Blackpool | 3-2 | 4-2 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 4-1 | 3-0 | 5-0 | 3-1 | 15 | 39-16 | 25 | 30 | 59-56 | 31 | |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 3-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 4-1 | 2-4 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 7-0 | 15 | 35-16 | 22 | 30 | 50-47 | 31 | |
| Leicester Fosse | 2-3 | 1-0 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 5-0 | 3-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 4-1 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 15 | 44-20 | 24 | 30 | 59-57 | 30 | |
| Woolwich Arsenal | 2-3 | 0-2 | 4-2 | 2-3 | 5-1 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 6-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 6-2 | 15 | 42-20 | 21 | 30 | 68-70 | 30 | |
| Darwen | 2-1 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 2-3 | 3-2 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 12-0 | 5-1 | 5-1 | 3-0 | 4-1 | 15 | 54-16 | 26 | 30 | 67-61 | 28 | |
| Walsall | 1-3 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 5-3 | 4-0 | 5-1 | 5-2 | 2-0 | 5-0 | 15 | 37-25 | 18 | 30 | 54-69 | 26 | |
| Loughborough | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-4 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 8-0 | 4-2 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 6-0 | 3-0 | 15 | 37-14 | 20 | 30 | 50-64 | 25 | |
| Burton Swifts | 1-4 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 5-0 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 15 | 33-20 | 18 | 30 | 46-61 | 24 | |
| Burton Wanderers | 0-3 | 1-2 | 5-1 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 15 | 22-22 | 17 | 30 | 31-67 | 20 | |
| Lincoln City | 1-1 | 1-3 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 15 | 17-27 | 10 | 30 | 27-85 | 12 | |
| GP | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
| GF | 32 | 19 | 22 | 33 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 26 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 10 | ||||||
| GA | 25 | 24 | 30 | 24 | 39 | 35 | 40 | 31 | 37 | 50 | 45 | 44 | 50 | 41 | 45 | 58 | ||||||
Away | 17 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 |