Second Division 1897-98 860 goals 240 games | Burnley | Newcastle United | Manchester City | Newton Heath | Woolwich Arsenal | Small Heath | Leicester Fosse | Luton Town | Gainsborough Trinity | Walsall | Blackpool | Grimsby Town | Burton Swifts | Lincoln City | Darwen | Loughborough | GP | HomeGF-GA | Pts | GP | TotalGF-GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnley | 3-0 | 3-1 | 6-3 | 5-0 | 4-1 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 5-1 | 6-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 6-1 | 9-3 | 15 | 64-13 | 29 | 30 | 80-24 | 48 | |
| Newcastle United | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 4-0 | 4-2 | 4-1 | 5-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 15 | 43-10 | 28 | 30 | 64-32 | 45 | |
| Manchester City | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 3-3 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-2 | 3-3 | 3-0 | 9-0 | 3-1 | 5-0 | 3-0 | 15 | 45-15 | 24 | 30 | 66-36 | 39 | |
| Newton Heath | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 5-1 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 6-0 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 4-0 | 5-0 | 3-2 | 5-1 | 15 | 42-10 | 24 | 30 | 64-35 | 38 | |
| Woolwich Arsenal | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 5-1 | 4-2 | 0-3 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 4-0 | 15 | 41-14 | 24 | 30 | 69-49 | 37 | |
| Small Heath | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 4-3 | 6-0 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 4-0 | 5-1 | 1-0 | 15 | 37-18 | 23 | 30 | 58-50 | 36 | |
| Leicester Fosse | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 15 | 26-11 | 21 | 30 | 46-35 | 33 | |
| Luton Town | 2-0 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 6-0 | 3-1 | 6-0 | 1-1 | 9-3 | 3-0 | 7-0 | 15 | 50-13 | 22 | 30 | 68-50 | 30 | |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 3-2 | 4-0 | 3-1 | 4-0 | 15 | 30-12 | 24 | 30 | 50-54 | 30 | |
| Walsall | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 5-0 | 3-0 | 6-0 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 3-1 | 5-0 | 3-0 | 15 | 42-15 | 21 | 30 | 58-58 | 29 | |
| Blackpool | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 5-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 5-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 15 | 32-15 | 20 | 30 | 49-61 | 25 | |
| Grimsby Town | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-4 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 4-2 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 7-2 | 4-2 | 5-0 | 7-0 | 15 | 44-24 | 19 | 30 | 52-62 | 24 | |
| Burton Swifts | 0-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 15 | 25-21 | 17 | 30 | 38-69 | 21 | |
| Lincoln City | 1-1 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 15 | 27-27 | 15 | 30 | 43-82 | 17 | |
| Darwen | 0-1 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 15 | 21-32 | 9 | 30 | 31-76 | 14 | |
| Loughborough | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-5 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 15 | 15-26 | 12 | 30 | 24-87 | 14 | |
| GP | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
| GF | 16 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 28 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 9 | ||||||
| GA | 11 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 35 | 32 | 24 | 37 | 42 | 43 | 46 | 38 | 48 | 55 | 44 | 61 | ||||||
Away | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |