English First Division 1896/1897
Historical league standings at 7th September 1896
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| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GA |
| 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2.50 |
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 3 | Bury | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 |
| 4 | Everton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 5 | Stoke | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton W'drs. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.75 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 |
| 10 | Liverpool | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 |
| 11 | Sheffield United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
| 12 | Nottingham Forest | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 13 | Burnley | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 14 | Derby County | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 16 | The Wednesday | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.50 |
