English Second Division 1897/1898
Historical league standings at 25th September 1897
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| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GA |
| 1 | Manchester City | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 5.33 |
| 2 | Burnley | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4.25 |
| 3 | Small Heath | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3.00 |
| 4 | Newcastle United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 2.17 |
| 5 | Newton Heath | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 5.50 |
| 6 | Luton Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3.50 |
| 7 | Grimsby Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1.25 |
| 8 | Woolwich Arsenal | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0.75 |
| 9 | Darwen | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0.58 |
| 10 | Leicester Fosse | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 |
| 11 | Loughborough | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0.38 |
| 12 | Gainsborough Trinity | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0.27 |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0.46 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0.22 |
| 15 | Walsall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0.45 |
| 16 | Burton Swifts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0.25 |
