Season

1897-98

Newton HeathA. H. Albut

4thleague finish

of 16 in the Second Division

+0.9
goal difference
2.0 scored · 1.1 conceded
33
Played
52%
Win rate

Season in brief

4th of 16 in the Second Division, down from 2nd the year before. Home form carried the season — 71% of home matches won against 31% away. Henry Boyd led the scoring with 20 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 66 United scored).

The Second Division table

Final standings · 16 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Burnley30P · 20W 8D 2L · GD +5648
  2. 2Newcastle United30P · 21W 3D 6L · GD +3245
  3. 3Manchester City30P · 15W 9D 6L · GD +3039
  4. 4Newton Heath30P · 16W 6D 8L · GD +2938
  5. 5Arsenal30P · 16W 5D 9L · GD +2037
  6. 6Birmingham City30P · 16W 4D 10L · GD +836
  8. 15Darwen30P · 6W 2D 22L · GD -4514
  9. 16Loughborough30P · 6W 2D 22L · GD -6314

Slice: the final Second Division table for 1897-98, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint head marks the promotion places — exact counts varied by era.

The season, match by match

33 matches
4 Sep 1897 v Lincoln City: 5–011 Sep 1897 @ Burton Swifts: 4–018 Sep 1897 v Luton Town: 1–225 Sep 1897 @ Blackpool: 1–02 Oct 1897 v Leicester City: 2–09 Oct 1897 @ Newcastle United: 0–216 Oct 1897 v Manchester City: 1–123 Oct 1897 @ Birmingham City: 1–230 Oct 1897 v Walsall: 6–06 Nov 1897 @ Lincoln City: 0–113 Nov 1897 v Newcastle United: 0–120 Nov 1897 @ Leicester City: 1–127 Nov 1897 v Grimsby Town: 2–111 Dec 1897 @ Walsall: 1–125 Dec 1897 @ Manchester City: 1–027 Dec 1897 @ Gainsborough Trinity: 1–21 Jan 1898 v Burton Swifts: 4–08 Jan 1898 @ Arsenal: 1–512 Jan 1898 v Burnley: 0–015 Jan 1898 v Blackpool: 4–029 Jan 1898 v Walsall: 1–012 Feb 1898 v Liverpool: 0–016 Feb 1898 @ Liverpool: 1–226 Feb 1898 v Arsenal: 5–17 Mar 1898 @ Burnley: 3–619 Mar 1898 @ Darwen: 3–221 Mar 1898 @ Luton Town: 2–229 Mar 1898 v Loughborough: 5–12 Apr 1898 @ Grimsby Town: 3–18 Apr 1898 v Gainsborough Trinity: 1–09 Apr 1898 v Birmingham City: 3–116 Apr 1898 @ Loughborough: 0–023 Apr 1898 v Darwen: 3–2
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.