# First Division 1897-1898

La First Division 1897-1898 è stata la 10ª edizione della massima serie del campionato inglese di calcio e concluso con la vittoria dello Sheffield Utd, al suo primo titolo.
Capocannoniere del torneo è stato George Wheldon (Aston Villa) con 21 reti.

## Stagione

In questa stagione nessuna squadra fu retrocessa in Second Division perché, dopo che i test-match con le promuovende dalla Second Division furono fatti disputare con esiti polemici (bastò infatti uno zero a zero premiando entrambe le contendenti) e per la loro formula cervellotica, la Lega decise di annullarli per sempre e portare, dall'anno successivo, il campionato a 18 squadre.

## Squadre partecipanti

| Club | Stagione | Città | Stadio | Stagione precedente |
| Aston Villa | dettagli | Birmingham | Villa Park | 1º posto in First Division |
| Blackburn | dettagli | Blackburn | Ewood Park | 14º posto in First Division |
| Bolton | dettagli | Bolton | Burnden Park | 8º posto in First Division |
| Bury | dettagli | Bury | Gigg Lane | 9º posto in First Division |
| Derby County | dettagli | Derby | Baseball Ground | 3º posto in First Division |
| Everton | dettagli | Liverpool | Goodison Park | 7º posto in First Division |
| Liverpool | dettagli | Liverpool | Anfield | 5º posto in First Division |
| Nottingham Forest | dettagli | Nottingham | Town Ground | 11º posto in First Division |
| Notts County | dettagli | Nottingham | Trent Bridge | 1º posto in Second Division, promosso dopo i test-match. |
| Preston N.E. | dettagli | Preston | Deepdale | 4º posto in First Division |
| Sheffield Utd | dettagli | Sheffield | Bramall Lane | 2º posto in First Division |
| Sheffield Weds | dettagli | Sheffield | Olive Grove | 6º posto in First Division |
| Stoke City | dettagli | Stoke-on-Trent | Victoria Ground | 13º posto in First Division |
| Sunderland | dettagli | Sunderland | Newcastle Road | 15º posto in First Division |
| West Bromwich | dettagli | West Bromwich | Stoney Lane | 12º posto in First Division |
| Wolverhampton | dettagli | Wolverhampton | Molineux Stadium | 10º posto in First Division |

## Classifica finale

| Pos. | Squadra | Pt | G | V | N | P | GF | GS | Med |
| 1. | Sheffield Utd | 42 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 56 | 31 | 1,806 |
| 2. | Sunderland | 37 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 43 | 30 | 1,433 |
| 3. | Wolverhampton | 35 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 41 | 1,390 |
| 4. | Everton | 35 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 48 | 39 | 1,231 |
| 5. | Sheffield Weds | 33 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 51 | 42 | 1,214 |
| 6. | Aston Villa | 33 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 61 | 51 | 1,196 |
| 7. | West Bromwich | 32 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 45 | 0,978 |
| 8. | Nottingham Forest | 31 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 49 | 0,959 |
| 9. | Liverpool | 28 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 48 | 45 | 1,067 |
| 10. | Derby County | 28 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 57 | 61 | 0,934 |
| 11. | Bolton | 26 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 41 | 0,683 |
| 12. | Preston N.E. | 24 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 43 | 0,814 |
| 13. | Notts County | 24 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 46 | 0,783 |
| 14. | Bury | 24 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 51 | 0,765 |
| 15. | Blackburn | 24 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 54 | 0,722 |
| 16. | Stoke City | 24 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 55 | 0,636 |
Legenda:
    Campione d'Inghilterra.
    Ai Test-match.
Regolamento:
    Due punti a vittoria, uno a pareggio, zero a sconfitta.

### Squadra campione
## Risultati
### Tabellone

| | Ast | Bla | Bol | Bur | Der | Eve | Liv | NmF | NtC | Pre | ShU | ShW | Sto | Sun | WBA | Wol |
| Aston Villa | –––– | 5-1 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 4-2 | 4-0 | 1-2 | 5-2 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 1-2 |
| Blackburn | 4-3 | –––– | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 2-3 |
| Bolton | 2-0 | 1-2 | –––– | 0-0 | 3-3 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
| Bury | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 | –––– | 4-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-5 | 3-0 | 3-3 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 2-1 |
| Derby County | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 2-2 | –––– | 5-1 | 3-1 | 5-0 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 3-2 |
| Everton | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 3-0 | –––– | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 6-1 | 3-0 |
| Liverpool | 4-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 4-2 | 3-1 | –––– | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Nottingham Forest | 3-1 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 2-3 | –––– | 1-1 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| Notts County | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 1-3 | –––– | 1-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| Preston N.E. | 3-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 5-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 3-1 | –––– | 1-3 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| Sheffield Utd | 1-0 | 5-2 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | –––– | 1-1 | 4-3 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
| Sheffield Weds | 3-0 | 4-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 3-6 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | –––– | 4-0 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 |
| Stoke City | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | –––– | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| Sunderland | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 4-0 | –––– | 0-2 | 3-2 |
| West Bromwich | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 0-3 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 2-2 | –––– | 2-2 |
| Wolverhampton | 1-1 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 5-0 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 1-1 | –––– |

### Calendario

| Aston Villa | 5 - 2 | Sheffield Weds |
| Sheffield Utd | 2 - 1 | Derby County |
| Wolverhampton | 3 - 0 | Preston N.E. |
| Stoke City | 2 - 0 | Notts County |
| Aston Villa | 4 - 3 | West Bromwich |
| Derby County | 3 - 1 | Blackburn |
| Everton | 2 - 1 | Bolton |
| Nottingham Forest | 1 - 1 | Notts County |
| Preston N.E. | 1 - 3 | Sheffield Utd |
| Sheffield Weds | 0 - 1 | Sunderland |
| Stoke City | 2 - 2 | Liverpool |
| Wolverhampton | 3 - 0 | Bury |
| Blackburn | 1 - 3 | Bolton |
| Bury | 3 - 0 | Sheffield Weds |
| Derby County | 5 - 1 | Everton |
| Liverpool | 0 - 0 | Preston N.E. |
| Notts County | 2 - 3 | Aston Villa |
| Sheffield Utd | 4 - 3 | Stoke City |
| Sunderland | 3 - 2 | Wolverhampton |
| West Bromwich | 2 - 0 | Nottingham Forest |
| Aston Villa | 3 - 1 | Bury |
| Bolton | 1 - 0 | Notts County |
| Derby County | 3 - 2 | West Bromwich |
| Everton | 3 - 0 | Wolverhampton |
| Nottingham Forest | 1 - 1 | Sheffield Utd |
| Preston N.E. | 2 - 0 | Sunderland |
| Sheffield Weds | 4 - 2 | Liverpool |
| Stoke City | 2 - 1 | Blackburn |
| Blackburn | 4 - 3 | Aston Villa |
| Bolton | 1 - 0 | Preston N.E. |
| Liverpool | 3 - 1 | Everton |
| Notts County | 1 - 1 | Derby County |
| Sheffield Utd | 1 - 1 | Bury |
| Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Sheffield Weds |
| West Bromwich | 2 - 0 | Stoke City |
| Wolverhampton | 0 - 0 | Nottingham Forest |
| Sheffield Weds | 3 - 0 | Aston Villa |
| Aston Villa | 3 - 2 | Bolton |
| Bury | 3 - 2 | West Bromwich |
| Everton | 1 - 1 | Blackburn |
| Nottingham Forest | 1 - 1 | Sunderland |
| Preston N.E. | 1 - 1 | Liverpool |
| Sheffield Weds | 3 - 1 | Notts County |
| Stoke City | 2 - 1 | Derby County |
| Wolverhampton | 1 - 1 | Sheffield Utd |
| Sheffield Utd | 5 - 2 | Blackburn |
| Notts County | 1 - 1 | Preston N.E. |
| Blackburn | 1 - 0 | Preston N.E. |
| Bolton | 0 - 3 | Sheffield Weds |
| Bury | 2 - 5 | Sheffield Utd |
| Liverpool | 4 - 0 | Stoke City |
| Notts County | 1 - 3 | Nottingham Forest |
| Sunderland | 2 - 1 | Derby County |
| West Bromwich | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa |
| Wolverhampton | 2 - 3 | Everton |
| Aston Villa | 4 - 2 | Notts County |
| Derby County | 2 - 2 | Bury |
| Everton | 3 - 0 | Liverpool |
| Nottingham Forest | 3 - 1 | Blackburn |
| Preston N.E. | 0 - 0 | Bolton |
| Sheffield Weds | 0 - 1 | Sheffield Utd |
| Stoke City | 0 - 2 | Wolverhampton |
| Sunderland | 0 - 2 | West Bromwich |
| Blackburn | 1 - 1 | Sheffield Weds |
| Bolton | 2 - 0 | Nottingham Forest |
| Bury | 0 - 1 | Everton |
| Liverpool | 4 - 2 | Derby County |
| Notts County | 4 - 0 | Stoke City |
| Sheffield Utd | 2 - 1 | Preston N.E. |
| Sunderland | 0 - 0 | Aston Villa |
| West Bromwich | 2 - 2 | Wolverhampton |
| Aston Villa | 3 - 1 | Liverpool |
| Bolton | 1 - 0 | Sunderland |
| Everton | 1 - 4 | Sheffield Utd |
| Nottingham Forest | 3 - 4 | Derby County |
| Preston N.E. | 1 - 4 | Blackburn |
| Stoke City | 0 - 0 | West Bromwich |
| Wolverhampton | 3 - 1 | Notts County |
| West Bromwich | 2 - 0 | Bolton |
| Bury | 2 - 1 | Wolverhampton |
| Derby County | 4 - 1 | Stoke City |
| Liverpool | 1 - 2 | Nottingham Forest |
| Notts County | 1 - 2 | Bolton |
| Preston N.E. | 3 - 1 | Aston Villa |
| West Bromwich | 2 - 2 | Everton |
| Stoke City | 1 - 2 | Preston N.E. |
| Aston Villa | 3 - 0 | Everton |
| Bolton | 2 - 1 | Stoke City |
| Derby County | 1 - 1 | Sheffield Utd |
| Nottingham Forest | 4 - 1 | Preston N.E. |
| Sheffield Weds | 4 - 1 | Blackburn |
| West Bromwich | 2 - 1 | Liverpool |
| Wolverhampton | 4 - 2 | Sunderland |
| Blackburn | 1 - 1 | Sheffield Utd |
| Bolton | 2 - 0 | Aston Villa |
| Liverpool | 1 - 0 | Wolverhampton |
| Preston N.E. | 1 - 1 | Everton |
| Sheffield Weds | 3 - 0 | Bury |
| Stoke City | 1 - 2 | Nottingham Forest |
| West Bromwich | 3 - 1 | Derby County |
| Aston Villa | 4 - 3 | Sunderland |
| Blackburn | 1 - 1 | Derby County |
| Bury | 0 - 0 | Notts County |
| Everton | 6 - 1 | West Bromwich |
| Nottingham Forest | 2 - 3 | Liverpool |
| Preston N.E. | 1 - 2 | Wolverhampton |
| Sheffield Weds | 3 - 0 | Bolton |
| Notts County | 0 - 0 | Sheffield Weds |
| Sheffield Utd | 1 - 1 | Nottingham Forest |
| Sunderland | 4 - 0 | Stoke City |
| Wolverhampton | 0 - 0 | Derby County |
| Aston Villa | 5 - 1 | Blackburn |
| Bury | 2 - 1 | Bolton |
| Derby County | 2 - 2 | Sunderland |
| Everton | 1 - 0 | Notts County |
| Nottingham Forest | 0 - 1 | West Bromwich |
| Sheffield Weds | 2 - 1 | Preston N.E. |
| Stoke City | 2 - 1 | Sheffield Utd |
| Wolverhampton | 2 - 1 | Liverpool |
| Liverpool | 0 - 1 | Blackburn |
| Notts County | 2 - 2 | Wolverhampton |
| Preston N.E. | 2 - 0 | Sheffield Weds |
| Stoke City | 0 - 0 | Aston Villa |
| Sunderland | 0 - 0 | Everton |
| West Bromwich | 1 - 0 | Bury |
| Blackburn | 2 - 1 | Sunderland |
| Bolton | 0 - 2 | Liverpool |
| Derby County | 1 - 2 | Notts County |
| Everton | 2 - 1 | Aston Villa |
| Preston N.E. | 3 - 0 | Nottingham Forest |
| Sheffield Weds | 4 - 0 | Stoke City |
| Derby County | 1 - 0 | Bolton |
| Liverpool | 0 - 2 | Sunderland |
| Sheffield Utd | 1 - 1 | Sheffield Weds |
| Stoke City | 3 - 1 | Bury |
| West Bromwich | 1 - 1 | Blackburn |
| Wolverhampton | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa |
| Wolverhampton | 1 - 1 | West Bromwich |
| Sheffield Utd | 1 - 2 | Liverpool |
| Blackburn | 1 - 1 | Everton |
| Bolton | 3 - 3 | Derby County |
| Bury | 3 - 3 | Stoke City |
| Liverpool | 1 - 1 | West Bromwich |
| Notts County | 1 - 3 | Sheffield Utd |
| Sheffield Weds | 3 - 6 | Nottingham Forest |
| Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Preston N.E. |
| Bolton | 0 - 0 | Bury |
| Sunderland | 2 - 0 | Notts County |
| Blackburn | 2 - 1 | Liverpool |
| Derby County | 3 - 2 | Wolverhampton |
| Preston N.E. | 2 - 1 | Bury |
| Everton | 1 - 0 | Sheffield Weds |
| Nottingham Forest | 2 - 0 | Bolton |
| Sheffield Utd | 1 - 0 | Aston Villa |
| Stoke City | 0 - 1 | Sunderland |
| Aston Villa | 1 - 2 | Sheffield Utd |
| Blackburn | 1 - 1 | Nottingham Forest |
| Notts County | 3 - 2 | Everton |
| Sheffield Weds | 3 - 1 | Derby County |
| Stoke City | 2 - 0 | Bolton |
| Sunderland | 2 - 1 | Bury |
| West Bromwich | 3 - 1 | Preston N.E. |
| Everton | 1 - 1 | Stoke City |
| Derby County | 3 - 1 | Aston Villa |
| Nottingham Forest | 1 - 0 | Sheffield Weds |
| Sheffield Utd | 2 - 1 | Wolverhampton |
| Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Liverpool |
| Aston Villa | 4 - 0 | Preston N.E. |
| Blackburn | 1 - 3 | West Bromwich |
| Liverpool | 0 - 4 | Sheffield Utd |
| Notts County | 0 - 1 | Sunderland |
| Sheffield Weds | 2 - 1 | Everton |
| Wolverhampton | 4 - 2 | Stoke City |
| Sheffield Utd | 0 - 0 | Bolton |
| Bury | 1 - 0 | Preston N.E. |
| Derby County | 1 - 2 | Sheffield Weds |
| Nottingham Forest | 3 - 1 | Stoke City |
| Sheffield Utd | 0 - 1 | Notts County |
| West Bromwich | 1 - 2 | Sunderland |
| Sheffield Utd | 0 - 1 | Everton |
| Sunderland | 2 - 0 | Bolton |
| Blackburn | 2 - 3 | Wolverhampton |
| Notts County | 2 - 1 | Bury |
| Aston Villa | 0 - 1 | Derby County |
| Everton | 0 - 2 | Bury |
| Notts County | 0 - 0 | Blackburn |
| Preston N.E. | 0 - 0 | Stoke City |
| Sheffield Weds | 2 - 0 | Wolverhampton |
| Sheffield Utd | 3 - 1 | Sunderland |
| Derby County | 3 - 1 | Preston N.E. |
| Liverpool | 2 - 0 | Notts County |
| Nottingham Forest | 2 - 2 | Everton |
| Sunderland | 2 - 2 | Blackburn |
| West Bromwich | 0 - 2 | Sheffield Weds |
| Blackburn | 1 - 1 | Bury |
| Liverpool | 2 - 2 | Bolton |
| Notts County | 2 - 2 | West Bromwich |
| Everton | 1 - 1 | Preston N.E. |
| Bolton | 1 - 0 | Everton |
| Bury | 0 - 2 | Liverpool |
| Nottingham Forest | 3 - 1 | Aston Villa |
| Stoke City | 2 - 1 | Sheffield Weds |
| West Bromwich | 2 - 0 | Sheffield Utd |
| Bury | 4 - 0 | Derby County |
| Liverpool | 2 - 2 | Bury |
| Preston N.E. | 1 - 1 | West Bromwich |
| Aston Villa | 1 - 1 | Stoke City |
| Bolton | 2 - 0 | West Bromwich |
| Everton | 2 - 0 | Nottingham Forest |
| Notts County | 3 - 2 | Liverpool |
| Sheffield Utd | 1 - 0 | Sunderland |
| Wolverhampton | 1 - 2 | Blackburn |
| Bury | 2 - 2 | Nottingham Forest |
| West Bromwich | 0 - 3 | Notts County |
| Blackburn | 1 - 1 | Stoke City |
| Bolton | 0 - 1 | Sheffield Utd |
| Bury | 1 - 2 | Sunderland |
| Everton | 3 - 0 | Derby County |
| Nottingham Forest | 1 - 1 | Wolverhampton |
| Preston N.E. | 3 - 1 | Notts County |
| Blackburn | 0 - 1 | Notts County |
| Nottingham Forest | 3 - 1 | Bury |
| Preston N.E. | 5 - 0 | Derby County |
| Sheffield Weds | 3 - 0 | West Bromwich |
| Stoke City | 2 - 0 | Everton |
| Wolverhampton | 2 - 0 | Bolton |
| Aston Villa | 1 - 2 | Wolverhampton |
| Derby County | 5 - 0 | Nottingham Forest |
| Everton | 2 - 0 | Sunderland |
| Liverpool | 4 - 0 | Liverpool |
| Sheffield Utd | 2 - 0 | West Bromwich |
| Derby County | 3 - 1 | Liverpool |
| Bolton | 1 - 2 | Blackburn |
| Bury | 1 - 0 | Blackburn |
| Liverpool | 4 - 0 | Aston Villa |
| Wolverhampton | 5 - 0 | Sheffield Weds |
| Sunderland | 4 - 0 | Nottingham Forest |
| Aston Villa | 2 - 0 | Nottingham Forest |

## Test-match

| | Risultati | | Luogo e data |
| Newcastle Utd | 2-1 | Stoke City | Newcastle upon Tyne, 20 aprile 1898 |
| Blackburn | 1-3 | Burnley | Blackburn, 21 aprile 1898 |
| Burnley | 2-0 | Blackburn | Burnley, 23 aprile 1898 |
| Stoke City | 1-0 | Newcastle Utd | Stoke on Trent, 23 aprile 1898 |
| Burnley | 0-2 | Stoke City | Burnley, 26 aprile 1898 |
| Blackburn | 4-3 | Newcastle Utd | Blackburn, 28 aprile 1898 |
| Newcastle Utd | 4-0 | Blackburn | Newcastle upon Tyne, 30 aprile 1898 |
| Stoke City | 0-0 | Burnley | Stoke on Trent, 30 aprile 1898 |

## Statistiche
### Squadra
#### Primati stagionali

* Maggior numero di vittorie: Sheffield United (17)
* Minor numero di sconfitte: Sheffield United (5)
* Migliore attacco: Derby County eWolverhampton (57 reti segnate)
* Miglior difesa: Sunderland (30 reti subite)
* Miglior media goal: Sheffield United (1,806)
* Maggior numero di pareggi: West Bromwich (10)
* Minor numero di pareggi: Bolton (4)
* Maggior numero di sconfitte: Bolton (15)
* Minor numero di vittorie: West Bromwich,Blackburn (7)
* Peggior attacco: Bolton (28 reti segnate)
* Peggior difesa: Stoke City (55 reti subite)
* Peggior media goal: Bolton (0,683)