1896-1897 Season Table Division One

Pos	Team	P	HW	HD	HL	HF	HA	AW	AD	AL	AF	AA	GD	GA	Pts
1	Aston Villa	30	10	3	2	36	16	11	2	2	37	22	35	1.92	47
2	Sheffield United	30	7	4	4	22	13	7	6	2	20	13	16	1.62	38
3	Derby County	30	10	2	3	45	19	6	2	7	25	28	23	1.49	36
4	Preston North End	30	8	4	3	35	21	3	8	4	20	19	15	1.38	34
5	Liverpool	30	7	6	2	25	10	5	3	7	21	28	8	1.21	33
6	Bolton Wanderers	30	8	3	4	22	16	5	3	7	18	25	-1	0.98	32
7	Sheffield Wednesday	30	9	4	2	29	11	1	7	7	13	26	5	1.14	31
8	Everton	30	8	1	6	42	29	6	2	7	20	28	5	1.09	31
9	Bury	30	7	5	3	25	13	3	5	7	14	29	-3	0.93	30
10	Nottingham Forest	30	9	3	3	30	14	1	5	9	14	33	-3	0.94	28
11	West Bromwich Albion	30	7	2	6	18	16	3	4	8	15	40	-23	0.59	26
12	Stoke City	30	8	3	4	30	17	3	0	12	18	41	-10	0.83	25
13	Blackburn Rovers	30	8	1	6	27	25	3	2	10	8	37	-27	0.56	25
14	Sunderland	30	4	7	4	21	18	3	3	9	13	26	-10	0.77	24
15	Burnley	30	4	6	5	25	22	2	2	11	18	36	-15	0.74	20
16	Wolves	30	6	4	5	26	14	0	4	11	0	27	-15	0.63	20