Division Two Table 1896/97
P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | |||
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TTest Match Position | 1 | Notts County | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 92 | 43 | 2.14 | 42 |
TTest Match Position | 2 | Newton HeathManchester United | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 56 | 34 | 1.65 | 39 |
3 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 66 | 45 | 1.47 | 38 | |
4 | Small HeathNow Birmingham City | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 69 | 47 | 1.47 | 37 | |
5 | Newcastle United | 30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 56 | 52 | 1.08 | 35 | |
6 | Manchester City | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 58 | 50 | 1.16 | 32 | |
7 | Gainsborough Trinity | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 47 | 1.06 | 31 | |
8 | Blackpool | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 59 | 56 | 1.05 | 31 | |
9 | Leicester FosseLeicester City | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 59 | 57 | 1.03 | 30 | |
10 | Woolwich ArsenalArsenal | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 68 | 70 | 0.97 | 30 | |
11 | DarwenAFC Darwen | 30 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 67 | 61 | 1.10 | 28 | |
12 | Walsall | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 54 | 69 | 0.78 | 26 | |
13 | LoughboroughClub folded in 1900 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 50 | 64 | 0.78 | 25 | |
RRe-election Position | 14 | Burton SwiftsClub no longer exists | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 46 | 61 | 0.75 | 24 |
RRe-election Position | 15 | Burton WanderersClub no longer exists | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 31 | 67 | 0.46 | 20 |
RRe-election Position | 16 | Lincoln City | 30 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 27 | 85 | 0.32 | 12 |
2 points for a win.
Goal Average (GA) applies if teams are level on points.
Goal average = number of goals scored divided by the number of goals conceded.
T = Test Match R = Re-election
Promotion and relegation were decided by a series of Test Matches. The top two clubs in Division 2 and the bottom two in Division 1 met in a mini-league. Each club played four matches (home & away matches against the two sides from the other division).
At the conclusion of the matches the first and second sides in the league played in Division 1 and the third and fourth sides in Division 2.
The bottom three clubs had to apply for re-election into the league.
Burton Wanderers left the league.