Final Ranking | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | 1. Liverpool | 46 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 106: | 32 | 2. Manchester City | 46 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 63: | 38 | 3. Grimsby Town | 42 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 82: | 38 | 4. Burton Wanderers | 42 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 69: | 40 | 5. Newcastle United | 34 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 73: | 50 | 6. Newton Heath | 33 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 66: | 57 | 7. Woolwich Arsenal | 32 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 58: | 42 | 8. Leicester Fosse | 32 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 57: | 44 | 9. Darwen | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 72: | 67 | 10.Notts County | 26 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 57: | 54 | 11.Burton Swifts | 24 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 39: | 69 | 12.Loughborough Town | 23 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 40: | 66 | 13.Lincoln City | 22 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 53: | 75 | 14.Burslem Port Vale | 18 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 43: | 78 | 15.Rotherham Town | 17 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 34: | 97 | 16.Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 30: | 95 |
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Liverpool promoted to Football League 1897 Division I. | Burslem Port Vale, Rotherham Town and Crewe Alexandra left the League. |
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