Football : Season Details : 1898

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s).

Legend
Clubs in BLUE were relegated.
Points: 2 for a win; 1 for a draw.
History is in the form A-B:
A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division;
B is the number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Abbreviations:
FAC FA Cup
W Winner(s); F Finalist(s).

Position Club Points History Notes
1
 Sheffield United
42
1-5
  
2
 Sunderland
37
1-8
  
3
 Wolverhampton Wanderers
35
1-10
  
4
 Everton
35
1-10
  
5
 Wednesday
33
1-6
  
6
 Aston Villa
33
1-10
  
7
 West Bromwich Albion
32
1-10
  
8
 Nottingham Forest
31
1-6
 FAC-W
9
 Liverpool
28
2-2
  
10
 Derby County
28
1-10
 FAC-F
11
 Bolton Wanderers
26
1-10
  
12
 Preston North End
24
1-10
  
13
 Notts County
24
2-1
  
14
 Bury
24
1-3
  
15
 Blackburn Rovers
24
1-10
  
16
 Stoke
24
2-7
  

Wednesday would later become Sheffield Wednesday
Stoke would later become Stoke City

FA Cup Final Nottingham Forest 3 Derby County 1

History

No clubs were relegated because the League was to be expanded to 18 clubs.

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