La First Division 1896-1897 è stata la 9ª edizione della massima serie del campionato inglese di calcio, concluso con la vittoria dell'Aston Villa , al suo terzo titolo, il secondo consecutivo.
Capocannoniere del torneo è stato Steve Bloomer (Derby County ) con 22 reti[ 1] .
Ubicazione delle squadre della First Division 1896-1897.
Pos. Squadra Pt G V N P GF GS Med [ 2] 1. Aston Villa 47 30 21 5 4 73 38 1,921 2. Sheffield Utd 36 30 13 10 7 42 29 1,448 3. Derby County 36 30 16 4 10 70 50 1,400 4. Preston N.E. 34 30 11 12 7 55 40 1,375 5. Liverpool 33 30 12 9 9 46 38 1,211 6. Sheffield Weds 31 30 10 11 9 42 37 1,135 7. Everton 31 30 14 3 13 62 57 1,088 8. Bolton 30 30 12 6 12 40 43 0,930 9. Bury 30 30 10 10 10 39 44 0,886 10. Wolverhampton 28 30 11 6 13 45 41 1,098 11. Nottingham Forest 26 30 9 8 13 44 49 0,898 12. West Bromwich 26 30 10 6 14 33 56 0,589 13. Stoke City 25 30 11 3 16 48 59 0,814 14. Blackburn 25 30 11 3 16 35 62 0,565 15. Sunderland 23 30 7 9 14 34 47 0,723 16. Burnley 19 30 6 7 17 43 61 0,705
Legenda:
Campione d'Inghilterra . Ai Test-match . Retrocessa in Second Division dopo i test-match. Regolamento:
Due punti a vittoria, uno a pareggio, zero a sconfitta. Ast Bla Bol Brn Bry Der Eve Liv NmF Pre ShU ShW Sto Sun WBA Wol Aston Villa –––– 3-0 6-2 0-3 1-1 2-1 1-2 0-0 3-2 3-1 2-2 4-0 2-1 2-1 2-0 5-0 Blackburn 1-5 –––– 1-0 3-2 1-2 5-2 4-2 1-0 0-0 0-4 1-3 4-0 2-1 1-2 1-2 2-0 Bolton 1-2 0-0 –––– 2-1 2-0 1-3 2-0 1-4 0-0 3-1 0-2 2-1 4-0 1-0 2-2 1-2 Burnley 3-4 0-1 0-2 –––– 1-0 2-3 2-1 4-1 2-2 2-2 1-1 1-1 1-3 1-1 5-0 0-3 Bury 0-2 3-0 2-2 1-1 –––– 1-0 3-1 1-2 2-0 0-0 0-1 1-1 4-2 1-1 3-0 3-2 Derby County 1-3 6-0 1-0 3-2 7-2 –––– 0-1 3-2 1-1 2-2 1-3 2-1 5-1 1-0 8-1 4-3 Everton 2-3 0-3 2-3 6-0 1-2 5-2 –––– 2-1 3-1 3-4 1-2 2-1 4-2 5-2 6-3 0-0 Liverpool 3-3 4-0 0-2 1-2 3-1 2-0 0-0 –––– 3-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 1-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 Nottingham Forest 2-4 2-1 2-0 4-1 3-0 1-2 3-0 2-0 –––– 0-0 2-2 2-2 4-0 2-1 0-1 1-2 Preston N.E. 0-1 3-1 2-3 5-3 2-2 0-2 4-1 1-1 3-2 –––– 1-0 2-2 3-0 5-3 0-0 4-0 Sheffield Utd 0-0 7-0 1-0 1-0 2-2 2-2 1-2 1-1 0-3 0-2 –––– 2-0 1-0 3-0 0-1 1-3 Sheffield Weds 1-3 6-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 4-1 1-2 3-0 1-0 1-1 –––– 4-3 0-0 3-1 0-0 Stoke City 0-2 1-0 2-3 3-2 3-0 2-2 2-3 6-1 3-0 2-1 2-0 0-0 –––– 0-1 2-2 2-1 Sunderland 4-2 0-1 1-1 1-1 0-1 1-2 1-1 4-3 2-2 1-1 0-1 0-0 4-1 –––– 2-1 0-3 West Bromwich 3-1 1-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 1-4 1-4 0-1 4-0 1-1 0-1 0-2 1-2 1-0 –––– 1-0 Wolverhampton 1-2 1-1 4-0 2-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 1-2 4-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-2 0-1 6-1 ––––
Blackburn 1 - 2 West Bromwich
Sheffield Weds 1 - 2 Liverpool
Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Derby County
Aston Villa 2 - 1 Stoke City
Blackburn 1 - 0 Liverpool
Derby County 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest
Everton 2 - 1 Sheffield Weds
Sheffield Utd 1 - 0 Burnley
Stoke City 2 - 1 Wolverhampton
West Bromwich 3 - 1 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 2 - 2 Sheffield Utd
Liverpool 2 - 0 Derby County
Nottingham Forest 4 - 0 Stoke City
Preston N. E. 5 - 3 Sunderland
Sheffield Weds 3 - 1 West Bromwich
Wolverhampton 0 - 1 Everton
Blackburn 4 - 0 Sheffield Weds
Burnley 2 - 2 Nottingham Forest
Derby County 4 - 3 Wolverhampton
Everton 2 - 3 Aston Villa
Sheffield Utd 3 - 0 Sunderland
West Bromwich 1 - 1 Preston N. E.
Aston Villa 1 - 2 Everton
Liverpool 0 - 0 West Bromwich
Nottingham Forest 2 - 2 Sheffield Utd
Preston N. E. 5 - 3 Burnley
Sheffield Weds 4 - 3 Stoke City
Wolverhampton 1 - 1 Blackburn
Sheffield Utd 0 - 0 Aston Villa
Sunderland 0 - 3 Wolverhampton
West Bromwich 0 - 2 Sheffield Weds
Aston Villa 2 - 0 West Bromwich
Derby County 1 - 3 Sheffield Utd
Liverpool 3 - 0 Nottingham Forest
Sheffield Weds 0 - 0 Sunderland
Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Stoke City
Burnley 2 - 2 Preston N. E.
Bury 1 - 1 Sheffield Weds
Derby County 1 - 3 Aston Villa
Everton 1 - 2 Sheffield Utd
Stoke City 3 - 0 Nottingham Forest
Sunderland 4 - 3 Liverpool
West Bromwich 1 - 0 Wolverhampton
Sheffield Utd 1 - 1 Liverpool
Aston Villa 2 - 1 Derby County
Liverpool 4 - 0 Blackburn
Preston 1 - 0 Sheffield Utd
Nottingham Forest 4 - 1 Burnley
Sheffield Weds 4 - 1 Everton
Wolverhampton 0 - 1 Sunderland
Blackburn 0 - 4 Preston N. E.
Everton 0 - 0 Wolverhampton
Nottingham Forest 2 - 2 Sheffield Weds
Sheffield Utd 2 - 2 Derby County
Stoke City 0 - 2 Aston Villa
West Bromwich 0 - 1 Liverpool
West Bromwich 1 - 0 Bolton
Derby County 5 - 1 Stoke City
Liverpool 3 - 0 Sunderland
Preston N. E. 3 - 2 Nottingham Forest
Stoke City 2 - 1 Preston N. E.
Blackburn 0 - 0 Nottingham Forest
Derby County 3 - 2 Burnley
Preston N. E. 1 - 1 Liverpool
Sheffield Weds 1 - 3 Aston Villa
West Bromwich 0 - 1 Sheffield Utd
Nottingham Forest 1 - 2 Derby County
Aston Villa 4 - 0 Sheffield Weds
Derby County 6 - 0 Blackburn
Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Sunderland
Preston N. E. 2 - 3 Bolton
Stoke City 2 - 2 West Bromwich
Wolverhampton 2 - 0 Burnley
Blackburn 1 - 5 Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest 2 - 0 Liverpool
Sheffield Weds 2 - 0 Derby County
West Bromwich 1 - 0 Sunderland
Sheffield Utd 0 - 1 West Bromwich
Stoke City 2 - 2 Derby County
Sunderland 0 - 0 Sheffield Weds
Wolverhampton 4 - 1 Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Blackburn
Sheffield Weds 0 - 0 Wolverhampton
West Bromwich 1 - 2 Stoke City
Aston Villa 3 - 2 Nottingham Forest
Bolton 2 - 2 West Bromwich
Burnley 1 - 1 Sheffield Weds
Derby County 3 - 2 Liverpool
Sunderland 0 - 1 Blackburn
Wolverhampton 1 - 1 Preston N. E.
Blackburn 1 - 2 Sunderland
Bury 2 - 0 Nottingham Forest
Derby County 8 - 1 West Bromwich
Liverpool 3 - 3 Aston Villa
Derby County 1 - 0 Bolton
Sheffield Utd 2 - 0 Sheffield Weds
West Bromwich 1 - 0 Blackburn
Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest 3 - 0 Bury
Sheffield Weds 6 - 0 Blackburn
Wolverhampton 6 - 1 West Bromwich
Sheffield Utd 1 - 0 Bolton
Sheffield Utd 1 - 2 Everton
Sunderland 1 - 1 Preston N. E.
Aston Villa 0 - 3 Burnley
Blackburn 2 - 0 Wolverhampton
Liverpool 0 - 0 Sheffield Utd
Nottingham Forest 0 - 1 West Bromwich
Sheffield Weds 1 - 0 Preston N. E.
Sunderland 1 - 2 Derby County
Derby County 2 - 1 Sheffield Weds
Everton 3 - 1 Nottingham Forest
Sheffield Utd 7 - 0 Blackburn
Sunderland 4 - 2 Aston Villa
Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Liverpool
Aston Villa 2 - 1 Sunderland
Blackburn 5 - 2 Derby County
Burnley 1 - 1 Sheffield Utd
Liverpool 1 - 0 Stoke City
Nottingham Forest 2 - 0 Bolton
Preston N. E. 4 - 0 Wolverhampton
West Bromwich 1 - 4 Everton
Derby County 1 - 0 Sunderland
Sheffield Utd 1 - 3 Wolverhampton
Stoke City 0 - 0 Sheffield Weds
West Bromwich 4 - 0 Nottingham Forest
Blackburn 1 - 3 Sheffield Utd
Everton 3 - 4 Preston N. E.
Stoke City 6 - 1 Liverpool
West Bromwich 1 - 4 Derby County
Burnley 3 - 4 Aston Villa
Preston N. E. 2 - 2 Sheffield Weds
Sheffield Utd 0 - 3 Nottingham Forest
Sunderland 4 - 1 Stoke City
Aston Villa 3 - 1 Preston N. E.
Sheffield Weds 0 - 0 Bolton
Sunderland 0 - 1 Sheffield Utd
Sheffield Weds 1 - 1 Sheffield Utd
Liverpool 3 - 0 Wolverhampton
Bolton 1 - 3 Derby County
Nottingham Forest 2 - 4 Aston Villa
Sheffield Weds 1 - 0 Burnley
Sunderland 2 - 1 West Bromwich
Wolverhampton 1 - 1 Sheffield Utd
Nottingham Forest 3 - 0 Everton
Aston Villa 0 - 0 Liverpool
Sheffield Utd 0 - 2 Preston N. E.
Sunderland 2 - 2 Nottingham Forest
Wolverhampton 2 - 0 Sheffield Weds
Blackburn 2 - 1 Stoke City
Bolton 0 - 0 Nottingham Forest
Burnley 0 - 3 Wolverhampton
Derby County 2 - 2 Preston N. E.
Sheffield Utd 1 - 0 Stoke City
Liverpool 2 - 2 Sheffield Weds
Preston N. E. 4 - 1 Everton
Stoke City 0 - 1 Sunderland
West Bromwich 3 - 0 Burnley
Bolton 1 - 2 Wolverhampton
Burnley 2 - 3 Derby County
Sheffield Weds 3 - 0 Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest 0 - 0 Preston N. E.
Bolton 2 - 1 Sheffield Weds
Burnley 5 - 0 West Bromwich
Nottingham Forest 1 - 2 Wolverhampton
Stoke City 1 - 0 Blackburn
Stoke City 2 - 0 Sheffield Utd
Bolton 0 - 2 Sheffield Utd
Everton 5 - 2 Derby County
Preston N. E. 0 - 0 West Bromwich
Aston Villa 3 - 0 Blackburn
Everton 6 - 3 West Bromwich
Sheffield Weds 2 - 0 Bury
Aston Villa 5 - 0 Wolverhampton
Preston N. E. 0 - 2 Derby County
Derby County 0 - 1 Everton
Wolverhampton 4 - 0 Bolton
Preston N. E. 0 - 1 Aston Villa
Maggior numero di vittorie: Aston Villa (21) Minor numero di sconfitte: Aston Villa (4) Migliore attacco: Aston Villa (73 reti fatte) Miglior difesa: Sheffield Utd (29 reti subite) Miglior media reti: Aston Villa (1,921) Maggior numero di pareggi: Preston North End (12) Minor numero di pareggi: Stoke City, Blackburn (3) Maggior numero di sconfitte: Burnley (17) Minor numero di vittorie: Burnley (6) Peggior attacco: West Bromwich (33 segnate) Peggior difesa: Blackburn (62 reti subite) Peggior media reti: Blackburn (0,565)