1897–98 Woolwich Arsenal F.C. season

12th season in existence of Woolwich Arsenal/Arsenal F.C.

Woolwich Arsenal 1897–98 football season

Woolwich Arsenal
1897–98 season
Manager	Thomas Mitchell (to April) William Elcoat
Stadium	Manor Ground
Second Division	5th
FA Cup	First Round
← 1896–97 1898–99 →

In the 1897–98 season, the Woolwich Arsenal F.C. played 30 games, won 16 and lost 9. The team finished 5th in the season

Results

Arsenal's score comes first^[1]

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
1 September 1897	Grimsby Town	H	4–1
4 September 1897	Newcastle United	A	1–4
6 September 1897	Burnley	A	0–5
11 September 1897	Lincoln City	H	2–2
18 September 1897	Gainsborough Trinity	H	4–0
25 September 1897	Manchester City	A	1–4
2 October 1897	Luton Town	A	2–0
9 October 1897	Luton Town	H	3–0
16 October 1897	Newcastle United	H	0–0
23 October 1897	Leicester Fosse	H	0–3
6 November 1897	Walsall	A	2–3
13 November 1897	Walsall	H	4–0
27 November 1897	Blackpool	H	2–1
4 December 1897	Leicester Fosse	A	1–2
18 December 1897	Loughborough	A	3–1
27 December 1897	Lincoln City	A	3–2
1 January 1898	Blackpool	A	3–3
8 January 1898	Newton Heath	H	5–1
15 January 1898	Burton Swifts	A	2–1
5 February 1898	Manchester City	H	2–2
12 February 1898	Grimsby Town	A	4–1
26 February 1898	Newton Heath	A	1–5
5 March 1898	Small Heath	H	4–2
12 March 1898	Darwen	A	4–1
19 March 1898	Loughborough	H	4–0
26 March 1898	Gainsborough Trinity	A	0–1
2 April 1898	Burnley	H	1–1
8 April 1898	Darwen	H	6–0
11 April 1898	Burton Swifts	H	3–0
23 April 1898	Small Heath	A	1–2

Final League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
3	Manchester City	30	15	9	6	66	36	1.833	39
4	Newton Heath	30	16	6	8	64	35	1.829	38
5	Woolwich Arsenal	30	16	5	9	69	49	1.408	37
6	Small Heath	30	16	4	10	58	50	1.160	36
7	Leicester Fosse	30	13	7	10	46	35	1.314	33

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
QR3	30 October 1897	St Albans	H	9–0
QR4	20 November 1897	Sheppey United	H	3–0
QR5	11 December 1897	New Brompton	H	4–2
R1	29 January 1898	Burnley	H	1–3

References

^ "Arsenal results for the 1897-1898 season – Statto.com". Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2018.

v t e Arsenal F.C. seasons
Royal Arsenal F.C.	1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93
Woolwich Arsenal F.C.	1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14
Arsenal F.C.	1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

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First Division	Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bury Derby County Everton Liverpool Nottingham Forest Notts County Preston North End Sheffield United Stoke Sunderland The Wednesday West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Blackpool Burnley Burton Swifts Darwen Gainsborough Trinity Grimsby Town Leicester Fosse Lincoln City Loughborough Luton Town Manchester City Newcastle United Newton Heath Small Heath Walsall Woolwich Arsenal
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