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1897–98 in English football

27th season of competitive football in England

Field	Value
country	England
season	1897–98
division1	[First Division](1897-98-football-league-first-division)
champions1	Sheffield United
division2	[Second Division](1897-98-football-league-second-division)
champions2	Burnley
division3	[Northern League](1897-98-northern-football-league)
champions3	Stockton
division4	Midland League
champions4	Mexborough
division5	[Southern League](1897-98-southern-football-league)
champions5	Southampton
domestic	[FA Cup](1897-98-fa-cup)
dchampions	Nottingham Forest
domestic2	FA Amateur Cup
dchampions2	Middlesbrough
supercup	[Sheriff of London
Charity Shield](1898-sheriff-of-london-charity-shield)
schampions	Shared between Corinthian
and Sheffield United
prevseason	1896–97
nextseason	1898–99
flagicon	yes

Charity Shield](1898-sheriff-of-london-charity-shield) and Sheffield United The 1897–98 season was the 27th season of competitive football in England.

Honours

Competition	Winner
[First Division](1897-98-football-league)	Sheffield United (1)
[Second Division](1897-98-football-league)	Burnley
[FA Cup](1897-fa-cup-final)	Nottingham Forest (1)
[Home Championship](1898-british-home-championship)

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Football League

Main article: 1897–98 Football League

First Division

Main article: 1897–98 Football League#First Division

Sheffield United won the First Division to become champions of English football for the only time in their history.

Second Division

Main article: 1897–98 Football League#Second Division

This was the final season of using 'Test Matches' to decide relegation and promotion between the divisions. The Second Division was won by Burnley; both they and runners-up Newcastle United were promoted to the expanded First Division, rendering the results of the end of season Test Matches meaningless. From the 1898–99 season onwards, automatic relegation and promotion of the bottom two/top two sides from each division was introduced.

Luton Town replaced Burton Wanderers.

References

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