1897/98
| 4 / 9 / 97 | D2 | H | Woolwich Arsenal | W | 4 - 1 | 10,000 | |
| 11 / 9 / 97 | D2 | A | Walsall | W | 3 - 2 | 4,000 | |
| 18 / 9 / 97 | D2 | H | Burton Swifts | W | 3 - 1 | 12,000 | |
| 25 / 9 / 97 | D2 | A | Lincoln City | W | 3 - 2 | 3,000 | |
| 2 / 10 / 97 | D2 | A | Burnley | L | 0 - 3 | 8,000 | |
| 9 / 10 / 97 | D2 | H | Newton Heath | W | 2 - 0 | 14,000 | |
| 16 / 10 / 97 | D2 | A | Woolwich Arsenal | D | 0 - 0 | 12,000 | |
| 23 / 10 / 97 | D2 | H | Blackpool | W | 2 - 0 | 8,000 | |
| 30 / 10 / 97 | FAC | H | Willington Athletic | W | 6 - 0 | 6,000 | |
| 6 / 11 / 97 | D2 | A | Grimsby Town | L | 0 - 2 | 5,000 | |
| 13 / 11 / 97 | D2 | A | Newton Heath | W | 1 - 0 | 6,000 | |
| 20 / 11 / 97 | FAC | A | Stockton | W | 4 - 1 | 8,000 | |
| 27 / 11 / 97 | D2 | H | Small Heath | W | 4 - 0 | 11,000 | |
| 4 / 12 / 97 | D2 | A | Gainsborough Trinity | W | 3 - 1 | 700 | |
| 11 / 12 / 97 | FAC | A | Middlesbrough | W | 2 - 0 | 6,000 | |
| 18 / 12 / 97 | D2 | A | Burton Swifts | L | 1 - 3 | 0 | |
| 25 / 12 / 97 | D2 | A | Blackpool | W | 3 - 2 | 4,000 | |
| 27 / 12 / 97 | D2 | H | Burnley | L | 0 - 1 | 24,959 | |
| 1 / 1 / 98 | D2 | H | Walsall | W | 2 - 1 | 16,000 | |
| 3 / 1 / 98 | D2 | H | Loughborough | W | 3 - 1 | 4,000 | |
| 8 / 1 / 98 | D2 | A | Manchester City | D | 1 - 1 | 20,000 | |
| 15 / 1 / 98 | D2 | H | Darwen | W | 1 - 0 | 10,000 | |
| 22 / 1 / 98 | D2 | H | Leicester Fosse | W | 4 - 2 | 10,000 | |
| 29 / 1 / 98 | FAC | A | Preston North End | W | 2 - 1 | 15,000 | |
| 12 / 2 / 98 | FAC | A | Southampton | L | 0 - 1 | 14,000 | |
| 19 / 2 / 98 | D2 | A | Luton Town | L | 1 - 3 | 3,500 | |
| 26 / 2 / 98 | D2 | H | Lincoln City | W | 3 - 0 | 10,000 | |
| 5 / 3 / 98 | D2 | A | Darwen | W | 3 - 1 | 2,000 | |
| 12 / 3 / 98 | D2 | H | Luton Town | W | 4 - 1 | 15,000 | |
| 16 / 3 / 98 | D2 | H | Manchester City | W | 2 - 0 | 17,000 | |
| 26 / 3 / 98 | D2 | H | Grimsby Town | W | 4 - 0 | 4,000 | |
| 2 / 4 / 98 | D2 | H | Gainsborough Trinity | W | 5 - 2 | 12,000 | |
| 9 / 4 / 98 | D2 | A | Leicester Fosse | D | 1 - 1 | 6,000 | |
| 11 / 4 / 98 | D2 | A | Loughborough | W | 1 - 0 | 2,000 | |
| 12 / 4 / 98 | D2 | A | Small Heath | L | 0 - 1 | 5,000 | |
| 20 / 4 / 98 | Play Off | H | Stoke | W | 2 - 1 | 17,000 | |
| 23 / 4 / 98 | Play Off | A | Stoke | L | 0 - 1 | 20,000 | |
| 28 / 4 / 98 | Play Off | A | Blackburn Rovers | L | 3 - 4 | 30,000 | |
| 30 / 4 / 98 | Play Off | H | Blackburn Rovers | W | 4 - 0 | 13,324 | |