La Second Division 1897-1898 fu il sesto campionato avente questa dicitura, e vide la vittoria del Burnley.
Henry Boyd (Newton Heath) fu il miglior marcatore del torneo con 23 gol.
| | Pos. | Squadra | Pt | G | V | N | P | GF | GS | MED |
 | 1. |  Burnley | 48 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 80 | 24 | 3,333 |
| 2. |  Newcastle Utd | 45 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 64 | 32 | 2,000 |
| 3. |  Manchester City | 39 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 66 | 26 | 2,538 |
| 4. |  Newton Heath | 38 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 64 | 35 | 1,829 |
| 5. |  Woolwich Arsenal | 37 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 69 | 49 | 1,408 |
| 6. |  Small Heath | 36 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 58 | 50 | 1,160 |
| 7. |  Leicester Fosse | 33 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 35 | 1,314 |
| 8. |  Luton Town | 30 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 68 | 50 | 1,360 |
| 9. |  Gainsborough Trinity | 30 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 50 | 54 | 0,926 |
| 10. |  Walsall | 29 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 58 | 58 | 0,000 |
| 11. |  Blackpool | 25 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 49 | 61 | 0,803 |
| 12. |  Grimsby Town | 24 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 52 | 62 | 0,839 |
| 13. |  Burton Swifts | 21 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 69 | 0,551 |
| 14. |  Lincoln City | 17 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 43 | 82 | 0,524 |
| 15. |  Darwen | 14 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 31 | 76 | 0,428 |
| 16. | Loughborough | 14 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 87 | 0,276 |
| | Blp | Brn | Brw | Drw | Gbt | Gri | Lef | Lin | Lou | Lut | Mcy | New | Nwh | Smh | Wal | Woo |
| Blackpool | –––– | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 5-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 5-0 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 3-3 |
| Burnley | 5-1 | –––– | 2-0 | 6-1 | 1-1 | 6-0 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 9-3 | 4-0 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 6-3 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 5-0 |
| Burton Swifts | 2-1 | 0-2 | –––– | 2-0 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-4 | 1-3 | 3-2 | 1-2 |
| Darwen | 3-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | –––– | 2-4 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-4 |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 4-1 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 3-1 | –––– | 2-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 3-3 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Grimsby Town | 3-0 | 2-1 | 7-2 | 5-0 | 4-2 | –––– | 0-0 | 4-2 | 7-0 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 1-4 |
| Leicester Fosse | 4-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 1-0 | –––– | 3-1 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 |
| Lincoln City | 3-2 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-4 | –––– | 2-3 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-3 |
| Loughborough | 0-2 | 0-2 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-5 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 4-2 | –––– | 2-0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 1-3 |
| Luton Town | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 6-0 | 0-1 | 9-3 | 7-0 | –––– | 3-0 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 6-0 | 0-2 |
| Manchester City | 3-3 | 1-1 | 9-0 | 5-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | –––– | 1-1 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 3-2 | 4-1 |
| Newcastle United | 2-0 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 5-2 | 4-0 | 4-2 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 2-0 | –––– | 2-0 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 4-1 |
| Newton Heath | 4-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 5-0 | 5-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | –––– | 3-1 | 6-0 | 5-1 |
| Small Heath | 2-3 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 5-1 | 4-3 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | –––– | 6-0 | 2-1 |
| Walsall | 6-0 | 1-2 | 4-0 | 5-0 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 5-0 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1-2 | –––– | 3-2 |
| Woolwich Arsenal | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 4-0 | 4-1 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 4-2 | 4-0 | –––– |
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