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  • Championship
    • Birmingham City
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    • Coventry City
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    • Leicester City
    • Middlesbrough
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  • League One
    • AFC Wimbledon
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    • Rotherham United
    • Stevenage
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  • League Two
    • Accrington Stanley
    • Barnet
    • Barrow
    • Bristol Rovers
    • Bromley FC
    • Cambridge United
    • Cheltenham Town
    • Chesterfield
    • Colchester United
    • Crawley Town
    • Crewe Alexandra
    • Fleetwood Town
    • Gillingham
    • Grimsby Town
    • Harrogate Town
    • MK Dons
    • Newport County
    • Notts County
    • Oldham Athletic
    • Salford City
    • Shrewsbury Town
    • Swindon Town
    • Tranmere Rovers
    • Walsall

Second Division Table 1897/98

# Team Pl W D L F A GD Pts
1 Burnley 30 20 8 2 80 24 +56 48 P
2 Newcastle United 30 21 3 6 64 32 +32 45 P
3 Manchester City 30 15 9 6 66 36 +30 39
4 Manchester United 30 16 6 8 64 35 +29 38
5 Arsenal 30 16 5 9 69 49 +20 37
6 Birmingham City 30 16 4 10 58 50 +8 36
7 Leicester City 30 13 7 10 46 35 +11 33
8 Luton Town 30 13 4 13 68 50 +18 30
9 Gainsborough Trinity 30 12 6 12 50 54 -4 30
10 Walsall 30 12 5 13 58 58 0 29
11 Blackpool 30 10 5 15 49 61 -12 25
12 Grimsby Town 30 10 4 16 52 62 -10 24
13 Burton United 30 8 5 17 38 69 -31 21
14 Lincoln City 30 6 5 19 43 82 -39 17
15 Darwen 30 6 2 22 31 76 -45 14
16 Loughborough 30 6 2 22 24 87 -63 14
Notable Events
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  • Longest current stayTeams that have stayed longest in their current division.
  • Average AttendanceAverage league attendance of clubs that competed in the top seven tiers of the English football pyramid during the 2024/25 season.
  • Longest unbeaten runLongest current unbeaten run in the top four tiers of English football
  • Average league positionsTable calculated using each club's all-time average position in the English football pyramid
  • Most Seasons of ImprovementTeams currently on the longest run of improving their final league position season over season
  • League Positions After PromotionOverview of how teams performed in their first season in the Premier League after being promoted from the Championship
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