Football : Season Details : 1897

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s)

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Position	Club	Points	History	Notes
1	Aston Villa	47	1-9	FAC-W
2	Sheffield United	36	1-4
3	Derby County	36	1-9
4	Preston North End	34	1-9
5	Liverpool	33	2-1
6	Wednesday	31	1-5
7	Everton	31	1-9	FAC-F
8	Bolton Wanderers	30	1-9
9	Bury	30	1-2
10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	1-9
11	Nottingham Forest	26	1-5
12	West Bromwich Albion	26	1-9
13	Stoke	25	2-6
14	Blackburn Rovers	25	1-9
15	Sunderland	23	1-7
16	Burnley	19	1-9

Legend and Abbreviations
Points: 2 for a win : 1 for a draw. Clubs: Red Relegated
History is in the form A-B: A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division. B is the current number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Notes: FAC FA Cup; W Winners - F Finalists

FA Cup Final

Aston Villa 3 Everton 2

History

Aston Villa became the second club to complete the League and FA Cup double. The third would not occur until 1961, 64 years later. They also became the first club to win a trophy for four consecutive seasons.

On the day they won the FA Cup final, there were league matches being played. Aston Villa were top but could be caught by Derby County who lost 0 - 1 at Bury giving the League to Aston Villa who still had three matches to play. Aston Villa thus became the only club to complete both parts of the double on the same day.

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