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      SEASON ARCHIVE : RESULTS - 1897/98

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Opposition goalscorers in italics, * signifies goalscorer unknown.

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE

 DATE OPPONENT H/A F-A SCORERS    GATE POS
 Sat 04 Sep Aston Villa A 3-4 McKenzie, Higgins, McManus - Wheldon 3, Fisher   20,950 11
 Sat 11 Sep Nottingham Forest H 2-0 Garfield 2     5,000 8
 Sat 18 Sep Derby County A 2-3 Watson, Higgins - Bloomer 2, A Goodall     6,700 10
 Sat 25 Sep Stoke H 2-0 Flewitt, Higgins     8,200 8
 Sat 02 Oct Bury A 2-3 Bassett, Higgins - Settle 2, Henderson     4,500 12
 Sat 09 Oct Aston Villa H 1-1 Garfield - J Sharp   12,244 12
 Sat 16 Oct Sunderland A 2-0 McNeill (og), Bassett     6,500 9
 Sat 23 Oct Wolverhampton W H 2-2 Flewitt, Garfield - Smith, Miller   11,750 9
 Sat 30 Oct Stoke A 0-0       6,400 8
 Mon 01 Nov Bolton Wanderers H 2-0 Dean, Jones     8,200 3
 Sat 06 Nov Everton H 2-2 Garfield, Dean - Divers (pen), Taylor     5,750 4
 Sat 13 Nov Liverpool H 2-1 Williams, Jones - Becton     8,200 4
 Sat 20 Nov Derby County H 3-1 Garfield, Flewitt, Reid - Stevenson   10,500 4
 Sat 27 Nov Everton A 1-6 Flewitt - Chadwick 2, Divers 2, J Bell, L Bell   15,700 4
 Sat 11 Dec Nottingham Forest H 1-0 Perry   10,400 5
 Sat 18 Dec Bury H 1-0 Garfield     6,303 4
 Mon 27 Dec Blackburn Rovers H 1-1 Williams (pen) - Campbell     5,300 5
 Tue 28 Dec Wolverhampton W A 1-1 Reid - Wood     8,100 4
 Sat 01 Jan Liverpool A 1-1 Flewitt - McCartney   10,000 3
 Sat 15 Jan Preston North End H 3-1 Garfield 2, Flewitt - Stevenson     7,000 2
 Sat 05 Feb Blackburn Rovers A 3-1 Reid, Flewitt, Bassett - Briercliffe     4,000 3
 Sat 19 Feb Sunderland H 2-2 McKenzie 2 - Brown, Wilson     5,000 3
 Sat 12 Mar The Wednesday H 0-2 Kaye, Brady     3,455 5
 Sat 19 Mar Notts County A 2-2 Garfield, Jones - Boucher, Fraser     3,600 5
 Sat 26 Mar Sheffield United H 2-0 Garfield, Richards     4,200 4
 Thu 31 Mar Preston North End A 1-1 Garfield - Brown     5,900 3
 Sat 02 Apr Bolton Wanderers A 0-2 Nicoll, Fitchett     3,650 3
 Mon 04 Apr Notts County H 0-3 Fletcher, Boucher, Allan     4,000 3
 Sat 09 Apr The Wednesday A 0-3 Spiksley, Brady, Kaye     3,200 5
 Mon 11 Apr Sheffield United A 0-2 Bennett 2     2,800 6

FA CUP

 DATE  OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A  SCORERS

   GATE

 Sat 29 Jan  New Brighton Tower H 1

2-0

 Garfield, Flewitt   15,897
 Sat 12 Feb  The Wednesday H 2 1-0  Flewitt   16,012
 Sat 26 Feb  Nottingham Forest H 3 2-3  Williams, Bassett - Forman, Richards, Spouncer   17,483

STAFFORDSHIRE CUP

 DATE  OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A  SCORERS

   GATE

 Mon 08 Nov  Aston Villa H 1 2-1  Garfield, McKenzie - Wood     7,000
 Sat 22 Jan  Small Heath A 3 1-0  Robertson (og)     4,500
 Sat 05 Mar  Burslem Port Vale (1) N Final 0-1  Simpson (pen)   10,000
             
 1 - Played at the Victoria Ground, Stoke FC.

BIRMINGHAM CUP

 DATE  OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A  SCORERS

   GATE

 Mon 13 Dec  Burslem Port Vale A 1 0-0       6,000
 Mon 17 Jan  Burslem Port Vale (1) H replay 0-0       3,000
 Mon 07 Feb  Burslem Port Vale H 2nd replay 2-1 aet  Richards, Flewitt - Simpson     3,500
             
 Albion withdrew from the competition ahead of the second round where they were due to play Burton Wanderers.
 1 - Burslem Port Vale reportedly refused to play extra-time.

BIRMINGHAM CHARITY CUP

 DATE  OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A  SCORERS

   GATE

 Mon 13 Sep  Small Heath (1) H 1 7-4 aet  Garfield 5, Flewitt, McKenzie - Abbott, Walton, Oakes, Hare     3,000
 Mon 20 Sep  Aston Villa A SF 0-3  Wheldon 2, Fisher     8,500
             
 1 - Some sources credit Ben Garfield with four goals for Albion and Albert Flewitt with two.

WEST BROMWICH CHARITY CUP

 DATE  OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A  SCORERS

   GATE

 Mon 29 Nov  Everton H Final 1-1  Garfield - Chadwick     5,000
 Mon 18 Apr  Everton A replay 0-4  Divers, Chadwick, L Bell, J Bell   12,000

FRIENDLIES

 DATE  OPPONENT H/A F-A  SCORERS     GATE
 Tue 28 Sep  Walsall A 2-1  Richards, Flewitt - *        1000
 Mon 22 Nov  Cambridge University A 5-3  * (og), Reid, Garfield, Knowles, Flewitt - Alexander 2, Taylor          N/K
 Sat 06 Dec  Oxford University A 1-1  Knowles - Foster          N/K
 Sat 08 Jan  Queens Park Rangers A 4-1  *       7,000
 Sat 16 Apr  Newcastle United A 1-1  McKenzie - Blyth     10,000
 Sat 23 Apr  Bristol City A 1-1  *          N/K
 Mon 25 Apr  Chirk A 1-0  Flewitt          N/K
 Wed 27 Apr  Devon XI (1) A 8-0  Jones, Flewitt 3, McKenzie 2, Connor, Williams       3,000
 Thu 28 Apr  Dorset XI (2) A 3-0  McKenzie, Flewitt, Watson          N/K
 Fri 29 Apr  Suffolk XI (3) A 2-1  Flewitt, Jones - Kent          N/K
 Sat 30 Apr  West Herts A 1-1  * - Varley       2,000
           
 1 - Played at Rectory Park, Devonport, Plymouth.
 2 - Played at the County Ground, Dorchester.
 3 - Played at Lowestoft.

TESTIMONIAL / BENEFIT GAMES

 DATE  OPPONENT H/A F-A  SCORERS     GATE
 Mon 27 Sep  Leicester Fosse (1) A 1-4  *         N/K
 Mon 18 Oct  Aston Villa (2) H 2-0  Bassett, McKenzie       2000
 Mon 03 Jan  Small Heath (3) A 3-8  *         N/K
 Mon 14 Feb  Wolverhampton W (4) H 1-1  Garfield - McMain       3000
           
 1 - Roddie McLeod Benefit Match.
 2 - Joe Reader Benefit Match.
 3 - Alex Leake Benefit Match.
 4 - Billy Williams Benefit Match.

 

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