Final Scottish Second Division 1897/1898 league table
Season completed Thursday, 1st July 1897 (click column headings to re-sort)
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| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GA |
| 1 | Kilmarnock | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 64 | 29 | 29 | 2.21 |
| 2 | Port Glasgow Athletic | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 66 | 36 | 25 | 1.83 |
| 3 | Morton | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 38 | 22 | 1.24 |
| 4 | Leith Athletic | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 39 | 20 | 1.03 |
| 5 | Linthouse | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 39 | 16 | 0.97 |
| 6 | Ayr | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 43 | 16 | 0.84 |
| 7 | Abercorn | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 16 | 0.80 |
| 8 | Airdrieonians | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 45 | 56 | 14 | 0.80 |
| 9 | Hamilton Academical | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 0.81 |
| 10 | Motherwell | 18 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 56 | 10 | 0.55 |
| 11 | Renton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0.11 |
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| League champions | Relegated team(s) | Transferred team(s) | |||
| Promoted team(s) | Play-off place(s) | Merged team(s) | |||
