| 1. Round | 04/09/1897 | Everton FC | - | Bolton Wanderers | 2:1 |  |
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| 1. Round | 11/09/1897 | Blackburn Rovers | - | Bolton Wanderers | 1:3 | ||||
| 1. Round | 18/09/1897 | Bolton Wanderers | - | Notts County | 1:0 | ||||
| 1. Round | 25/09/1897 | Bolton Wanderers | - | Preston North End | 1:0 | ||||
| 2. Round | 09/10/1897 | Bolton Wanderers | - | The Wednesday FC | 0:3 | ||||
| 2. Round | 16/10/1897 | Preston North End | - | Bolton Wanderers | 0:0 | ||||
| 4. Round | 25/12/1897 | Bolton Wanderers | - | Liverpool FC | 0:2 | ||||
| 5. Round | 03/01/1898 | Bolton Wanderers | - | Bury FC | 0:0 | ||||
| 5. Round | 08/01/1898 | Nottingham Forest | - | Bolton Wanderers | 2:0 | ||||
| 7. Round | 12/03/1898 | Bolton Wanderers | - | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2:1 | ||||
| 7. Round | 19/03/1898 | Liverpool FC | - | Bolton Wanderers | 1:1 | ||||
| 7. Round | 26/03/1898 | Bolton Wanderers | - | Everton FC | 1:0 | ||||
| 8. Round | 02/04/1898 | Bolton Wanderers | - | West Bromwich Albion | 2:0 | ||||
| 8. Round | 08/04/1898 | Bolton Wanderers | - | Sheffield United | 0:1 | ||||
| 8. Round | 09/04/1898 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | - | Bolton Wanderers | 2:0 |
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