1895–96 Football League

The Football League
Season	1895–96
Champions	Aston Villa
Relegated	Crewe Alexandra Burslem Port Vale Rotherham Town
← 1894–95 1896–97 →

The 1895–1896 season was the eighth season of The Football League.

Final league tables

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at the The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is until the season, 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league.^[2]

First Division

Football League
First Division
Season	1895–96
Champions	Aston Villa (2nd English title)
Relegated	Small Heath
FA Cup winners	The Wednesday (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	807 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Campbell (Aston Villa) Steve Bloomer (Derby County), 22
Biggest home win	Derby County – Small Heath 8–0 (30 Nov 1895) Sheffield United–Bury 8–0 (6 Apr 1896)
Biggest away win	The Wednesday – Derby County 0–4 (28 Dec 1895)
Highest scoring	Aston Villa – Small Heath 7–3 (7 Sept 1895)
Longest winning run	9 matches Everton (2 Nov 1895 – 11 Jan 1896)
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches Everton (19 Oct 1895 – 18 Feb 1896)
Longest losing run	6 matches Small Heath (2 Sep 1895 – 12 Oct 1895) Burnley (22 Nov 1895 – 21 Dec 1895)
Highest attendance	30,000 Everton - Aston Villa (21 Dec 1895)
Lowest attendance	560 West Bromwich Albion - Blackburn Rovers (29 Apr 1896)
Average attendance	7,682
← 1894–95 1896–97 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aston Villa	30	14	1	0	47	17	6	4	5	31	28	78	45	1.733	+33	45
2	Derby County	30	12	2	1	42	13	5	5	5	26	22	68	35	1.943	+33	41
3	Everton	30	10	4	1	40	17	6	3	6	26	26	66	43	1.535	+23	39
4	Bolton Wanderers	30	12	2	1	34	14	4	3	8	15	23	49	37	1.324	+12	37
5	Sunderland	30	10	5	0	36	14	5	2	8	16	27	52	41	1.268	+11	37
6	Stoke	30	12	0	3	43	11	3	0	12	13	36	56	47	1.191	+9	30
7	The Wednesday	30	10	2	3	31	18	2	3	10	13	35	44	53	0.830	–9	29
8	Blackburn Rovers	30	10	1	4	26	18	2	4	9	14	32	40	50	0.800	–10	29
9	Preston North End	30	8	5	2	31	18	3	1	11	13	30	44	48	0.917	–4	28
10	Burnley	30	8	5	2	33	11	2	2	11	15	33	48	44	1.091	+4	27
11	Bury	30	7	1	7	32	24	5	2	8	18	30	50	54	0.926	–4	27
12	Sheffield United	30	9	4	2	28	12	1	2	12	12	38	40	50	0.800	–10	26
13	Nottingham Forest	30	11	1	3	34	16	0	2	13	8	41	42	57	0.737	–15	25
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	10	0	5	43	18	0	1	14	18	47	61	65	0.938	–4	21
15	Small Heath^[3]	30	7	2	6	22	24	1	2	12	17	55	39	79	0.494	–40	20
16	West Bromwich Albion	30	5	4	6	18	22	1	3	11	12	37	30	59	0.508	–29	19

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions
	FA Cup Winners
	Into test matches

Results

Home ╲ Away	Aston Villa !AST	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Burnley !BUR	Bury !BRY	Derby County !DER	Everton !EVE	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Preston North End !PNE	Sheffield United !SHU	Small Heath !SMH	Stoke City !STK	Sunderland !SUN	The Wednesday !WED	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Aston Villa !Aston Villa		3–1	2–0	5–1	2–0	4–1	4–3	3–1	1–0	2–2	7–3	5–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–1
Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	1–1		3–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–3	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–4	2–1	1–0	3–1
Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	2–2	1–1		1–0	2–4	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	4–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	4–0
Burnley !Burnley	3–4	6–0	1–2		3–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	5–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	3–1
Bury !Bury	5–3	2–0	0–3	3–4		1–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	4–5	0–1	1–2	6–1	3–0	3–0
Derby County !Derby County	2–2	0–0	2–1	5–1	2–1		2–1	4–0	1–0	0–2	8–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	4–1	5–2
Everton !Everton	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–2		6–2	3–2	5–0	3–0	7–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–0
Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	0–2	4–2	0–0	2–1	5–0	2–5	2–1		0–1	3–1	3–0	4–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–2
Preston North End !Preston North End	4–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	6–0		4–3	3–2	0–1	4–1	0–1	0–0	4–3
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	8–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–1		2–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–1
Small Heath !Small Heath	1–4	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–3	0–3	1–0	5–2	2–1		1–2	0–1	1–1	2–2	3–2
Stoke City !Stoke City	1–2	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	4–0	4–0	6–1		5–0	5–0	3–1	4–1
Sunderland !Sunderland	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	4–1		2–1	7–1	2–2
The Wednesday !The Wednesday	1–3	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–4	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–0		5–3	3–1
West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	1–1	3–2	2–3	0–2	1–3	0–0	0–3	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–3		2–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	1–2	5–0	5–1	1–0	2–0	2–3	6–1	2–1	4–1	7–2	1–0	1–3	4–0	1–2

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

Small Heath (Birmingham)

Stoke

Sunderland

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division
Season	1895–96
Champions	Liverpool (2nd title)
Promoted	Liverpool
Failed re-election	Crewe Alexandra Burslem Port Vale Rotherham Town
Matches played	240
Goals scored	943 (3.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	George Allan (Liverpool), 26
Biggest home win	Liverpool – Rotherham 10–1 (18 Feb 1896)
Biggest away win	Burton Swifts – Liverpool 0–7 (29 Feb 1896) Crewe Alexandra – Liverpool 0–7 (28 Mar 1896)
Highest scoring	Darwen – Rotherham 10–2 (13 Jan 1896)
Longest winning run	10 matches Liverpool F.C. (7 Dec 1895 – 7 Mar 1896)
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches Burton Wanderers (19 Oct 1895 – 4 Jan 1896) Liverpool F.C. (7 Dec 1895 – 7 Mar 1896)
Longest losing run	6 matches Lincoln City F.C. (21 Sep 1895 – 26 Oct 1895)
← 1894–95 1896–97 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool^[4]	30	14	1	0	65	11	8	1	6	41	21	106	32	3.313	+74	46
2	Manchester City	30	12	3	0	37	9	9	1	5	26	29	63	38	1.658	+25	46
3	Grimsby Town	30	14	1	0	51	9	6	1	8	31	29	82	38	2.158	+44	42
4	Burton Wanderers	30	12	1	2	43	15	7	3	5	26	25	69	40	1.725	+29	42
5	Newcastle United	30	14	0	1	57	14	2	2	11	16	36	73	50	1.460	+23	34
6	Newton Heath	30	12	2	1	48	15	3	1	11	18	42	66	57	1.158	+9	33
7	Woolwich Arsenal	30	11	1	3	42	11	3	3	9	16	31	59	42	1.405	+17	32
8	Leicester Fosse	30	10	0	5	40	16	4	4	7	17	28	57	44	1.295	+13	32
9	Darwen	30	9	4	2	55	22	3	2	10	17	45	72	67	1.075	+5	30
10	Notts County	30	8	1	6	41	22	4	1	10	16	32	57	54	1.056	+3	26
11	Burton Swifts	30	7	2	6	24	26	3	2	10	15	43	39	69	0.565	–30	24
12	Loughborough	30	7	3	5	32	25	2	2	11	8	41	40	67	0.597	–27	23
13	Lincoln City	30	7	1	7	36	24	2	3	10	17	51	53	75	0.707	–22	22
14	Burslem Port Vale	30	6	4	5	25	24	1	0	14	18	54	43	78	0.551	–35	18
15	Rotherham Town	30	7	2	6	27	26	0	1	14	7	71	34	97	0.351	–63	17
16	Crewe Alexandra	30	5	2	8	22	28	0	1	14	8	67	30	95	0.316	–65	13

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, into test matches
	Into test matches
	New club in the league
	Re-elected (none)
	Failed re-election or resigned

Results

Home ╲ Away	Burslem Port Vale !BPV	Burton Swifts !BRS	Burton Wanderers !BRW	Crewe Alexandra !CRE	Darwen !DRW	Grimsby Town !GRI	Leicester Fosse !LEI	Lincoln City !LIN	Liverpool !LIV	Loughborough !LOU	Manchester City !MCI	Newcastle United !NEW	Newton Heath !NWH	Notts County !NTC	Rotherham Town !ROT	Woolwich Arsenal !WOO
Burslem Port Vale !Burslem Port Vale		1–0	2–2	2–1	3–3	1–4	1–1	0–1	5–4	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	0–4	4–0	0–2
Burton Swifts !Burton Swifts	2–1		0–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	4–0	0–7	1–2	1–4	3–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	3–2
Burton Wanderers !Burton Wanderers	2–1	2–1		4–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	4–1	2–1	4–0	4–1	0–3	5–1	1–3	6–1	4–1
Crewe Alexandra !Crewe Alexandra	3–2	1–3	0–1		3–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–7	1–2	0–2	3–0	0–2	5–1	3–2	0–1
Darwen !Darwen	8–2	3–0	3–0	6–1		3–3	4–1	5–0	0–4	1–1	2–3	4–4	3–0	2–0	10–2	1–1
Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town	6–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	5–0		7–1	4–2	1–0	2–0	5–0	2–1	4–2	3–0	4–0	1–1
Leicester Fosse !Leicester Fosse	5–0	2–1	1–3	4–1	2–3	1–2		1–3	2–0	5–0	1–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	8–0	1–0
Lincoln City !Lincoln City	4–2	1–2	1–2	6–2	1–0	2–5	2–3		0–1	4–1	1–2	4–0	2–0	2–3	5–0	1–1
Liverpool !Liverpool	5–1	6–1	4–1	6–1	0–0	3–1	3–1	6–1		1–0	3–1	5–1	7–1	3–0	10–1	3–0
Loughborough !Loughborough	3–0	2–2	1–1	4–1	4–1	0–1	1–4	3–0	2–4		2–4	1–0	3–3	1–3	3–0	2–1
Manchester City !Manchester City	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	4–1	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	5–1		5–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0
Newcastle United !Newcastle United	4–2	5–0	4–0	6–0	7–2	1–5	1–0	5–0	1–0	3–0	4–1		2–1	5–1	6–1	3–1
Newton Heath !Newton Heath	2–1	5–0	1–2	5–0	4–0	3–2	2–0	5–5	5–2	2–0	1–1	2–1		3–0	3–0	5–1
Notts County !Notts County	7–2	5–0	1–4	6–0	4–1	5–3	1–2	2–0	2–3	2–0	3–0	0–1	0–2		0–0	3–4
Rotherham Town !Rotherham Town	0–2	1–4	1–6	4–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–5	4–0	2–3	1–1	2–3	1–0		3–0
Woolwich Arsenal !Woolwich Arsenal	2–1	5–0	3–0	7–0	1–3	3–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	6–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	5–0

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Newton Heath (Manchester)

Notts County

Rotherham Town

Woolwich Arsenal

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

Test Matches

The test matches were a kind of play-offs, in which the bottom 1st Division teams faced the top 2nd Division teams. The 1st Division teams, if coming out as winners, would retain their places in the division. If a 2nd Division team won, it would be considered for 1st Division membership through an election process. Losing 2nd Division teams would stay in the 2nd Division.

First Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
(2nd Div. Champions) Liverpool	4–0	Small Heath (1st Div. 15th)	4–0 Sat 18 Apr	0–0 Mon 20 Apr
(2nd Div. 2nd) Manchester City	2–7	West Bromwich Albion (1st Div. 16th)	1–1 Sat 18 Apr	1–6 Mon 20 Apr

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
(2nd Div. Champions) Liverpool	2–2	West Bromwich Albion (1st Div. 16th)	2–0 Sat 25 Apr	0–2 Mon 27 Apr
(2nd Div. 2nd) Manchester City	3–8	Small Heath (1st Div. 15th)	3–0 Sat 25 Apr	0–8 Mon 27 Apr

Summary

Reference works, such Encyclopedia of British Football^[5] and Association Football,^[6] present the following table with the heading given above.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	4	2	1	1	6	2	+4	5
2	West Bromwich Albion	4	2	1	1	9	4	+5	5
3	Small Heath	4	1	1	2	8	7	+1	3
4	Manchester City	4	1	1	2	5	15	–10	3

Key
	Elected to play in First Division
	Invited to play in Second Division

Consequences

It is likely that the league decided on re-election to the First Division and on promotion and relegation on the basis of the summary table above. It is not clear why all the four teams did not play each other, since it would only have required two more matches for each of them. It seems those teams who had lost in the first round hardly had any chance of ending up among the top teams in this system, and the election outcome effectively seems to have confirmed the first round results.

Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion, winners of the first round matches, and appearing on the top of the summary table, were elected to play in the 1st Division the following season.
Small Heath and Manchester City, who lost in the first round, were not elected to play in 1st Division, but were invited to play in the 2nd Division.

References

↑ "England 1895–96". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
1 2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
↑ Not re-elected due to test match results. Invited to join Second Division
↑ Elected to First Division on the basis of test matches results.
↑ Soar, Phil & Tyler, Martin: Encyclopedia of British Football, Willow Books, London. Fourth, updated and revised edition, 1984, p. 167.
↑ A. H. Fabian & Green, Geoffrey: Association Football, Volume Two, p. 235. The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd., London, 1960.

External links

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

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First Division	Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Bury Derby County Everton Nottingham Forest Preston North End Sheffield United Small Heath Stoke Sunderland The Wednesday West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Burslem Port Vale Burton Swifts Burton United Crewe Alexandra Darwen Grimsby Town Leicester Fosse Lincoln City Liverpool Loughborough Manchester City Newcastle United Newton Heath Notts County Rotherham Town Woolwich Arsenal

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1895–96 Football League

Final league tables

First Division

Results

Maps

Second Division

Results

Maps

Test Matches

First Round

Second Round

Summary

Consequences

See also

References

External links