The City Ground

SEASON: 1895-96

Prev Season: 1894-95
This Season: 1895-96
Next Season: 1896-97

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Harry Radford
FA Cup:: 1st Round (Everton (H) 0-2)
League Cup:: Did not exist

Top Goalscorer:: Tom McInnes (10 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1895-96								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Aston Villa	30	20	5	5	78	45	14	1	0	47	17	6	4	5	31	28	1.73333	45		0-2	1-3
2	Derby County	30	17	7	6	68	35	12	2	1	42	13	5	5	5	26	22	1.94286	41		2-5	0-4
3	Everton	30	16	7	7	66	43	10	4	1	40	17	6	3	6	26	26	1.53488	39		2-1	2-6
4	Bolton Wanderers	30	16	5	9	49	37	12	2	1	34	14	4	3	8	15	23	1.32432	37		0-0	1-2
5	Sunderland	30	15	7	8	52	41	10	5	0	36	14	5	2	8	16	27	1.26829	37		3-1	1-1
6	Stoke City	30	15	0	15	56	47	12	0	3	43	11	3	0	12	13	36	1.19149	30		4-0	0-1
7	The Wednesday	30	12	5	13	44	53	10	2	3	31	18	2	3	10	13	35	.83019	29		1-0	0-3
8	Blackburn Rovers	30	12	5	13	40	50	10	1	4	26	18	2	4	9	14	32	.80000	29		4-2	0-2
9	Preston North End	30	11	6	13	44	48	8	5	2	31	18	3	1	11	13	30	.91667	28		0-1	0-6
10	Burnley	30	10	7	13	48	44	8	5	2	33	11	2	2	11	15	33	1.09091	27		2-1	0-0
11	Bury	30	12	3	15	50	54	7	1	7	32	24	5	2	8	18	30	.92593	27		5-0	0-1
12	Sheffield United	30	10	6	14	40	50	9	4	2	28	12	1	2	12	12	38	.80000	26		3-1	1-2
13	Nottingham Forest	30	11	3	16	42	57	11	1	3	34	16	0	2	13	8	41	.73684	25
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	10	1	19	61	65	10	0	5	43	18	0	1	14	18	47	.93846	21		3-2	1-6
15	Small Heath	30	8	4	18	39	79	7	2	6	22	24	1	2	12	17	55	.49367	20	Relegated after playoffs	3-0	0-1
16	West Bromwich Albion	30	6	7	17	30	59	5	4	6	18	22	1	3	11	12	37	.50847	19	Remained in 1st Div after playoffs	2-0	1-3

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Competitive Games:: 31
Competitive Goals:: 42
Goals per game:: 1.4
League Games:: 30
League Points:: 25 out of 60 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 41.7%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	7 times	5 times	4 times	2 times	1 time
Conceded	9 times	7 times	3 times	1 time	4 times
Won By	4 times	4 times	1 time	1 time	1 time
Lost By	6 times	5 times	2 times	2 times	2 times

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	2	-	-	2	1	5	0	Aston Villa (1-3), Aston Villa (0-2)
2	2	2	2	1	-	1	3	3	2	Everton (2-1), Bolton Wanderers (1-2)
3		3	1	-	-	1	0	4	0	Derby County (0-4)
4		4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5		5	2	1	1	-	4	0	3	Stoke City (4-0), Bolton Wanderers (0-0)
6		6	3	1	1	1	4	3	3	Sunderland (3-1), Sunderland (1-1), Stoke City (0-1)
7		7	3	2	-	1	7	8	4	Everton (2-6), Blackburn Rovers (4-2), The Wednesday (1-0)
8		8	1	-	-	1	0	3	0	The Wednesday (0-3)
9	2	9	1	-	-	1	0	6	0	Preston North End (0-6)
10	54	10	2	1	-	1	4	6	2	Derby County (2-5), Burnley (2-1)
11	44	11	2	1	-	1	3	2	2	Sheffield United (3-1), Bury (0-1)
12	42	12	3	1	-	2	5	3	2	Bury (5-0), Blackburn Rovers (0-2), Preston North End (0-1)
13	60	13	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Sheffield United (1-2)
14	36	14	3	2	1	-	6	2	5	Small Heath (3-0), Burnley (0-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-2)
15		15	2	1	-	1	3	6	2	West Bromwich Albion (2-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-6)
16		16	2	-	-	2	1	4	0	West Bromwich Albion (1-3), Small Heath (0-1)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 10,000 (Sunderland)
Lowest League Attendance:: 2,500 (Stoke City)
Average League Attendance:: 6,033
Highest Cup Attendance:: -
Lowest Cup Attendance:: -

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 7
Yellow cards:: 0
Red cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Harry Radford
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Thu Sep 05, 1895	Bury	H	5-0	Win	5,000	2	Carnelly (?), Rose (?, ?), McInnes (?, ?)
2	Sat Sep 07, 1895	Everton	A	2-6	Loss	15,000	9	Carnelly (?), Forman (?)
3	Sat Sep 14, 1895	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-2	Loss	8,000	13
4	Sat Sep 21, 1895	Small Heath	H	3-0	Win	5,000	10	Forman (?), Rose (?), McInnes (?)
5	Sat Sep 28, 1895	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-3	Loss	2,000	11	Carnelly (?)
6	Sat Oct 05, 1895	Derby County	H	2-5	Loss	9,000	14	Pike (?), Carnelly (?)
7	Sat Oct 12, 1895	Everton	H	2-1	Win	5,000	12	McInnes (?, ?)
8	Sat Oct 19, 1895	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-2	Loss	6,000	13	Pike (?)
9	Sat Oct 26, 1895	Preston North End	H	0-1	Loss	4,000	13
10	Sat Nov 09, 1895	Small Heath	A	0-1	Loss	5,000	14
11	Sat Nov 16, 1895	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-0	Win	6,000	14	McPherson (?), Forman (?)
12	Sat Nov 23, 1895	Sheffield United	A	1-2	Loss	5,000	14	Smellie (?)
13	Thu Nov 28, 1895	Stoke City	H	4-0	Win	2,500	12	Pike (?), Smellie (?), McInnes (?, ?)
14	Sat Nov 30, 1895	The Wednesday	A	0-3	Loss	7,000	12
15	Sat Dec 07, 1895	Derby County	A	0-4	Loss	8,000	12
16	Sat Dec 14, 1895	Sheffield United	H	3-1	Win	4,000	10	Pike (?), Forman (?), Shaw (?)
17	Sat Dec 21, 1895	Burnley	A	0-0	Draw	3,000	11
18	Sat Dec 28, 1895	Blackburn Rovers	H	4-2	Win	6,000	10	Carnelly (?, ?), Shaw (?), McInnes (?)
19	Sat Jan 11, 1896	Bolton Wanderers	H	0-0	Draw	7,000	11
20	Sat Jan 18, 1896	Sunderland	H	3-1	Win	10,000	10	Richards (?), Shaw (?), McInnes (?)
21	Sat Jan 25, 1896	Aston Villa	A	1-3	Loss	4,500	10	Shaw (?)
22	Sat Feb 08, 1896	Sunderland	A	1-1	Draw	4,000	11	Richards (?)
23	Sat Feb 22, 1896	Preston North End	A	0-6	Loss	4,000	12
24	Sat Mar 07, 1896	Burnley	H	2-1	Win	5,000	10	Carnelly (?), Richards (?)
25	Sat Mar 21, 1896	Stoke City	A	0-1	Loss	5,000	13
26	Tue Mar 24, 1896	Bury	A	0-1	Loss	4,000	13
27	Sat Mar 28, 1896	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-6	Loss	3,000	13	Richards (?)
28	Fri Apr 03, 1896	Aston Villa	H	0-2	Loss	10,000	13
29	Sat Apr 04, 1896	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-2	Win	4,000	13	Carnelly (?), Smellie (?), McInnes (?)
30	Tue Apr 07, 1896	The Wednesday	H	1-0	Win	8,000	13	Richards (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Feb 01, 1896	Everton	1			H	0-2	Loss	-

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Sep 02, 1895	Leicester Fosse	England	A	1-0	Win	3,000	Pike (?)
Tue Sep 10, 1895	Langley Mill Rangers	England	A	6-1	Win	400	Hancock (?), Rose (?, ?, ?), Walker (?, ?)
Thu Oct 31, 1895	Leicester Fosse	England	H	5-2	Win	1,500	Spencer (?, ?), McPherson (?, ?), Hancock (?)
Sat Nov 02, 1895	Corinthians	England	A	2-0	Win	2,000	Smellie (?), Spencer (?)
Thu Dec 26, 1895	Notts County	England	A	1-1	Draw	5,000	Smellie (?)
Sat Jan 04, 1896	Corinthians	England	H	5-1	Win	3,000	Richards (?, ?, ?), ? (?), Smellie (?)
Sat Feb 15, 1896	Notts County	England	H	3-1	Win	-	Forman (?), McInnes (?), Richards (?)
Thu Feb 27, 1896	Grimsby Town	England	H	4-2	Win	-	Richards (?), McInnes (?), Smellie (?), Pike (?)
Sat Feb 29, 1896	Clyde	Scotland	A	3-5	Loss	-	Richards (?), Carnelly (?), Smellie (?)
Mon Mar 16, 1896	Kettering Town	England	A	0-1	Loss	-
Wed Mar 18, 1896	Mansfield	England	A	4-1	Win	-	Carnelly (?, ?), Richards (?), Harper (? OG)
Mon Apr 06, 1896	Dundee	Scotland	N	2-0	Win	15,000	Forman (?), Shaw (?)
Sat Apr 11, 1896	St. Bernards	Scotland	A	2-2	Draw	-	Smellie (?), Pike (?)
Sat Apr 18, 1896	Luton Town	England	A	1-3	Loss	-	Richards (?)
Mon Apr 20, 1896	Bulwell United	England	A	7-3	Win	-	Smellie (?, ?, ?, ?), Pike (?, ?), Forman (?)
Wed Apr 22, 1896	Sutton Town	England	A	2-0	Win	-	Smellie (?), McInnes (?)
Mon Apr 27, 1896	Langley Mill Rangers	England	A	7-0	Win	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
Tue Apr 28, 1896	Gresley Rovers	England	A	1-1	Draw	-	? (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Harry Radford
Mon Sep 02, 1895	Friendly	Leicester Fosse		A	1-0	3,000	Pike (?)
Thu Sep 05, 1895	League Tier 1	Bury		H	5-0	5,000	Carnelly (?), Rose (?, ?), McInnes (?, ?)
Sat Sep 07, 1895	League Tier 1	Everton		A	2-6	15,000	Carnelly (?), Forman (?)
Tue Sep 10, 1895	Friendly	Langley Mill Rangers		A	6-1	400	Hancock (?), Rose (?, ?, ?), Walker (?, ?)
Sat Sep 14, 1895	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers		A	0-2	8,000
Sat Sep 21, 1895	League Tier 1	Small Heath		H	3-0	5,000	Forman (?), Rose (?), McInnes (?)
Sat Sep 28, 1895	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion		A	1-3	2,000	Carnelly (?)
Sat Oct 05, 1895	League Tier 1	Derby County		H	2-5	9,000	Pike (?), Carnelly (?)
Sat Oct 12, 1895	League Tier 1	Everton		H	2-1	5,000	McInnes (?, ?)
Sat Oct 19, 1895	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers		A	1-2	6,000	Pike (?)
Sat Oct 26, 1895	League Tier 1	Preston North End		H	0-1	4,000
Thu Oct 31, 1895	Friendly	Leicester Fosse		H	5-2	1,500	Spencer (?, ?), McPherson (?, ?), Hancock (?)
Sat Nov 02, 1895	Friendly	Corinthians		A	2-0	2,000	Smellie (?), Spencer (?)
Sat Nov 09, 1895	League Tier 1	Small Heath		A	0-1	5,000
Sat Nov 16, 1895	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion		H	2-0	6,000	McPherson (?), Forman (?)
Sat Nov 23, 1895	League Tier 1	Sheffield United		A	1-2	5,000	Smellie (?)
Thu Nov 28, 1895	League Tier 1	Stoke City		H	4-0	2,500	Pike (?), Smellie (?), McInnes (?, ?)
Sat Nov 30, 1895	League Tier 1	The Wednesday		A	0-3	7,000
Sat Dec 07, 1895	League Tier 1	Derby County		A	0-4	8,000
Sat Dec 14, 1895	League Tier 1	Sheffield United		H	3-1	4,000	Pike (?), Forman (?), Shaw (?)
Sat Dec 21, 1895	League Tier 1	Burnley		A	0-0	3,000
Thu Dec 26, 1895	Friendly	Notts County		A	1-1	5,000	Smellie (?)
Sat Dec 28, 1895	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers		H	4-2	6,000	Carnelly (?, ?), Shaw (?), McInnes (?)
Sat Jan 04, 1896	Friendly	Corinthians		H	5-1	3,000	Richards (?, ?, ?), ? (?), Smellie (?)
Sat Jan 11, 1896	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers		H	0-0	7,000
Sat Jan 18, 1896	League Tier 1	Sunderland		H	3-1	10,000	Richards (?), Shaw (?), McInnes (?)
Sat Jan 25, 1896	League Tier 1	Aston Villa		A	1-3	4,500	Shaw (?)
Sat Feb 01, 1896	FA Cup	Everton	1	H	0-2	-
Sat Feb 08, 1896	League Tier 1	Sunderland		A	1-1	4,000	Richards (?)
Sat Feb 15, 1896	Friendly	Notts County		H	3-1	-	Forman (?), McInnes (?), Richards (?)
Sat Feb 22, 1896	League Tier 1	Preston North End		A	0-6	4,000
Thu Feb 27, 1896	Friendly	Grimsby Town		H	4-2	-	Richards (?), McInnes (?), Smellie (?), Pike (?)
Sat Feb 29, 1896	Friendly	Clyde		A	3-5	-	Richards (?), Carnelly (?), Smellie (?)
Sat Mar 07, 1896	League Tier 1	Burnley		H	2-1	5,000	Carnelly (?), Richards (?)
Mon Mar 16, 1896	Friendly	Kettering Town		A	0-1	-
Wed Mar 18, 1896	Friendly	Mansfield		A	4-1	-	Carnelly (?, ?), Richards (?), Harper (? OG)
Sat Mar 21, 1896	League Tier 1	Stoke City		A	0-1	5,000
Tue Mar 24, 1896	League Tier 1	Bury		A	0-1	4,000
Sat Mar 28, 1896	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers		A	1-6	3,000	Richards (?)
Fri Apr 03, 1896	League Tier 1	Aston Villa		H	0-2	10,000
Sat Apr 04, 1896	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers		H	3-2	4,000	Carnelly (?), Smellie (?), McInnes (?)
Mon Apr 06, 1896	Friendly	Dundee		N	2-0	15,000	Forman (?), Shaw (?)
Tue Apr 07, 1896	League Tier 1	The Wednesday		H	1-0	8,000	Richards (?)
Sat Apr 11, 1896	Friendly	St. Bernards		A	2-2	-	Smellie (?), Pike (?)
Sat Apr 18, 1896	Friendly	Luton Town		A	1-3	-	Richards (?)
Mon Apr 20, 1896	Friendly	Bulwell United		A	7-3	-	Smellie (?, ?, ?, ?), Pike (?, ?), Forman (?)
Wed Apr 22, 1896	Friendly	Sutton Town		A	2-0	-	Smellie (?), McInnes (?)
Mon Apr 27, 1896	Friendly	Langley Mill Rangers		A	7-0	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
Tue Apr 28, 1896	Friendly	Gresley Rovers		A	1-1	-	? (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7) - £0				Out (6) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Chas Richards	Bought			A Hunt	Sold
	Fred Spencer	Bought			Neil Kerr	Sold
	James Iremonger	Bought			Richard Smellie	Sold
	Joshua Hollis	Bought			Tom Tebbutt	Sold
	Neil Kerr	Bought		1896	Thomas Rose	Sold
	Richard Smellie	Bought		May 30, 1896	Albert Carnelly	Sold
	Tom Tebbutt	Bought

SQUAD

				Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Country	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		England	Dan Allsop	30	11	3	16
GK			Tom Tebbutt	1			1
Defenders
D			A Hunt	1	1
D		Scotland	Adam Scott	27	10	3	14
D		Scotland	Archibald Ritchie	31	11	3	17
D		England	James Iremonger	3			3
Midfielders
M		Scotland	Alec Stewart	27	9	3	15
M		England	Bert Abbott	1	1
M		England	Frank Forman	22	7	3	12	1
M			JB Hancock
M		Scotland	John McPherson	24	9	3	12	1
M			Joshua Hollis
M		Scotland	Neil Kerr	1			1
M		Scotland	Peter McCracken	20	7		13
M		England	Thomas Rose	6	3		3	3
Forwards
F		England	Albert Carnelly	24	7	2	15	8
F		England	Arthur Shaw	21	9	2	10	4
F		England	Chas Richards	11	4	2	5	5
F		England	Fred Forman	22	7	1	14	3
F			Fred Spencer	1			1
F		England	Horace Pike	19	7	2	10	4
F		Scotland	Richard Smellie	17	7	3	7	3
F		Scotland	Tom McInnes	31	11	3	17	10
F			TT Walker	1			1

			Fred Lowe

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
10	Tom McInnes	31
8	Albert Carnelly	24
5	Chas Richards	11
4	Arthur Shaw	21
4	Horace Pike	19
3	Fred Forman	22
3	Richard Smellie	17
3	Thomas Rose	6
1	Frank Forman	22
1	John McPherson	24

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Aston Villa	Sat Jan 25, 1896	Away	1-3	Fri Apr 03, 1896	Home	0-2
Derby County	Sat Oct 05, 1895	Home	2-5	Sat Dec 07, 1895	Away	0-4
Preston North End	Sat Oct 26, 1895	Home	0-1	Sat Feb 22, 1896	Away	0-6