The City Ground

SEASON: 1895-96

Prev Season: 1894-95
Next Season: 1896-97

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Harry Radford
FA Cup:: 1st Round (Everton (H) 0-2)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Tom McInnes (10 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

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 10,000
Lowest League Attendance:: 2,500
Average League Attendance:: 6,033
Highest Cup Attendance:: 0
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 0

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 7
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION ONE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Aston Villa	30	20	5	5	78	45	14	1	0	47	17	6	4	5	31	28	1.733	45		0-2	1-3
2	Derby County	30	17	7	6	68	35	12	2	1	42	13	5	5	5	26	22	1.943	41		2-5	0-4
3	Everton	30	16	7	7	66	43	10	4	1	40	17	6	3	6	26	26	1.535	39		2-1	2-6
4	Bolton Wanderers	30	16	5	9	49	37	12	2	1	34	14	4	3	8	15	23	1.324	37		0-0	1-2
5	Sunderland	30	15	7	8	52	41	10	5	0	36	14	5	2	8	16	27	1.268	37		3-1	1-1
6	Stoke City	30	15	0	15	56	47	12	0	3	43	11	3	0	12	13	36	1.191	30		4-0	0-1
7	The Wednesday	30	12	5	13	44	53	10	2	3	31	18	2	3	10	13	35	.830	29		1-0	0-3
8	Blackburn Rovers	30	12	5	13	40	50	10	1	4	26	18	2	4	9	14	32	.800	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	.917	28		0-1	0-6
10	Burnley	30	10	7	13	48	44	8	5	2	33	11	2	2	11	15	33	1.091	27		2-1	0-0
11	Bury	30	12	3	15	50	54	7	1	7	32	24	5	2	8	18	30	.926	27		5-0	0-1
12	Sheffield United	30	10	6	14	40	50	9	4	2	28	12	1	2	12	12	38	.800	26		3-1	1-2
13	Nottingham Forest	30	11	3	16	42	57	11	1	3	34	16	0	2	13	8	41	.737	25
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	10	1	19	61	65	10	0	5	43	18	0	1	14	18	47	.938	21		3-2	1-6
15	Small Heath	30	8	4	18	39	79	7	2	6	22	24	1	2	12	17	55	.494	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	.508	19	Remained in 1st Div after playoffs	2-0	1-3

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Notes
1	Thu Sep 05, 1895	Bury	H	5-0	Win	5,000	1	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	10	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	Notes
Sat Feb 01, 1896	Everton	1			H	0-2	Loss	-

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
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	-	? (?)

SQUAD

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

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	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
Home and away victories for the season