Season | 1896β97 |
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Champions | Aston Villa |
Relegated | Burton Wanderers |
New club in league | Blackpool, Gainsborough Trinity, Walsall |
β 1895β96 1897β98 β |
The 1896β97 season was theββninth season of The Football League.
Final league tablesβ»
Beginning in the 1894β95 season, clubs finishing level on points were separated accordingββto goal average (goals scored divided by, goals conceded). 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 1976β77 season.
During the first six seasons of the league, (upββto the 1893β94 season), re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894β95 season and until the 1920β21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league.
First Divisionβ»
Season | 1896β97 |
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Champions | Aston Villa 3rd English title |
Relegated | Burnley |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 751 (3.13 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Steve Bloomer (24 goals) |
Biggest home win | Derby County 8β1 West Bromwich Albion (25 December 1896) Sheffield United 7β0 Blackburn Rovers (9 January 1897) |
Biggest away win | Blackburn Rovers 1β5 Aston Villa (28 November 1896) |
Highest scoring | Derby County 7β2 Bury (26 September 1896) Derby County 8β1 West Bromwich Albion (25 December 1896) Everton 6β3 West Bromwich Albion (17 April 1897) |
Longest winning run | 6 matches Everton |
Longest unbeaten run | 12 matches Aston Villa |
Longest losing run | 6 matches Everton |
Highest attendance | 40,000 Everton 2β1 Liverpool (3 October 1896) |
Lowest attendance | 1,000 Nottingham Forest 4β1 Burnley (24 October 1896) Sheffield United 7β0 Blackburn Rovers (9 January 1897) |
Average attendance | 7,734 |
β 1895β96 1897β98 β |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Aston Villa (C) | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 73 | 38 | 1.921 | 47 | |
2 | Sheffield United | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 42 | 29 | 1.448 | 36 | |
3 | Derby County | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 70 | 50 | 1.400 | 36 | |
4 | Preston North End | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 55 | 40 | 1.375 | 34 | |
5 | Liverpool | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 38 | 1.211 | 33 | |
6 | The Wednesday | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 37 | 1.135 | 31 | |
7 | Everton | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 62 | 57 | 1.088 | 31 | |
8 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 43 | 0.930 | 30 | |
9 | Bury | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39 | 44 | 0.886 | 30 | |
10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 41 | 1.098 | 28 | |
11 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 49 | 0.898 | 26 | |
12 | West Bromwich Albion | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 56 | 0.589 | 26 | |
13 | Stoke | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 48 | 59 | 0.814 | 25 | |
14 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 35 | 62 | 0.565 | 25 | |
15 | Sunderland (O) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 47 | 0.723 | 23 | Qualification for test matches |
16 | Burnley (R) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 43 | 61 | 0.705 | 19 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Resultsβ»
Home \ Away | AST | BLB | BOL | BUR | BRY | DER | EVE | LIV | NOT | PNE | SHU | STK | SUN | WED | WBA | WOL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aston Villa | 3β0 | 6β2 | 0β3 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 3β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 5β0 | |
Blackburn Rovers | 1β5 | 1β0 | 3β2 | 1β2 | 5β2 | 4β2 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 1β2 | 4β0 | 1β2 | 2β0 | |
Bolton Wanderers | 1β2 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 1β4 | 0β0 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 4β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 1β2 | |
Burnley | 3β4 | 0β1 | 0β2 | 1β0 | 2β3 | 2β1 | 4β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 5β0 | 0β3 | |
Bury | 0β2 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 4β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 3β2 | |
Derby County | 1β3 | 6β0 | 1β0 | 3β2 | 7β2 | 0β1 | 3β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 5β1 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 8β1 | 4β3 | |
Everton | 2β3 | 0β3 | 2β3 | 6β0 | 1β2 | 5β2 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 3β4 | 1β2 | 4β2 | 5β2 | 2β1 | 6β3 | 0β0 | |
Liverpool | 3β3 | 4β0 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 3β0 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 0β0 | 3β0 | |
Nottingham Forest | 2β4 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 4β1 | 3β0 | 1β2 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 0β1 | 1β2 | |
Preston North End | 0β1 | 3β1 | 2β3 | 5β3 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 4β1 | 1β1 | 3β2 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 5β3 | 2β2 | 0β0 | 4β0 | |
Sheffield United | 0β0 | 7β0 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 0β3 | 0β2 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 1β3 | |
Stoke | 0β2 | 1β0 | 2β3 | 3β2 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 2β3 | 6β1 | 3β0 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 2β2 | 2β1 | |
Sunderland | 4β2 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 4β3 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 4β1 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 0β3 | |
The Wednesday | 1β3 | 6β0 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 4β1 | 1β2 | 3β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 4β3 | 0β0 | 3β1 | 0β0 | |
West Bromwich Albion | 3β1 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 0β0 | 1β4 | 1β4 | 0β1 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 0β2 | 1β0 | |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1β2 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 1β2 | 4β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 0β1 | 2β0 | 6β1 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Mapsβ»
Second Divisionβ»
Season | 1896β97 |
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Champions | Notts County |
Promoted | Notts County |
Relegated | Burton Wanderers |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 907 (3.78 per match) |
Top goalscorer | John Murphy Tom Boucher (22 goals each) |
Biggest home win | Darwen 12β0 Walsall (26 December 1896) |
Biggest away win | Walsall 1β6 Small Heath (24 October 1896) |
Highest scoring | Darwen 12β0 Walsall (26 December 1896) |
Longest winning run | 6 matches Notts County Small Heath |
Longest unbeaten run | 10 matches Newton Heath |
Longest losing run | 12 matches Lincoln City |
β 1895β96 1897β98 β |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification/relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Notts County (C, "O," P) | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 92 | 43 | 2.140 | 42 | Qualification for test matches |
2 | Newton Heath | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 56 | 34 | 1.647 | 39 | |
3 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 66 | 45 | 1.467 | 38 | |
4 | Small Heath | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 69 | 47 | 1.468 | 37 | |
5 | Newcastle United | 30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 56 | 52 | 1.077 | 35 | |
6 | Manchester City | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 58 | 50 | 1.160 | 32 | |
7 | Gainsborough Trinity | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 47 | 1.064 | 31 | |
8 | Blackpool | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 59 | 56 | 1.054 | 31 | |
9 | Leicester Fosse | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 59 | 57 | 1.035 | 30 | |
10 | Woolwich Arsenal | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 68 | 70 | 0.971 | 30 | |
11 | Darwen | 30 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 67 | 61 | 1.098 | 28 | |
12 | Walsall | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 54 | 69 | 0.783 | 26 | |
13 | Loughborough | 30 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 50 | 64 | 0.781 | 25 | |
14 | Burton Swifts | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 46 | 61 | 0.754 | 24 | Re-elected |
15 | Burton Wanderers (R) | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 31 | 67 | 0.463 | 20 | Not re-elected |
16 | Lincoln City | 30 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 27 | 85 | 0.318 | 12 | Re-elected |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Resultsβ»
Home \ Away | BLP | BRS | BRW | DRW | GAI | GRI | LEI | LIN | LOU | MCI | NEW | NWH | NTC | SMH | WAL | WOO |
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Blackpool | 3β0 | 5β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 4β1 | 2β2 | 4β1 | 4β2 | 3β2 | 1β3 | 3β2 | 1β1 | |
Burton Swifts | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 5β0 | 3β0 | 3β5 | 1β4 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 1β2 | |
Burton Wanderers | 3β1 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 3β2 | 5β1 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 1β2 | 0β3 | 2β6 | 1β0 | 0β3 | |
Darwen | 2β3 | 5β1 | 3β0 | 3β2 | 3β1 | 4β1 | 4β1 | 5β1 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 12β0 | 4β1 | |
Gainsborough Trinity | 2β0 | 4β1 | 2β1 | 2β4 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 7β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β2 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 4β1 | |
Grimsby Town | 2β2 | 3β0 | 3β0 | 4β2 | 1β1 | 4β1 | 3β1 | 8β1 | 3β1 | 3β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 3β1 | |
Leicester Fosse | 2β1 | 3β0 | 2β1 | 4β1 | 0β0 | 4β2 | 4β1 | 4β2 | 3β3 | 5β0 | 1β0 | 2β3 | 0β1 | 4β1 | 6β3 | |
Lincoln City | 3β1 | 1β1 | 2β3 | 1β0 | 0β2 | 0β3 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 0β1 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 2β3 | |
Loughborough | 4β1 | 0β2 | 6β0 | 4β2 | 1β0 | 1β4 | 0β2 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 8β0 | |
Manchester City | 4β2 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 4β1 | 4β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 1β4 | 3β0 | 5β0 | 1β1 | |
Newcastle United | 4β1 | 2β1 | 3β0 | 5β1 | 1β2 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 4β1 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 4β3 | 2β0 | 2β0 | |
Newton Heath | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 4β2 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 6β0 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | |
Notts County | 3β1 | 6β1 | 5β0 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 6β0 | 8β0 | 3β1 | 3β3 | 3β1 | 3β0 | 1β2 | 5β2 | 7β4 | |
Small Heath | 1β3 | 1β2 | 3β2 | 5β1 | 2β2 | 0β1 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 3β3 | 5β2 | |
Walsall | 2β2 | 5β2 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 5β0 | 5β1 | 3β2 | 0β2 | 2β3 | 1β3 | 1β6 | 5β3 | |
Woolwich Arsenal | 4β2 | 3β0 | 3β0 | 1β0 | 6β1 | 4β2 | 2β1 | 6β2 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 5β1 | 0β2 | 2β3 | 2β3 | 1β1 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Mapsβ»
Test Matchesβ»
The Football League test matches were a set of play-offs, in which the bottom First Division teams faced the top Second Division teams. Each First Division team plays both Second Division teams in a mini league format, the top two finishers would then be, considered for election for First Division membership whilst the bottom two finishers would be invited to play in the Second Division.
The First Division teams, if finishing in the top two, would retain their places in the division. If a Second Division team does so, it would be considered for First Division membership through an election process. Bottom-two Second Division teams would stay in the Second Division.
First roundβ»
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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(2nd Div. Champions) Notts County | 1β0 | Sunderland (1st Div. 15th) | 1β0 Sat 17 Apr |
0β0 Mon 19 Apr |
(1st Div. 16th) Burnley | 2β2 | Newton Heath (2nd Div. 2nd) | 2β0 Mon 19 Apr |
0β2 Wed 21 Apr |
Second roundβ»
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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(1st Div. 16th) Burnley | 1β2 | Notts County (2nd Div. Champions) | 0β1 Sat 24 Apr |
1β1 Mon 26 Apr |
(2nd Div. 2nd) Newton Heath | 1β3 | Sunderland (1st Div. 15th) | 1β1 Sat 24 Apr |
0β2 Mon 26 Apr |
Test match summaryβ»
Reference works, such Encyclopedia of British Football and Association Football, present the following table with the heading given above.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Notts County | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | Elected to play in First Division |
2 | Sunderland | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | Burnley | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | Invited to play in Second Division |
4 | Newton Heath | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
Test match consequencesβ»
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."
- Notts County won both fixtures and were elected to play in the 1st Division the following season.
- Coming from the 2nd Division, Newton Heath apparently would have needed a win in order to advance. It appears that in this case, a draw, the preference was given to Burnley, who came to the test matches from a higher division.
- Sunderland salvaged through re-elections its position in the 1st Division, having won in the second round of the test matches. It was the fate of Newton Heath to remain in the 2nd Division.
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
- ^ Soar, Phil & Tyler, Martin: Encyclopedia of British Football, Willow Books, London. Fourth, updated and revised edition, 1984, p. 168.
- ^ A. H. Fabian & Green, Geoffrey: Association Football, Volume Two, p. 236. The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd., London, 1960.
External linksβ»
- Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888β89 to 1978β79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.