1895–96 Manchester City F.C. season

The 1895–1896 season was Manchester City F.C.'s fifth season of league football and fourth season in the Football League.

Manchester City F.C.

1895–96 season
Manager	Sam Ormerod
Football League	2nd
FA Cup	Withdrew
Top goalscorer	League: Meredith (12 goals) All: Meredith / Rowan (13 goals)
Highest home attendance	30,000 vs Liverpool (3 April 1896)
Lowest home attendance	2,000 vs Loughborough (24 February 1896)
Home colours
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Football League Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification
1	Liverpool	30	22	2	6	106	32	3.313	46^[a]	Division Champions, into test matches
2	Manchester City	30	21	4	5	63	38	1.658	46	Into test matches
3	Grimsby Town	30	20	2	8	82	38	2.158	42
4	Burton Wanderers	30	19	4	7	69	40	1.725	42
5	Newcastle United	30	16	2	12	73	50	1.460	34

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Elected to First Division on the basis of test matches results.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
30	21	4	5	63	38	1.658	46	12	3	0	37	9	27	9	1	5	26	29	19

Source: rsssf.com

Reports

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
7 September 1895	Woolwich Arsenal	A	Manor Ground	1–0	Meredith	8,000
9 September 1895	Rotherham Town	H	Hyde Road	2–0	Clifford, Little	3,000
14 September 1895	Leicester Fosse	H	Hyde Road	2–0	Finnerhan, Rowan	9,000
21 September 1895	Grimsby Town	A	Abbey Park	0–5		3,000
28 September 1895	Woolwich Arsenal	H	Hyde Road	1–0	Sharples	9,000
5 October 1895	Newton Heath	A	Bank Street	1–1	Rowan	10,000
12 October 1895	Darwen	H	Hyde Road	4–1	Rowan (2), Sharples, Chapman	10,000
19 October 1895	Crewe Alexandra	A	Alexandra Recreation Ground	2–0	Meredith, Finnerhan	3,000
26 October 1895	Grimsby Town	H	Hyde Road	2–1	Rowan, Little	14,000
2 November 1895	Darwen	A	Barley Bank	3–2	Meredith, Finnerhan, McReddie	4,000
4 November 1895	Rotherham Town	A	Clifton Lane	3–2	McReddie (2), Rowan	5,000
16 November 1895	Burton Wanderers	A	Derby Turn	1–4	Meredith	3,000
23 November 1895	Burton Wanderers	H	Hyde Road	1–1	Meredith	12,000
30 November 1895	Burton Swifts	A	Peel Croft	4–1	Rowan (2), Morris (2)	3,000
7 December 1895	Newton Heath	H	Hyde Road	2–1	Meredith, Hill	20,000
14 December 1895	Burslem Port Vale	H	Hyde Road	Abandoned at half-time 1 – 0	McBride	2,000
21 December 1895	Burslem Port Vale	A	Athletic Ground	Abandoned after 65 minutes 0 – 0		2,000
1 January 1896	Liverpool	A	Anfield	1–3	Rowan	15,000
4 January 1896	Newcastle United	H	Hyde Road	5–2	Morris (2), Hill (2), Finnerhan	10,000
11 January 1896	Lincoln City	A	Sincil Bank	2–1	Chapman, Meredith	2,000
1 February 1896	Loughborough	A	Athletic Ground	4–2	Finnerhan (2), Davies, Hill	2,000
10 February 1896	Burslem Port Vale	A	Athletic Ground	1–0	Davies	3,000
15 February 1896	Crewe Alexandra	H	Hyde Road	4–0	Rowan (2), Meredith, Finnerhan	4,000
17 February 1896	Burslem Port Vale	H	Hyde Road	1–0	Finnerhan	3,000
24 February 1896	Loughborough	H	Hyde Road	5–1	Morris (2), Davies, Meredith, Chapman	2,000
29 February 1896	Notts County	A	Trent Bridge	0–3		4,000
7 March 1896	Burton Swifts	H	Hyde Road	1–1	Robertson	9,000
14 March 1896	Lincoln City	H	Hyde Road	4–0	Robertson, Meredith, Morris, Finnerhan	9,000
21 March 1896	Newcastle United	A	St James' Park	1–4	Davies	12,000
3 April 1896	Liverpool	H	Hyde Road	1–1	Morris	30,000
4 April 1896	Leicester Fosse	A	Filbert Street	2–1	Meredith, Robson	4,000
8 April 1896	Notts County	H	Hyde Road	2–0	Meredith, Morris	6,000

Test matches

As Manchester City finished second in the league, they were entitled to play test matches to compete for promotion to the Football League's First Division. Though they played both teams bottom of the First Division for the 1895–86 season, they lost both matches on aggregate and thus failed in their promotion bid, remaining in the Second Division for the following season.

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
18 April 1896	West Bromwich Albion	H	Hyde Road	1–1	Rowan	6,000
20 April 1896	West Bromwich Albion	A	The Hawthorns	1–6	McBride	8,000
25 April 1896	Small Heath	H	Hyde Road	3–0	Meredith, Davies, Rowan	9,500
27 April 1896	Small Heath	A	Muntz Street	0–8		2,000

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos.	Name	League		Test Matches		Abandoned		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Charlie Williams	30	0	4	0	2	0	36	0
DF	Hughie Clifford	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
DF	Thomas Porteous	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
DF	David Robson	30	1	4	0	2	0	36	1
MF	James McBride	25	0	4	1	2	1	31	2
MF	Willie Maley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Walter Bowman	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
FW	Jock Espie	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Pat Finnerhan	30	9	4	0	2	0	36	9
FW	Wally McReddie	11	3	0	0	0	0	11	3
FW	Billy Meredith	29	12	4	1	1	0	34	13
FW	Bob Milarvie	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Hugh Morris	16	9	4	0	2	0	22	9
--	Tommy Chapman	26	3	2	0	2	0	30	3
--	Davies	11	4	2	1	1	0	14	5
--	John Ditchfield	2	0	3	0	0	0	5	0
--	Frank Dyer	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
--	Alec Gillies	3	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
--	James Harper	17	0	1	0	0	0	18	0
--	Robert Hill	9	4	1	0	2	0	12	4
--	Tommy Little	9	2	0	0	0	0	9	2
--	McCabe	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
--	George Mann	23	0	4	0	2	0	29	0
--	Miller	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
--	Bobby Moffatt	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
--	Thomas Read	5	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
--	J. Robertson	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	2
--	Sandy Rowan	21	11	3	2	2	0	26	13
--	James Sharples	5	2	0	0	0	0	5	2

Scorers

All Scorer Goals   Billy Meredith 13 Sandy Rowan   Pat Finnerhan 9   Hugh Morris Davies 5 Robert Hill 4 Tommy Chapman 3   Wally McReddie Tommy Little 2   James McBride J. Robertson James Sharples   Hughie Clifford 1   David Robson

League Scorer Goals   Billy Meredith 12 Sandy Rowan 11   Pat Finnerhan 9   Hugh Morris Davies 4 Robert Hill Tommy Chapman 3   Wally McReddie Tommy Little 2 J. Robertson James Sharples   Hughie Clifford 1   David Robson

Test matches Scorer Goals Sandy Rowan 2 Davies 1   James McBride   Billy Meredith

Abandoned matches Scorer Goals   James McBride 1

See also

• Manchester City F.C. seasons

References

External links

• Extensive Manchester City statistics site