Monday 1896-04-06
| First Division |
| Division 1 | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aston Villa | 4 | 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Perry Bar | 15,000 | |
| Cowan John, Crabtree, Campbell 2 | Lineups | Tonks | ||||
| Everton | 1 | 1 | Bolton Wanderers | Goodison Park | 15,000 | |
| Chadwick | Lineups | Cassidy | ||||
| Preston North End | 0 | 1 | The Wednesday | Deepdale | 3,000 | |
| Lineups | Davis | |||||
| Sheffield United | 8 | 0 | Bury | Bramall Lane | 7,000 | |
| Egan 3, Hammond 4, Cain | Lineups | |||||
| West Bromwich Albion | 0 | 0 | Small Heath | Stoney Lane | 3,750 | |
| Lineups | ||||||
| Footnotes | ||||||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers to play in Test Match | ||||||
| Small Heath to play in Test Match | ||||||
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First Division | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | G Ave | Pts | Last 5 Games | Next Match | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | Aston Villa | 30 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 28 | 1.733 | 45 | W | W | L | W | D | End of Season | # | |
| 2 | 0 | Derby County | 28 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 1.941 | 38 | D | D | L | L | W | 1896-04-07 | Everton | H |
| 3 | 0 | Everton | 28 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 1.575 | 37 | D | D | W | L | L | 1896-04-07 | Derby County | A |
| 4 | 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 28 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 1.469 | 35 | D | W | W | W | D | 1896-04-11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A |
| 5 | -1 | Sunderland | 29 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 1.244 | 35 | W | W | L | W | W | 1896-04-11 | Small Heath | A |
| 6 | 0 | Stoke | 29 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 1.222 | 30 | W | L | L | W | L | 1896-04-11 | Everton | H |
| 7 | 2 | The Wednesday | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 0.88 | 29 | W | W | L | L | L | 1896-04-07 | Nottingham Forest | A |
| 8 | -1 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 0.974 | 28 | L | W | W | D | L | 1896-04-11 | Derby County | A |
| 9 | -1 | Preston North End | 30 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 0.917 | 28 | L | D | D | W | L | End of Season | # | |
| 10 | 2 | Sheffield United | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 0.813 | 26 | W | L | D | W | D | 1896-04-07 | Small Heath | A |
| 11 | 0 | Burnley | 29 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 0.955 | 25 | D | D | D | W | L | 1896-04-13 | Blackburn Rovers | H |
| 12 | -2 | Bury | 28 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 0.906 | 25 | L | D | L | W | W | 1896-04-07 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A |
| 13 | 0 | Nottingham Forest | 29 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 41 | 0.719 | 23 | W | L | L | L | L | 1896-04-07 | The Wednesday | H |
| 14 | 1 | Small Heath | 28 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 55 | 0.481 | 18 | D | L | D | L | W | 1896-04-07 | Sheffield United | H |
| 15 | -1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 18 | 47 | 0.846 | 17 | L | L | W | L | L | 1896-04-07 | Bury | H |
| 16 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion | 29 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 0.474 | 17 | D | L | D | L | W | 1896-04-29 | Blackburn Rovers | H |
| Second Division |
| Second Division | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burton Wanderers | 1 | 3 | Notts County | Derby Turn | 3,000 | |
| Unknown | Lineups | Chadburn, Bull 2 | ||||
| Leicester Fosse | 1 | 2 | Grimsby Town | Filbert Street | 4,000 | |
| Dorrell | Lineups | McCairns, Gray | ||||
| Loughborough | 3 | 0 | Rotherham Town | Athletic Ground | 2,500 | |
| Unknown, Jones, Andrews | Lineups | |||||
| Newton Heath | 2 | 1 | Burslem Port Vale | Bank Street | 5,000 | |
| Clarkin, Smith | Lineups | McDonald | ||||
| Woolwich Arsenal | 2 | 1 | Newcastle United | Manor Ground | 16,000 | |
| Mortimer, O'Brien | Lineups | Powell OG | ||||
| Footnotes | ||||||
| Manchester City clinch Test Match place | ||||||
| Rotherham Town to apply for re-election | ||||||
| Southern League |
| Southern League | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Brompton | 1 | 1 | Swindon Town | Priestfield Road | 3,000 | |
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Southern League | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | G Ave | Pts | Last 5 Games | Next Match | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | Millwall Athletic | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 4.4 | 31 | L | W | W | W | W | 1896-04-25 | Swindon Town | H |
| 2 | 0 | Luton Town | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 4.43 | 25 | W | W | W | W | W | 1896-04-11 | Clapton | H |
| 3 | 0 | Southampton St. Mary's | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 1.91 | 24 | W | W | W | W | L | End of Season | ||
| 4 | 0 | Reading | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 1.16 | 21 | W | W | W | W | W | 1896-04-11 | Chatham | A |
| 5 | 0 | Chatham | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 29 | 0.98 | 20 | L | W | L | L | L | 1896-04-11 | Reading | H |
| 6 | 0 | New Brompton | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 0.81 | 18 | D | L | L | W | W | End of Season | ||
| 7 | 0 | Swindon Town | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 1.16 | 15 | D | W | D | L | W | 1896-04-18 | Clapton | H |
| 8 | 0 | Clapton | 16 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 0.49 | 9 | L | L | L | W | L | 1896-04-11 | Luton Town | A |
| 9 | 0 | Royal Ordnance Factories | 17 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 0.42 | 7 | L | D | L | L | L | 1896-04-25 | Ilford | H |
| 10 | 0 | Ilford | 17 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 0.12 | 0 | L | L | L | L | L | 1896-04-25 | Royal Ordnance Factories | A |
