Wednesday 1896-04-08
| Second Division |
| Second Division | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
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| Manchester City | 2 | 0 | Notts County | Hyde Road | 6,000 | |
| Meredith, Morris | Lineups | |||||
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| Liverpool champions | ||||||
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Second Division | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | G Ave | Pts | Last 5 Games | Next Match | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | Liverpool | 30 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 21 | 3.313 | 46 | D | W | W | L | W | End of Season | # | |
| 2 | 0 | Manchester City | 30 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 29 | 1.658 | 46 | W | W | D | L | W | End of Season | # | |
| 3 | 0 | Burton Wanderers | 30 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 1.725 | 42 | L | W | L | W | W | End of Season | # | |
| 4 | 0 | Grimsby Town | 29 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 2.027 | 40 | W | D | W | W | W | 1896-04-11 | Leicester Fosse | H |
| 5 | 0 | Newcastle United | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 1.521 | 34 | L | L | W | W | W | 1896-04-20 | Burslem Port Vale | A |
| 6 | 0 | Newton Heath | 29 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 40 | 1.2 | 33 | W | W | W | L | L | 1896-04-11 | Lincoln City | A |
| 7 | 0 | Leicester Fosse | 29 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 1.514 | 32 | W | L | L | W | W | 1896-04-11 | Grimsby Town | A |
| 8 | 0 | Woolwich Arsenal | 29 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 1.462 | 32 | W | D | W | D | W | 1896-04-18 | Darwen | H |
| 9 | 0 | Notts County | 30 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 1.056 | 26 | L | W | W | W | L | End of Season | # | |
| 10 | 0 | Darwen | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 1.031 | 26 | L | W | L | D | L | 1896-04-11 | Burton Swifts | A |
| 11 | 0 | Burton Swifts | 29 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 0.567 | 24 | L | L | L | W | D | 1896-04-11 | Darwen | H |
| 12 | 0 | Loughborough | 28 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 0.508 | 19 | D | W | L | W | W | 1896-04-11 | Burslem Port Vale | H |
| 13 | 0 | Lincoln City | 28 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 51 | 0.644 | 18 | L | L | L | D | L | 1896-04-11 | Newton Heath | H |
| 14 | 0 | Rotherham Town | 30 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 71 | 0.351 | 17 | L | L | L | D | W | End of Season | # | |
| 15 | 0 | Burslem Port Vale | 27 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 0.549 | 16 | D | L | L | L | W | 1896-04-11 | Loughborough | A |
| 16 | 0 | Crewe Alexandra | 29 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 63 | 0.319 | 13 | L | L | L | W | L | 1896-04-18 | Loughborough | A |
