Monday 1896-09-14
| Second Division |
| Second Division | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burton Wanderers | 0 | 3 | Woolwich Arsenal | Derby Turn | 4,000 | |
| Lineups | O'Brien, Brock, Boyd | |||||
| Small Heath | 5 | 1 | Darwen | Coventry Road | 800 | |
| Inglis, Walton, Robertson 2, Nixon OG | Lineups | Hunt | ||||
| Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ptn |  |
Second Division | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | G Ave | Pts | Last 5 Games | Next Match | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | Newton Heath | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | W | W | W | W | # | 1896-09-19 | Grimsby Town | A |
| 2 | 9 | Woolwich Arsenal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2.5 | 4 | W | D | D | # | # | 1896-09-19 | Loughborough | H |
| 3 | -1 | Notts County | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | W | W | # | # | # | 1896-09-19 | Newcastle United | H |
| 4 | 3 | Small Heath | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.833 | 4 | W | L | W | # | # | 1896-09-19 | Lincoln City | H |
| 5 | -2 | Walsall | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | D | L | W | # | # | 1896-09-19 | Gainsborough Trinity | H |
| 6 | -2 | Grimsby Town | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.857 | 3 | L | D | W | # | # | 1896-09-19 | Newton Heath | H |
| 7 | -1 | Leicester Fosse | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 | L | W | # | # | # | 1896-09-19 | Burton Swifts | A |
| 8 | 0 | Burton Swifts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | W | L | # | # | # | 1896-09-19 | Leicester Fosse | H |
| 9 | 0 | Lincoln City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | L | W | # | # | # | 1896-09-19 | Small Heath | A |
| 10 | 0 | Manchester City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | D | D | # | # | # | 1896-09-19 | Darwen | H |
| 11 | -6 | Burton Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.833 | 2 | L | W | L | # | # | 1896-09-19 | Blackpool | A |
| 12 | 0 | Newcastle United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.833 | 2 | W | L | # | # | # | 1896-09-19 | Notts County | A |
| 13 | 0 | Blackpool | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.8 | 2 | W | L | # | # | # | 1896-09-19 | Burton Wanderers | H |
| 14 | 0 | Gainsborough Trinity | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.5 | 2 | D | D | L | # | # | 1896-09-19 | Walsall | A |
| 15 | 0 | Darwen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0.333 | 0 | L | L | L | # | # | 1896-09-19 | Manchester City | A |
| 16 | 0 | Loughborough | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.222 | 0 | L | L | L | # | # | 1896-09-19 | Woolwich Arsenal | A |
