Saturday 1896-11-21
| First Division |
| Division 1 | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aston Villa | 4 | 0 | The Wednesday | Perry Bar | 14,000 | |
| Smith, Devey, Wheldon, Athersmith | Lineups | |||||
| Derby County | 6 | 0 | Blackburn Rovers | Baseball Ground | 7,000 | |
| Stevenson 4, Goodall A, Bloomer | Lineups | |||||
| Liverpool | 0 | 0 | Everton | Anfield Road | 30,000 | |
| Lineups | ||||||
| Nottingham Forest | 2 | 1 | Sunderland | Town Ground | 7,000 | |
| Shaw, Capes AJ | Lineups | Campbell | ||||
| Preston North End | 2 | 3 | Bolton Wanderers | Deepdale | 10,000 | |
| Boyd, Henderson | Lineups | Wright, Gilligan, Thomson | ||||
| Sheffield United | 2 | 2 | Bury | Bramall Lane | 7,000 | |
| Needham, Hammond | Lineups | Henderson, Millar | ||||
| Stoke | 2 | 2 | West Bromwich Albion | Victoria Ground | 6,200 | |
| Maxwell W 2 | Lineups | Flewitt, Garfield | ||||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | 0 | Burnley | Molineux | 6,000 | |
| Nicholls 2 | Lineups | |||||
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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 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 19 | W | W | L | D | W | 1896-12-07 | Everton | H |
| 2 | 1 | Aston Villa | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1.857 | 19 | W | W | D | W | W | 1896-11-28 | Blackburn Rovers | A |
| 3 | -1 | Liverpool | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1.769 | 18 | D | D | W | W | W | 1896-11-28 | Nottingham Forest | A |
| 4 | 1 | Sheffield United | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1.583 | 16 | D | W | D | L | D | 1896-12-05 | West Bromwich Albion | H |
| 5 | -1 | Preston North End | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1.381 | 16 | L | D | L | W | W | 1896-11-28 | Stoke | H |
| 6 | 1 | Derby County | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1.435 | 14 | W | W | W | W | D | 1896-11-28 | The Wednesday | A |
| 7 | -1 | Blackburn Rovers | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0.591 | 13 | L | D | W | L | L | 1896-11-28 | Aston Villa | H |
| 8 | 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0.786 | 12 | D | L | W | L | D | 1896-11-28 | Sunderland | H |
| 9 | 1 | Nottingham Forest | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 11 | W | L | D | L | D | 1896-11-28 | Liverpool | H |
| 10 | -2 | The Wednesday | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 0.826 | 11 | L | L | D | W | D | 1896-11-28 | Derby County | H |
| 11 | 0 | Everton | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.824 | 10 | D | L | D | L | L | 1896-11-28 | Burnley | H |
| 12 | 0 | Bury | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 0.7 | 10 | D | W | D | D | D | 1896-11-28 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H |
| 13 | 0 | Stoke | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 0.606 | 9 | D | L | W | L | L | 1896-11-28 | Preston North End | A |
| 14 | 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | W | D | L | L | L | 1896-11-28 | Bury | A |
| 15 | -1 | Burnley | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 0.64 | 7 | L | L | L | L | D | 1896-11-28 | Everton | A |
| 16 | -1 | Sunderland | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 0.478 | 7 | L | L | W | W | D | 1896-11-28 | West Bromwich Albion | A |
| Second Division |
| Second Division | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darwen | 2 | 0 | Small Heath | Barley Bank | 3,000 | |
| Cowan, Hunt (p) | Lineups | |||||
| Grimsby Town | 3 | 1 | Notts County | Abbey Park | 7,000 | |
| McCairns, Fletcher F, Bell | Lineups | Boucher | ||||
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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 | Notts County | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1.955 | 21 | L | W | W | W | W | 1896-11-28 | Blackpool | A |
| 2 | 0 | Newton Heath | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 1.706 | 18 | W | W | L | L | D | 1896-11-28 | Small Heath | A |
| 3 | 0 | Grimsby Town | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 1.6 | 18 | W | L | W | W | W | 1896-11-28 | Woolwich Arsenal | A |
| 4 | 0 | Manchester City | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1.2 | 13 | W | W | L | L | L | 1896-11-23 | Walsall | A |
| 5 | 0 | Newcastle United | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 1.158 | 12 | W | L | W | W | W | 1896-11-28 | Loughborough | H |
| 6 | 0 | Walsall | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 0.923 | 12 | L | W | L | W | W | 1896-11-23 | Manchester City | H |
| 7 | 0 | Small Heath | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1.4 | 11 | L | W | L | W | D | 1896-11-28 | Newton Heath | H |
| 8 | 0 | Gainsborough Trinity | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 0.813 | 11 | L | W | L | W | D | 1896-12-05 | Loughborough | H |
| 9 | 0 | Blackpool | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 1.278 | 10 | W | L | D | W | L | 1896-11-28 | Notts County | H |
| 10 | 0 | Woolwich Arsenal | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 1.174 | 10 | L | L | W | L | W | 1896-11-28 | Grimsby Town | H |
| 11 | 2 | Darwen | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 0.88 | 10 | W | L | W | W | W | 1896-11-28 | Burton Swifts | A |
| 12 | -1 | Burton Swifts | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0.818 | 10 | L | W | D | L | L | 1896-11-28 | Darwen | H |
| 13 | -1 | Leicester Fosse | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 0.81 | 8 | L | W | L | L | W | 1896-11-28 | Walsall | H |
| 14 | 0 | Lincoln City | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 0.455 | 4 | L | L | L | L | L | 1896-12-05 | Woolwich Arsenal | H |
| 15 | 0 | Loughborough | 12 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 0.281 | 4 | W | L | L | L | L | 1896-11-28 | Newcastle United | A |
| 16 | 0 | Burton Wanderers | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 0.28 | 4 | W | L | L | L | L | 1896-11-28 | Manchester City | A |
