The City Ground

SEASON: 1896-97

Prev Season: 1895-96
This Season: 1896-97
Next Season: 1897-98

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Harry Radford
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Liverpool (H) 0-1)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Adrian Capes, Chas Richards, Fred Forman (8 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals
Scored	8 times	11 times	4 times	2 times
Conceded	9 times	7 times	6 times	3 times
Won By	3 times	3 times	4 times	1 time
Lost By	6 times	3 times	4 times	1 time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 20,000
Lowest League Attendance:: 2,000
Average League Attendance:: 6,437
Highest Cup Attendance:: 10,000
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 10,000

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 10
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Aston Villa	30	21	5	4	73	38	10	3	2	36	16	11	2	2	37	22	1.921	47		2-4	2-3
2	Sheffield United	30	13	10	7	42	29	6	4	5	22	16	7	6	2	20	13	1.448	36		2-2	3-0
3	Derby County	30	16	4	10	70	50	10	2	3	45	22	6	2	7	25	28	1.400	36		1-1	1-1
3	Derby County	30	16	4	10	70	50	10	2	3	45	22	6	2	7	25	28	1.400	36		1-2	1-1
4	Preston North End	30	11	12	7	55	40	8	4	3	35	21	3	8	4	20	19	1.375	34		0-0	2-3
5	Liverpool	30	12	9	9	46	38	7	6	2	25	10	5	3	7	21	28	1.211	33		2-0	0-3
6	The Wednesday	30	10	11	9	42	37	9	4	2	29	11	1	7	7	13	26	1.135	31		2-2	0-3
7	Everton	30	14	3	13	62	57	8	1	6	42	29	6	2	7	20	28	1.088	31		3-0	1-3
8	Bolton Wanderers	30	12	6	12	40	43	7	3	5	22	18	5	3	7	18	25	.930	30		2-0	0-0
9	Bury	30	10	10	10	39	44	7	5	3	25	15	3	5	7	14	29	.886	30		3-0	0-2
10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	11	6	13	45	41	6	4	5	26	14	5	2	8	19	27	1.098	28		1-2	1-4
11	Nottingham Forest	30	9	8	13	44	49	8	3	4	30	16	1	5	9	14	33	.898	26
12	West Bromwich Albion	30	10	6	14	33	56	7	2	6	18	16	3	4	8	15	40	.589	26		0-1	0-4
13	Stoke City	30	11	3	16	48	59	8	3	4	30	18	3	0	12	18	41	.814	25		4-0	0-3
14	Blackburn Rovers	30	11	3	16	35	62	8	1	6	27	25	3	2	10	8	37	.565	25		2-1	0-0
15	Sunderland	30	7	9	14	34	47	4	6	5	21	21	3	3	9	13	26	.723	23	Remained in 1st Div after playoffs	2-1	2-2
16	Burnley	30	6	7	17	43	61	4	5	6	25	25	2	2	11	18	36	.705	19	Relegated after playoffs	4-1	2-2

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Sep 05, 1896	Derby County	A	1-1	Draw	4,000	11	Richards (?)
2	Sat Sep 12, 1896	Stoke City	H	4-0	Win	5,000	5	Forman (?), McPherson (?), Forman (?), Richards (?)
3	Sat Sep 19, 1896	Burnley	A	2-2	Draw	4,000	7	Richards (?), Capes (?)
4	Sat Sep 26, 1896	Sheffield United	H	2-2	Draw	8,000	8	Forman (?), McInnes (?)
	Sat Oct 03, 1896	Derby County	H	1-1	Aba	20,000	10	? (?)
5	Sat Oct 10, 1896	Liverpool	A	0-3	Loss	8,000	11
6	Sat Oct 17, 1896	Stoke City	A	0-3	Loss	6,000	14
7	Sat Oct 24, 1896	Burnley	H	4-1	Win	4,000	10	Hollis (?), Richards (?, ?), Capes (?)
8	Sat Oct 31, 1896	The Wednesday	H	2-2	Draw	8,000	10	Capes (?, ?)
9	Sat Nov 07, 1896	Preston North End	A	2-3	Loss	1,000	11	Capes (?), Capes (?)
10	Sat Nov 14, 1896	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-0	Draw	3,000	10
11	Wed Nov 18, 1896	Derby County	H	1-2	Loss	5,000	10	McInnes (?)
12	Sat Nov 21, 1896	Sunderland	H	2-1	Win	4,000	9	Shaw (?, ?)
13	Sat Nov 28, 1896	Liverpool	H	2-0	Win	7,000	8	Forman (?), Spencer (?)
14	Sat Dec 05, 1896	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-4	Loss	3,000	9	Forman (?)
15	Sat Dec 12, 1896	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-1	Win	3,000	8	Capes (?), Richards (?)
16	Sat Dec 19, 1896	Aston Villa	A	2-3	Loss	5,000	10	Forman (?), Capes (?)
17	Fri Dec 25, 1896	Bury	A	0-2	Loss	10,000	10
18	Mon Dec 28, 1896	Bury	H	3-0	Win	8,000	10	Forman (?), Capes (?), McInnes (?)
19	Sat Jan 02, 1897	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-1	Loss	6,000	10
20	Sat Jan 09, 1897	Everton	A	1-3	Loss	7,000	10	Forman (?)
21	Sat Jan 16, 1897	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-0	Win	5,000	10	Capes (?), McInnes (?)
22	Sat Jan 23, 1897	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-4	Loss	2,000	10
23	Sat Feb 20, 1897	Sheffield United	A	3-0	Win	6,000	10	McPherson (?), Forman (?), Richards (?)
24	Sat Mar 06, 1897	Aston Villa	H	2-4	Loss	10,000	10	Spencer (?, ?)
25	Wed Mar 10, 1897	Everton	H	3-0	Win	2,000	9	Spencer (?), Richards (?), Capes (?)
26	Sat Mar 13, 1897	Sunderland	A	2-2	Draw	4,000	9	Spencer (?), Capes (?)
27	Sat Mar 20, 1897	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-0	Draw	1,000	9
28	Mon Apr 05, 1897	The Wednesday	A	0-3	Loss	2,000	10
29	Thu Apr 08, 1897	Preston North End	H	0-0	Draw	3,000	8
30	Sat Apr 10, 1897	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-2	Loss	5,000	10	Capes (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 30, 1897	The Wednesday	1			A	1-0	Win	16,095	Capes (?)
Sat Feb 13, 1897	Sunderland	2			A	3-1	Win	16,000	Forman (?, ?), McInnes (?)
Sat Feb 27, 1897	Liverpool	Quarter			A	1-1	Draw	15,000	McInnes (?)
Wed Mar 03, 1897	Liverpool	Quarter	Y	1	H	0-1	Loss	10,000

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Thu Sep 03, 1896	Burton Wanderers	England	H	8-0	Win	-	Richards (?, ?, ?), McInnes (?), Capes (?, ?, ?), Forman (?)
Thu Sep 24, 1896	Grimsby Town	England	A	2-5	Loss	2,000	Pike (?), Abbott (?)
Sat Dec 26, 1896	Notts County	England	A	2-1	Win	13,000	McInnes (?), Forman (?)
Thu Mar 25, 1897	Grimsby Town	England	H	3-0	Win	2,000	Capes (?), Richards (?), McInnes (?)
Sat Mar 27, 1897	Woolwich Arsenal	England	A	0-1	Loss	3,000
Sat Apr 03, 1897	Leicester Fosse	England	A	0-3	Loss	-
Fri Apr 16, 1897	Tottenham Hotspur	England	A	1-1	Draw	-	? (?)
Mon Apr 19, 1897	Dundee	Scotland	N	2-1	Win	-	Wragg (?), Richards (?)
Sat Apr 24, 1897	Lincoln City	England	A	2-2	Draw	-	Walker (?), Capes (?)

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Apr 28, 1897	Mansfield	England	A	3-0	Win	-	Capes (?), Wragg (?), Richards (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7)				Out (7)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Chris Goodchild	Bought			Bert Abbot	Sold
	Joe Dewey	Bought			Horace Pike	Sold
	Martin (1897-98)	Bought			Joe Dewey	Sold
	Wilkinson (1896)	Bought			Joshua Hollis	Sold
	Willie Wragg	Bought			TT Walker	Sold
Aug 01, 1896	Adrian Capes	Bought			Wilkinson (1896)	Sold
Sep 05, 1896	Arthur Capes	Bought		May 30, 1897	Alec Stewart	Sold

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Dan Allsop	33	11	8	13
GK		Martin (1897-98)	2		1	1
D		Adam Scott	24	6	9	8
D		Archibald Ritchie	21	6	4	11
D		James Iremonger	24	9	5	9
D		Wilkinson (1896)	1		1
M		Adrian Capes	33	11	8	13	8
M		Alec Stewart	19	4	5	9
M		Bert Abbot	1		1
M		Chris Goodchild	3		1	2
M		Frank Forman	33	11	9	12	3
M		Joe Dewey	1			1
M		Joshua Hollis	1	1			1
M		Peter McCracken	4	2	1	1
M		Willie Wragg	16	6	3	7
F		Arthur Capes	35	11	9	14	6
F		Arthur Shaw	3	1		2	2
F		Chas Richards	31	9	9	12	8
F		Fred Forman	25	9	7	8	8
F		Fred Spencer	9	2	2	5	5
F		Horace Pike
F		John McPherson	32	11	7	13	2
F		Tom McInnes	33	11	8	13	6
F		TT Walker	1		1
		Crofts (1897)

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
8	Adrian Capes	33
8	Chas Richards	31
8	Fred Forman	25
6	Arthur Capes	35
6	Tom McInnes	33
5	Fred Spencer	9
3	Frank Forman	33
2	Arthur Shaw	3
2	John McPherson	32
1	Joshua Hollis	1

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season