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 (?)

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