Season

1896-97

Newton HeathA. H. Albut

2ndleague finish

of 16 in the Second Division

+0.6
goal difference
1.8 scored · 1.2 conceded
38
Played
53%
Win rate

Season in brief

2nd of 16 in the Second Division, up from 6th the year before. Home form carried the season — 74% of home matches won against 32% away. Joe Cassidy led the scoring with 18 goals (scorer data covers 93% of the 68 United scored).

The Second Division table

Final standings · 16 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Notts County30P · 19W 4D 7L · GD +4942
  2. 2Newton Heath30P · 17W 5D 8L · GD +2239
  3. 3Grimsby Town30P · 17W 4D 9L · GD +2138
  4. 4Birmingham City30P · 16W 5D 9L · GD +2237
  6. 15Burton Wanderers30P · 9W 2D 19L · GD -3620
  7. 16Lincoln City30P · 5W 2D 23L · GD -5812

Slice: the final Second Division table for 1896-97, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint head marks the promotion places — exact counts varied by era.

The season, match by match

38 matches
1 Sep 1896 v Gainsborough Trinity: 2–05 Sep 1896 @ Burton Swifts: 5–37 Sep 1896 v Walsall: 2–012 Sep 1896 v Lincoln City: 3–119 Sep 1896 @ Grimsby Town: 0–221 Sep 1896 @ Walsall: 3–226 Sep 1896 v Newcastle United: 4–03 Oct 1896 @ Manchester City: 0–010 Oct 1896 v Birmingham City: 1–117 Oct 1896 @ Blackpool: 2–421 Oct 1896 @ Gainsborough Trinity: 0–224 Oct 1896 v Burton Wanderers: 3–07 Nov 1896 v Grimsby Town: 4–228 Nov 1896 @ Birmingham City: 0–119 Dec 1896 @ Notts County: 0–325 Dec 1896 v Manchester City: 2–126 Dec 1896 v Blackpool: 2–028 Dec 1896 @ Leicester City: 0–11 Jan 1897 @ Newcastle United: 0–29 Jan 1897 v Burton Swifts: 1–130 Jan 1897 v Kettering: 5–16 Feb 1897 v Loughborough: 6–013 Feb 1897 @ Southampton: 1–117 Feb 1897 v Southampton: 3–120 Feb 1897 v Leicester City: 2–127 Feb 1897 @ Derby County: 0–22 Mar 1897 v Darwen: 3–113 Mar 1897 @ Darwen: 2–020 Mar 1897 @ Burton Wanderers: 2–122 Mar 1897 v Arsenal: 1–127 Mar 1897 v Notts County: 1–11 Apr 1897 @ Lincoln City: 3–13 Apr 1897 @ Arsenal: 2–010 Apr 1897 @ Loughborough: 0–219 Apr 1897 @ Burnley: 0–221 Apr 1897 v Burnley: 2–024 Apr 1897 v Sunderland: 1–126 Apr 1897 @ Sunderland: 0–2
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.