1895–96 in English football

The 1895–96 season was the 25th season of competitive football in England.

Events

Loughborough replaced Walsall Town Swifts in the Second Division.

Honours

Competition	Winner
First Division	Aston Villa (2)
Second Division	Liverpool
FA Cup	The Wednesday (1)
Home Championship	Scotland

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

League table

First Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Aston Villa	30	20	5	5	78	45	1.733	45
2	Derby County	30	17	7	6	68	35	1.943	41
3	Everton	30	16	7	7	66	43	1.535	39
4	Bolton Wanderers	30	16	5	9	49	37	1.324	37
5	Sunderland	30	15	7	8	52	41	1.268	37
6	Stoke	30	15	0	15	56	47	1.191	30
7	The Wednesday	30	12	5	13	44	53	0.830	29
8	Blackburn Rovers	30	12	5	13	40	50	0.800	29
9	Preston North End	30	11	6	13	44	48	0.917	28
10	Burnley	30	10	7	13	48	44	1.091	27
11	Bury	30	12	3	15	50	54	0.926	27
12	Sheffield United	30	10	6	14	40	50	0.800	26
13	Nottingham Forest	30	11	3	16	42	57	0.737	25
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	10	1	19	61	65	0.938	21
15	Small Heath^[1]	30	8	4	18	39	79	0.494	20
16	West Bromwich Albion	30	6	7	17	30	59	0.508	19

Second Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Liverpool^[2]	30	22	2	6	106	32	3.313	46
2	Manchester City	30	21	4	5	63	38	1.658	46
3	Grimsby Town	30	20	2	8	82	38	2.158	42
4	Burton Wanderers	30	19	4	7	69	40	1.725	42
5	Newcastle United	30	16	2	12	73	50	1.460	34
6	Newton Heath	30	15	3	12	66	57	1.158	33
7	Woolwich Arsenal	30	14	4	12	59	42	1.405	32
8	Leicester Fosse	30	14	4	12	57	44	1.295	32
9	Darwen	30	12	6	12	72	67	1.075	30
10	Notts County	30	12	2	16	57	54	1.056	26
11	Burton Swifts	30	10	4	16	39	69	0.565	24
12	Loughborough	30	9	5	16	40	67	0.597	23
13	Lincoln City	30	9	4	17	53	75	0.707	22
14	Burslem Port Vale^[3]	30	7	4	19	43	78	0.551	18
15	Rotherham Town^[3]	30	7	3	20	34	97	0.351	17
16	Crewe Alexandra^[3]	30	5	3	22	30	95	0.316	13

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

References

↑ Not re-elected after losing 'Test Match.' Invited to join Second Division
↑ Elected to First Division after winning 'Test Match.'
1 2 3 Failed to be re-elected to the Football League

Seasons in English football

1895–96 in English football

FA competitions

FA Cup (Qualifying rounds
Final)

Football and Southern Leagues

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Bury Derby County Everton Nottingham Forest Preston North End Sheffield United Small Heath Stoke Sunderland The Wednesday West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Burslem Port Vale Burton Swifts Burton United Crewe Alexandra Darwen Grimsby Town Leicester Fosse Lincoln City Liverpool Loughborough Manchester City Newcastle United Newton Heath Notts County Rotherham Town Woolwich Arsenal

Southern League	Clapton Ilford Luton Town Millwall Athletic New Brompton Reading Royal Ordnance Southampton St Mary's Swindon Town

Others	Thames Ironworks

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