1896–97 Newcastle United F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Newcastle United 1896–97 Selection committee (overseen by Frank Watt) St James' Park Football League Second Division 5th FA Cup First Round Richard Smellie (15) Richard Smellie (15) 17,000(vs. Notts County) 4,000(vs. Burton Swifts) 8,399 _black_stripes _blackstripes3 _black_stripes FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 585050 000000 _collar 00b8fb 00b8fb 00b8fb 000066 000000 1895–96 1897–98 The 1896–97 season was Newcastle United's fourth season in the Football League Second Division. Appearances and goals Pos.NameLeagueFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKENG Charlie Watts30010310DFSCO Robert Foyers900090DFSCO Robert McDermid600060DFSCO Thomas Stewart17010180DFSCO John White28010290MFSCO George Adams12100121MFSCO Andy Aitken3011103111MFSCO John Auld14310153MFENG Jack Carr100010MFSCO William Graham200020MFSCO William Miller17100171MFSCO Jack Ostler15110161FWENG Thomas Blyth110011FWSCO James Collins10110111FWSCO John Connell24310253FW J Kinsella200020FWSCO Malcolm Lennox19400194FWSCO David Smellie2615102715FWENG James Stott29310303FWENG Willie Thompson910091FWSCO Willie Wardrope2911103011 Competitions #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA League Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Result1–34–31–30–45–13–02–12–11–23–14–11–02–22–30–22–02–10–54–12–03–00–32–01–41–22–12–03–00–31–5 Position 12th 12th 13th 14th 11th 10th 7th 5th 8th 5th 5th 4th 4th 5th 5th 4th 4th 5th 4th 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 5th FA Cup Match 1 Result0–5 Friendlies Match 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Result1–12–20–31–14–11–22–13–14–05–05–23–03–03–11–03–00–3 Matches League 5 September 1896 Small Heath 3–1 L (Report) Newcastle United Thompson Muntz Street Birmingham 4,000 12 September 1896 Newcastle United 4–3 W (Report) Small Heath Smellie Lennox St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 10,853 17 September 1896 Notts County 3–1 L (Report) Newcastle United Stott County Ground Nottingham 5,000 26 September 1896 Newton Heath 4–0 L (Report) Newcastle United Cassidy Donaldson Bank Street Manchester 7,000 3 October 1896 Newcastle United 5–1 W (Report) Darwen Wardrope Smellie St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 7,000 10 October 1896 Newcastle United 3–0 W (Report) Grimsby Town Aitken Stott St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 5,000 17 October 1896 Manchester City 1–2 W (Report) Newcastle United Robinson Smellie Auld Hyde Road Manchester 7,000 24 October 1896 Lincoln City 1–2 W (Report) Newcastle United Wardrope Connell Sincil Bank Lincoln 2,000 7 November 1896 Darwen 2–1 L (Report) Newcastle United Miller Barley Bank Darwen 14 November 1896 Newcastle United 3–1 W (Report) Leicester Fosse Wardrope Smellie St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 6,000 28 November 1896 Newcastle United 4–1 W (Report) Loughborough Wardrope Aitken Connell Lennox St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 7,000 5 December 1896 Burton Wanderers 0–1 W (Report) Newcastle United Aitken Derby Turn Burton upon Trent 12 December 1896 Newcastle United 2–2 D (Report) Notts County Wardrope Aitken St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 17,000 26 December 1896 Grimsby Town 3–2 L (Report) Newcastle United Wardrope Stott Abbey Park Grimsby 7,000 28 December 1896 Gainsborough Trinity 2–0 L (Report) Newcastle United The Northolme Gainsborough 7,000 1 January 1897 Newcastle United 2–0 W (Report) Newton Heath Wardrope Aitken St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 16,125 2 January 1897 Newcastle United 2–1 W (Report) Lincoln City Aitken Smellie St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 12,000 9 January 1987 Leicester Fosse 5–0 L (Report) Newcastle United Filbert Street Leicester 3,000 16 January 1897 Newcastle United 4–1 W (Report) Blackpool Wardrope Smellie Collins Auld St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 8,000 23 January 1897 Newcastle United 2–0 W (Report) Woolwich Arsenal Aitken Auld St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 6,000 6 February 1897 Newcastle United 3–0 W (Report) Manchester City Wardrope Aitken St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 9,000 20 February 1897 Loughborough 3–0 L (Report) Newcastle United Athletic Ground Loughborough 2,000 6 March 1897 Newcastle United 2–0 W (Report) Walsall Connell Ostler (pen.) St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 6,000 13 March 1897 Blackpool 4–1 L (Report) Newcastle United Smellie Raikes Hall Blackpool 3,000 20 March 1897 Newcastle United 1–2 L (Report) Gainsborough Trinity Lennox St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 6,000 27 March 1897 Newcastle United 2–1 W (Report) Burton Swifts Blyth Lennox St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 4,000 3 April 1897 Walsall 0–2 W (Report) Newcastle United Aitken Smellie Hillary Street Walsall 4,000 10 April 1897 Newcastle United 3–0 W (Report) Burton Wanderers Aitken Smellie St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 6,000 12 April 1897 Burton Swifts 3–0 L (Report) Newcastle United Peel Croft Burton upon Trent 16 April 1897 Woolwich Arsenal 5–1 L (Report) Newcastle United O'Brien Caldwell Boyle Brock Adams Manor Ground London 7,000 FA Cup Round 1 30 January 1897 Aston Villa 5–0 L (Report) Newcastle United Wheldon Athersmith Smith (o.g.) Villa Park Birmingham 7,000 Friendlies 1 September 1896 Newcastle United 1–1 D Hibernian Thompson St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 5,000 2 September 1896 Newcastle United 2–2 D Sunderland Aitken St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 8,000 7 September 1896 Newcastle United 0–3 L St Bernard's St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 4,500 23 September 1896 Sunderland 1–1 D Newcastle United Wardrope Newcastle Road Sunderland 6,000 31 October 1896 Newcastle United 4–1 W Burnley Auld Wardrope Smellie St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 5,000 16 November 1896 Darlington 2–1 L Newcastle United Wardrope Feethams Darlington 2,000 21 November 1896 Leith Athletic 1–2 W Newcastle United Aitken Smellie Old Meadowbank Edinburgh 1,200 25 December 1896 Newcastle United 3–1 W Dundee Wardrope Thompson Milne St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 10,000 13 February 1897 Newcastle United 4–0 W Grimsby Town Aitken Connell Blyth St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 4,000 13 February 1897 Newcastle United 5–0 W Leith Athletic Connell Aitken Lennox St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 4,000 31 March 1897 Newcastle United 5–2 W Sunderland Lennox Aitken Thompson (pen.) St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 3,000 17 April 1897 Newcastle United 3–0 W Heart of Midlothian Blyth Aitken St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 4,000 20 April 1897 Newcastle United 3–0 W St Mirren Stewart Smellie Aitken St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 2,000 24 April 1897 Newcastle United 3–1 W Rangers Connell Lennox Smellie St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 7,000 26 April 1897 Newcastle United 1–0 W Third Lanark Aitken St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 1,000 28 April 1897 Newcastle United 3–0 W Sunderland Aitken Ostler St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 4,000 30 April 1897 Newcastle United 0–3 L Hibernian St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 3,000 External links Newcastle United – Historical Football Kits Season Details – 1896–97 – toon1892 NUFC.com Archives – Match Stats – 1896–97 Newcastle United 1896–1897 Home – statto.com Category:Newcastle United F.C. seasons Newcastle United