1895–96 Manchester City F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 March 2015 Manchester City F.C. 1895–96 Sam Ormerod Football League 2nd FA Cup Withdrew Meredith (12 goals) Meredith / Rowan (13 333333 333333 1894–95 1896–97 The 1895–1896 season was Manchester City F.C.'s fifth season of league football and fourth season in the Football League. Football League Second Division Second Division y MCI Results summary 12 3 0 37 9 9 1 5 26 29 rsssf.com September 2016 Reports DateOpponentsH / AVenueResultF – AScorersAttendance 7 September 1895 Woolwich Arsenal A Manor Ground 1–0 Meredith 8,000 9 September 1895 Rotherham Town H Hyde Road 2–0 Clifford, Little 3,000 14 September 1895 Leicester Fosse H Hyde Road 2–0 Finnerhan, Rowan 9,000 21 September 1895 Grimsby Town A Abbey Park 0–5 3,000 28 September 1895 Woolwich Arsenal H Hyde Road 1–0 Sharples 9,000 5 October 1895 Newton Heath A Bank Street 1–1 Rowan 10,000 12 October 1895 Darwen H Hyde Road 4–1 Rowan (2), Sharples, Chapman 10,000 19 October 1895 Crewe Alexandra A Alexandra Recreation Ground 2–0 Meredith, Finnerhan 3,000 26 October 1895 Grimsby Town H Hyde Road 2–1 Rowan, Little 14,000 2 November 1895 Darwen A Barley Bank 3–2 Meredith, Finnerhan, McReddie 4,000 4 November 1895 Rotherham Town A Clifton Lane 3–2 McReddie (2), Rowan 5,000 16 November 1895 Burton Wanderers A Derby Turn 1–4 Meredith 3,000 23 November 1895 Burton Wanderers H Hyde Road 1–1 Meredith 12,000 30 November 1895 Burton Swifts A Peel Croft 4–1 Rowan (2), Morris (2) 3,000 7 December 1895 Newton Heath H Hyde Road 2–1 Meredith, Hill 20,000 14 December 1895 Burslem Port Vale H Hyde Road Abandoned at half-time1 – 0 McBride 2,000 21 December 1895 Burslem Port Vale A Athletic Ground Abandoned after 65 minutes0 – 0 2,000 1 January 1896 Liverpool A Anfield 1–3 Rowan 15,000 4 January 1896 Newcastle United H Hyde Road 5–2 Morris (2), Hill (2), Finnerhan 10,000 11 January 1896 Lincoln City A Sincil Bank 2–1 Chapman, Meredith 2,000 1 February 1896 Loughborough A Athletic Ground 4–2 Finnerhan (2), Davies, Hill 2,000 10 February 1896 Burslem Port Vale A Athletic Ground 1–0 Davies 3,000 15 February 1896 Crewe Alexandra H Hyde Road 4–0 Rowan (2), Meredith, Finnerhan 4,000 17 February 1896 Burslem Port Vale H Hyde Road 1–0 Finnerhan 3,000 24 February 1896 Loughborough H Hyde Road 5–1 Morris (2), Davies, Meredith, Chapman 2,000 29 February 1896 Notts County A Trent Bridge 0–3 4,000 7 March 1896 Burton Swifts H Hyde Road 1–1 Robertson 9,000 14 March 1896 Lincoln City H Hyde Road 4–0 Robertson, Meredith, Morris, Finnerhan 9,000 21 March 1896 Newcastle United A St James' Park 1–4 Davies 12,000 3 April 1896 Liverpool H Hyde Road 1–1 Morris 30,000 4 April 1896 Leicester Fosse A Filbert Street 2–1 Meredith, Robson 4,000 8 April 1896 Notts County H Hyde Road 2–0 Meredith, Morris 6,000 Test matches As Manchester City finished second in the league, they were entitled to play test matches to compete for promotion to the Football League's First Division. Though they played both teams bottom of the First Division for the 1895–86 season, they lost both matches on aggregate and thus failed in their promotion bid, remaining in the Second Division for the following season. DateOpponentsH / AVenueResultF – AScorersAttendance 18 April 1896 West Bromwich Albion H Hyde Road 1–1 Rowan 6,000 20 April 1896 West Bromwich Albion A The Hawthorns 1–6 McBride 8,000 25 April 1896 Small Heath H Hyde Road 3–0 Meredith, Davies, Rowan 9,500 27 April 1896 Small Heath A Muntz Street 0–8 2,000 Squad statistics Appearances and goals Division 1 Test Matches CAN 1868 FW Walter Bowman 7 0 0 0 ENG MF Tommy Chapman 26 3 2 0 SCO DF Hughie Clifford 4 1 0 0 WAL FW Joe Davies 11 4 2 1 ENG DF Charlie Ditchfield 2 0 3 0 SCO MF Frank Dyer 1 0 0 0 SCO FW Jock Espie 1 0 0 0 ENG FW Pat Finnerhan 30 9 4 0 SCO MF Alec Gillies 3 0 2 0 DF James Harper 21 0 1 0 SCO FW Bob Hill 9 4 1 0 SCO FW Tommy Little 9 2 0 0 SCO MF Willie Maley 1 0 0 0 MF George Mann 23 0 4 0 SCO MF James McBride 25 0 4 1 ENG MF Arthur McCabe 1 0 0 0 SCO FW Wally McReddie 11 3 0 0 WAL FW Billy Meredith 29 12 4 0 SCO FW Bob Milarvie 1 0 0 0 ENG MF John Millar 2 0 2 0 SCO MF Bobby Moffatt 2 0 0 0 SCO FW Hugh Morris 16 9 4 1 ENG DF Tom Porteous 5 0 0 0 ENG DF Bert Read 1 0 0 0 SCO FW Jimmie Robertson 3 2 0 0 SCO DF David Robson 30 1 4 0 SCO FW Sandy Rowan 21 11 3 1 ENG FW James Sharples 5 2 0 0 ENG GK Charlie Williams 30 0 4 0 |} Goals record RankNat.Po.NameDivision 1Test MatchesTotal1WALFWBilly Meredith12113SCOFWSandy Rowan112133ENGFWPat Finnerhan909WALFWHugh Morris9095WALFWJoe Davis4156SCOFWBob Hill4047ENGMFTommy Chapman303SCOFWWally McReddie3039SCOFWTommy Little202SCOFWJimmie Robertson202ENGFWJames Sharples20212SCOMFJames McBride011SCODFHughie Clifford101SCODFDavid Robson101Total63568 solid 1px #aaa Squad Statistics (abandoned matches) Appearances and goals (abandoned matches) Abandoned CAN 1868 FW Walter Bowman 0 0 ENG MF Tommy Chapman 2 0 WAL FW Joe Davies 1 0 ENG FW Pat Finnerhan 2 0 SCO FW Bob Hill 2 0 MF George Mann 2 0 SCO MF James McBride 2 1 WAL FW Billy Meredith 1 0 SCO FW Hugh Morris 2 0 ENG DF Bert Read 2 0 SCO FW Jimmie Robertson 0 0 SCO DF David Robson 2 0 SCO FW Sandy Rowan 2 0 ENG GK Charlie Williams 2 0 |} Goals record (abandoned matches) RankNat.Po.NameAbandonedTotal1SCOMFJames McBride11Total11 http://www.enfa.co.uk/ The English National Football Archive Enfa.co.uk 2022-04-27 April 2022https://www.11v11.com/teams/manchester-city/ Manchester City football club overviewhttps://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1718 Man City FC Club Details | First Team Squad | Soccer Base See also Manchester City F.C. seasons References External links Extensive Manchester City statistics site 1895-96 Category:English football clubs 1895–96 season