1895–96 Manchester City F.C. season
Introduction 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 ===Results summary======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-time''''1 – 0'' McBride 2,000 21 December 1895 Burslem Port Vale A Athletic Ground ''Abandoned after 65 minutes''''0 – 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 ===Squad===''Appearances for competitive matches only''Pos.NameLeagueTest MatchesAbandonedTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGK Charlie Williams3004020360DF Hughie Clifford41000041DF Thomas Porteous50000050DF David Robson3014020361MF James McBride2504121312MF Willie Maley10000010FW Walter Bowman70000070FW Jock Espie10000010FW Pat Finnerhan3094020369FW Wally McReddie1130000113FW Billy Meredith291241103413FW Bob Milarvie10000010FW Hugh Morris1694020229263202030311421101452030005010000010302000501701000180941020124920000921000001023040202902020004020000020500020703200003221113220261352000052===Scorers=======All====ScorerGoals Billy Meredith13Sandy Rowan Pat Finnerhan9 Hugh MorrisDavies5Robert Hill4Tommy Chapman3 Wally McReddieTommy Little2 James McBrideJ. RobertsonJames Sharples Hughie Clifford1 David Robson====League====ScorerGoals Billy Meredith12Sandy Rowan11 Pat Finnerhan9 Hugh MorrisDavies4Robert HillTommy Chapman3 Wally McReddieTommy Little2J. RobertsonJames Sharples Hughie Clifford1 David Robson====Test matches====ScorerGoalsSandy Rowan2Davies1 James McBride Billy Meredith====Abandoned matches====ScorerGoals James McBride1
See also *Manchester City F.C. seasons
References
External links * Extensive Manchester City statistics site