# Second Division 1895-1896

La Second Division 1895-1896 fu il quarto campionato avente questa dicitura, e vide la vittoria del Liverpool.
George Allan (Liverpool) fu il miglior marcatore del torneo con 26 realizzazioni.

## Squadre partecipanti

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

## Classifica finale

| Pos. | Squadra | Pt | G | V | N | P | GF | GS | MED |
| 1. | Liverpool | 46 | 30 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 106 | 32 | 3,313 |
| 2. | Manchester City | 46 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 63 | 38 | 1,657 |
| 3. | Grimsby Town | 42 | 30 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 82 | 38 | 2,157 |
| 4. | Burton Wanderers | 42 | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 69 | 40 | 1,725 |
| 5. | Newcastle Utd | 34 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 73 | 50 | 1,460 |
| 6. | Newton Heath | 33 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 66 | 57 | 1,157 |
| 7. | Woolwich Arsenal | 32 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 58 | 42 | 1,380 |
| 8. | Leicester Fosse | 32 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 57 | 44 | 1,295 |
| 9. | Darwen | 30 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 72 | 67 | 1,074 |
| 10. | Notts County | 26 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 57 | 54 | 1,055 |
| 11. | Burton Swifts | 24 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 39 | 69 | 0,565 |
| 12. | Loughborough | 23 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 43 | 33 | 1,303 |
| 13. | Lincoln City | 22 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 53 | 75 | 0,706 |
| 14. | Burslem Port Vale | 18 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 43 | 78 | 0,551 |
| 15. | Rotherham Town | 17 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 34 | 97 | 0,351 |
| 16. | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 30 | 95 | 0,315 |

## Play-off

| | Risultati | | Luogo e data |
| Liverpool | 4 - 0 | Small Heath | Liverpool, 18 aprile 1896 |
| Manchester City | 1 - 1 | West Bromwich | Manchester, 18 aprile 1896 |
| Small Heath | 0 - 0 | Liverpool | Birmingham, 20 aprile 1896 |
| West Bromwich | 6 - 1 | Manchester City | West Bromwich, 20 aprile 1896 |
| Liverpool | 2 - 0 | West Bromwich | Liverpool, 25 aprile 1896 |
| Manchester City | 3 - 0 | Small Heath | Manchester, 27 aprile 1896 |
| West Bromwich | 2 - 0 | Liverpool | West Bromwich, 27 aprile 1896 |
| Small Heath | 8 - 0 | Manchester City | Birmingham, 27 aprile 1896 |
| Pos. | Squadra | Pt | G | V | N | P | GF | GS | Med |
| 1. | Liverpool | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3,000 |
| 2. | West Bromwich | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2,250 |
| 3. | Small Heath | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1,143 |
| 4. | Manchester City | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 0,333 |

## Verdetti

* Ai play-off Liverpool e West Bromwich ottennero la permanenza in First Division.
* Small Heath retrocesso in Second Division 1896-1897.
* Manchester City, squadra della Second Division, rimane nella sua categoria.

## Tabellone

| | BPV | BRS | BRW | CRE | DRW | GRI | LEI | LIN | LIV | LOU | MCY | NEW | NWH | NTC | ROT | WOO |
| Burslem Port Vale | –––– | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 0–2 |
| Burton Swifts | 2-1 | –––– | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–7 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Burton Wanderers | 2-1 | 2-1 | –––– | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 6–1 | 4–1 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | –––– | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–7 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Darwen | 8–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | –––– | 3–3 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–4 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 10–2 | 1–1 |
| Grimsby Town | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | –––– | 7–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Leicester Fosse | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | –––– | 1–3 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 1–0 |
| Lincoln City | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 2–3 | –––– | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 |
| Liverpool | 5–1 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | –––– | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 10–1 | 3–0 |
| Loughborough | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 2–4 | –––– | 2–4 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Manchester City | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | –––– | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Newcastle United | 4–2 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 7–2 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | –––– | 2–1 | 5–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 |
| Newton Heath | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 5–5 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | –––– | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 |
| Notts County | 7–2 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | –––– | 0–0 | 3–4 |
| Rotherham Town | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–6 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | –––– | 3-0 |
| Woolwich Arsenal | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | –––– |

## Fonti e bibliografia

* Gordon Smailes, The Breedon Book of Football League Records, Derby (UK), The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited, 1992, ISBN 1-873626-33-9.