DIVISION 1  1895/96
      For full league and cup results  click on by club required.
      P W D L F A Pts
  Leading goalscorer:
Johnny Campbell 
(Aston Villa)
24 goals		   1 Aston Villa 30 20 5 5 78 45 45
    2 Derby County 30 17 7 6 68 35 41
    Season Results 3 Everton 30 16 7 7 66 43 39
    4 Bolton Wanderers 30 16 5 9 49 37 37
    5 Sunderland 30 15 7 8 52 41 37
    6 Stoke City 30 15 0 15 56 47 30
    7 Sheffield Wednesday 30 12 5 13 44 53 29
    8 Blackburn Rovers 30 12 5 13 40 50 29
    9 Preston North End 30 11 6 13 44 48 28
    10 Burnley 30 10 7 13 48 44 27
    11 Bury 30 12 3 15 50 54 27
    12 Sheffield United 30 10 6 14 40 50 26
    13 Nottingham Forest 30 11 3 16 42 57 25
    14 Wolverhampton W. 30 10 1 19 61 65 21
    15 Birmingham City 30 8 4 18 39 79 20 Relegated
    16 West Bromwich Albion 30 6 7 17 30 59 19 Test Series
   
      The clubs on this page are listed in their modern names. For the same information but with clubs in their original names click here.
     
      Test Matches Test Series
      Promotion and relegation between the two division was again decided by a series of Test Matches but there was a change of format from that used in the previous three seasons. The top two clubs in Division 2 and the bottom two in Division 1 met in a mini-league. Each club played four matches - home and away matches against the two sides from the other division. At the conclusion of the matches the first and second sides in the league played in Division 1 and the third and fourth sides in Division 2.
     
     
Sat Apr

18

 Liverpool

4

 - 0 Birmingham City
Sat Apr 18 Manchester City 1 - 1 WBA
Mon Apr 20 Birmingham City 0 - 0 Liverpool
Mon Apr 20 WBA 6 - 1 Manchester City
Sat Apr 25 Liverpool 2 - 0 WBA
Sat Apr 25 Manchester City 3 - 0 Birmingham City
Mon Apr 27 Birmingham City 8 - 0 Manchester City
Mon  Apr 27 WBA 2 - 0 Liverpool
P W D L F A Pts
Liverpool 4 2 1 1 6 2 5
West Bromwich Albion 4 2 1 1 9 4 5
Birmingham City 4 1 1 2 8 7 3
Manchester City 4 1 1 2 5 15 3