DIVISION 2  1895/96
      For full league and cup results  click on by club required.
      P W D L F A Pts
  Leading goalscorer:
George Allan 
(Liverpool)
25  goals		   Season Results 1 Liverpool 30 22 2 6 106 32 46 Promoted
    2 Manchester City 30 21 4 5 63 38 46 Test Series
    3 Grimsby Town 30 20 2 8 82 38 42
    4 Burton Wanderers 30 19 4 7 69 40 42
    5 Newcastle United 30 16 2 12 73 50 34
    Season Results 6 Newton Heath 30 15 3 12 66 57 33
    Season Results 7 Woolwich Arsenal 30 14 4 12 58 42 32
    8 Leicester Fosse 30 14 4 12 57 44 32
    9 Darwen 30 12 6 12 72 67 30
    10 Notts County 30 12 2 16 57 54 26
    11 Burton Swifts 30 10 4 16 39 69 24
    Season Results 12 Loughborough 30 9 5 16 40 66 23
    13 Lincoln City 30 9 4 17 53 75 22
    14 Burslem Port Vale 30 7 4 19 43 78 18 Re-election positionLeft League
      Season Results 15 Rotherham Town 30 7 3 20 34 97 17 Re-election positionLeft League
      16 Crewe Alexandra 30 5 3 22 30 95 13 Re-election positionLeft League
     
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      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 Small Heath
Sat Apr 18 Manchester City 1 - 1 WBA
Mon Apr 20 Small Heath 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 Small Heath
Mon Apr 27 Small Heath 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
Small Heath 4 1 1 2 8 7 3
Manchester City 4 1 1 2 5 15 3
R Rotherham Town did not seek re-election leaving two League sides and eight non-league sides in the vote for the three places in Division 2. Voting - 
19 Votes Blackpool Elected to the League
16 Walsall Elected to the League
15 Gainsborough Trinity Elected to the League
10 Burslem Port Vale Not re-elected to the League
10 Luton Town Not elected to the League
4 Crewe Alexandra Not re-elected to the League
3 Fairfield Athletic Not elected to the League
3 Glossop North End Not elected to the League
2 Macclesfield Not elected to the League
2 Tottenham Hotspur Not elected to the League