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For the actual article, see Manchester City F.C. season 1895–96.

Manchester City F.C.

1895–96 season
Manager	Sam Ormerod
Football League	2nd
FA Cup	Withdrew
Top goalscorer	League: Meredith (12 goals) All: Meredith / Rowan (13 goals)
Highest home attendance	30,000 vs Liverpool (3 April 1896)
Lowest home attendance	2,000 vs Loughborough (24 February 1896)

The 1895–96 season was Manchester City F.C.'s fifth season of league football and fourth season in the Football League.

Team Kit

Football League Second Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Liverpool	30	22	2	6	106	32	46
2	Manchester City	30	21	4	5	63	38	46
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

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points
Source: Football Alliance

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	21	4	5	63	38	+25	46	12	3	0	37	9	+28	9	1	5	26	29	-3

N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2

Reports

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
7 September 1894	Woolwich Arsenal	A	Manor Ground	1 – 0	Meredith	8,000
9 September 1894	Rotherham Town	H	Hyde Road	2 – 0	Clifford, Little	3,000
14 September 1894	Leicester Fosse	H	Hyde Road	2 – 0	Finnerhan, Rowan	9,000
21 September 1894	Grimsby Town	A	Abbey Park	0 – 5		3,000
28 September 1894	Woolwich Arsenal	H	Hyde Road	1 – 0	Sharples	9,000
5 October 1894	Newton Heath	A	Bank Street	1 – 1	Rowan	10,000
12 October 1894	Darwen	H	Hyde Road	4 – 1	Rowan (2), Sharples, Chapman	10,000
19 October 1894	Crewe Alexandra	A	Nantwich Road	2 – 0	Meredith, Finnerhan	3,000
26 October 1894	Grimsby Town	H	Hyde Road	2 – 1	Rowan, Little	14,000
2 November 1894	Darwen	A	Barley Bank	3 – 2	Meredith, Finnerhan, McReddie	4,000
4 November 1894	Rotherham Town	A	Clifton Lane	3 – 2	McReddie (2), Rowan	5,000
16 November 1894	Burton Wanderers	A	Derby Turn	1 – 4	Meredith	3,000
23 November 1894	Burton Wanderers	H	Hyde Road	1 – 1	Meredith	12,000
30 November 1894	Burton Swifts	A	Peel Croft	4 – 1	Rowan (2), Morris (2)	3,000
7 December 1894	Newton Heath	H	Hyde Road	2 – 1	Meredith, Hill	20,000
14 December 1894	Burslem Port Vale	H	Hyde Road	Abandoned at half-time 1 – 0	McBride	2,000
21 December 1894	Burslem Port Vale	A	Athletic Ground	Abandoned after 65 minutes 0 – 0		2,000
1 January 1895	Liverpool	A	Anfield	1 – 3	Rowan	15,000
4 January 1895	Newcastle United	H	Hyde Road	5 – 2	Morris (2), Hill (2), Finnerhan	10,000
11 January 1895	Lincoln City	A	Sincil Bank	2 – 1	Chapman, Meredith	2,000
1 February 1895	Loughborough	A	Athletic Grounds	4 – 2	Finnerhan (2), Davies, Hill	2,000
10 February 1895	Burslem Port Vale	A	Athletic Ground	1 – 0	Davies	3,000
15 February 1895	Crewe Alexandra	H	Hyde Road	4 – 0	Rowan (2), Meredith, Finnerhan	4,000
17 February 1895	Burslem Port Vale	H	Hyde Road	1 – 0	Finnerhan	3,000
24 February 1895	Loughborough	H	Hyde Road	5 – 1	Morris (2), Davies, Meredith, Chapman	2,000
29 February 1895	Notts County	A	Trent Bridge	0 – 3		4,000
7 March 1895	Burton Swifts	H	Hyde Road	1 – 1	Robertson	9,000
14 March 1895	Lincoln City	H	Hyde Road	4 – 0	Robertson, Meredith, Morris, Finnerhan	9,000
21 March 1895	Newcastle United	A	St James' Park	1 – 4	Davies	12,000
3 April 1895	Liverpool	H	Hyde Road	1 – 1	Morris	30,000
4 April 1895	Leicester Fosse	A	Filbert Street	2 – 1	Meredith, Robson	4,000
8 April 1895	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.

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
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 Alliance	H	Hyde Road	3 – 0	Meredith, Davies, Rowan	9,500
27 April 1896	Small Heath Alliance	A	Muntz Street	0 – 8		2,000

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos.	Name	League		Test Matches		Abandoned		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Charlie Williams	30	0	4	0	2	0	36	0
DF	Hughie Clifford	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
DF	Thomas Porteous	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
MF	James McBride	25	0	4	1	2	1	31	2
MF	Willie Maley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Walter Bowman	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
FW	Jock Espie	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Pat Finnerhan	30	9	4	0	2	0	36	9
FW	Wally McReddie	11	3	0	0	0	0	11	3
FW	Billy Meredith	29	12	4	1	1	0	34	13
FW	Bob Milarvie	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Hugh Morris	16	9	4	0	2	0	22	9
--	Tommy Chapman	26	3	2	0	2	0	30	3
--	Davies	11	4	2	1	1	0	14	5
--	John Ditchfield	2	0	3	0	0	0	5	0
--	Frank Dyer	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
--	Alec Gillies	3	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
--	James Harper	17	0	1	0	0	0	18	0
--	Robert Hill	9	4	1	0	2	0	12	4
--	Tommy Little	9	2	0	0	0	0	9	2
--	McCabe	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
--	George Mann	23	0	4	0	2	0	29	0
--	Miller	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
--	Bobby Moffatt	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
--	Thomas Read	5	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
--	J. Robertson	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	2
--	David Robson	30	1	4	0	2	0	36	1
--	Sandy Rowan	21	11	3	2	2	0	26	13
--	James Sharples	5	2	0	0	0	0	5	2

Scorers

All

Scorer	Goals
Billy Meredith	13
Sandy Rowan
Pat Finnerhan	9
Hugh Morris
Davies	5
Robert Hill	4
Tommy Chapman	3
Wally McReddie
Tommy Little	2
James McBride
J. Robertson
James Sharples
Hughie Clifford	1
David Robson

League

Scorer	Goals
Billy Meredith	12
Sandy Rowan	11
Pat Finnerhan	9
Hugh Morris
Davies	4
Robert Hill
Tommy Chapman	3
Wally McReddie
Tommy Little	2
J. Robertson
James Sharples
Hughie Clifford	1
David Robson

Test matches

Scorer	Goals
Sandy Rowan	2
Davies	1
James McBride
Billy Meredith

Abandoned matches

Scorer	Goals
James McBride	1

See also

• Manchester City F.C. seasons