1895–96 in English football
# 1895–96 in English football

The 1895–96 season was the 25th season of competitive football in England.

## Events

Loughborough replaced Walsall Town Swifts in the Second Division.

## Honours

| Competition | Winner |
| - | - |
| First Division | Aston Villa (2) |
| Second Division | Liverpool |
| FA Cup | The Wednesday (1) |
| Home Championship | Scotland |

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

## League table

### First Division

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Aston Villa (C) | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 78 | 45 | 1.733 | 45 | |
| 2 | Derby County | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 68 | 35 | 1.943 | 41 | |
| 3 | Everton | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 66 | 43 | 1.535 | 39 | |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 37 | 1.324 | 37 | |
| 5 | Sunderland | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 41 | 1.268 | 37 | |
| 6 | Stoke | 30 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 56 | 47 | 1.191 | 30 | |
| 7 | The Wednesday | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 53 | 0.830 | 29 | |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 40 | 50 | 0.800 | 29 | |
| 9 | Preston North End | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 48 | 0.917 | 28 | |
| 10 | Burnley | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 48 | 44 | 1.091 | 27 | |
| 11 | Bury | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 50 | 54 | 0.926 | 27 | |
| 12 | Sheffield United | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 40 | 50 | 0.800 | 26 | |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 42 | 57 | 0.737 | 25 | |
| 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 61 | 65 | 0.938 | 21 | |
| 15 | Small Heath (R) | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 39 | 79 | 0.494 | 20 | Qualification for test matches |
| 16 | West Bromwich Albion (O) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 59 | 0.508 | 19 | Qualification for test matches |

### Second Division

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Liverpool | 30 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 21 | 3.313 | 46 | Division Champions, into test matches |
| 2 | Manchester City | 30 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 29 | 1.658 | 46 | Into test matches |
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 2.158 | 42 | |
| 4 | Burton Wanderers | 30 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 1.725 | 42 | |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 30 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 1.460 | 34 | |
| 6 | Newton Heath | 30 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 42 | 1.158 | 33 | |
| 7 | Woolwich Arsenal | 30 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 1.381 | 32 | |
| 8 | Leicester Fosse | 30 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 1.295 | 32 | |
| 9 | Darwen | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 45 | 1.075 | 30 | |
| 10 | Notts County | 30 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 1.056 | 26 | |
| 11 | Burton Swifts | 30 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 0.565 | 24 | |
| 12 | Loughborough | 30 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 0.606 | 23 | New club in the league |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 30 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 51 | 0.707 | 22 | |
| 14 | Burslem Port Vale | 30 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 54 | 0.551 | 18 | Failed re-election or resigned |
| 15 | Rotherham Town | 30 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 71 | 0.351 | 17 | Failed re-election or resigned |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 30 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 67 | 0.316 | 13 | Failed re-election or resigned |

* ↑ Elected to First Division on the basis of test matches results.

### Southern Football League

**Division One**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Millwall Athletic | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 16 | 4.688 | 33 | |
| 2 | Luton Town | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 68 | 14 | 4.857 | 27 | Left to join the United League at end of season |
| 3 | Southampton St. Mary's | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 44 | 23 | 1.913 | 24 | |
| 4 | Reading | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 45 | 38 | 1.184 | 23 | |
| 5 | Chatham Town | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 45 | 0.956 | 20 | |
| 6 | New Brompton | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 0.811 | 18 | |
| 7 | Swindon Town | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 41 | 0.927 | 16 | |
| 8 | Clapton | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 67 | 0.448 | 10 | Relegation test matches, left league despite winning |
| 9 | Royal Ordnance Factories | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 44 | 0.523 | 9 | Relegation test matches |
| 10 | Ilford | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 81 | 0.123 | 0 | Relegation test matches, left league after losing |

**Division Two**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Wolverton LNWR | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 10 | 4.300 | 27 | Promotion test matches |
| 2 | Sheppey United | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 19 | 3.158 | 25 | Promotion test matches |
| 3 | 1st Scots Guards | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 22 | 1.682 | 21 | Promotion test matches |
| 4 | Uxbridge | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 1.217 | 19 | |
| 5 | Old St.Stephen's | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 21 | 1.619 | 15 | |
| 6 | Guildford | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 41 | 0.707 | 15 | Left league at end of season |
| 7 | Maidenhead | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 49 | 0.408 | 9 | |
| 8 | Chesham | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 48 | 0.313 | 7 | |
| 9 | Bromley | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 49 | 0.327 | 6 | Left league at end of season |
| 10 | Windsor & Eton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | Resigned from league after one match, record expunged |
