Football League First Division 1896/97

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Football League First Division 1896/97
Football League logo until 1988
master Aston Villa
Cup winners Aston Villa
Relegated Burnley FC
Teams 16
Games 240
Gates 751  (ø 3.13 per game)
Top scorer Steve Bloomer ( Derby County )
← Football League First Division 1895/96

The Football League First Division 1896/97 was the ninth season of the highest English football league . It began on September 1, 1896 and ended on April 26, 1897.

Aston Villa defended their previous year's title and won the third English championship in the club's history, each eleven points ahead of pursuers Sheffield United and Derby County . Last year's promoted Liverpool FC was able to receive the class; Instead, the bottom of the table Burnley FC had to relegate after further test matches . This club should replace Notts County in the following season .

A total of 337 players were used, with Aston Villa and Derby County having the fewest with 17 and Burnley FC and Stoke FC with 29 the most players in league games. 108 newcomers opposed 111 footballers, who last came into play in the 1896/97 season. 28 players were able to play all 30 league games of their club.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points EgS
 1. Aston Villa (M)  30th  21st  5  4th 073:380 1.92 47:13 17th
 2. Sheffield United  30th  13  10  7th 042:290 1.45 36:24 20th
 3. Derby County  30th  16  4th  10 070:500 1.40 36:24 17th
 4th Preston North End  30th  11  12  7th 055:400 1.38 34:26 19th
 5. Liverpool FC (N)  30th  12  9  9 046:380 1.21 33:27 21st
 6th The Wednesday (P)  30th  10  11  9 042:370 1.14 31:29 18th
 7th Everton FC  30th  14th  3  13 062:570 1.09 31:29 26th
 8th. Bolton Wanderers  30th  12  6th  12 040:430 0.93 30:30 21st
 9. Bury FC  30th  10  10  10 039:440 0.89 30:30 18th
10. Wolverhampton Wanderers  30th  11  6th  13 045:410 1.10 28:32 20th
11. Nottingham Forest  30th  9  8th  13 044:490 0.90 26:34 23
12. West Bromwich Albion  30th  10  6th  14th 033:560 0.59 26:34 22nd
13. FC Stoke  30th  11  3  16 048:590 0.81 25:35 29
14th Blackburn Rovers  30th  11  3  16 035:620 0.56 25:35 23
15th Sunderland AFC  30th  7th  9  14th 034:470 0.72 23:37 23
16. Burnley FC  30th  6th  7th  17th 043:610 0.70 19:41 29
  • English master
  • Relegation to the Football League Second Division
    • (M) English master 1895/96
    (P) FA Cup winner 1895/96
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Second Division 1895/96
    EgS used players

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    AST BLA BOL BUR BUY OF THE EVE LIV NOF PNE SHU STO SUN WED WBA WOL
    Aston Villa 3-0 6: 2 0: 3 1: 1 2: 1 1: 2 0-0 3: 2 3: 1 2: 2 2: 1 2: 1 4-0 2-0 5-0
    Blackburn Rovers 1: 5 1-0 3: 2 1: 2 5: 2 4: 2 1-0 0-0 0: 4 1: 3 2: 1 1: 2 4-0 1: 2 2-0
    Bolton Wanderers 1: 2 0-0 2: 1 2-0 1: 3 2-0 1: 4 0-0 3: 1 0: 2 4-0 1-0 2: 1 2: 2 1: 2
    Burnley FC 3: 4 0: 1 0: 2 1-0 2: 3 2: 1 4: 1 2: 2 2: 2 1: 1 1: 3 1: 1 1: 1 5-0 0: 3
    Bury FC 0: 2 3-0 2: 2 1: 1 1-0 3: 1 1: 2 2-0 0-0 0: 1 4: 2 1: 1 1: 1 3-0 3: 2
    Derby County 1: 3 6-0 1-0 3: 2 7: 2 0: 1 3: 2 1: 1 2: 2 1: 3 5: 1 1-0 2: 1 8: 1 4: 3
    Everton FC 2: 3 0: 3 2: 3 6-0 1: 2 5: 2 2: 1 3: 1 3: 4 1: 2 4: 2 5: 2 2: 1 6: 3 0-0
    Liverpool FC 3: 3 4-0 0: 2 1: 2 3: 1 2-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 3-0 2: 2 0-0 3-0
    Nottingham Forest 2: 4 2: 1 2-0 4: 1 3-0 1: 2 3-0 2-0 0-0 2: 2 4-0 2: 1 2: 2 0: 1 1: 2
    Preston North End 0: 1 3: 1 2: 3 5: 3 2: 2 0: 2 4: 1 1: 1 3: 2 1-0 3-0 5: 3 2: 2 0-0 4-0
    Sheffield United 0-0 7-0 1-0 1-0 2: 2 2: 2 1: 2 1: 1 0: 3 0: 2 1-0 3-0 2-0 0: 1 1: 3
    FC Stoke 0: 2 1-0 2: 3 3: 2 3-0 2: 2 2: 3 6: 1 3-0 2: 1 2-0 0: 1 0-0 2: 2 2: 1
    Sunderland AFC 4: 2 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1: 2 1: 1 4: 3 2: 2 1: 1 0: 1 4: 1 0-0 2: 1 0: 3
    The Wednesday 1: 3 6-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 4: 1 1: 2 3-0 1-0 1: 1 4: 3 0-0 3: 1 0-0
    West Bromwich Albion 3: 1 1-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 1: 4 1: 4 0: 1 4-0 1: 1 0: 1 1: 2 1-0 0: 2 1-0
    Wolverhampton Wanderers 1: 2 1: 1 4-0 2-0 1: 1 1-0 0: 1 1: 2 4: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 0: 1 2-0 6: 1

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates Games
    1 EnglandEngland Steve Bloomer Derby County 24 29
    2 EnglandEngland Fred Wheldon Aston Villa 18th 30th
    3 EnglandEngland John Devey Aston Villa 17th 29
    = ScotlandScotland George Allan Liverpool FC = 29
    5 ScotlandScotland Jack Bell Everton FC 15th 27
    6th ScotlandScotland Jimmy Stevenson Derby County 14th 20th
    7th EnglandEngland David Boyd Preston North End 13 26th
    8th ScotlandScotland Johnny Campbell Aston Villa 13 29
    = ScotlandScotland Billy Maxwell FC Stoke = 29
    10 ScotlandScotland Jack Taylor Everton FC 13 30th

    The Aston Villa championship team

    Aston Villa team photo as English double winner 1896/97

    The following table lists all the players who played in a league game for Aston Villa during the 1896/97 season. It must be noted that in English football a minimum number of games is usually required in order to receive the official championship medal. Since there was uncertainty about the specific regulation before the introduction of the Premier League, all players who presumably did not receive a championship medal due to their low contribution were marked with an asterisk (*). The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

    1. Aston Villa
    Aston Villa logo.svg

    Charlie Athersmith (30/8) | Frank Burton * (8/1) | John Campbell (29/13) | Bob Chatt (11/1) | Jimmy Cowan (30/1) | John Cowan (15/7) | Jimmy Crabtree (25/0) | John Devey (29/17) | Albert Evans (15/0) | Jeremiah Griffiths * (1/0). Jack Reynolds (24/2) | Steve Smith (15/3) | Howard Spencer (28/0) | Fred Wheldon (30/18) | Jimmy Whitehouse (22/0) | Tom Wilkes * (8/0) | Jimmy Welford (10/0) ​​|

    "Test matches"

    Before the automatic promotion and relegation rule between the first-class First Division and the second-rate Second Division, which first came into effect at the end of the 1898/99 season, potential promoters from the Second Division had to prove themselves in play-off- like “test games”. Participation in the game was also dependent on an election procedure of the league association, which had to decide whether a club might participate. Also in the season 1896/97 there were test matches between the two first division AFC Sunderland and Burnley as well as the second division Notts County and Newton Heath, from which Notts County and AFC Sunderland emerged as the sporting winners and then each the majority of the votes of the League Association.

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
     1. Notts County  4th  2  2  0 003: 100 3.00 06: 20
     2. Sunderland AFC  4th  1  2  1 003: 200 1.50 04: 40
     3. Burnley FC  4th  1  1  2 003: 400 0.75 03: 50
     4th Newton Heath  4th  1  1  2 003: 500 0.60 03: 50
    date Result
    April 17, 1897 Notts County 1-0 Sunderland AFC
    April 19, 1897 Burnley FC 2-0 Newton Heath
    - Sunderland AFC 0-0 Notts County
    April 21, 1897 Newton Heath 2-0 Burnley FC
    April 24, 1897 Newton Heath 1: 1 Sunderland AFC
    April 26, 1897 Burnley FC 0: 1 Notts County
    - Sunderland AFC 2-0 Newton Heath
    - Notts County 1: 1 Burnley FC

    Change of players during the season

    player from club Games to club Games
    William Longair Sunderland FC 02 Burnley FC 12
    Bob Brown Bolton Wanderers 04th Burnley FC 04th
    Malcolm McVean Liverpool FC 23 Burnley FC 04th
    Jimmy Ross Liverpool FC 21st Burnley FC 04th
    Jimmy Hill FC Stoke 10 Burnley FC 14th
    Jimmy Hartley Sunderland FC 06th Burnley FC 01
    David Black Wolverhampton Wanderers 04th Burnley FC 12
    Tommy Dunn Wolverhampton Wanderers 10 Burnley FC 06th
    George Goodchild Derby County 02 Nottingham Forest 03

    Bob Brown was only loaned to Burnley FC. Despite the many newcomers, Burnley FC could not prevent relegation.

    literature

    • Michael Joyce: Football League Players' Records, 1888 to 1939. SoccerData, Beeston 2002, ISBN 1-899468-63-3 .
    • David Goodyear, Tony Matthews: Aston Villa. A Complete Record 1874-1988. Breedon, Derby 1988, ISBN 0-907969-37-2 .

    References and footnotes

    1. ^ Cross table of the English Football League First Division 1896/1897 (Fussballdaten.de)