1896–97 Football League
| Season | 1896–97 |
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| Champions | Aston Villa |
| Relegated | Burton Wanderers |
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1897–98 →
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| Season | 1896–97 |
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| Champions |
Aston Villa (3rd English title) |
| Relegated | Burnley |
| FA Cup winners | Aston Villa (3rd FA Cup title) |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 751 (3.13 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Steve Bloomer (Derby County), 24 |
| Biggest home win |
Derby County –West Brom 8–1 (25 Dec 1896) Sheffield United –Blackburn 7–0 (9 Jan 1897) |
| Biggest away win | Blackburn – Aston Villa 1–5 (28 Nov 1896) |
| Highest scoring |
Derby County – West Brom 8–1 (25 Dec 1896) Derby County – Bury 7–2 (26 Sept 1896) Everton – West Brom 6–3 (17 Apr 1897) |
| Longest winning run | 6 matches Everton (19 Dec 1896 – 6 Feb 1897) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 12 matches Aston Villa (3 Oct 1896 – 2 Jan 1897) |
| Longest losing run | 6 matches Everton (6 Feb 1897 – 16 Apr 1897) |
| Highest attendance | 40,000 Everton - Liverpool F.C. (3 Oct 1896) |
| Lowest attendance | 1,000 Nottingham Forest - Burnley (24 Oct 1896) Sheffield United - Blackburn Rovers (9 Jan 1897) |
| Average attendance | 7,734 |
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1897–98 →
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| Season | 1896–97 |
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| Champions | Notts County (1st title) |
| Promoted | Notts County |
| Failed re-election | Burton Wanderers |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 907 (3.78 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Tom Boucher (Notts County), 22 John Murphy (Notts County), 22 |
| Biggest home win | Darwen –Walsall 12–0 (26 Dec 1896) |
| Biggest away win | Walsall –Small Heath 1–6 (24 Oct 1896) |
| Highest scoring | Darwen –Walsall 12–0 (26 Dec 1896) |
| Longest winning run | 6 matches Small Heath (13 Mar 1897 – 16 Apr 1897) Notts County (19 Dec 1896 – 27 Feb 1897) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 10 matches Newton Heath (9 Jan 1897 – 10 Apr 1897) |
| Longest losing run | 12 matches Lincoln City F.C. (21 Sep 1896 – 16 Jan 1897) |
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The 1896–1897 season was the ninth season of The Football League.
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at the The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.
Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.
During the first five seasons of the league, that is until the season, 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source: [1]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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