1895-96 season

1895-96 season
General information
Manager	John McKenna and W.E. Barclay
Captain	Jimmy Ross
Performance
Division 2	Winners - promoted
FA Cup	2nd round
Top scorers
League	Allan (25)
FA Cup	George Allan (1) Jimmy Ross (1) Frank Becton (1) Thomas Bradshaw (1)
Overall	Allan (28) (including 2 in test matches)
Attendances
Average	8,055
←1894-95	1896-97→

The 1895-96 season was Liverpool's 4th season of football since they were established.

Squad

• GK. Harry Storer
• GK. Matt McQueen
• GK. John Whitehead
• DF. Bernard Battles
• DF. Billy Dunlop
• DF. John McCartney
• DF. Joe McQue
• DF. Archie Goldie
• DF. Thomas Cleghorn
• DF. Tom Wilkie
• DF. John Holmes
• DF. John McLean
• DF. John Curran
• DF. William Keech
• MF. Thomas Bradshaw
• MF. Ben Bull
• FW. George Allan
• FW. Frank Becton
• FW. Fred Geary
• FW. Malcolm McVean
• FW. Jimmy Ross
• FW. David Hannah

Note: Fixed squad numbers were not introduced until the 1993-94 season.

Friendlies

Pre-season

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3 September 1895	Celtic	2-0	Allan, Becton

Other friendlies

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
9 September 1895	The Wednesday	2-4	Allan (4), Bradshaw
16 September 1895	Derby	0-2
23 September 1895	England International XI	0-3
4 November 1895	Preston	1-2	Ross
11 November 1895	Irish Internationals	5-1	Becton 2, Bradshaw, Geary, Ross
2 December 1895	Wrexham & District	5-0	Keech 2, Holmes 2, Becton
25 December 1895	Bolton	0-0
26 December 1895	Blackburn	1-0	Ross
8 February 1896	Preston	2-3	McCartney, Ross
14 March 1896	West Brom	5-1	Bradshaw 2, McVean, Becton, Ross
6 April 1896	Burnley	4-2	Geary, Clarke, Bradshaw 2
8 April 1896	The Wednesday	1-0	Clarke
11 April 1896	Burnley	3-3	Hannah, McVean, Clarke
29 April 1896	Northwich Victoria	1-1	Geary
30 April 1896	Southport Central	0-1

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
7 September 1895	Notts County	3-2	Ross (7), McQue (32), Bradshaw (40)
14 September 1895	Newcastle	5-1	Ross 3, Becton, Bradshaw
21 September 1895	Loughborough Town	4-2	Ross (25), Allan (40), Hannah 2
28 September 1895	Port Vale	5-1	Allan 4, Hannah (50)
30 September 1895	Burton Wanderers	4-1	Bradshaw 2, Becton 2
5 October 1895	Newcastle	0-1
7 October 1895	Crewe	6-1	Allan 2, Ross 2, Geary 2
12 October 1895	Man Utd	7-1	Becton (7, ?), Bradshaw 2, Geary (30, 55), Ross (87)
19 October 1895	Grimsby	0-1
21 October 1895	Port Vale	4-5	Becton 3, Bradshaw
26 October 1895	Notts County	3-0	Bradshaw (7), Geary, Ross
2 November 1895	Man Utd	2-5	Becton (2), Ross (4)
9 November 1895	Leicester	3-1	Geary (20, ?), Wilkie (90)
16 November 1895	Arsenal	2-0	Bradshaw (7), Geary
23 November 1895	Darwen	0-0
30 November 1895	Leicester	0-2
7 December 1895	Loughborough Town	1-0	Becton
14 December 1895	Darwen	4-0	McQue (2), McVean (15), Geary, Becton
21 December 1895	Lincoln	1-0	Allan (35)
1 January 1896	Man City	3-1	Ross (50, 85), McVean (54)
4 January 1896	Rotherham	5-0	Allan 3, Ross, Bradshaw
11 January 1896	Arsenal	3-0	Ross (65, ?), McQue
25 January 1896	Lincoln	6-1	Ross (5, 80), Bull, Geary, Becton (47), Allan
18 February 1896	Rotherham	10-1	Allan 4, McVean 3, Ross 2, Becton
22 February 1896	Grimsby	3-1	Allan 2, Becton (13)
29 February 1896	Burton Swifts	7-0	McCartney (15), Ross 3, Becton 3
7 March 1896	Burton Wanderers	1-2	Allan (16)
21 March 1896	Burton Swifts	6-1	Bradshaw 2, Allan 2, Ross, McQue (89)
28 March 1896	Crewe	7-0	Allan (15, 50, ?), McQue, McVean 2, Becton
3 April 1896	Man City	1-1	Allan (81)

Test matches

At the end of the season the bottom two teams from the Football League First Division, and the top two teams from the Football League Second Division played test matches to decide who would be promoted and relegated.

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
18 April 1896	Birmingham	4-0	Allan 2, McCartney (51), Bradshaw (53)
20 April 1896	Birmingham	0-0
25 April 1896	West Brom	2-0	Bradshaw (30), Allan (61)
27 April 1896	West Brom	0-2

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
1	1 February 1896	Millwall	4-1	Ross (20), Becton, Allan, Bradshaw
2	15 February 1896	Wolves	0-2

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	G. Avg	Pts
1	Liverpool	30	22	2	6	106	32	3.31	46
2	Man City	30	21	4	5	63	38	1.66	46
3	Grimsby	30	20	2	8	82	38	2.16	42

Test matches

Summary of the test match results:

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	4	2	1	1	6	2	4	5
2	West Bromwich Albion	4	2	1	1	9	4	5	5
3	Birmingham	4	1	1	2	8	7	1	3
4	Manchester City	4	1	1	2	5	15	–10	3

Key
	Elected to play in First Division
	Invited to play in Second Division

Player stats

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Test match		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FW	George Allan	20	25	2	1	4	2	26	28
DF	Bernard Battles	2	0	0	0	3	0	5	0
FW	Frank Becton	24	18	2	1	4	0	30	19
MF	Thomas Bradshaw	26	11	2	1	4	2	32	14
MF	Ben Bull	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
DF	Thomas Cleghorn	3	0	0	0	4	0	7	0
DF	John Curran	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
DF	Billy Dunlop	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
FW	Fred Geary	19	11	2	0	1	0	22	11
DF	Archie Goldie	22	0	2	0	4	0	28	0
FW	David Hannah	11	3	0	0	0	0	11	3
DF	John Holmes	17	0	2	0	0	0	19	0
DF	William Keech	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
DF	John McCartney	22	1	2	0	4	1	28	2
DF	John McLean	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
DF	Joe McQue	26	5	2	0	4	0	32	5
GK	Matt McQueen	22	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
FW	Malcolm McVean	24	7	0	0	3	1	27	8
FW	Jimmy Ross	25	23	2	1	4	0	31	24
GK	Harry Storer	11	0	2	0	4	0	17	0
GK	John Whitehead	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
DF	Tom Wilkie	20	1	2	0	1	0	23	1

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
John Holmes	Preston	Unknown	1895
Fred Geary	Everton	£60	May 1895
Archie Goldie	Clyde	Unknown	June 1895
George Allan	Leith Athletic	£100	13 June 1895
William Keech	Barnsley	Unknown	October 1895
Harry Storer	Arsenal	Unknown	December 1895
Ben Bull	Loughborough Town	Unknown	December 1895
Thomas Cleghorn	Blackburn	Unknown	March 1896
Bernard Battles	Celtic	On Loan	March 1896

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
James Cameron	Pollokshields	Unknown	1895
Neil Kerr	Nottingham Forest	Unknown	1895
John Drummond	Barnsley	Unknown	1895
Hugh McQueen	Derby	Unknown	17 July 1895
Duncan McLean	Edinburgh St Bernard's	Unknown	October 1895
Andrew Hannah	Rob Roy	Unknown	October 1895
John Curran	Hibernian	Unknown	1896