- 1896–97 Newton Heath F.C. season
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Newton Heath 1896–97 season Secretary 
A. H. AlbutStadium Bank Street Second Division 2nd FA Cup Third Round Top goalscorer League:
Joe Cassidy (17)
All:
Joe Cassidy (25)Highest home attendance 18,000 vs Manchester City (25 December 1896) Lowest home attendance 3,000 vs Burton Swifts (9 January 1897)
3,000 vs Darwen (2 March 1897)
3,000 vs Woolwich Arsenal (22 March 1897)Average home attendance 6,636 ← 1895–96 1897–98 → The 1896–97 season was Newton Heath's fifth season in the Football League and their third in the Second Division. They finished second in the league, which earned them a chance for promotion back to the First Division. United played two Test matches against each of the bottom two teams from the First Division, but although they beat Burnley at Bank Street, they were unable to overcome Sunderland and remained in the Second Division. In the FA Cup, the Heathens managed to reach the Third Round, before losing 2–0 to Derby County for the second year in a row.
The club also entered teams in the Lancashire and Manchester Senior Cups in 1896–97. They were knocked out of the Lancashire Cup in the second round, losing 2–1 away to Burnley. In the Manchester Cup, they received a bye to the third round, where they beat Manchester City, before losing 2–0 to Bury in the semi-finals.
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Second Division
Date Opponents Home/
AwayResult
F – AScorers Attendance 1 September 1896 Gainsborough Trinity H 2 – 0 McNaught (2) 4,000 5 September 1896 Burton Swifts A 5 – 3 Brown, Bryant, Cassidy, Draycott, McNaught 3,000 7 September 1896 Walsall H 2 – 0 Cassidy, Donaldson 7,000 12 September 1896 Lincoln City H 3 – 1 Cassidy (2), Donaldson 2,000 19 September 1896 Grimsby Town A 0 – 2 3,000 21 September 1896 Walsall A 3 – 2 Brown, Draycott, McNaught 7,000 26 September 1896 Newcastle United H 4 – 0 Cassidy (3), Donaldson 7,000 3 October 1896 Manchester City A 0 – 0 20,000 10 October 1896 Small Heath H 1 – 1 Draycott 7,000 17 October 1896 Blackpool A 2 – 4 Bryant, Draycott 5,000 21 October 1896 Gainsborough Trinity A 0 – 2 4,000 24 October 1896 Burton Wanderers H 3 – 0 Cassidy (3) 4,000 7 November 1896 Grimsby Town H 4 – 2 Cassidy (2), Donaldson, Jenkyns 5,000 28 November 1896 Small Heath A 0 – 1 4,000 19 December 1896 Notts County A 0 – 3 5,000 25 December 1896 Manchester City H 2 – 1 Donaldson, Smith 18,000 26 December 1896 Blackpool H 2 – 0 Cassidy (2) 9,000 28 December 1896 Leicester Fosse A 0 – 1 8,000 1 January 1897 Newcastle United A 0 – 2 17,000 9 January 1897 Burton Swifts H 1 – 1 Donaldson 3,000 6 February 1897 Loughborough H 6 – 0 Smith (2), Boyd, Donaldson, Draycott, Jenkyns 5,000 20 February 1897 Leicester Fosse H 2 – 1 Boyd, Donaldson 8,000 2 March 1897 Darwen H 3 – 1 Cassidy (2), Boyd 3,000 13 March 1897 Darwen A 2 – 0 Cassidy, Gillespie 2,000 20 March 1897 Burton Wanderers A 2 – 1 Gillespie, Lowe (o.g.) 3,000 22 March 1897 Woolwich Arsenal H 1 – 1 Boyd 3,000 27 March 1897 Notts County H 1 – 1 Bryant 10,000 1 April 1897 Lincoln City A 3 – 1 Jenkyns (3) 1,000 3 April 1897 Woolwich Arsenal A 2 – 0 Boyd, Donaldson 6,000 10 April 1897 Loughborough A 0 – 2 3,000 Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Notts County 30 19 4 7 92 43 42 2 Newton Heath 30 17 5 8 56 34 39 3 Grimsby Town 30 17 4 9 66 44 38 Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Test Matches
Date Opponents Home/
AwayResult
F – AScorers Attendance 19 April 1897 Burnley A 0 – 2 10,000 21 April 1897 Burnley H 2 – 0 Boyd, Jenkyns 7,000 24 April 1897 Sunderland H 1 – 1 Boyd 18,000 26 April 1897 Sunderland A 0 – 2 6,000 FA Cup
Date Round Opponents Home/
AwayResult
F – AScorers Attendance 12 December 1896 First Round Qualifying West Manchester H 7 – 0 Cassidy (2), Gillespie (2), Rothwell (2), Bryant 6,000 2 January 1897 Second Round Qualifying Nelson H 3 – 0 Stephenson, Bryant, unknown 5,000 15 January 1897 Third Round Qualifying Blackpool H 2 – 2 Gillespie, Donaldson 1,500 20 January 1897 Third Round Qualifying
ReplayBlackpool A 2 – 1 Bryant, Cassidy 1,500 30 January 1897 First Round Kettering Town H 5 – 1 Cassidy (2), Donaldson (2), Bryant 5,000 13 February 1897 Second Round Southampton St. Mary's A 1 – 1 Donaldson 8,000 17 February 1897 Second Round
ReplaySouthampton St. Mary's H 3 – 1 Bryant (2), Cassidy 7,000 27 February 1897 Third Round Derby County A 0 – 2 12,000 See also
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