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BLACKPOOL 2 CITY 2 League Division 2 26th September 1896 Attendance 5,000 Scorers City Mann, Hill Blackpool ??? City C Williams, Ditchfield, Ray, McBride, Bowman, Mann, Meredith, Foster, Hill, Lewis, Finnerhan

CITY 3 LINCOLN CITY 0 League Division 2 21st September 1896 Attendance 3,000 Scorers Finnerhan, Lewis, Sharples City C Williams, Ditchfield, Ray, McBride, Bowman, Mann, Meredith, Foster, Sharples, Lewis, Finnerhan

CITY 4 Darwen 1 League Division 2 19th September 1896 Attendance 10,000 Scorers City Mann 2, Ditchfield, Lewis Darwen ??? City C Williams, Ditchfield, Ray, McBride, Bowman, Mann, Meredith, Foster, Sharples, Lewis, Finnerhan

GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY 1 CITY 1 League Division 2 12th September 1896 Attendance 4,000 Scorers City Sharples Gainsborough ??? City C Williams, Ditchfield, Ray, McBride, Bowman, Mann, Meredith, Townley, Sharples, Platt, Finnerhan

CITY 0 EVERTON 1 Friendly 8th September 1896 Attendance 2,000 Scorer Hartley

CITY 1 WOOLWICH ARSENAL 1 League Division 2 5th September 1896 Attendance 8,000 Scorers City Finnerhan Arsenal ??? City C Williams, Ditchfield, Ray, McBride, Bannister, Tait, Meredith, Townley, Patterson, Hill, Finnerhan

CITY 0 PRESTON NORTH END 1 Friendly 1st September 1896 Attendance 3,000/4,000 Scorer Brown City C Williams, Ditchfield, Ray, McBride, Bannister, Tait, Meredith, Townley, Paterson, Hill, Finnerhan Preston Trainer, Holmes, Tait, Blyth, Sanders, Orr, Smith, Pratt, Brown, Boyd, Cunningham

1896/97 SEASON REVIEW Two players were brought in at the start of the season, defenders Dick Ray from Macclesfield and Billy Holmes from Chesterfield. City played one pre-season friendly, losing 1-0 at home to Preston. On the opening day of Continue reading 1896/97→

CITY 4 EVERTON 2 Friendly 30th April 1898 attendance ??? Scorers City ??? Newton Heath ???

NEWTON HEATH 2 CITY 4 Friendly Healey Cup Final 27th April 1898 attendance 3,000 Scorers City ??? Newton Heath ???