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CITY 0 NEWTON HEATH 0 League Division 2 3rd October 1896 attendance 20,000 City Williams, Ditchfield, Ray, Mann, Bannister, McBride, Meredith, Finnerhan, Hill, Lewis, Townley Newton Heath Barrett, Stafford, Erentz, Draycott, Jenkyns, Cartwright, Bryant, Donaldson, Cassidy, McNaught, Smith

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 ???