First Division 1895/96
Aston Villa won the 1895/96 First Division with 45 points, 4 points ahead of Derby County. Birmingham City was relegated. The season's 240 matches produced 807 goals, 3.36 a game.
Aston Villa
Champions
807
Goals
3.36
Goals a game
65%
Home wins
Final table
| 1 |  Aston VillaAston Villa | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 78 | 45 | +33 | 45 |
| 2 |  Derby CountyDerby County | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 68 | 35 | +33 | 41 |
| 3 |  EvertonEverton | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 39 |
| 4 |  Bolton WanderersBolton | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 37 |
| 5 |  SunderlandSunderland | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 37 |
| 6 |  Stoke CityStoke | 30 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 30 |
| 7 |  Sheffield WednesdaySheffield Wed | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 53 | -9 | 29 |
| 8 |  Blackburn RoversBlackburn | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 40 | 50 | -10 | 29 |
| 9 |  Preston North EndPreston North End | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 48 | -4 | 28 |
| 10 |  BurnleyBurnley | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 27 |
| 11 |  BuryBury | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 50 | 54 | -4 | 27 |
| 12 |  Sheffield UnitedSheffield Utd | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 40 | 50 | -10 | 26 |
| 13 |  Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 42 | 57 | -15 | 25 |
| 14 |  Wolverhampton WanderersWolves | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 61 | 65 | -4 | 21 |
| 15 |  Birmingham CityBirmingham | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 39 | 79 | -40 | 20 |
| 16 |  West Bromwich AlbionWest Brom | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 59 | -29 | 19 |
▌ Champions ▌ Relegated. Two points for a win, one for a draw; clubs level on points are split by goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), as they were then. Sort and filter it on the all-time table →
The 1895/96 title race
The top four's points, match day by match day. Pick other clubs or measures on the race chart →
Points, Wed 29 Apr 1896
1
Aston Villa
45
2
Derby County
41
3
Everton
39
4
Bolton
37
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1895/96 · Wed 29 Apr 1896
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The 1895/96 scoreline grid
Every result of the season, home goals along the bottom and away goals up the side. Each square counts the matches that finished that way; ringed squares are results the English top flight had never seen before this season. Select a square to see those matches.
Times it's happened
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3–4
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First-ever results
One result in 1895/96 had never happened in the English top flight before, counting home and away separately:
Biggest wins
Highest-scoring matches
Most common results
How 1895/96 compares
At 3.36 goals a game, 1895/96 was the 28th highest-scoring of the 93 old First Division seasons (the average is 3.07). Home sides won 65% of matches, against 52% across all seasons; 16% were draws and 19% away wins.