Club: | Newcastle United |
Season: | 1896–97 |
Manager: | Selection committee (overseen by Frank Watt) |
Stadium: | St James' Park |
League: | Football League Second Division |
League Result: | 5th |
Cup1: | FA Cup |
Cup1 Result: | First Round |
League Topscorer: | Richard Smellie (15) |
Season Topscorer: | Richard Smellie (15) |
Highest Attendance: | 17,000 (vs. Notts County) |
Lowest Attendance: | 4,000 (vs. Burton Swifts) |
Average Attendance: | 8,399 |
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Prevseason: | 1895–96 |
Nextseason: | 1897–98 |
The 1896–97 season was Newcastle United's fourth season in the Football League Second Division.
Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
GK | Charlie Watts | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
DF | Robert Foyers | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
DF | Robert McDermid | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
DF | Thomas Stewart | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
DF | John White | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
MF | George Adams | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
MF | Andy Aitken | 30 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 11 | |
MF | John Auld | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | |
MF | Jack Carr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | William Graham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
MF | William Miller | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
MF | Jack Ostler | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
FW | Thomas Blyth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
FW | James Collins | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
FW | John Connell | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 3 | |
FW | J Kinsella | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
FW | Malcolm Lennox | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | |
FW | David Smellie | 26 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 15 | |
FW | James Stott | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 3 | |
FW | Willie Thompson | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
FW | Willie Wardrope | 29 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 11 |
Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |
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Result | 1–3 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–5 | |
Position | 12th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 11th | 10th | 7th | 5th | 8th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5th |