1896–97 Woolwich Arsenal F.C. season explained

Club:	Woolwich Arsenal
Season:	1896–97
Manager:	Sam Hollis (trainer, to March) Thomas Mitchell
Stadium:	Manor Ground
League:	Second Division
League Result:	10th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	First Round
Prevseason:	1895–96
Nextseason:	1897–98

In the 1896–97 season, the Woolwich Arsenal F.C. played 30 games, won 13, drawn 4 and lost 13. The team finished 10th in the season

Results

Arsenal's score comes first^[1]

Win	Draw	Loss

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
5 September 1896	Middlesbrough	A	1–1
12 September 1896	Walsall	H	1–1
14 September 1896	Burton Wanderers	A	2–1
19 September 1896	Loughborough	H	2–0
26 September 1896	Notts County	H	2–3
12 October 1896	Burton Wanderers	H	3–0
17 October 1896	Walsall	A	3–5
24 October 1896	Gainsborough Trinity	H	6–1
7 November 1896	Notts County	A	4–7
14 November 1896	Small Heath		A	2–5
28 November 1896	Grimsby Town	H	4–2
5 December 1896	Lincoln City	A	3–2
12 December 1896	Loughborough	A	0–8
19 December 1896	Blackpool		H	4–2
25 December 1896	Lincoln City	H	6–2
26 December 1896	Gainsborough Trinity	A	1–4
1 January 1897	Darwen	A	1–4
4 January 1897	Blackpool		A	1–1
23 January 1897	Newcastle United	A	0–2
13 February 1897	Leicester Fosse		A	3–6
20 February 1897	Burton Swifts	H	3–0
13 March 1897	Burton Swifts	A	2–1
22 March 1897	Newton Heath	A	1–1
29 March 1897	Small Heath	H	2–3
3 April 1897	Newton Heath	H	2–3
8 April 1897	Grimsby Town		A	1–3
16 April 1897	Newcastle United	H	5–1
17 April 1897	Leicester Fosse		H	2–1
19 April 1897	Darwen	H	1–0
28 April 1897	Manchester City	H	1–2

See main article: 1896–97 FA Cup.

Web site: Arsenal results for the 1896-1897 season – Statto.com . 25 December 2018 . 24 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160324192033/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/arsenal/1896-1897/results . dead .