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1895-96

Team Record
 England 1896-97
1897-98
 
Team Record
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home venue
British Championship		 3 2 0 1 11 2 +9 0 2 3.667 0.667 66.7 +1
3 2 0 1 11 2 +9 0 2 3.667 0.667 66.7 +1

Results

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International Selection Committee (The F.A.)
British Championship
59 20 February 1897 - England 6 Ireland 0 [3-0]
Trentbridge Cricket Ground, Nottingham (13,491)		 Bloomer (2), Wheldon (3), Athersmith HW
60 29 March 1897 - England 4 Wales 0 [2-0]
 Bramall Lane, Sheffield (5,000)		 Needham, Bloomer, Milward (2) HW
61 3 April 1897 - England 1 Scotland 2 [1-1]
Sports Arena, Crystal Palace Park (33,715)		 Bloomer
Hyslop, Millar		 HL

British Championship 1896-97 Table
Team P W D L F A GD Pts
Scotland 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 5
England 3 2 0 1 11 2 +9 4
Ireland 3 1 0 2 5 14 -9 2
Wales 3 0 1 2 5 10 -5 1

Team Record
 England's numbers are first
Match Goal Attempts  On Target Bar/Post Corners Offside Fouls Cautions Expulsions Poss. Ave. Age
Ireland 6-0 NK 0-0 NK 24 133
Wales 4-0 0-0 24 112
Scotland 1-2 0-0 25 29

Most Appearances (17 players used)
Name Played Goals
Charlie Athersmith
3		 1
Steve Bloomer 4
Tom Crawshaw 0
Ernest Needham 1
Bill Oakley 0
Gilbert Smith 0
Arthur Milward
2		 2
Jack Reynolds 0
Jack Robinson 2ᵍᵃ
Howard Spencer 0
Most Goals (eleven scored)
Name Played Goals
Steve Bloomer 3 4
Fred Wheldon 1 3
Arthur Milward 2 2
Charlie Athersmith 3
1
Ernest Needham 3


England's Record Overall
 
Venue P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 31 20 4 7 113 41 +72 1 10 3.645 1.323 71.0 +13
Away 30 17 5 8 106 48 +58 3 7 3.533 1.60 65.0 +9
61 37 9 15 219 89 +130 4 17 3.59 1.459 68 +22
Competition P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
British Championship 42 30 7 5 163 38 +125 1 13 3.881 0.905 79.8 +25
Friendly 19 7 2 10 56 51 +5 3 4 2.947 2.684 42.1 -3

The 1896 International Football Association Board meeting:
a few Laws rewritten

Football League Record

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