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Liverpool Football Club season archive

1895–96

Liverpool completed the 1895–96 Division 2 campaign in 1st, taking 46 points from 30 matches. The record comprised 22 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats, with 106 goals scored and 32 conceded for a goal difference of +74.

CompetitionDivision 2
League finish1st
ManagersJohn McKenna and William Edward Barclay
Leading scorerGeorge Allan (29 goals)

League record

30Played
22Won
2Drawn
6Lost
106Goals for
32Goals against
46Points
1stPosition

What the league record shows

Liverpool won 73.3% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 24 of 30. The side averaged 3.53 goals scored and 1.07 conceded per match; the resulting +74 goal difference gives more context to the 1st finish than position alone.

Compared with 1894–95, the recorded league position improved by 15 places, while goal difference moved from -19 to +74.

Place in Liverpool’s wider history

This campaign belongs to Liverpool’s foundation period, when the new club was establishing itself at Anfield and moving from regional competition into the Football League.

Cup and scoring picture

The recorded cup programme did not produce a final appearance; the competition-by-competition outcomes are listed alongside this analysis. George Allan led the season scoring record with 29 goals in all competitions.

How this reading was produced: rates, comparisons and competition summaries are calculated from the verified season record shown on this page. They are descriptive analysis rather than claims about matches or events not contained in the dataset.