Gainsborough Trinity  1896 - 1897

Lge = Football League Division 2       FAC = FA Cup

Date

Opponents

Comp

Venue

Result

Score

Scorers

Notes

Tue

1

Sep

Newton Heath

Lge

A

L

0-2

1)   This was The Blues first season in the football league

Sat

5

Sep

Grimsby Town

Lge

A

D

1-1

2)    On Saturday 26th April 1902 Newton Heath became

Sat

12

Sep

Manchester City

Lge

H

D

1-1

Manchester United

Sat

19

Sep

Walsall

Lge

A

D

1-1

679

Sat

26

Sep

Walsall

Lge

H

W

2-0

Sat

3

Oct

Grimsby Town

Lge

H

D

1-1

938

Sat

17

Oct

Birmingham City

Lge

A

D

2-2

1301

Wed

21

Oct

Newton Heath

Lge

H

W

2-0

Sat

24

Oct

Arsenal

Lge

A

L

1-6

Sat

7

Nov

Burton Wanderers

Lge

H

W

2-1

Sat

14

Nov

Loughborough

Lge

A

L

0-1

Sat

21

Nov

Lincoln City

FAC 3Q

A

L

0-1

Sat

5

Dec

Loughborough

Lge

H

W

2-0

Fri

25

Dec

Darwen

Lge

H

L

2-4

Scott : Spouncer

Sat

26

Dec

Arsenal

Lge

H

W

4-1

1686

Mon

28

Dec

Newcastle United

Lge

H

W

2-0

2098

Sat

2

Jan

Birmingham City

Lge

H

L

1-3

Sat

9

Jan

Notts County

Lge

A

L

0-2

Sat

23

Jan

Burton Wanderers

Lge

A

L

2-3

2527

Sat

6

Feb

Leicester City

Lge

H

L

0-2

2797

Sat

13

Feb

Burton Swifts

Lge

H

W

4-1

Sat

20

Feb

Lincoln City

Lge

A

L

0-2

Sat

27

Feb

Manchester City

Lge

A

L

1-4

3103

Sat

6

Mar

Notts County

Lge

H

W

3-2

Sat

20

Mar

Newcastle United

Lge

A

W

2-1

Sat

27

Mar

Lincoln City

Lge

H

W

7-0

3440

Sat

3

Apr

Blackpool

Lge

H

W

2-0

3813

Sat

10

Apr

Darwen

Lge

A

L

2-3

Sat

17

Apr

Burton Swifts

Lge

A

L

0-4

Mon

19

Apr

Leicester City

Lge

A

D

0-0

Sat

24

Apr

Blackpool

Lge

A

D

1-1

748

1237

1590

1979

2325

2694

3051

3475

3789

4145

4517

5443

5790

6120

6457

6859

7281

7723

8144

8482