1896/97
| 5 / 9 / 96 | D2 | A | Small Heath | L | 1 - 3 | 4,000 | |
| 12 / 9 / 96 | D2 | H | Small Heath | W | 4 - 3 | 10,853 | |
| 19 / 9 / 96 | D2 | A | Notts County | L | 1 - 3 | 6,000 | |
| 26 / 9 / 96 | D2 | A | Newton Heath | L | 0 - 4 | 7,000 | |
| 3 / 10 / 96 | D2 | H | Darwen | W | 5 - 1 | 7,000 | |
| 10 / 10 / 96 | D2 | H | Grimsby Town | W | 3 - 0 | 5,000 | |
| 17 / 10 / 96 | D2 | A | Manchester City | W | 2 - 1 | 7,000 | |
| 24 / 10 / 96 | D2 | A | Lincoln City | W | 2 - 1 | 2,000 | |
| 7 / 11 / 96 | D2 | A | Darwen | L | 1 - 2 | 0 | |
| 14 / 11 / 96 | D2 | H | Leicester Fosse | W | 3 - 1 | 6,000 | |
| 28 / 11 / 96 | D2 | H | Loughborough | W | 4 - 1 | 7,000 | |
| 5 / 12 / 96 | D2 | A | Burton Wanderers | W | 1 - 0 | 0 | |
| 12 / 12 / 96 | D2 | H | Notts County | D | 2 - 2 | 14,000 | |
| 26 / 12 / 96 | D2 | A | Grimsby Town | L | 2 - 3 | 7,000 | |
| 28 / 12 / 96 | D2 | A | Gainsborough Trinity | L | 0 - 2 | 7,000 | |
| 1 / 1 / 97 | D2 | H | Newton Heath | W | 2 - 0 | 16,125 | |
| 2 / 1 / 97 | D2 | H | Lincoln City | W | 2 - 1 | 12,000 | |
| 9 / 1 / 97 | D2 | A | Leicester Fosse | L | 0 - 5 | 3,000 | |
| 16 / 1 / 97 | D2 | H | Blackpool | W | 4 - 1 | 8,000 | |
| 23 / 1 / 97 | D2 | H | Woolwich Arsenal | W | 2 - 0 | 6,000 | |
| 30 / 1 / 97 | FAC | A | Aston Villa | L | 0 - 5 | 7,000 | |
| 6 / 2 / 97 | D2 | H | Manchester City | W | 3 - 0 | 9,000 | |
| 20 / 2 / 97 | D2 | A | Loughborough | L | 0 - 3 | 2,000 | |
| 6 / 3 / 97 | D2 | H | Walsall | W | 2 - 0 | 6,000 | |
| 13 / 3 / 97 | D2 | A | Blackpool | L | 1 - 4 | 3,000 | |
| 20 / 3 / 97 | D2 | H | Gainsborough Trinity | L | 1 - 2 | 6,000 | |
| 27 / 3 / 97 | D2 | H | Burton Swifts | W | 2 - 1 | 4,000 | |
| 3 / 4 / 97 | D2 | A | Walsall | W | 2 - 0 | 4,000 | |
| 10 / 4 / 97 | D2 | H | Burton Wanderers | W | 3 - 0 | 6,000 | |
| 12 / 4 / 97 | D2 | A | Burton Swifts | L | 0 - 3 | 0 | |
| 16 / 4 / 97 | D2 | A | Woolwich Arsenal | L | 1 - 5 | 7,000 | |