England: Tier 2 - 1896-97
| Newcastle beat Manchester City 2-1 (A) on 17 Oct 1896 |
| Manchester City beat Darwen 4-1 (H) on 19 Sep 1896 |
| Darwen beat Burton Swifts 5-1 (H) on 17 Oct 1896 |
| Burton Swifts beat Leicester Fosse 2-1 (H) on 19 Sep 1896 |
| Leicester Fosse beat Blackpool 2-1 (H) on 3 Oct 1896 |
| Blackpool beat Newton Heath 4-2 (H) on 17 Oct 1896 |
| Newton Heath beat Gainsborough Trinity 2-0 (H) on 1 Sep 1896 |
| Gainsborough Trinity beat Walsall 2-0 (H) on 26 Sep 1896 |
| Walsall beat Burton Wanderers 2-0 (H) on 5 Sep 1896 |
| Burton Wanderers beat Grimsby 5-1 (H) on 12 Sep 1896 |
| Grimsby beat Notts County 3-1 (A) on 1 Oct 1896 |
| Notts County beat Woolwich Arsenal 3-2 (A) on 26 Sep 1896 |
| Woolwich Arsenal beat Loughborough 2-0 (H) on 19 Sep 1896 |
| Loughborough beat Lincoln 2-0 (A) on 3 Oct 1896 |
| Lincoln beat Small Heath 2-1 (A) on 19 Sep 1896 |
| Small Heath beat Newcastle 3-1 (H) on 5 Sep 1896 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.