The National Association Foot Ball League, which had played its first season in the spring of 1895, re-organized for the winter.
For the second season, the NAFBL mandated that the goals have nets in all league matches, and adopting the penalty kick rule.
[1] By the time league play started, however, the Brooklyn Wanderers had withdrawn, leaving only four teams.
The season ended early and the Scottish-Americans claimed the championship of the league after beating Centreville A.C. on April 5, 1896.
The following Sunday, on February 2, an all-star benefit game for Findley was played before 1,500 spectators at by teams composed of seven of Findley's Scottish-Americans teammates (Wildt, Wilson, Cutler, McDonald, Singleton, McCullouch and Gaffney) and other locals against players for the other NAFBL teams, Centreville (Smith, Winter, Buell, Spaven and Oliver), the Internationals (Taylor, Flynn and O'Donnell), and the Thistles (T. Hopkins).