1895

The Heathens had been playing at Bank Steet since leaving the mud of North Road in 1893, but bank street turned out to be just as bad and visiting teams continued to complain. On the 9th of March 1895 Walsall Town were the visitors, after arriving they inspected the pitch and immediately lodged a complaint with the League, they grumbled it was not fit for schoolboys to play on.

Newton responded by throwing on another layer of sand and thus the fixture took place as scheduled.
This was a regular 2nd division match, with the Heathens attacking from the outset, and by halftime they had a comfortable lead of 3-0, Newton really went to town in the second half though running a score of 14-0 before the ref blew the final whistle.

The Football League however were not impressed with the Heathens victory and after more complaints from the Walsall players who were supported by the ref a Mr Jefferies they cancelled the result and demanded the teams play again. And after Newton had worked on the pitch for a week they did play - the result? Heathens 9 Walsall 0, Newton had scored a total of 23 goals in the two matches.

The season was a little more successful than the previous, but although they spent much of the year in second place they did not gain promotion.