1896–97 Manchester City F.C. season

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Manchester City F.C.
1896–97 season
Manager England Sam Ormerod
Football League 6th
FA Cup First round
Top goalscorer League: Meredith (10 goals)
All: Meredith (10 goals)
Highest home attendance 20,000 vs Newton Heath
(3 October 1896)
Lowest home attendance 1,000 vs Lincoln City
(13 February 1897)
1,000 vs Leicester Fosse (12 April 1897)
← 1895–96 1897–98 →

The 1896–97 season was Manchester City F.C.'s sixth season of league football and fifth season in the Football League.

Team Kit

Football League Second Division

P W D L F A Pts
4 Small Heath 30 16 5 9 69 47 37
5 Newcastle United 30 17 1 12 56 52 35
6 Manchester City 30 12 8 10 58 50 32
7 Gainsborough Trinity 30 12 7 11 50 47 31
8 Blackpool 30 13 5 12 59 56 31

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points
Source: Football League

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 12 8 10 58 50 +8 32 5 5 5 25 27 -2 7 3 5 33 23 +10

N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2

Reports

Date Opponents H / A Venue Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
5 September 1896 Woolwich Arsenal H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Finnerhan 8,000
12 September 1896 Gainsborough Trinity H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Sharples 4,000
19 September 1896 Darwen H Hyde Road 4 – 1 Mann (2), Ditchfield, Lewis 10,000
21 September 1896 Lincoln City A Sincil Bank 3 – 0 Finnerhan, Lewis, Sharples 3,000
26 September 1896 Blackpool A Athletic Grounds 2 – 2 Mann, Hill 5,000
3 October 1896 Newton Heath H Hyde Road 0 – 0 20,000
10 October 1896 Notts County A Trent Bridge 3 – 3 Meredith, Hill, Robinson 7,000
17 October 1896 Newcastle United H Hyde Road 1 – 2 Robinson 10,000
24 October 1896 Grimsby Town H Hyde Road 1 – 3 Sharples 3,000
31 October 1896 Notts County H Hyde Road 1 – 4 Meredith 12,000
7 November 1896 Blackpool H Hyde Road 4 – 2 Banner, Meredith, Sharples, Lewis 4,000
14 November 1896 Burton Swifts A Peel Croft 3 – 1 Tait (2), Gunn 4,000
23 November 1896 Walsall H Hyde Road 2 – 3 Finnerhan, Mann 3,000
28 November 1896 Burton Wanderers H Hyde Road 2 – 1 F. Williams, Gunn 2,000
19 December 1896 Grimsby Town A Abbey Park 3 – 1 Meredith, Gunn, F. Williams 12,000
25 December 1896 Newton Heath A Bank Street 1 – 2 Hill 18,000
26 December 1896 Burton Swifts H Hyde Road 0 – 5 6,000
1 January 1897 Small Heath H Hyde Road 3 – 0 Bannister, Gunn, Sharples 16,000
6 January 1897 Walsall A Hillary Street 5 – 0 Ray, Mann, Meredith, Lewis, Sharples 500
9 January 1897 Darwen A Barley Bank 1 – 3 Gillespie 1,000
6 February 1897 Newcastle United A St James' Park 0 – 3 4,000
13 February 1897 Lincoln City H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Gillespie 1,000
27 February 1897 Gainsborough Trinity A The Northolme 4 – 1 Gillespie, F. Williams (2), Meredith 9,000
6 March 1897 Burton Wanderers A Derby Turn 1 – 1 Read 3,000
13 March 1897 Leicester Fosse A Filbert Street 4 – 0 Holmes, Meredith, Gillespie, F. Williams 6,000
17 March 1897 Loughborough A Athletic Ground 0 – 2 2,000
12 April 1897 Leicester Fosse H Hyde Road 3 – 3 Meredith (2), ? (o.g.) 1,000
16 April 1897 Loughborough H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Foster 2,000
19 April 1897 Small Heath A Muntz Street 1 – 3 Meredith 500
28 April 1897 Woolwich Arsenal A Manor Ground 2 – 1 Hill (2) 2,000

FA Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Venue Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
30 January 1897 First round Preston North End A Deepdale 0 – 6 6,000

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Charlie Williams 30 0 1 0 31 0
DF England Dick Ray 30 1 1 0 31 1
MF Scotland James McBride 28 0 1 0 29 0
FW Canada Walter Bowman 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW England Pat Finnerhan 25 3 0 0 25 3
FW England Billie Gillespie 11 4 0 0 11 4
FW England Frank Hesham 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW Wales Billy Meredith 27 10 1 0 28 10
FW England William Townley 3 0 0 0 3 0
FW England Fred Williams 11 5 0 0 11 5
-- Charlie Bannister 18 2 0 0 18 2
-- John Ditchfield 10 1 0 0 10 1
-- H. Foster 6 1 1 0 7 1
-- England John Gunn 21 4 1 0 22 4
-- James Harper 10 0 1 0 11 0
-- Robert Hill 12 5 0 0 12 5
-- Billy Holmes 12 1 1 0 13 1
-- Wales Billy Lewis 12 4 1 0 13 4
-- Alex McConnell 2 0 0 0 2 0
-- George Mann 18 5 1 0 19 5
-- Bobby Moffatt 8 0 0 0 8 0
-- J. Moffatt 3 0 0 0 3 0
-- William Patterson 1 0 0 0 1 0
-- J. Platt 1 0 0 0 1 0
-- Thomas Read 8 1 0 0 8 1
-- L. Robinson 3 2 0 0 3 2
-- James Sharples 10 6 1 0 11 6
-- David Tait 4 2 0 0 4 2
-- Tonge 2 0 0 0 2 0

Scorers

See also

References

External links

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