- 1896–97 Manchester City F.C. season
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Manchester City F.C. 1896–97 season Manager 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.
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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 LeagueResults 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 Grounds 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 Charlie Williams 30 0 1 0 31 0 DF Dick Ray 30 1 1 0 31 1 MF James McBride 28 0 1 0 29 0 FW Walter Bowman 2 0 0 0 2 0 FW Pat Finnerhan 25 3 0 0 25 3 FW Billie Gillespie 11 4 0 0 11 4 FW Frank Hesham 2 0 0 0 2 0 FW Billy Meredith 27 10 1 0 28 10 FW William Townley 3 0 0 0 3 0 FW 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 -- 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 -- 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
All
Scorer Goals Billy Meredith 10 James Sharples 6 Robert Hill 5 George Mann Fred Williams Billie Gillespie 4 John Gunn Billy Lewis Pat Finnerhan 3 Charlie Bannister 2 L. Robinson David Tait John Ditchfield 1 H. Foster Billy Holmes Dick Ray Thomas Read League
Scorer Goals Billy Meredith 10 James Sharples 6 Robert Hill 5 George Mann Fred Williams Billie Gillespie 4 John Gunn Billy Lewis Pat Finnerhan 3 Charlie Bannister 2 L. Robinson David Tait John Ditchfield 1 H. Foster Billy Holmes Dick Ray Thomas Read See also
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