1897–98 Manchester City F.C. season

189798 Manchester City F.C. season
Manchester City F.C.
189798 season
Manager England Sam Ormerod
Football League 3rd
FA Cup Second round
Top goalscorer League: Gillespie (18 goals)
All: Gillespie (19 goals)
Highest home attendance 20,000 vs Burnley
(20 November 1897)
Lowest home attendance 2,000 vs Gainsborough
(1 September 1897)
2,000 vs Lincoln City
(24 January 1898)
2,000 vs Small Heath
(11 April 1898)

The 189798 season was Manchester City F.C.'s seventh season of league football and sixth season in the Football League.

Contents

Team Kit

Football League Second Division

P W D L F A Pts
1 Burnley[1] 30 20 8 2 80 24 48
2 Newcastle United[1] 30 21 3 6 64 32 45
3 Manchester City 30 15 9 6 66 36 39
4 Newton Heath 30 16 6 8 64 35 38
5 Woolwich Arsenal 30 16 5 9 69 49 37

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 15 9 6 66 36 +30 39 10 4 1 45 15 +30 5 5 5 21 21 0

N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2

Reports

Date Opponents H / A Venue Result

FA

Scorers Attendance
1 September 1897 Gainsborough Trinity H Hyde Road 30 Meredith, Gillespie, F. Williams 2,000
4 September 1897 Darwen A Barley Bank 42 S. Smith (2), Gillespie, Leonard 1,000
11 September 1897 Loughborough H Hyde Road 30 S. Smith (2), Gillespie 7,000
18 September 1897 Blackpool A Athletic Grounds 20 S. Smith, F. Williams 4,000
25 September 1897 Woolwich Arsenal H Hyde Road 41 S. Smith (3), F. Williams 7,000
2 October 1897 Loughborough A Athletic Grounds 30 Gillespie, F. Williams (2) 5,000
9 October 1897 Grimsby Town H Hyde Road 30 B. Smith, Meredith, Gillespie 7,000
16 October 1897 Newton Heath A Bank Street 11 Ray 20,000
23 October 1897 Darwen H Hyde Road 50 Gillespie (2), F. Williams (2), Whitehead 7,000
30 October 1897 Burnley A Turf Moor 13  ? (o.g.) 10,000
20 November 1897 Burnley H Hyde Road 11 Gillespie 20,000
11 December 1897 Leicester Fosse H Hyde Road 21 Gillespie, Meredith 9,000
18 December 1897 Grimsby Town A Abbey Park 43 Leonard (2), Meredith, Gillespie 5,000
25 December 1897 Newton Heath H Hyde Road 01 16,000
27 December 1897 Small Heath A Muntz Street 10 Leonard 10,000
1 January 1898 Luton Town A Dunstable Road 03 4,000
3 January 1898 Walsall H Hyde Road 32 Gillespie (2), Meredith 7,000
8 January 1898 Newcastle United H Hyde Road 11 Whitehead 16,000
15 January 1898 Walsall A Hillary Street 22 Gillespie, S. Smith 10,000
24 January 1898 Lincoln City H Hyde Road 31 Meredith, Gillespie, ? (o.g.) 2,000
5 February 1898 Woolwich Arsenal A Manor Ground 22 Holmes, Gillespie 8,000
26 February 1898 Gainsborough Trinity A The Northolme 01 2,000
16 March 1898 Newcastle United A St James' Park 02 20,000
19 March 1898 Lincoln City A Sincil Bank 12 Dougal 3,000
26 March 1898 Luton Town H Hyde Road 21 Meredith (2) 5,000
30 March 1898 Blackpool H Hyde Road 33 S. Smith, Gillespie, Dougal 4,000
2 April 1898 Leicester Fosse A Filbert Street 00 6,000
9 April 1898 Burton Swifts A Peel Croft 00 3,000
11 April 1898 Small Heath H Hyde Road 33 B. Smith, Meredith, Gillespie 2,000
16 April 1898 Burton Swifts H Hyde Road 90 Meredith (3), Whitehead (3), S. Smith (2), Gillespie 4,000

FA Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Venue Result

FA

Scorers Attendance
29 January 1898 First round Wigan Athletic H Hyde Road 10 Gillespie 6,000
12 February 1898 Second round Bolton Wanderers A Burnden Park 01 14,000

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Tommy Chappell 7 0 0 0 7 0
GK England Charlie Williams 21 0 2 0 23 0
DF England Tommy Clare 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF England Dick Ray 20 1 2 0 22 1
MF Scotland Stuart Munn 8 0 0 0 8 0
FW Canada Walter Bowman 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW England Billie Gillespie 30 18 2 1 32 19
FW Wales Billy Meredith 30 12 2 0 32 12
FW England B. Smith 28 2 2 0 30 2
FW England Jimmy Whitehead 20 5 2 0 22 5
FW England Fred Williams 22 7 1 0 23 7
-- George Dougal 8 2 0 0 8 2
-- Frank Dyer 2 0 0 0 2 0
-- H. Foster 1 0 0 0 1 0
-- James Harper 2 0 0 0 2 0
-- Billy Holmes 29 1 2 0 31 1
-- Pat Leonard 16 4 0 0 16 4
-- Bobby Moffatt 30 0 2 0 32 0
-- Thomas Read 27 0 2 0 29 0
-- S. Smith 24 12 2 0 26 12
-- Jock Wilson 1 0 0 0 1 0

Scorers

All

Scorer Goals
England Billie Gillespie 19
Wales Billy Meredith 12
S. Smith
England Fred Williams 7
England Jimmy Whitehead 5
Pat Leonard 4
George Dougal 2
England Bill Smith
Billy Holmes 1
England Dick Ray

League

Scorer Goals
England Billie Gillespie 18
Wales Billy Meredith 12
S. Smith
England Fred Williams 7
England Jimmy Whitehead 5
Pat Leonard 4
George Dougal 2
England Bill Smith
Billy Holmes 1
England Dick Ray

FA Cup

Scorer Goals
England Billie Gillespie 1

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Promoted to the expanded First Division

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