- 1897–98 Manchester City F.C. season
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Manchester City F.C. 1897–98 season Manager 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)← 1896–97 1898–99 → The 1897–98 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 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 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 F – A
Scorers Attendance 1 September 1897 Gainsborough Trinity H Hyde Road 3 – 0 Meredith, Gillespie, F. Williams 2,000 4 September 1897 Darwen A Barley Bank 4 – 2 S. Smith (2), Gillespie, Leonard 1,000 11 September 1897 Loughborough H Hyde Road 3 – 0 S. Smith (2), Gillespie 7,000 18 September 1897 Blackpool A Athletic Grounds 2 – 0 S. Smith, F. Williams 4,000 25 September 1897 Woolwich Arsenal H Hyde Road 4 – 1 S. Smith (3), F. Williams 7,000 2 October 1897 Loughborough A Athletic Grounds 3 – 0 Gillespie, F. Williams (2) 5,000 9 October 1897 Grimsby Town H Hyde Road 3 – 0 B. Smith, Meredith, Gillespie 7,000 16 October 1897 Newton Heath A Bank Street 1 – 1 Ray 20,000 23 October 1897 Darwen H Hyde Road 5 – 0 Gillespie (2), F. Williams (2), Whitehead 7,000 30 October 1897 Burnley A Turf Moor 1 – 3 ? (o.g.) 10,000 20 November 1897 Burnley H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Gillespie 20,000 11 December 1897 Leicester Fosse H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Gillespie, Meredith 9,000 18 December 1897 Grimsby Town A Abbey Park 4 – 3 Leonard (2), Meredith, Gillespie 5,000 25 December 1897 Newton Heath H Hyde Road 0 – 1 16,000 27 December 1897 Small Heath A Muntz Street 1 – 0 Leonard 10,000 1 January 1898 Luton Town A Dunstable Road 0 – 3 4,000 3 January 1898 Walsall H Hyde Road 3 – 2 Gillespie (2), Meredith 7,000 8 January 1898 Newcastle United H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Whitehead 16,000 15 January 1898 Walsall A Hillary Street 2 – 2 Gillespie, S. Smith 10,000 24 January 1898 Lincoln City H Hyde Road 3 – 1 Meredith, Gillespie, ? (o.g.) 2,000 5 February 1898 Woolwich Arsenal A Manor Ground 2 – 2 Holmes, Gillespie 8,000 26 February 1898 Gainsborough Trinity A The Northolme 0 – 1 2,000 16 March 1898 Newcastle United A St James' Park 0 – 2 20,000 19 March 1898 Lincoln City A Sincil Bank 1 – 2 Dougal 3,000 26 March 1898 Luton Town H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Meredith (2) 5,000 30 March 1898 Blackpool H Hyde Road 3 – 3 S. Smith, Gillespie, Dougal 4,000 2 April 1898 Leicester Fosse A Filbert Street 0 – 0 6,000 9 April 1898 Burton Swifts A Peel Croft 0 – 0 3,000 11 April 1898 Small Heath H Hyde Road 3 – 3 B. Smith, Meredith, Gillespie 2,000 16 April 1898 Burton Swifts H Hyde Road 9 – 0 Meredith (3), Whitehead (3), S. Smith (2), Gillespie 4,000 FA Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Venue Result F – A
Scorers Attendance 29 January 1898 First round Wigan Athletic H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Gillespie 6,000 12 February 1898 Second round Bolton Wanderers A Burnden Park 0 – 1 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 Charlie Williams
21 0 2 0 23 0 DF Tommy Clare
1 0 0 0 1 0 DF Dick Ray
20 1 2 0 22 1 MF Stuart Munn
8 0 0 0 8 0 FW Walter Bowman
2 0 0 0 2 0 FW Billie Gillespie
30 18 2 1 32 19 FW Billy Meredith
30 12 2 0 32 12 FW B. Smith
28 2 2 0 30 2 FW Jimmy Whitehead
20 5 2 0 22 5 FW 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 Billie Gillespie
19 Billy Meredith
12 S. Smith Fred Williams
7 Jimmy Whitehead
5 Pat Leonard 4 George Dougal 2 Bill Smith
Billy Holmes 1 Dick Ray
League
Scorer Goals Billie Gillespie
18 Billy Meredith
12 S. Smith Fred Williams
7 Jimmy Whitehead
5 Pat Leonard 4 George Dougal 2 Bill Smith
Billy Holmes 1 Dick Ray
FA Cup
Scorer Goals Billie Gillespie
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