1907–08 Manchester City F.C. season

1907–08 Manchester City F.C. season
Manchester City F.C.
1907–08 season
Manager England Harry Newbould
Football League
First Division		 3rd
FA Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League:
Thornley (14 goals)
All:
Thornley (14 goals)
Highest home attendance 40,000 vs Manchester United
(18 April 1908)
Lowest home attendance 2,500 vs Bristol City
(21 April 1908)
← 1906–07 1908–09 →

The 1907–08 season was Manchester City F.C.'s seventeenth season of league football and fifth consecutive season in the top flight of English football.

Contents

Team Kit

Football League First Division

P W D L F A Pts
1 Manchester United 38 23 6 9 81 48 52
2 Aston Villa 38 17 9 12 77 59 43
3 Manchester City 38 16 11 11 62 54 43
4 Newcastle United 38 15 12 11 65 54 42
5 The Wednesday 38 19 4 15 73 64 42

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
38 16 11 11 62 54 +8 43 12 5 2 36 19 +17 4 6 9 26 35 -9

N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2

Reports

Date Opponents H / A Venue Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
2 September 1907 Sunderland A Roker Park 5 – 2 Grieve (3), Stewart, Conlin 20,000
7 September 1907 Everton A Goodison Park 3 – 3 Thornley (3) 30,000
14 September 1907 Sunderland H Hyde Road 0 – 0 30,000
21 September 1907 Woolwich Arsenal A Manor Ground 1 – 2 Thornley 12,000
28 September 1907 The Wednesday H Hyde Road 3 – 2 Ross (2), Thornley 30,000
5 October 1907 Bristol City A Ashton Gate 1 – 2 Thornley 12,000
12 October 1907 Notts County H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Grieve (2) 10,000
19 October 1907 Newcastle United H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Thornley 28,000
26 October 1907 Preston North End A Deepdale 4 – 2 Dorsett, Grieve, Thornley, Conlin 14,000
2 November 1907 Bury H Hyde Road 2 – 2 Jones, Wood 30,000
9 November 1907 Aston Villa A Villa Park 2 – 2 Thornley (2) 20,000
16 November 1907 Liverpool H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Dorsett 25,000
23 November 1907 Middlesbrough A Ayresome Park 0 – 2 10,000
7 December 1907 Chelsea A Stamford Bridge 2 – 2 Buchan, Jones 40,000
14 December 1907 Nottingham Forest H Hyde Road 4 – 2 Wood (2), Eadie, Thornley 18,000
21 December 1907 Manchester United A Bank Street 1 – 3 Eadie 35,000
25 December 1907 Birmingham A St Andrew's 1 – 2 Dorsett 20,000
26 December 1907 Bolton Wanderers H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Grieve 35,000
28 December 1907 Blackburn Rovers H Hyde Road 2 – 0 Dorsett, Thornley 22,000
1 January 1908 Bolton Wanderers A Burnden Park 0 – 2 26,000
4 January 1908 Everton H Hyde Road 4 – 2 Grieve (2), Ross, Conlin 9,000
18 January 1908 Woolwich Arsenal H Hyde Road 4 – 0 Eadie, Wood, Grieve, Jones 25,000
25 January 1908 The Wednesday A Owlerton 1 – 5 Dorsett 11,000
8 February 1908 Notts County A Trent Bridge 0 – 1 8,000
15 February 1908 Newcastle United A St James' Park 1 – 1 Conlin 25,000
29 February 1908 Bury A Gigg Lane 0 – 0 10,000
7 March 1908 Aston Villa H Hyde Road 3 – 2 Dorsett (3) 25,000
11 March 1908 Sheffield United H Hyde Road 0 – 2 18,000
14 March 1908 Liverpool A Anfield 1 – 0 Dorsett 18,000
21 March 1908 Middlesbrough H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Webb, Thornley 35,000
28 March 1908 Sheffield United A Bramall Lane 2 – 1 Thornley, Conlin 12,000
4 April 1908 Chelsea H Hyde Road 0 – 3 25,000
6 April 1908 Preston North End H Hyde Road 5 – 0 Buchan (2), Webb (2), Wilkinson 10,000
11 April 1908 Nottingham Forest A City Ground 1 – 3 Dorsett 10,000
17 April 1908 Birmingham H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Jones, Conlin 27,000
18 April 1908 Manchester United H Hyde Road 0 – 0 40,000
21 April 1908 Bristol City H Hyde Road 0 – 0 2,500
25 April 1908 Blackburn Rovers A Ewood Park 0 – 0 10,000

FA Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Venue Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
11 January 1908 First round Glossop A North Road 0 – 0 6,500
15 January 1908 First round replay Glossop H Hyde Road 6 – 0 Buchan, Wood, Dorsett, Grieve, Jones, Conlin 20,000
1 February 1908 Second round New Brompton H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Jones 7,000
5 February 1908 Second round replay New Brompton A Priestfield Road 2 – 1 Buchan, Wood 12,000
22 February 1908 Third round Fulham H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Blair 25,000
26 February 1908 Third round replay Fulham A Craven Cottage 1 – 3 Wood 37,000

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Walter Smith 38 0 6 0 44 0
DF Scotland James Buchan 27 3 6 2 33 5
DF England Frank Buckley 7 0 0 0 7 0
MF England George Dorsett 34 10 6 1 40 11
MF England Tom Holford 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW Wales Lot Jones 24 4 5 2 29 6
FW England Davie Ross 10 3 1 0 11 3
FW Scotland George Stewart 10 1 0 0 10 1
FW England Irvine Thornley 31 14 6 0 37 14
FW England Charles Webb 11 3 0 0 11 3
FW England John Wood 22 4 5 3 27 7
-- William Baldwin 1 0 0 0 1 0
-- Ernest Bannister 1 0 0 0 1 0
-- Jimmy Blair 34 0 5 1 39 1
-- Tommy Callaghan 2 0 0 0 2 0
-- Jimmy Conlin 37 6 6 1 43 7
-- Scotland Bill Eadie 29 3 6 0 35 3
-- Bob Grieve 17 10 2 1 19 11
-- Percy Hill 17 0 0 0 17 0
-- Bertram Jackson 21 0 6 0 27 0
-- Tommy Kelso 25 0 6 0 31 0
-- Frank Norgrove 14 0 0 0 14 0
-- Alex Steele 3 0 0 0 3 0
-- Jimmy Wilkinson 1 1 0 0 1 1

Scorers

All

Scorer Goals
England Irvine Thornley 14
England George Dorsett 11
Bob Grieve
Jimmy Conlin 7
England John Wood
Wales Lot Jones 6
Scotland James Buchan 5
Scotland Bill Eadie 3
England Davie Ross
England Charles Webb
Jimmy Blair 1
Scotland George Stewart
Jimmy Wilkinson

League

Scorer Goals
England Irvine Thornley 14
England George Dorsett 10
Bob Grieve
Jimmy Conlin 6
Wales Lot Jones 4
England John Wood
Scotland James Buchan 3
Scotland Bill Eadie
England Davie Ross
England Charles Webb
Scotland George Stewart 1
Jimmy Wilkinson

FA Cup

Scorer Goals
England John Wood 3
Scotland James Buchan 2
Wales Lot Jones
Jimmy Blair 1
Jimmy Conlin
England George Dorsett
Bob Grieve

See also

References

External links

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