- 1907–08 Manchester City F.C. season
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Manchester City F.C. 1907–08 season Manager Harry Newbould
Football League
First Division3rd 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 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 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 Walter Smith
38 0 6 0 44 0 DF James Buchan
27 3 6 2 33 5 DF Frank Buckley
7 0 0 0 7 0 MF George Dorsett
34 10 6 1 40 11 MF Tom Holford
2 0 0 0 2 0 FW Lot Jones
24 4 5 2 29 6 FW Davie Ross
10 3 1 0 11 3 FW George Stewart
10 1 0 0 10 1 FW Irvine Thornley
31 14 6 0 37 14 FW Charles Webb
11 3 0 0 11 3 FW 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 -- 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 Irvine Thornley
14 George Dorsett
11 Bob Grieve Jimmy Conlin 7 John Wood
Lot Jones
6 James Buchan
5 Bill Eadie
3 Davie Ross
Charles Webb
Jimmy Blair 1 George Stewart
Jimmy Wilkinson League
Scorer Goals Irvine Thornley
14 George Dorsett
10 Bob Grieve Jimmy Conlin 6 Lot Jones
4 John Wood
James Buchan
3 Bill Eadie
Davie Ross
Charles Webb
George Stewart
1 Jimmy Wilkinson FA Cup
Scorer Goals John Wood
3 James Buchan
2 Lot Jones
Jimmy Blair 1 Jimmy Conlin George Dorsett
Bob Grieve See also
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