- 1908–09 Manchester City F.C. season
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Manchester City F.C. 1908–09 season Manager Harry Newbould Football League
First Division19th
(relegated)FA Cup First round Top goalscorer League:
Thornley (18 goals)
All:
Thornley (18 goals)Highest home attendance 40,000 vs Manchester United
(19 September 1908)Lowest home attendance 3,000 vs Nottingham Forest
(13 April 1909)← 1907–08 1909–10 → The 1908–09 season was Manchester City F.C.'s eighteenth season of league football and sixth consecutive season in the top flight of English football.
In a season where they had almost the best home form in the league, only four teams won more games than them and only five teams scored more, City still finished 19th and became only the second team since the abolition of test matches eleven years earlier to be relegated on goal average - all of this arguably contributing to one of the earliest of the many bizarre circumstances in their history which has become known by supporters as "Typical City"[1].
Contents
Team Kit
Football League First Division
P W D L F A GA Pts 16 Liverpool 38 15 6 17 57 65 0.877 36 17 Bury 38 14 8 16 63 77 0.818 36 18 Bradford City 38 12 10 16 47 47 1.000 34 19 Manchester City 38 15 4 19 67 69 0.971 34 20 Leicester Fosse 38 8 9 21 54 102 0.529 25 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 15 4 19 67 69 -2 34 12 3 4 50 23 +27 3 1 15 17 46 -29 N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2
Reports
Date Opponents H / A Venue Result F – A
Scorers Attendance 1 September 1908 Sunderland H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Eadie 25,000 5 September 1908 Blackburn Rovers H Hyde Road 3 – 3 Thornley (2), Jones 30,000 12 September 1908 Bradford City A Valley Parade 0 – 0 30,000 19 September 1908 Manchester United H Hyde Road 1 – 2 Thornley 40,000 26 September 1908 Everton A Goodison Park 3 – 6 Thornley (3) 20,000 3 October 1908 Leicester Fosse H Hyde Road 5 – 2 Grieve (2), Ross (2), Dorsett 15,000 10 October 1908 Woolwich Arsenal A Manor Ground 0 – 3 10,000 17 October 1908 Notts County H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Thornley 20,000 24 October 1908 Newcastle United A St James' Park 0 – 2 25,000 31 October 1908 Bristol City H Hyde Road 5 – 1 Thornley (2), Buchan, Dorsett, Wood 20,000 7 November 1908 Preston North End A Deepdale 0 – 3 10,000 14 November 1908 Middlesbrough H Hyde Road 0 – 0 18,000 21 November 1908 The Wednesday A Owlerton 1 – 3 Thornley 11,000 28 November 1908 Liverpool A Anfield 3 – 1 Dorsett, Conlin, Jones 15,000 5 December 1908 Bury H Hyde Road 6 – 1 Thornley (3), Dorsett (2), Stewart 30,000 12 December 1908 Sheffield United A Bramall Lane 0 – 4 12,000 19 December 1908 Aston Villa H Hyde Road 2 – 0 Dorsett, Holford 18,000 25 December 1908 Chelsea H Hyde Road 1 – 2 Dorsett 25,000 26 December 1908 Chelsea A Stamford Bridge 2 – 1 Jones, Ross 40,000 28 December 1908 Nottingham Forest A City Ground 2 – 0 Holford, Ross 10,000 2 January 1909 Blackburn Rovers A Ewood Park 2 – 3 Wood, Conlin 12,000 9 January 1909 Bradford City H Hyde Road 4 – 3 Holford (3), Conlin 10,000 23 January 1909 Manchester United A Bank Street 1 – 3 Conlin 40,000 30 January 1909 Everton H Hyde Road 4 – 0 Holford (3), Wilkinson 30,000 13 February 1909 Woolwich Arsenal H Hyde Road 2 – 2 Buchan, Holford 20,000 20 February 1909 Notts County A Trent Bridge 1 – 5 Dorsett 4,000 27 February 1909 Newcastle United H Hyde Road 0 – 2 30,000 11 March 1909 Leicester Fosse A Filbert Street 1 – 3 Thornley 8,000 13 March 1909 Preston North End H Hyde Road 4 – 1 Thornley (2), Yuill, Jones 12,000 20 March 1909 Middlesbrough A Ayresome Park 0 – 3 10,000 27 March 1909 The Wednesday H Hyde Road 4 – 0 Holford (3), Jones 12,000 3 April 1909 Liverpool H Hyde Road 4 – 0 Buchan, Jones, Ross, Dorsett 15,000 9 April 1909 Sunderland A Roker Park 0 – 2 15,000 10 April 1909 Bury A Gigg Lane 0 – 1 16,000 13 April 1909 Nottingham Forest H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Thornley, Conlin 3,000 17 April 1909 Sheffield United H Hyde Road 1 – 3 Thornley 10,000 24 April 1909 Aston Villa A Villa Park 1 – 2 Buchan 15,000 28 April 1909 Bristol City A Ashton Gate 0 – 1 8,000 FA Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Venue Result F – A
Scorers Attendance 16 January 1909 First round Tottenham Hotspur H Hyde Road 3 – 4 Holford (3) 20,000 Squad statistics
Squad
Appearances for competitive matches only
Pos. Name League FA Cup Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals GK Herbert Broomfield 4 0 0 0 4 0 GK Walter Smith 34 0 1 0 35 0 DF James Buchan 38 4 1 0 39 4 DF Frank Buckley 4 0 0 0 4 0 DF Charlie Burgess 26 0 0 0 26 0 MF George Dorsett 22 9 1 0 23 9 MF Tom Holford 26 12 1 3 27 15 FW John Brown 4 0 0 0 4 0 FW Patsy Hendren 2 0 0 0 2 0 FW Lot Jones 29 6 1 0 30 6 FW Davie Ross 22 5 1 0 23 5 FW George Stewart 8 1 1 0 9 1 FW Irvine Thornley 32 18 0 0 32 18 FW Charles Webb 11 0 0 0 11 0 FW John Wood 6 2 0 0 6 2 -- Jimmy Blair 31 0 0 0 31 0 -- Bill Bottomley 1 0 0 0 1 0 -- Jimmy Conlin 27 5 1 0 28 5 -- Bill Eadie 10 1 1 0 11 1 -- Bob Grieve 8 2 0 0 8 2 -- Ernest Hitchcock 1 0 0 0 1 0 -- Bertram Jackson 22 0 0 0 22 0 -- Tommy Kelso 21 0 1 0 22 0 -- Eversley Mansfield 1 0 0 0 1 0 -- Frank Norgrove 7 0 1 0 8 0 -- David Ramsey 1 0 0 0 1 0 -- Jimmy Wilkinson 17 1 1 0 18 1 -- Jack Yuill 3 1 0 0 3 1 Scorers
All
Scorer Goals Irvine Thornley 18 Tom Holford 15 George Dorsett 9 Lot Jones 6 Jimmy Conlin 5 Davie Ross James Buchan 4 Bob Grieve 2 John Wood Bill Eadie 1 George Stewart Jimmy Wilkinson Jack Yuill League
Scorer Goals Irvine Thornley 18 Tom Holford 12 George Dorsett 9 Lot Jones 6 Jimmy Conlin 5 Davie Ross James Buchan 4 Bob Grieve 2 John Wood Bill Eadie 1 George Stewart Jimmy Wilkinson Jack Yuill FA Cup
Scorer Goals Tom Holford 3 See also
References
- ^ "Typical City!". Unofficial supporters homepage. Archived from the original on 11 January 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060111201056/http://www.uit.no/mancity/club/typical.html. Retrieved 25 March 2006.
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