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1897–98 Manchester City F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Manchester City F.C.
season	1897–98
manager	Sam Ormerod
league	Football League
league result	3rd place
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	2nd round
league topscorer	Gillespie (18 goals)
season topscorer	Gillespie (19 goals)
highest attendance	20,000 vs Burnley
(20 November 1897)
lowest attendance	2,000 vs Gainsborough
(1 September 1897)
2,000 vs Lincoln City
(24 January 1898)
2,000 vs Small Heath
(11 April 1898)
prevseason	1896–97
nextseason	1898–99

(20 November 1897) (1 September 1897) 2,000 vs Lincoln City (24 January 1898) 2,000 vs Small Heath (11 April 1898)

The 1897–98 season was '''Manchester City F.C.''''s seventh season of league football and sixth season in the Football League.

Team Kit

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Football League Second Division

Results summary

Reports

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result	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	W.S. Smith (2), Gillespie, Leonard	1,000
11 September 1897	Loughborough	H	Hyde Road	3 – 0	W.S. Smith (2), Gillespie	7,000
18 September 1897	Blackpool	A	Athletic Grounds	2 – 0	W.S. Smith, F. Williams	4,000
25 September 1897	Woolwich Arsenal	H	Hyde Road	4 – 1	W.S. Smith (3), F. Williams	7,000
2 October 1897	Loughborough	A	Athletic Ground	3 – 0	Gillespie, F. Williams (2)	5,000
9 October 1897	Grimsby Town	H	Hyde Road	3 – 0	W.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	Gillespie	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, W.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	W.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	W.B. Smith, Meredith, Gillespie	2,000
16 April 1898	Burton Swifts	H	Hyde Road	9 – 0	Meredith (3), Whitehead (3), W.S. Smith (2), Gillespie	4,000

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
29 January 1898	First round	Wigan County	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
GK	Tommy Chappell	7	0	0	0	7	0
GK	ENG Charlie Williams	21	0	2	0	23	0
DF	ENG Tommy Clare	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	ENG Dick Ray	20	1	2	0	22	1
MF	SCO Stuart Munn	8	0	0	0	8	0
FW	CAN Walter Bowman	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW	ENG Billie Gillespie	30	18	2	1	32	19
FW	WAL Billy Meredith	30	12	2	0	32	12
FW	ENG Buxton Smith	28	2	2	0	30	2
FW	ENG Jimmy Whitehead	20	5	2	0	22	5
FW	ENG 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
--	SCO 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
ENG Billie Gillespie	19
WAL Billy Meredith	12
S. Smith
ENG Fred Williams	7
ENG Jimmy Whitehead	5
Pat Leonard	4
George Dougal	2
ENG Buxton Smith
Billy Holmes	1
ENG Dick Ray

League

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

FA Cup

Scorer	Goals
ENG Billie Gillespie	1

References

StatCity website - clarifying different 'Smiths'
StatCity website - clarifying different 'Smiths'
confirmed by extracts from contemporary newspaper reports in Manchester Courier & Empire News / The Umpire identified by The Footy Past Team

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