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1916–17 Manchester City F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Manchester City F.C.
season	1916–17
manager	Ernest Mangnall
league	War League
Principal Tournament
Lancashire Section
league result
4th
cup1	Subsidiary Tournament
Lancashire Section
Group D
cup1 result
4th
league topscorer
Barnes (16 goals)
season topscorer
Barnes (16 goals)
highest attendance	15,000 vs Manchester United
(3 March 1917)
15,000 vs Manchester United
(21 April 1917)
lowest attendance	3,000 vs Port Vale
(31 March 1917)
prevseason	1915–16
nextseason	1917–18

Principal Tournament Lancashire Section 4th Lancashire Section Group D 4th Barnes (16 goals) Barnes (16 goals) (3 March 1917) 15,000 vs Manchester United (21 April 1917) (31 March 1917)

The 1916–17 season was '''Manchester City F.C.''''s twenty-sixth season of league football.

Owing to World War I, once again Manchester City played non-competitive war league football. In the principal tournament they contested the Lancashire Section, which was expanded to 16 teams to give a more complete 30-game season. In the subsidiary tournament they contested Group D of the Lancashire Section, with the groups reduced to four teams in size to complement the increased playing season of the Principal Tournament.

Team Kit

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War Leagues

Principal Tournament

Lancashire Section

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
30	14	9	7	49	29	+20	37	11	3	1	35	10	+25	3	6	6	14	19	–5

N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2

Reports

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
2 September 1916	Stoke	A	Victoria Ground	0 – 1		6,000
9 September 1916	Southport Central	H	Hyde Road	0 – 0		8,000
16 September 1916	Blackburn Rovers	A	Ewood Park	1 – 2	P. Fairclough	3,000
23 September 1916	Blackpool	H	Hyde Road	4 – 0	Barnes (3), Brennan	10,000
30 September 1916	Everton	H	Hyde Road	4 – 1	Barnes (3), Hoare	14,000
7 October 1916	Rochdale	A	Spotland	2 – 2	Barnes, Brennan	1,000
14 October 1916	Bolton Wanderers	H	Hyde Road	1 – 0	P. Fairclough	8,000
21 October 1916	Port Vale	A	Recreation Ground	1 – 0	P. Fairclough	6,000
28 October 1916	Oldham Athletic	H	Hyde Road	2 – 1	Cartwright, Walden	9,000
4 November 1916	Preston North End	A	Deepdale	2 – 2	Wynn, Barnes	3,000
11 November 1916	Burnley	H	Hyde Road	2 – 1	Wray, Meredith	14,000
18 November 1916	Manchester United	A	Old Trafford	1 – 2	Hoad	10,000
25 November 1916	Liverpool	H	Hyde Road	1 – 1	Barnes	10,000
2 December 1916	Stockport County	A	Edgeley Park	0 – 0		6,000
9 December 1916	Bury	H	Hyde Road	1 – 1	Meredith	5,000
23 December 1916	Southport Central	A	Haig Avenue	0 – 0		1,000
25 December 1916	Stoke	H	Hyde Road	1 – 0	Wynn	12,000
30 December 1916	Blackburn Rovers	H	Hyde Road	8 – 0	Capper (5), Nelson (2), Davies	10,000
6 January 1917	Blackpool	A	Bloomfield Road	1 – 3	Cartwright	4,000
13 January 1917	Everton	A	Goodison Park	2 – 0	P. Fairclough, Barnes	8,000
20 January 1917	Rochdale	H	Hyde Road	2 – 1	Wynn, Barnes	7,000
27 January 1917	Bolton Wanderers	A	Burnden Park	2 – 2	Tavo, W. Newton	2,000
3 February 1917	Port Vale	H	Hyde Road	2 – 0	Barnes (2)	6,000
10 February 1917	Oldham Athletic	A	Boundary Park	1 – 2	Tyler	3,000
17 February 1917	Preston North End	H	Hyde Road	5 – 1	Tyler (2), Goddard (3)	7,000
24 February 1917	Burnley	A	Turf Moor	1 – 0	Barnes	4,000
3 March 1917	Manchester United	H	Hyde Road	1 – 0	Barnes	15,000
10 March 1917	Liverpool	A	Anfield	0 – 3		14,000
17 March 1917	Stockport County	H	Hyde Road	1 – 3	Barnes	14,000
24 March 1917	Bury	A	Gigg Lane	0 – 0		3,000

Subsidiary Tournament

Lancashire Section, Group D

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
6	2	1	3	3	11	–8	5	2	0	1	2	1	+1	0	1	2	1	10	–9

N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2

Reports

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
31 March 1917	Port Vale	H	Hyde Road	1 – 0	Wynn	3,000
6 April 1917	Stoke	H	Hyde Road	1 – 0	McIlvenney	12,000
7 April 1917	Manchester United	A	Old Trafford	1 – 5	H. Newton	15,000
9 April 1917	Stoke	A	Victoria Ground	0 – 5		8,000
14 April 1917	Port Vale	A	Recreation Ground	0 – 0		5,000
21 April 1917	Manchester United	H	Hyde Road	0 – 1		15,000

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos.	Name	Principal	Subsidiary	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps
GK	ENG Jim Goodchild	25	0	4	0	29	0
GK	Percy Kite	1	0	0	0	1	0
GK	ENG Walter Smith	4	0	2	0	6	0
DF	ENG Eli Fletcher	29	0	6	0	35	0
DF	ENG Fred Parker	16	0	2	0	18	0
MF	ENG Sid Hoad	3	1	3	0	0	1
FW	ENG Horace Barnes	18	16	0	0	18	16
FW	ENG Ted Hanney	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	ENG Gordon Hoare	1	1	0	0	1	1
FW	WAL Lot Jones	8	0	1	0	9	0
FW	ENG Billy Lomas	0	0	5	0	5	0
FW	WAL Billy Meredith	27	2	6	0	33	2
FW	ENG Harry Taylor	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	ENG Harold Walden	2	1	0	0	2	1
FW	WAL George Wynn	18	3	2	1	20	4
--	Armstrong	0	0	4	0	4	0
--	Bill Bottomley	23	0	1	0	24	0
--	Jack Brennan	12	2	1	0	13	2
--	T. Broad	2	0	0	0	2	0
--	Alf Capper	1	5	0	0	1	5
--	Joe Cartwright	23	2	4	0	27	2
--	J. Clegg	0	0	2	0	2	0
--	Cruse	1	0	0	0	1	0
--	Alfred Davies	18	1	0	0	18	1
--	Peter Fairclough	20	4	4	0	24	4
DF	ENG Peter Gartland	19	0	2	0	21	0
--	Robert Geddes	1	0	0	0	1	0
--	Goddard	3	3	0	0	3	3
--	R. Hargreaves	0	0	1	0	1	0
--	M. Lee	0	0	1	0	1	0
--	F. McIlvenney	0	0	2	1	2	1
--	Malone	0	0	1	0	1	0
--	Miller	4	0	0	0	4	0
--	Nelson	6	2	0	0	6	2
--	H. Newton	0	0	4	1	4	1
--	William Newton	5	1	2	0	7	1
--	Sid Scott	8	0	1	0	9	0
--	Skeldon	1	0	0	0	1	0
--	J.D. Tavo	2	1	0	0	2	1
--	Herbert Tyler	22	3	6	0	28	3
--	Woodhouse	0	0	1	0	1	0
--	Jimmy Wray	5	1	1	0	6	1

Scorers

All

Scorer	Goals
ENG Horace Barnes	16
ENG Alf Capper	5
Peter Fairclough	4
WAL George Wynn
Goddard	3
Herbert Tyler
Jack Brennan	2
Joe Cartwright
WAL Billy Meredith
Nelson
Alfred Davies	1
ENG Sid Hoad
ENG Gordon Hoare
F. McIlvenney
H. Newton
William Newton
J.D. Tavo
ENG Harold Walden
Jimmy Wray

Principal Tournament

Scorer	Goals
ENG Horace Barnes	16
ENG Alf Capper	5
Peter Fairclough	4
Goddard	3
Herbert Tyler
WAL George Wynn
Jack Brennan	2
Joe Cartwright
WAL Billy Meredith
Nelson
Alfred Davies	1
ENG Sid Hoad
ENG Gordon Hoare
William Newton
J.D. Tavo
ENG Harold Walden
Jimmy Wray

Subsidiary Tournament

Scorer	Goals
F. McIlvenney	1
H. Newton
WAL George Wynn

References

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