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1918–19 Manchester City F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Manchester City F.C.
season	1918–19
manager	Ernest Mangnall
league	War League
Principal Tournament
Lancashire Section
league result
5th
cup1	Subsidiary Tournament
Lancashire Section
Group C
cup1 result
1st
league topscorer
Browell (14 goals)
season topscorer
Barnes (20 goals)
highest attendance	35,000 vs Manchester United
(18 April 1919)
lowest attendance	10,000 vs Stoke
(14 September 1918)
10,000 vs Southport Vulcan
(14 December 1918)
prevseason	1917–18
nextseason	1919–20

Principal Tournament Lancashire Section 5th Lancashire Section Group C 1st Browell (14 goals) Barnes (20 goals) (18 April 1919) (14 September 1918) 10,000 vs Southport Vulcan (14 December 1918)

The 1918–19 season was '''Manchester City F.C.''''s twenty-eighth 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, while in the four-team subsidiary tournament they contested the Group C of the Lancashire Section.

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
300	1500	3	12	57	36	+21	33	9	2	4	33	11	+22	6	1	8	24	25	–1

N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2

Reports

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
7 September 1918	Stoke	A	Victoria Ground	0 – 3		8,000
14 September 1918	Stoke	H	Hyde Road	0 – 2		10,000
21 September 1918	Bury	A	Gigg Lane	1 – 0	Moses	8,000
28 September 1918	Bury	H	Hyde Road	7 – 0	Browell (3), Brennan, P. Fairclough, Moses, Kenyon	12,000
5 October 1918	Manchester United	A	Old Trafford	2 – 0	Kenyon, Cartwright	10,000
12 October 1918	Manchester United	H	Hyde Road	0 – 0		15,000
19 October 1918	Blackpool	A	Bloomfield Road	3 – 0	Kenyon, Moses, Browell	9,000
26 October 1918	Blackpool	H	Hyde Road	4 – 0	Lievesley (2), Cartwright, Browell	15,000
2 November 1918	Stockport County	H	Hyde Road	1 – 0	Lievesley	12,000
9 November 1918	Stockport County	A	Edgeley Park	1 – 1	Browell	3,000
16 November 1918	Liverpool	H	Hyde Road	0 – 2		25,000
23 November 1918	Liverpool	A	Anfield	0 – 2		20,000
30 November 1918	Burnley	H	Hyde Road	2 – 1	Lievesley, Smith	12,000
7 December 1918	Burnley	A	Turf Moor	1 – 2	Lievesley	9,000
14 December 1918	Southport Vulcan	H	Hyde Road	0 – 1		10,000
21 December 1918	Southport Vulcan	A	Haig Avenue	0 – 2		6,000
28 December 1918	Preston North End	H	Hyde Road	2 – 0	Wynn, Browell	13,000
11 January 1919	Rochdale	H	Hyde Road	1 – 1	Lievesley	12,000
18 January 1919	Rochdale	A	Spotland	5 – 4	Barnes (2), Dorsett (2), Smith	5,000
25 January 1919	Everton	H	Hyde Road	1 – 0	Murphy	25,000
1 February 1919	Everton	A	Goodison Park	0 – 3		31,000
8 February 1919	Oldham Athletic	H	Hyde Road	3 – 0	Lievesley (2), Barnes	18,000
15 February 1919	Oldham Athletic	A	Boundary Park	3 – 0	Browell, Barnes, Murphy	10,000
22 February 1919	Blackburn Rovers	H	Hyde Road	5 – 1	Barnes (3), Johnson, Browell	22,000
1 March 1919	Blackburn Rovers	A	Ewood Park	1 – 2	Browell	8,000
8 March 1919	Port Vale	H	Hyde Road	6 – 1	Johnson (3), Browell (2), Barnes	14,000
15 March 1919	Port Vale	A	Recreation Ground	5 – 1	Barnes (3), Browell, A. Fairclough	8,000
22 March 1919	Bolton Wanderers	H	Hyde Road	1 – 2	Browell	20,000
29 March 1919	Bolton Wanderers	A	Burnden Park	1 – 3	Barnes	30,000
10 April 1919	Preston North End	A	Deepdale	1 – 2	Barnes	14,000

Subsidiary Tournament

Lancashire Section, Group C

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	5	1	0	14	4	+10	11	3	0	0	8	1	+7	2	1	0	6	3	+3

N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2

Reports

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5 April 1919	Stoke	H	Hyde Road	1 – 0	A. Fairclough	25,000
12 April 1919	Stoke	A	Victoria Ground	1 – 1	Barnes	14,000
18 April 1919	Manchester United	H	Hyde Road	3 – 0	Barnes (2), Wynn	35,000
19 April 1919	Port Vale	A	Recreation Ground	1 – 0	Browell	8,000
21 April 1919	Manchester United	A	Old Trafford	4 – 2	Barness (2), Browell, Lomas	35,000
26 April 1919	Port Vale	H	Hyde Road	4 – 1	Browell (2), Barnes (2)	20,000

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	20
ENG Tommy Browell	18
ENG Fred Lievesley	8
A. Johnson	4
Kenyon	3
Moses
Joe Cartwright	2
ENG Joe Dorsett
Albert Fairclough
ENG Spud Murphy
ENG Andy Smith
WAL George Wynn
Jack Brennan	1
Peter Fairclough
ENG Billy Lomas

Principal Tournament

Scorer	Goals
ENG Tommy Browell	14
ENG Horace Barnes	13
ENG Fred Lievesley	8
A. Johnson	4
Kenyon	3
Moses
Joe Cartwright	2
ENG Joe Dorsett
ENG Spud Murphy
ENG Andy Smith
Jack Brennan	1
Albert Fairclough
Peter Fairclough
WAL George Wynn

Subsidiary Tournament

Scorer	Goals
ENG Horace Barnes	7
ENG Tommy Browell	4
Albert Fairclough	1
ENG Billy Lomas
WAL George Wynn

References

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