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1919–20 Manchester City F.C. season
English football club season
English football club season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| club | Manchester City F.C. |
| season | 1919–20 |
| manager | Ernest Mangnall |
| league | Football League |
| First Division | |
| league result | 7th |
| cup1 | FA Cup |
| cup1 result | Second round |
| league topscorer | |
| Barnes (22 goals) | |
| Browell (22 goals) | |
| season topscorer | |
| Barnes (23 goals) | |
| highest attendance | 35,000 vs Liverpool |
| (27 March 1920) | |
| lowest attendance | 10,000 vs Bradford Park Avenue |
| (13 March 1920) | |
| pattern_b1 | _buttons |
| pattern_so1 | _2whitestripes |
| leftarm1 | 3399ff |
| body1 | 3399ff |
| rightarm1 | 3399ff |
| socks1 | 003366 |
| prevseason | 1918–19 |
| nextseason | 1920–21 |
First Division Barnes (22 goals) Browell (22 goals) Barnes (23 goals) (27 March 1920) (13 March 1920)
The 1919–20 season was '''Manchester City F.C.''''s twenty-ninth season of league football, and first season back in the Football League and the FA Cup after the cancellation of competitive league football during World War I.
For this season, the Football League also made the decision to expand the size of their leagues to 22 teams apiece, giving Manchester City their first taste of a 42-match league season.
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Football League First Division
Results summary
Reports
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 1919 | Sheffield United | H | Hyde Road | 3 – 3 | Barnes (2), Browell | 30,000 |
| 1 September 1919 | Oldham Athletic | A | Boundary Park | 3 – 1 | Browell (2), Cartwright | 3,000 |
| 6 September 1919 | Sheffield United | A | Bramall Lane | 1 – 3 | Wynn | 30,000 |
| 8 September 1919 | Oldham Athletic | H | Hyde Road | 3 – 1 | Browell (2), Barnes | 22,000 |
| 13 September 1919 | Bolton Wanderers | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 4 | Crawshaw | 20,000 |
| 20 September 1919 | Bolton Wanderers | A | Burnden Park | 2 – 6 | Taylor, Browell | 30,000 |
| 27 September 1919 | Notts County | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 1 | Barnes (3), Taylor | 20,000 |
| 4 October 1919 | Notts County | A | Meadow Lane | 1 – 4 | Barnes | 16,000 |
| 11 October 1919 | Manchester United | H | Hyde Road | 3 – 3 | Browell (2), Taylor | 32,000 |
| 18 October 1919 | Manchester United | A | Old Trafford | 0 – 1 | 45,000 | |
| 25 October 1919 | The Wednesday | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 2 | Browell (2), Taylor, Goodwin | 20,000 |
| 1 November 1919 | The Wednesday | A | Hillsborough | 0 – 0 | 20,000 | |
| 8 November 1919 | Blackburn Rovers | H | Hyde Road | 8 – 2 | Browell (3), Barnes (2), Murphy (2), Crawshaw | 25,000 |
| 15 November 1919 | Blackburn Rovers | A | Ewood Park | 4 – 1 | Browell (2), Barnes (2) | 6,000 |
| 22 November 1919 | Derby County | H | Hyde Road | 3 – 1 | Crawshaw (2), Barnes | 15,000 |
| 29 November 1919 | Derby County | A | Baseball Ground | 0 – 0 | 7,000 | |
| 6 December 1919 | West Bromwich Albion | H | Hyde Road | 2 – 3 | Browell (2) | 30,000 |
| 13 December 1919 | West Bromwich Albion | A | The Hawthorns | 0 – 2 | 20,000 | |
| 20 December 1919 | Sunderland | A | Roker Park | 1 – 2 | Reid | 20,000 |
| 25 December 1919 | Everton | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 1 | Barnes | 25,000 |
| 26 December 1919 | Everton | A | Goodison Park | 0 – 2 | 26,000 | |
| 27 December 1919 | Sunderland | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 0 | Murphy | 30,000 |
| 1 January 1920 | Bradford City | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 0 | Murphy | 30,000 |
| 3 January 1920 | Arsenal | A | Highbury | 2 – 2 | Murphy, Barnes | 32,000 |
| 17 January 1920 | Arsenal | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 1 | Browell (3), Goodwin | 25,000 |
| 24 January 1920 | Middlesbrough | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 0 | Browell | 28,000 |
| 7 February 1920 | Burnley | H | Hyde Road | 3 – 1 | Barnes (2), Crawshaw | 30,000 |
| 14 February 1920 | Burnley | A | Turf Moor | 0 – 2 | 20,000 | |
| 18 February 1920 | Middlesbrough | A | Ayresome Park | 2 – 0 | Johnson (2) | 15,000 |
| 28 February 1920 | Preston North End | A | Deepdale | 1 – 1 | Fletcher | 17,000 |
| 13 March 1920 | Bradford Park Avenue | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 1 | Barnes (2), Johnson, Crawshaw | 10,000 |
| 17 March 1920 | Preston North End | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 0 | Godfrey | 18,000 |
| 20 March 1920 | Liverpool | A | Anfield | 0 – 1 | 30,000 | |
| 22 March 1920 | Bradford Park Avenue | A | Park Avenue | 1 – 2 | Johnson | 8,000 |
| 27 March 1920 | Liverpool | H | Hyde Road | 2 – 1 | Barnes (2) | 35,000 |
| 3 April 1920 | Chelsea | A | Stamford Bridge | 0 – 1 | 45,000 | |
| 5 April 1920 | Bradford City | A | Valley Parade | 0 – 1 | 20,000 | |
| 10 April 1920 | Chelsea | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 0 | Barnes | 25,000 |
| 17 April 1920 | Newcastle United | A | St James' Park | 0 – 3 | 36,000 | |
| 24 April 1920 | Newcastle United | H | Hyde Road | 0 – 0 | 25,000 | |
| 26 April 1920 | Aston Villa | A | Villa Park | 1 – 0 | Browell | 45,000 |
| 1 May 1920 | Aston Villa | H | Hyde Road | 2 – 2 | Johnson, Barnes | 23,000 |
FA Cup
| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 January 1920 | First round | Clapton Orient | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 1 | Goodwin (2), Barnes, Murphy | 25,878 |
| 31 January 1920 | Second round | Leicester City | A | Filbert Street | 0 – 3 | 23,041 |
Squad statistics
Squad
Appearances for competitive matches only
| Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | Total | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | ENG Jim Goodchild | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
| GK | ENG Walter Smith | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| DF | ENG Sam Cookson | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| DF | ENG Eli Fletcher | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 1 | |||
| DF | ENG Frank Knowles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| DF | ENG Max Woosnam | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
| MF | ENG Joe Dorsett | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| MF | ENG Spud Murphy | 36 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 6 | |||
| FW | ENG Jack Allen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| FW | ENG Horace Barnes | 39 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 23 | |||
| FW | ENG Tommy Broad | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| FW | ENG Tommy Browell | 30 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 22 | |||
| FW | ENG Dick Crawshaw | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | |||
| FW | ENG Joby Godfrey | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |||
| FW | ENG Ted Hanney | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| FW | ENG Fred Howard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| FW | ENG Tommy Johnson | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | |||
| FW | ENG Fred Lievesley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| FW | ENG Harry Taylor | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |||
| FW | WAL George Wynn | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| MF | ENG Jack Brennan | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| -- | Joe Cartwright | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||
| -- | Albert Fairclough | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| -- | Peter Fairclough | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| -- | Ernie Goodwin | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | |||
| -- | George Gray | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| -- | SCO Jock Henderson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| -- | Billy Henry | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| -- | Teddy Hughes | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| -- | Harry Jarvis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| -- | Tommy Lamph | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| -- | William Newton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| -- | Joe Reid | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| -- | Sid Scott | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| -- | Sammy Sharp | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| -- | Fred Sugden | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| -- | Herbert Tyler | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
Scorers
All
| Scorer | Goals |
|---|---|
| ENG Horace Barnes | 23 |
| ENG Tommy Browell | 22 |
| ENG Dick Crawshaw | 6 |
| ENG Spud Murphy | |
| ENG Tommy Johnson | 5 |
| Ernie Goodwin | 4 |
| ENG Harry Taylor | |
| Joe Cartwright | 1 |
| ENG Eli Fletcher | |
| ENG Joby Godfrey | |
| Joe Reid | |
| WAL George Wynn |
League
| Scorer | Goals |
|---|---|
| ENG Horace Barnes | 22 |
| ENG Tommy Browell | |
| ENG Dick Crawshaw | 6 |
| ENG Tommy Johnson | 5 |
| ENG Spud Murphy | |
| ENG Harry Taylor | 4 |
| Ernie Goodwin | 2 |
| Joe Cartwright | 1 |
| ENG Eli Fletcher | |
| ENG Joby Godfrey | |
| Joe Reid | |
| WAL George Wynn |
FA Cup
| Scorer | Goals |
|---|---|
| Ernie Goodwin | 2 |
| ENG Horace Barnes | 1 |
| ENG Spud Murphy |
References
References
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