1904–05 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City F.C.
1904–05 season
Manager Tom Maley
Football League
First Division		 3rd
FA Cup Second round
Top goalscorer League:
Turnbull (19 goals)
All:
Turnbull (20 goals)
Highest home attendance 40,000 vs Newcastle United
(28 January 1905)
40,000 vs Everton
(21 April 1905)
Lowest home attendance 8,000 vs Aston Villa
(9 November 1904)
← 1903–04 1905–06 →

The 1904–05 season was Manchester City F.C.'s fourteenth season of league football and second consecutive season in the top flight of English football.

Contents

Team Kit

Football League First Division

P W D L F A Pts
1 Newcastle United1 34 23 2 9 72 33 48
2 Everton 34 21 5 8 63 36 47
3 Manchester City 34 20 6 8 66 37 46
4 Aston Villa2 34 19 4 11 63 43 42
5 Sunderland 34 16 8 10 60 44 40

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points
Source: Football League
1 - League champions
2 - FA Cup winners

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
34 20 6 8 66 37 +29 46 14 3 0 46 17 +29 6 3 8 20 20 0

N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2

Reports

Date Opponents H / A Venue Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
3 September 1904 Small Heath H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Livingstone, Booth 30,000
10 September 1904 Stoke A Victoria Ground 0 – 1 12,000
17 September 1904 Notts County A Trent Bridge 1 – 1 Thornley 10,000
24 September 1904 Sheffield United H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Thornley 23,000
1 October 1904 Newcastle United A St James' Park 0 – 2 22,000
8 October 1904 Preston North End H Hyde Road 6 – 1 Turnbull (2), Livingstone (2), Booth, Gillespie 23,000
15 October 1904 Middlesbrough A Ayresome Park 1 – 0 Gillespie 12,000
29 October 1904 Bury A Gigg Lane 4 – 2 Gillespie, Meredith, Turnbull, Booth 12,000
9 November 1904 Aston Villa H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Turnbull, Booth 8,000
12 November 1904 Blackburn Rovers A Ewood Park 1 – 3 Turnbull 10,000
14 November 1904 Wolverhampton Wanderers H Hyde Road 5 – 1 Meredith, Booth (2), Livingstone, Gillespie 11,000
19 November 1904 Nottingham Forest H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Booth 16,000
26 November 1904 The Wednesday A Owlerton 1 – 2 Turnbull 15,000
3 December 1904 Sunderland H Hyde Road 5 – 2 Turnbull (3), Gillespie, Booth 27,000
10 December 1904 Woolwich Arsenal A Manor Ground 0 – 1 16,000
17 December 1904 Derby County H Hyde Road 6 – 0 Turnbull (4), Gillespie (2) 22,000
24 December 1904 Everton A Goodison Park 0 – 0 16,000
26 December 1904 Preston North End A Deepdale 1 – 0 Turnbull 17,000
31 December 1904 Small Heath A Muntz Street 1 – 3 Turnbull 11,000
7 January 1905 Stoke H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Meredith 12,000
14 January 1905 Notts County H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Turnbull, Dorsett 10,000
21 January 1905 Sheffield United A Bramall Lane 3 – 0 Dorsett (2), Turnbull 15,000
28 January 1905 Newcastle United H Hyde Road 3 – 2 Hynds, Dorsett, Jones 40,000
11 February 1905 Middlesbrough H Hyde Road 3 – 2 J. Moffatt, Dorsett, ? (o.g.) 18,000
25 February 1905 Bury H Hyde Road 3 – 2 Bannister (2), Meredith 16,000
4 March 1905 Derby County A Baseball Ground 1 – 0 Bannister 7,000
11 March 1905 Blackburn Rovers H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Meredith, Turnbull 12,000
18 March 1905 Nottingham Forest A City Ground 1 – 2 Meredith 10,000
1 April 1905 Sunderland A Roker Park 0 – 0 9,000
8 April 1905 Woolwich Arsenal H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Meredith 18,000
15 April 1905 The Wednesday H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Meredith 20,000
21 April 1905 Everton H Hyde Road 2 – 0 Hynds, Livingstone 40,000
24 April 1905 Wolverhampton Wanderers A Molineux 3 – 0 Livingstone, Jones, Pearson 15,000
29 April 1905 Aston Villa A Villa Park 2 – 3 Turnbull, Livingstone 20,000

FA Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Venue Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
4 February 1905 First round Lincoln City A Sincil Bank 2 – 1 Meredith, Turnbull 10,000
18 February 1905 Second round Bolton Wanderers H Hyde Road 1 – 2 Gillespie 39,000

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK John Edmondson 2 0 0 0 2 0
GK Jack Hillman 32 0 2 0 34 0
DF James Buchan 7 0 0 0 7 0
DF Herbert Burgess 26 0 2 0 28 0
DF Tommy Hynds 33 2 2 0 35 2
MF George Dorsett 9 5 2 0 11 5
FW Jimmy Bannister 6 3 0 0 6 3
FW Frank Booth 33 8 2 0 35 8
FW Billie Gillespie 16 7 1 1 17 8
FW Lot Jones 12 2 0 0 12 2
FW Billy Meredith 34 8 2 1 36 9
FW Irvine Thornley 4 2 0 0 4 2
FW Sandy Turnbull 30 19 2 1 32 20
-- John Christie 1 0 0 0 1 0
-- R. Dearden 8 0 0 0 8 0
-- Sammy Frost 32 0 1 0 33 0
-- Billy Holmes 4 0 0 0 4 0
-- Geordie Livingstone 26 7 0 0 26 7
-- McMahon 31 0 2 0 33 0
-- Willie McOustra 2 0 0 0 2 0
-- Joe Moffatt 13 1 2 0 15 1
-- Frank Norgrove 10 0 1 0 11 0
-- Frank Pearson 3 1 1 0 4 1
-- Fred Threlfall 1 0 0 0 1 0

Scorers

All

Scorer Goals
Sandy Turnbull 20
Billy Meredith 9
Frank Booth 8
Billie Gillespie
Geordie Livingstone 7
George Dorsett 5
Jimmy Bannister 3
Tommy Hynds 2
Lot Jones
Irvine Thornley
Joe Moffatt 1
Frank Pearson

League

Scorer Goals
Sandy Turnbull 19
Frank Booth 8
Billy Meredith
Billie Gillespie 7
Geordie Livingstone
George Dorsett 5
Jimmy Bannister 3
Tommy Hynds 2
Lot Jones
Irvine Thornley
Joe Moffatt 1
Frank Pearson

FA Cup

Scorer Goals
Billie Gillespie 1
Billy Meredith
Sandy Turnbull

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