1908–09 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City F.C.
1908–09 season
Manager	Harry Newbould
Football League First Division	19th (relegated)
FA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Thornley (18 goals) All: Thornley (18 goals)
Highest home attendance	40,000 vs Manchester United (19 September 1908)
Lowest home attendance	3,000 vs Nottingham Forest (13 April 1909)
← 1907–08 1909–10 →

The 1908–09 season was Manchester City F.C.'s eighteenth season of league football and sixth consecutive season in the top flight of English football.

In a season where they had almost the best home form in the league, only four teams won more games than them and only five teams scored more, City still finished 19th and became only the second team since the abolition of test matches eleven years earlier to be relegated on goal average - all of this arguably contributing to one of the earliest of the many bizarre circumstances in their history which has become known by supporters as "Typical City".^[1]

Team Kit

Football League First Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
16	Liverpool	38	15	6	17	57	65	0.877	36
17	Bury	38	14	8	16	63	77	0.818	36
18	Bradford City	38	12	10	16	47	47	1.000	34
19	Manchester City	38	15	4	19	67	69	0.971	34
20	Leicester Fosse	38	8	9	21	54	102	0.529	25

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points
Source: Football League

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
38	15	4	19	67	69	-2	34	12	3	4	50	23	+27	3	1	15	17	46	-29

N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2

Reports

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
1 September 1908	Sunderland	H	Hyde Road	1 – 0	Eadie	25,000
5 September 1908	Blackburn Rovers	H	Hyde Road	3 – 3	Thornley (2), Jones	30,000
12 September 1908	Bradford City	A	Valley Parade	0 – 0		30,000
19 September 1908	Manchester United	H	Hyde Road	1 – 2	Thornley	40,000
26 September 1908	Everton	A	Goodison Park	3 – 6	Thornley (3)	20,000
3 October 1908	Leicester Fosse	H	Hyde Road	5 – 2	Grieve (2), Ross (2), Dorsett	15,000
10 October 1908	Woolwich Arsenal	A	Manor Ground	0 – 3		10,000
17 October 1908	Notts County	H	Hyde Road	1 – 0	Thornley	20,000
24 October 1908	Newcastle United	A	St James' Park	0 – 2		25,000
31 October 1908	Bristol City	H	Hyde Road	5 – 1	Thornley (2), Buchan, Dorsett, Wood	20,000
7 November 1908	Preston North End	A	Deepdale	0 – 3		10,000
14 November 1908	Middlesbrough	H	Hyde Road	0 – 0		18,000
21 November 1908	The Wednesday	A	Owlerton	1 – 3	Thornley	11,000
28 November 1908	Liverpool	A	Anfield	3 – 1	Dorsett, Conlin, Jones	15,000
5 December 1908	Bury	H	Hyde Road	6 – 1	Thornley (3), Dorsett (2), Stewart	30,000
12 December 1908	Sheffield United	A	Bramall Lane	0 – 4		12,000
19 December 1908	Aston Villa	H	Hyde Road	2 – 0	Dorsett, Holford	18,000
25 December 1908	Chelsea	H	Hyde Road	1 – 2	Dorsett	25,000
26 December 1908	Chelsea	A	Stamford Bridge	2 – 1	Jones, Ross	40,000
28 December 1908	Nottingham Forest	A	City Ground	2 – 0	Holford, Ross	10,000
2 January 1909	Blackburn Rovers	A	Ewood Park	2 – 3	Wood, Conlin	12,000
9 January 1909	Bradford City	H	Hyde Road	4 – 3	Holford (3), Conlin	10,000
23 January 1909	Manchester United	A	Bank Street	1 – 3	Conlin	40,000
30 January 1909	Everton	H	Hyde Road	4 – 0	Holford (3), Wilkinson	30,000
13 February 1909	Woolwich Arsenal	H	Hyde Road	2 – 2	Buchan, Holford	20,000
20 February 1909	Notts County	A	Trent Bridge	1 – 5	Dorsett	4,000
27 February 1909	Newcastle United	H	Hyde Road	0 – 2		30,000
11 March 1909	Leicester Fosse	A	Filbert Street	1 – 3	Thornley	8,000
13 March 1909	Preston North End	H	Hyde Road	4 – 1	Thornley (2), Yuill, Jones	12,000
20 March 1909	Middlesbrough	A	Ayresome Park	0 – 3		10,000
27 March 1909	The Wednesday	H	Hyde Road	4 – 0	Holford (3), Jones	12,000
3 April 1909	Liverpool	H	Hyde Road	4 – 0	Buchan, Jones, Ross, Dorsett	15,000
9 April 1909	Sunderland	A	Roker Park	0 – 2		15,000
10 April 1909	Bury	A	Gigg Lane	0 – 1		16,000
13 April 1909	Nottingham Forest	H	Hyde Road	2 – 1	Thornley, Conlin	3,000
17 April 1909	Sheffield United	H	Hyde Road	1 – 3	Thornley	10,000
24 April 1909	Aston Villa	A	Villa Park	1 – 2	Buchan	15,000
28 April 1909	Bristol City	A	Ashton Gate	0 – 1		8,000

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
16 January 1909	First round	Tottenham Hotspur	H	Hyde Road	3 – 4	Holford (3)	20,000

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Herbert Broomfield	4	0	0	0	4	0
GK	Walter Smith	34	0	1	0	35	0
DF	James Buchan	38	4	1	0	39	4
DF	Frank Buckley	4	0	0	0	4	0
DF	Charlie Burgess	26	0	0	0	26	0
MF	George Dorsett	22	9	1	0	23	9
MF	Tom Holford	26	12	1	3	27	15
FW	John Brown	4	0	0	0	4	0
FW	Patsy Hendren	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Lot Jones	29	6	1	0	30	6
FW	Davie Ross	22	5	1	0	23	5
FW	George Stewart	8	1	1	0	9	1
FW	Irvine Thornley	32	18	0	0	32	18
FW	Charles Webb	11	0	0	0	11	0
FW	John Wood	6	2	0	0	6	2
--	Jimmy Blair	31	0	0	0	31	0
--	Bill Bottomley	1	0	0	0	1	0
--	Jimmy Conlin	27	5	1	0	28	5
--	Bill Eadie	10	1	1	0	11	1
--	Bob Grieve	8	2	0	0	8	2
--	Ernest Hitchcock	1	0	0	0	1	0
--	Bertram Jackson	22	0	0	0	22	0
--	Tommy Kelso	21	0	1	0	22	0
--	Eversley Mansfield	1	0	0	0	1	0
--	Frank Norgrove	7	0	1	0	8	0
--	David Ramsey	1	0	0	0	1	0
--	Jimmy Wilkinson	17	1	1	0	18	1
--	Jack Yuill	3	1	0	0	3	1

Scorers

All

Scorer	Goals
Irvine Thornley	18
Tom Holford	15
George Dorsett	9
Lot Jones	6
Jimmy Conlin	5
Davie Ross	5
James Buchan	4
Bob Grieve	2
John Wood	2
Bill Eadie	1
George Stewart
Jimmy Wilkinson
Jack Yuill

League

Scorer	Goals
Irvine Thornley	18
Tom Holford	12
George Dorsett	9
Lot Jones	6
Jimmy Conlin	5
Davie Ross	5
James Buchan	4
Bob Grieve	2
John Wood	2
Bill Eadie	1
George Stewart
Jimmy Wilkinson
Jack Yuill

FA Cup

Scorer	Goals
Tom Holford	3

References

↑ "Typical City!". Unofficial supporters homepage. Archived from the original on 11 January 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2006.

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FA competitions

FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds
Final)
Charity Shield

Football and Southern Leagues

Football League (First Division
Second Division)
Southern League

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bradford City Bristol City Bury Chelsea Everton Leicester Fosse Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Notts County Preston North End Sheffield United Sunderland The Wednesday Woolwich Arsenal

Second Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bradford Park Avenue Burnley Chesterfield Derby County Fulham Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Grimsby Town Hull City Leeds City Clapton Orient Oldham Athletic Stockport County Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Southern League	Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Coventry City Crystal Palace Exeter City Leyton Luton Town Millwall New Brompton Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Reading Southend United Southampton Swindon Town Watford West Ham United

Other	Stoke

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	15	4	19	67	69	-2	34	12	3	4	50	23	+27	3	1	15	17	46	-29

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	15	4	19	67	69	-2	34	12	3	4	50	23	+27	3	1	15	17	46	-29

1908–09 Manchester City F.C. season

Team Kit

Football League First Division

Results summary

Reports

FA Cup

Squad statistics

Squad

Scorers

All

League

FA Cup

See also

References

External links

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	15	4	19	67	69	-2	34	12	3	4	50	23	+27	3	1	15	17	46	-29