1908–09 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City F.C.
1908–09 season
Manager England 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 WDLFAGAPts
16Liverpool381561757650.87736
17Bury381481663770.81836
18Bradford City3812101647471.00034
19Manchester City381541967690.97134
20Leicester Fosse388921541020.52925

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

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GKEngland Herbert Broomfield 400040
GKEngland Walter Smith 34010350
DFScotland James Buchan 38410394
DFEngland Frank Buckley 400040
DFEngland Charlie Burgess 26000260
MFEngland George Dorsett 22910239
MFEngland Tom Holford 2612132715
FWEngland John Brown 400040
FWEngland Patsy Hendren 200020
FWWales Lot Jones 29610306
FWEngland Davie Ross 22510235
FWScotland George Stewart 811091
FWEngland Irvine Thornley 3218003218
FWEngland Charles Webb 11000110
FWEngland John Wood 620062
--Jimmy Blair 31000310
--Bill Bottomley 100010
--Jimmy Conlin 27510285
--Scotland Bill Eadie 10110111
--Bob Grieve 820082
--Ernest Hitchcock 100010
--Bertram Jackson 22000220
--Tommy Kelso 21010220
--Eversley Mansfield 100010
--Frank Norgrove 701080
--David Ramsey 100010
--Jimmy Wilkinson 17110181
--Jack Yuill 310031

Scorers

All

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

League

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

FA Cup

Scorer Goals
England Tom Holford 3

See also

References

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

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