1919–20 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City F.C.
1919–20 season
Manager England Ernest Mangnall
Football League
First Division
7th
FA Cup Second round
Top goalscorer League:
Barnes (22 goals)
Browell (22 goals)
All:
Barnes (23 goals)
Highest home attendance 35,000 vs Liverpool
(27 March 1920)
Lowest home attendance 10,000 vs Bradford Park Avenue
(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 42-match seasons.

Team Kit

Football League First Division

PosTeamPWDLFAGAPts
5Sunderland422241672591.22048
6Bolton Wanderers421991472651.10847
7Manchester City421891571621.14545
8Newcastle United421791644391.12843
9Aston Villa1421861875731.02742

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

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 15 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

F A

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

F A

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
GKEngland Jim Goodchild 33020350
GKEngland Walter Smith 900090
DFEngland Sam Cookson 20020220
DFEngland Eli Fletcher 34120361
DFEngland Frank Knowles 200020
DFEngland Max Woosnam 16020180
MFEngland Joe Dorsett 800080
MFEngland Spud Murphy 36521386
FWEngland Jack Allen 200020
FWEngland Horace Barnes 3922214123
FWEngland Tommy Broad 19010200
FWEngland Tommy Browell 3022203222
FWEngland Dick Crawshaw 21610226
FWEngland Joby Godfrey 910091
FWEngland Ted Hanney 700070
FWEngland Fred Howard 101020
FWEngland Tommy Johnson 10500105
FWEngland Fred Lievesley 100010
FWEngland Harry Taylor 640064
FWWales George Wynn 410041
MFEngland Jack Brennan 20020220
--Joe Cartwright 610061
--Albert Fairclough 200020
--Peter Fairclough 400040
--Ernie Goodwin 15212164
--George Gray 200020
--Scotland Jock Henderson 400040
--Billy Henry 13000130
--Teddy Hughes 600060
--Harry Jarvis 100010
--Tommy Lamph 11000110
--William Newton 200020
--Joe Reid 310031
--Sid Scott 12000120
--Sammy Sharp 600060
--Fred Sugden 600060
--Herbert Tyler 41020430

Scorers

All

Scorer Goals
England Horace Barnes 23
England Tommy Browell 22
England Dick Crawshaw 6
England Spud Murphy
England Tommy Johnson 5
Ernie Goodwin 4
England Harry Taylor
Joe Cartwright 1
England Eli Fletcher
England Joby Godfrey
Joe Reid
Wales George Wynn

League

Scorer Goals
England Horace Barnes 22
England Tommy Browell
England Dick Crawshaw 6
England Tommy Johnson 5
England Spud Murphy
England Harry Taylor 4
Ernie Goodwin 2
Joe Cartwright 1
England Eli Fletcher
England Joby Godfrey
Joe Reid
Wales George Wynn

FA Cup

Scorer Goals
Ernie Goodwin 2
England Horace Barnes 1
England Spud Murphy

See also

References

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