1897–98 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City F.C.

1897–98 season

Manager

Sam Ormerod

Football League

3rd

FA Cup

Second round

Top goalscorer

League: Gillespie (18 goals)
All: Gillespie (19 goals)

Highest home attendance

20,000 vs Burnley
(20 November 1897)

Lowest home attendance

2,000 vs Gainsborough
(1 September 1897)
2,000 vs Lincoln City
(24 January 1898)
2,000 vs Small Heath
(11 April 1898)

← 1896–97

1898–99 →

The 1897–98 season was Manchester City F.C.'s seventh season of league football and sixth season in the Football League.

Team Kit

Football League Second Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Burnley^[1]	30	20	8	2	80	24	48
2	Newcastle United^[1]	30	21	3	6	64	32	45
3	Manchester City	30	15	9	6	66	36	39
4	Newton Heath	30	16	6	8	64	35	38
5	Woolwich Arsenal	30	16	5	9	69	49	37

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
30	15	9	6	66	36	+30	39	10	4	1	45	15	+30	5	5	5	21	21	0

N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2

Reports

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
1 September 1897	Gainsborough Trinity	H	Hyde Road	3 – 0	Meredith, Gillespie, F. Williams	2,000
4 September 1897	Darwen	A	Barley Bank	4 – 2	S. Smith (2), Gillespie, Leonard	1,000
11 September 1897	Loughborough	H	Hyde Road	3 – 0	S. Smith (2), Gillespie	7,000
18 September 1897	Blackpool	A	Athletic Grounds	2 – 0	S. Smith, F. Williams	4,000
25 September 1897	Woolwich Arsenal	H	Hyde Road	4 – 1	S. Smith (3), F. Williams	7,000
2 October 1897	Loughborough	A	Athletic Ground	3 – 0	Gillespie, F. Williams (2)	5,000
9 October 1897	Grimsby Town	H	Hyde Road	3 – 0	B. Smith, Meredith, Gillespie	7,000
16 October 1897	Newton Heath	A	Bank Street	1 – 1	Ray	20,000
23 October 1897	Darwen	H	Hyde Road	5 – 0	Gillespie (2), F. Williams (2), Whitehead	7,000
30 October 1897	Burnley	A	Turf Moor	1 – 3	? (o.g.)	10,000
20 November 1897	Burnley	H	Hyde Road	1 – 1	Gillespie	20,000
11 December 1897	Leicester Fosse	H	Hyde Road	2 – 1	Gillespie, Meredith	9,000
18 December 1897	Grimsby Town	A	Abbey Park	4 – 3	Leonard (2), Meredith, Gillespie	5,000
25 December 1897	Newton Heath	H	Hyde Road	0 – 1		16,000
27 December 1897	Small Heath	A	Muntz Street	1 – 0	Leonard	10,000
1 January 1898	Luton Town	A	Dunstable Road	0 – 3		4,000
3 January 1898	Walsall	H	Hyde Road	3 – 2	Gillespie (2), Meredith	7,000
8 January 1898	Newcastle United	H	Hyde Road	1 – 1	Whitehead	16,000
15 January 1898	Walsall	A	Hillary Street	2 – 2	Gillespie, S. Smith	10,000
24 January 1898	Lincoln City	H	Hyde Road	3 – 1	Meredith, Gillespie, ? (o.g.)	2,000
5 February 1898	Woolwich Arsenal	A	Manor Ground	2 – 2	Holmes, Gillespie	8,000
26 February 1898	Gainsborough Trinity	A	The Northolme	0 – 1		2,000
16 March 1898	Newcastle United	A	St James' Park	0 – 2		20,000
19 March 1898	Lincoln City	A	Sincil Bank	1 – 2	Dougal	3,000
26 March 1898	Luton Town	H	Hyde Road	2 – 1	Meredith (2)	5,000
30 March 1898	Blackpool	H	Hyde Road	3 – 3	S. Smith, Gillespie, Dougal	4,000
2 April 1898	Leicester Fosse	A	Filbert Street	0 – 0		6,000
9 April 1898	Burton Swifts	A	Peel Croft	0 – 0		3,000
11 April 1898	Small Heath	H	Hyde Road	3 – 3	B. Smith, Meredith, Gillespie	2,000
16 April 1898	Burton Swifts	H	Hyde Road	9 – 0	Meredith (3), Whitehead (3), S. Smith (2), Gillespie	4,000

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
29 January 1898	First round	Wigan County	H	Hyde Road	1 – 0	Gillespie	6,000
12 February 1898	Second round	Bolton Wanderers	A	Burnden Park	0 – 1		14,000

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Tommy Chappell	7	0	0	0	7	0
GK	Charlie Williams	21	0	2	0	23	0
DF	Tommy Clare	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Dick Ray	20	1	2	0	22	1
MF	Stuart Munn	8	0	0	0	8	0
FW	Walter Bowman	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Billie Gillespie	30	18	2	1	32	19
FW	Billy Meredith	30	12	2	0	32	12
FW	Buxton Smith	28	2	2	0	30	2
FW	Jimmy Whitehead	20	5	2	0	22	5
FW	Fred Williams	22	7	1	0	23	7
--	George Dougal	8	2	0	0	8	2
--	Frank Dyer	2	0	0	0	2	0
--	H. Foster	1	0	0	0	1	0
--	James Harper	2	0	0	0	2	0
--	Billy Holmes	29	1	2	0	31	1
--	Pat Leonard	16	4	0	0	16	4
--	Bobby Moffatt	30	0	2	0	32	0
--	Thomas Read	27	0	2	0	29	0
--	S. Smith	24	12	2	0	26	12
--	Jock Wilson	1	0	0	0	1	0

Scorers

All

Scorer	Goals
Billie Gillespie	19
Billy Meredith	12
S. Smith	12
Fred Williams	7
Jimmy Whitehead	5
Pat Leonard	4
George Dougal	2
Buxton Smith	2
Billy Holmes	1
Dick Ray	1

League

Scorer	Goals
Billie Gillespie	18
Billy Meredith	12
S. Smith	12
Fred Williams	7
Jimmy Whitehead	5
Pat Leonard	4
George Dougal	2
Buxton Smith	2
Billy Holmes	1
Dick Ray	1

FA Cup

Scorer	Goals
Billie Gillespie	1

References

1 2 Promoted to the expanded First Division

External links

Extensive Manchester City statistics site

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	15	9	6	66	36	+30	39	10	4	1	45	15	+30	5	5	5	21	21	0

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	15	9	6	66	36	+30	39	10	4	1	45	15	+30	5	5	5	21	21	0

1897–98 Manchester City F.C. season

Team Kit

Football League Second 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
30	15	9	6	66	36	+30	39	10	4	1	45	15	+30	5	5	5	21	21	0