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1896–97 Manchester City F.C. season

{{Short description|1896–97 season of Manchester City}}

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{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox football club season

| club = Manchester City F.C.

| season = 1896–97

| manager = Sam Ormerod

| league = Football League

| league result = 6th

| cup1 = FA Cup

| cup1 result = First round

| league topscorer = Meredith (10 goals)

| season topscorer = Meredith (10 goals)

| highest attendance = 20,000 vs Newton Heath
(3 October 1896)

| lowest attendance = 1,000 vs Lincoln City
(13 February 1897)
1,000 vs Leicester Fosse (12 April 1897)

| prevseason = 1895–96

| nextseason = 1897–98

}}

The 1896–97 season was Manchester City F.C.'s sixth season of league football and fifth season in the Football League.

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Football League Second Division

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=Results summary=

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=Reports=

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Date

!Opponents

!H / A

!Venue

!Result
F – A

!Scorers

!Attendance

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| 5 September 1896

| Woolwich Arsenal

| H

| Hyde Road

| 1 – 1

| Finnerhan

| 8,000

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| 12 September 1896

| Gainsborough Trinity

| H

| Hyde Road

| 1 – 1

| Sharples

| 4,000

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| 19 September 1896

| Darwen

| H

| Hyde Road

| 4 – 1

| Mann (2), Ditchfield, Lewis

| 10,000

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| 21 September 1896

| Lincoln City

| A

| Sincil Bank

| 3 – 0

| Finnerhan, Lewis, Sharples

| 3,000

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| 26 September 1896

| Blackpool

| A

| Athletic Grounds

| 2 – 2

| Mann, Hill

| 5,000

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| 3 October 1896

| Newton Heath

| H

| Hyde Road

| 0 – 0

|

| 20,000

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| 10 October 1896

| Notts County

| A

| Trent Bridge

| 3 – 3

| Meredith, Hill, Robinson

| 7,000

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| 17 October 1896

| Newcastle United

| H

| Hyde Road

| 1 – 2

| Robinson

| 10,000

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| 24 October 1896

| Grimsby Town

| H

| Hyde Road

| 1 – 3

| Sharples

| 3,000

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| 31 October 1896

| Notts County

| H

| Hyde Road

| 1 – 4

| Meredith

| 12,000

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| 7 November 1896

| Blackpool

| H

| Hyde Road

| 4 – 2

| Banner, Meredith, Sharples, Lewis

| 4,000

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| 14 November 1896

| Burton Swifts

| A

| Peel Croft

| 3 – 1

| Tait (2), Gunn

| 4,000

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| 23 November 1896

| Walsall

| H

| Hyde Road

| 2 – 3

| Finnerhan, Mann

| 3,000

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| 28 November 1896

| Burton Wanderers

| H

| Hyde Road

| 2 – 1

| F. Williams, Gunn

| 2,000

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| 19 December 1896

| Grimsby Town

| A

| Abbey Park

| 3 – 1

| Meredith, Gunn, F. Williams

| 12,000

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| 25 December 1896

| Newton Heath

| A

| Bank Street

| 1 – 2

| Hill

| 18,000

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| 26 December 1896

| Burton Swifts

| H

| Hyde Road

| 0 – 5

|

| 6,000

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| 1 January 1897

| Small Heath

| H

| Hyde Road

| 3 – 0

| Bannister, Gunn, Sharples

| 16,000

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| 6 January 1897

| Walsall

| A

| Hillary Street

| 5 – 0

| Ray, Mann, Meredith, Lewis, Sharples

| 500

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| 9 January 1897

| Darwen

| A

| Barley Bank

| 1 – 3

| Gillespie

| 1,000

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| 6 February 1897

| Newcastle United

| A

| St James' Park

| 0 – 3

|

| 4,000

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| 13 February 1897

| Lincoln City

| H

| Hyde Road

| 1 – 0

| Gillespie

| 1,000

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| 27 February 1897

| Gainsborough Trinity

| A

| The Northolme

| 4 – 1

| Gillespie, F. Williams (2), Meredith

| 9,000

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| 6 March 1897

| Burton Wanderers

| A

| Derby Turn

| 1 – 1

| Read

| 3,000

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| 13 March 1897

| Leicester Fosse

| A

| Filbert Street

| 4 – 0

| Holmes, Meredith, Gillespie, F. Williams

| 6,000

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| 17 March 1897

| Loughborough

| A

| Athletic Ground

| 0 – 2

|

| 2,000

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| 12 April 1897

| Leicester Fosse

| H

| Hyde Road

| 3 – 3

| Meredith (2), ? (o.g.)

| 1,000

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| 16 April 1897

| Loughborough

| H

| Hyde Road

| 1 – 1

| Foster

| 2,000

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| 19 April 1897

| Small Heath

| A

| Muntz Street

| 1 – 3

| Meredith

| 500

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| 28 April 1897

| Woolwich Arsenal

| A

| Manor Ground

| 2 – 1

| Hill (2)

| 2,000

FA Cup

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Date

!Round

!Opponents

!H / A

!Venue

!Result

F – A

!Scorers

!Attendance

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| 30 January 1897

| First round

| Preston North End

| A

| Deepdale

| 0 – 6

|

| 6,000

Squad statistics

=Squad=

Appearances for competitive matches only

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" valign="bottom"|Pos.

!rowspan="2"|Name

!colspan="2" width="85"|League

!colspan="2" width="85"|FA Cup

!colspan="2" width="85"|Total

Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Charlie Williams

|30

010310
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Dick Ray

|30

110311
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} James McBride

|28

010290
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|CAN|1921}} Walter Bowman

|2

00020
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Pat Finnerhan

|25

300253
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Billie Gillespie

|11

400114
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Frank Hesham

|2

00020
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|WAL}} Billy Meredith

|27

10102810
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} William Townley

|3

00030
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Fred Williams

|11

500115
align="left"
-align="left"|Charlie Bannister

|18

200182
align="left"
-align="left"|John Ditchfield

|10

100101
align="left"
-align="left"|H. Foster

|6

11071
align="left"
-align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} John Gunn

|21

410224
align="left"
-align="left"|James Harper

|10

010110
align="left"
-align="left"|Robert Hill

|12

500125
align="left"
-align="left"|Billy Holmes

|12

110131
align="left"
-align="left"|{{flagicon|WAL}} Billy Lewis

|12

410134
align="left"
-align="left"|Alex McConnell

|2

00020
align="left"
-align="left"|George Mann

|18

510195
align="left"
-align="left"|Bobby Moffatt

|8

00080
align="left"
-align="left"|J. Moffatt

|3

00030
align="left"
-align="left"|William Patterson

|1

00010
align="left"
-align="left"|J. Platt

|1

00010
align="left"
-align="left"|Thomas Read

|8

10081
align="left"
-align="left"|L. Robinson

|3

20032
align="left"
-align="left"|James Sharples

|10

610116
align="left"
-align="left"|David Tait

|4

20042
align="left"
-align="left"|Tonge

|2

00020

=Scorers=

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==All==

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Scorer

!Goals

{{flagicon|WAL}} Billy Meredith

|align=center|10

James Sharples

|align=center|6

Robert Hill

|rowspan="3" align=center|5

George Mann
{{flagicon|ENG}} Fred Williams
{{flagicon|ENG}} Billie Gillespie

|rowspan="3" align=center|4

{{flagicon|ENG}} John Gunn
{{flagicon|WAL}} Billy Lewis
{{flagicon|ENG}} Pat Finnerhan

|align=center|3

Charlie Bannister

|rowspan="3" align=center|2

L. Robinson
David Tait
John Ditchfield

|rowspan="5" align=center|1

H. Foster
Billy Holmes
{{flagicon|ENG}} Dick Ray
Thomas Read

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==League==

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Scorer

!Goals

{{flagicon|WAL}} Billy Meredith

|align=center|10

James Sharples

|align=center|6

Robert Hill

|rowspan="3" align=center|5

George Mann
{{flagicon|ENG}} Fred Williams
{{flagicon|ENG}} Billie Gillespie

|rowspan="3" align=center|4

{{flagicon|ENG}} John Gunn
{{flagicon|WAL}} Billy Lewis
{{flagicon|ENG}} Pat Finnerhan

|align=center|3

Charlie Bannister

|rowspan="3" align=center|2

L. Robinson
David Tait
John Ditchfield

|rowspan="5" align=center|1

H. Foster
Billy Holmes
{{flagicon|ENG}} Dick Ray
Thomas Read

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See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.mcfcstats.com/ Extensive Manchester City statistics site]

{{Manchester City F.C. seasons}}

{{1896–97 in English football}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Manchester City F.C. Season 1896-97}}

1896-97

Category:English football clubs 1896–97 season