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1914–15 Manchester City F.C. season

{{Short description|1914–15 season of Manchester City}}

{{no footnotes|date=October 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}

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

{{Infobox football club season

| club = Manchester City F.C.

| season = 1914–15

| manager = Ernest Mangnall

| league = Football League
First Division

| league result = 5th

| cup1 = FA Cup

| cup1 result = Third round

| league topscorer =
Howard (18 goals)

| season topscorer =
Howard (18 goals)

| highest attendance = 40,000 vs Oldham Athletic
(5 April 1915)

| lowest attendance = 7,000 vs Bradford Park Avenue
(19 December 1914)

| pattern_b1 = _buttons

| pattern_so1 = _2whitestripes

| leftarm1 = 3399ff

| body1 = 3399ff

| rightarm1 = 3399ff

| shorts1 =

| socks1 = 003366

| prevseason = 1913–14

| nextseason = 1915–16

}}

The 1914–15 season was Manchester City F.C.'s 24th season om football league and fifth consecutive season in the First Division of English football. With the start of the First World War, it was to be the last season of regular league football until 1919. In the intervening years, all teams played in the War Leagues, which were non-competitive and are considered to be null in club history.

Football League First Division

{{:1914–15 Football League|transcludesection=First Division|only_totals=y|showteam=MCI}}

=Results summary=

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=Reports=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Date

!Opponents

!H / A

!Venue

!Result

F – A

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 1 September 1914

| Bradford City

| H

| Hyde Road

| 4 – 1

| Taylor, Howard, Barnes, Dorsett

| 9,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 5 September 1914

| Manchester United

| A

| Old Trafford

| 0 – 0

|

| 20,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 12 September 1914

| Burnley

| H

| Hyde Road

| 1 – 0

| Howard

| 10,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 19 September 1914

| Bolton Wanderers

| A

| Burnden Park

| 3 – 2

| Howard, Barnes, ? (o.g.)

| 20,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 26 September 1914

| Tottenham Hotspur

| H

| Hyde Road

| 2 – 1

| Taylor, Howard

| 20,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 3 October 1914

| Blackburn Rovers

| A

| Ewood Park

| 1 – 0

| Cartwright

| 22,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 10 October 1914

| Newcastle United

| H

| Hyde Road

| 1 – 1

| Barnes

| 24,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 17 October 1914

| Notts County

| A

| Meadow Lane

| 2 – 0

| Howard (2)

| 14,000

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| 24 October 1914

| Middlesbrough

| H

| Hyde Road

| 1 – 1

| Howard

| 25,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 31 October 1914

| Sunderland

| A

| Roker Park

| 2 – 0

| Howard (2)

| 10,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 7 November 1914

| Sheffield United

| H

| Hyde Road

| 0 – 0

|

| 25,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 14 November 1914

| The Wednesday

| A

| Hillsborough

| 1 – 2

| Taylor

| 24,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 25 November 1914

| Aston Villa

| H

| Hyde Road

| 1 – 0

| Howard

| 16,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 28 November 1914

| West Bromwich Albion

| A

| The Hawthorns

| 1 – 0

| Browell

| 10,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 5 December 1914

| Liverpool

| H

| Hyde Road

| 1 – 1

| Howard

| 12,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 12 December 1914

| Everton

| A

| Goodison Park

| 1 – 4

| Howard

| 20,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 19 December 1914

| Bradford Park Avenue

| H

| Hyde Road

| 2 – 3

| Taylor, Howard

| 7,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 25 December 1914

| Chelsea

| A

| Stamford Bridge

| 0 – 0

|

| 15,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 26 December 1914

| Chelsea

| H

| Hyde Road

| 2 – 1

| Taylor, Howard

| 25,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 1 January 1915

| Oldham Athletic

| A

| Boundary Park

| 0 – 0

|

| 22,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 2 January 1915

| Manchester United

| H

| Hyde Road

| 1 – 1

| Howard

| 30,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 18 January 1915

| Burnley

| A

| Turf Moor

| 2 – 1

| Dorsett, Barnes

| 8,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 23 January 1915

| Bolton Wanderers

| H

| Hyde Road

| 2 – 1

| Taylor, Barnes

| 20,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 6 February 1915

| Blackburn Rovers

| H

| Hyde Road

| 1 – 3

| Taylor

| 25,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 13 February 1915

| Newcastle United

| A

| St James' Park

| 1 – 2

| Taylor

| 18,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 22 February 1915

| Notts County

| H

| Hyde Road

| 0 – 0

|

| 20,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 27 February 1915

| Middlesbrough

| A

| Ayresome Park

| 0 – 1

|

| 8,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 6 March 1915

| Sunderland

| H

| Hyde Road

| 2 – 0

| Cartwright, ? (o.g.)

| 20,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 13 March 1915

| Liverpool

| A

| Anfield

| 2 – 3

| Barnes, Howard

| 20,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 15 March 1915

| Tottenham Hotspur

| A

| White Hart Lane

| 2 – 2

| Taylor, Barnes

| 7,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 20 March 1915

| The Wednesday

| H

| Hyde Road

| 4 – 0

| Howard (2), Barnes (2)

| 20,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 29 March 1915

| Sheffield United

| A

| Bramall Lane

| 0 – 0

|

| 18,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 3 April 1915

| West Bromwich Albion

| H

| Hyde Road

| 4 – 0

| Taylor (2), Barnes (2)

| 15,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 5 April 1915

| Oldham Athletic

| H

| Hyde Road

| 0 – 0

|

| 40,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 6 April 1915

| Bradford City

| A

| Valley Parade

| 0 – 0

|

| 15,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 17 April 1915

| Everton

| H

| Hyde Road

| 0 – 1

|

| 30,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 21 April 1915

| Aston Villa

| A

| Villa Park

| 1 – 4

| Barnes

| 8,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 24 April 1915

| Bradford Park Avenue

| A

| Park Avenue

| 1 – 3

| Jones

| 12,000

FA Cup

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Date

!Round

!Opponents

!H / A

!Venue

!Result

F – A

!Scorers

!Attendance

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| 9 January 1915

| First round

| Preston North End

| A

| Deepdale

| 0 – 0

|

| 14,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 16 January 1915

| First round replay

| Preston North End

| H

| Hyde Road

| 3 – 0

| Barnes (2), Hughes

| 19,985

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 30 January 1915

| Second round

| Aston Villa

| H

| Hyde Road

| 1 – 0

| Cartwright

| 29,661

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 20 February 1915

| Third round

| Chelsea

| H

| Hyde Road

| 0 – 1

|

| 32,000

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}} Jim Goodchild

|1

00010
align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Walter Smith

|37

040410
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Eli Fletcher

|37

040410
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Dorsett

|18

230212
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Sid Hoad

|6

00060
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Horace Barnes

|25

12422914
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Tommy Browell

|10

120121
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ted Hanney

|37

040410
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Hindmarsh

|4

01050
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Fred Howard

|33

18303618
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|WAL}} Lot Jones

|17

110181
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Harry Taylor

|35

11303811
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|WAL}} George Wynn

|1

00010
align="left"
-align="left"|Bill Bottomley

|1

00010
align="left"
-align="left"|Jack Brennan

|33

020350
align="left"
-align="left"|Joe Cartwright

|21

241253
align="left"
-align="left"|Cumming

|12

010130
align="left"
-align="left"|Albert Fairclough

|1

00010
align="left"
-align="left"|Peter Fairclough

|1

00010
align="left"
-align="left"|William Garner

|1

00010
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Gartland

|1

00010
align="left"|FWalign="left" |{{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Gaughan

|10

000100
align="left"
-align="left"|Jack Hall

|1

00010
align="left"
-align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Jock Henderson

|1

00010
align="left"
-align="left"|Billy Henry

|35

040390
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|WAL}} Edwin Hughes

|36

041401
align="left"
-align="left"|Peter McGuire

|3

00030

=Scorers=

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{{col-4}}

==All==

class="wikitable"
Scorer

!Goals

{{flagicon|ENG}} Fred Howard

|align=center|18

{{flagicon|ENG}} Horace Barnes

|align=center|14

{{flagicon|ENG}} Harry Taylor

|align=center|11

Joe Cartwright

|align=center|3

{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Dorsett

|align=center|2

{{flagicon|ENG}} Tommy Browell

|rowspan="3" align=center|1

Edwin Hughes
{{flagicon|WAL}} Lot Jones

{{col-4}}

==League==

class="wikitable"
Scorer

!Goals

{{flagicon|ENG}} Fred Howard

|align=center|18

{{flagicon|ENG}} Horace Barnes

|align=center|12

{{flagicon|ENG}} Harry Taylor

|align=center|11

Joe Cartwright

|rowspan="2" align=center|2

{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Dorsett
{{flagicon|ENG}} Tommy Browell

|rowspan="2" align=center|1

{{flagicon|WAL}} Lot Jones

{{col-4}}

==FA Cup==

class="wikitable"
Scorer

!Goals

{{flagicon|ENG}} Horace Barnes

|align=center|2

Joe Cartwright

|rowspan="2" align=center|1

Edwin Hughes

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{{col-4}}

{{col-end}}

See also

References

{{reflist}}

External links

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

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{{1914–15 in English football}}

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