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1924–25 Manchester City F.C. season

{{Short description|1924–25 season of Manchester City}}

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

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

{{Infobox football club season

| club = Manchester City F.C.

| season = 1924–25

| manager = David Ashworth

| league = Football League
First Division

| league result = 10th

| cup1 = FA Cup

| cup1 result = First round

| league topscorer =
Frank Roberts (32)

| season topscorer =
Frank Roberts (31)

| highest attendance = 50,000 v H'field
(18 October 1924)
50,000 v Bolton
(25 October 1924)

| lowest attendance = 12,000 v Sheff. Utd
(23 February 1925)

| prevseason = 1923–24

| nextseason = 1925–26

}}

The 1924–25 season was Manchester City F.C.'s thirty-fourth season of league football, and eleventh consecutive season in the Football League First Division, excluding the four years during the First World War in which no competitive football was played.

The season was the first season for twelve years in which then-longest serving manager Ernest Mangnall was not at the helm of the club. In his place David Ashworth was appointed as manager.

Team Kit

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Football League First Division

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= Results summary =

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= Reports =

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

!Opponents

!H / A

!Venue

!Result

F – A

!Scorers

!Attendance

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| 30 August 1924

| Bury

| A

| Gigg Lane

| 2 – 0

| Roberts (2)

| 40,000

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| 1 September 1924

| Arsenal

| A

| Highbury

| 0 – 1

|

| 25,000

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| 6 September 1924

| Nottingham Forest

| H

| Maine Road

| 4 – 2

| Barnes (2), Murphy, Roberts

| 31,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 13 September 1924

| Liverpool

| A

| Anfield

| 3 – 5

| Roberts (2), Barnes

| 30,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 17 September 1924

| Arsenal

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 0

| Johnson, Barnes

| 34,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 20 September 1924

| Newcastle United

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 1

| Roberts (2), Johnson

| 35,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 27 September 1924

| Sheffield United

| A

| Bramall Lane

| 5 – 0

| Roberts (3), Johnson, Barnes

| 20,000

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| 4 October 1924

| West Ham United

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 1

| Roberts (2), Barnes

| 46,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 11 October 1924

| Blackburn Rovers

| A

| Ewood Park

| 1 – 3

| Barnes

| 30,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 18 October 1924

| Huddersfield Town

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 1

| Barnes

| 50,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 25 October 1924

| Bolton Wanderers

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 2

| Roberts, Johnson

| 50,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 29 October 1924

| Everton

| A

| Goodison Park

| 1 – 3

| Johnson

| 20,000

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| 1 November 1924

| Notts County

| A

| Meadow Lane

| 0 – 2

|

| 12,000

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| 8 November 1924

| Everton

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 2

| Austin, Roberts

| 30,000

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| 10 November 1924

| Tottenham Hotspur

| A

| White Hart Lane

| 1 – 1

| Roberts

| 11,000

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| 15 November 1924

| Sunderland

| A

| Roker Park

| 2 – 3

| Johnson, Murphy

| 20,000

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| 22 November 1924

| Cardiff City

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 2

| Roberts (2)

| 18,000

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| 29 November 1924

| Preston North End

| A

| Deepdale

| 3 – 2

| Austin, Roberts, Warner

| 22,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 6 December 1924

| Burnley

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 3

| Austin, Roberts, Browell

| 20,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 13 December 1924

| Leeds United

| A

| Elland Road

| 3 – 0

| Roberts, Browell, Murphy

| 15,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 20 December 1924

| Birmingham

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 2

| Austin, Browell

| 40,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 25 December 1924

| West Bromwich Albion

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 2

| Browell

| 35,000

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| 26 December 1924

| West Bromwich Albion

| A

| The Hawthorns

| 1 – 3

| Johnson

| 50,000

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| 3 January 1925

| Nottingham Forest

| A

| City Ground

| 3 – 0

| Johnson (2), Cowan

| 8,000

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| 17 January 1925

| Liverpool

| H

| Maine Road

| 5 – 0

| Roberts (4), Woosnam

| 25,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 24 January 1925

| Newcastle United

| A

| St James' Park

| 0 – 2

|

| 25,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 31 January 1925

| Bury

| H

| Maine Road

| 0 – 0

|

| 15,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 7 February 1925

| West Ham United

| A

| Upton Park

| 0 – 4

|

| 25,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 14 February 1925

| Blackburn Rovers

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 3

| Roberts

| 31,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 21 February 1925

| Huddersfield Town

| A

| Leeds Road

| 1 – 1

| Roberts

| 18,000

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| 23 February 1925

| Sheffield United

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 1

| Roberts (2)

| 12,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 28 February 1925

| Bolton Wanderers

| A

| Burnden Park

| 2 – 4

| Daniels, Hicks

| 25,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 7 March 1925

| Notts County

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 1

| Roberts (2)

| 25,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 21 March 1925

| Sunderland

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 3

| Roberts

| 30,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 1 April 1925

| Cardiff City

| A

| Ninian Park

| 2 – 0

| Austin, Johnson

| 8,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 4 April 1925

| Preston North End

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 1

| Warner, Browell

| 20,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 10 April 1925

| Aston Villa

| A

| Villa Park

| 1 – 2

| Hicks

| 20,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 11 April 1925

| Burnley

| A

| Turf Moor

| 0 – 1

|

| 14,000

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| 13 April 1925

| Aston Villa

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 0

| Warner

| 25,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 18 April 1925

| Leeds United

| H

| Maine Road

| 4 – 2

| Austin, Browell, Johnson, Hicks

| 14,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 25 April 1925

| Birmingham

| A

| St Andrew's

| 1 – 2

| Johnson

| 13,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 2 May 1925

| Tottenham Hotspur

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 0

| Warner

| 15,000

=FA Cup=

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

!Round

!Opponents

!H / A

!Venue

!Result

F – A

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 10 January 1925

| First round

| Preston North End

| A

| Deepdale

| 1 – 4

| Roberts

| 24,536

Squad statistics

=Squad=

Appearances for competitive matches only

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rowspan="2" style="width:10px;"|Nat.

! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:275px;"|Player

! rowspan="2" style="width:10px;"|Pos.

!colspan="2"|Premier League

!colspan="2"|FA Cup

!colspan="2"|Total

style="text-align:center;"

!width=40 |Apps

!width=40 |{{goal}}

!width=40 |Apps

!width=40 |{{goal}}

!width=40 |Apps

!width=40 |{{goal}}

|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Jim|Goodchild}}GK13000130
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|James|Mitchell|James Mitchell (English footballer)}}GK29010300
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Sam|Cookson|Sam Cookson (English footballer)}}DF37000370
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Eli|Fletcher}}DF27010280
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Max|Woosnam}}DF211031
|{{sortname|Robert|Benzie}}MF100010
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Sam|Cowan}}MF21100211
|{{flagicon|IRL}}{{sortname|Jimmy|Elwood}}MF15000150
|{{sortname|James|McCourt|James McCourt (footballer)}}MF400040
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Spud|Murphy|Billy Murphy (footballer)}}MF24300243
|{{flagicon|SCO}}{{sortname|Charlie|Pringle}}MF35010360
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Sammy|Sharp}}MF40010410
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Billy|Wilson|Billy Wilson (footballer from Middlesbrough)}}MF12000120
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Billy|Austin|Billy Austin (footballer)}}FW38610396
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Horace|Barnes}}FW14800148
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Tommy|Browell}}FW14610156
|{{sortname|James|Calderwood}}FW14000140
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Arthur|Daniels|Arthur Daniels (footballer)}}FW910091
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|George|Hicks|George Hicks (footballer)}}FW15310163
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Tommy|Johnson|Tommy Johnson (footballer born 1900)}}FW4112104212
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Frank|Roberts|Frank Roberts (footballer, born 1893)}}FW3831113932
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Frank|Thompson|Frank Thompson (English footballer)}}FW701080
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Jack|Warner|Jack Warner (footballer born 1898)}}FW12400124
class="sortbottom"

|colspan="3" |Own goals

|! style="background:white; text-align: center;" |

| 0

|! style="background:white; text-align: center;" |

| 0

|! style="background:white; text-align: center;" |

| 0

class="sortbottom"

|colspan="4" style="background:white; text-align: center;" |Totals

|76

|! rowspan="2" style="background:white; text-align: center;" |

|1

|! rowspan="2" style="background:white; text-align: center;" |

|77

=Scorers=

class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; line-height:14px; width:60%;"
width=10|Nat.

! scope="col" style="width:275px;"|Player

!width=10|Pos.

!width=80|Football League

!width=80|FA Cup

!width=80|TOTAL

{{flagicon|ENG}}Frank RobertsFW31132
{{flagicon|ENG}}Tommy JohnsonFW12012
{{flagicon|ENG}}Horace BarnesFW808
{{flagicon|ENG}}Billy AustinFW606
{{flagicon|ENG}}Tommy BrowellFW606
{{flagicon|ENG}}Jack WarnerFW404
{{flagicon|ENG}}Spud MurphyMF303
{{flagicon|ENG}}George HicksFW303
{{flagicon|ENG}}Max WoosnamDF101
{{flagicon|ENG}}Sam CowanMF101
{{flagicon|ENG}}Arthur DanielsFW101
class="sortbottom"

| colspan="3"|Own Goals

000
class="sortbottom"

| colspan="3"|Totals

76177

See also

References

{{reflist}}

External links

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

{{Manchester City F.C. seasons}}

{{1924–25 in English football}}

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