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1925–26 Manchester City F.C. season

{{Short description|1925–26 season of Manchester City}}

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

{{Infobox football club season

| club = Manchester City F.C.

| season = 1925–26

| manager = David Ashworth
(until 14 Nov 1925)
Albert{{0}}Alexander/Committee
(15 Nov 1925 to 26 Apr 1926)
Peter Hodge
(from 26 Apr 1926)

| league = Football League
First Division

| league result = 21st (relegated)

| cup1 = FA Cup

| cup1 result = Runner-up

| league topscorer =
Tommy Browell (21)
Frank Roberts (21)

| season topscorer =
Frank Roberts (30)

| highest attendance = 62,994 v Manchester United
(12 September 1925)

| lowest attendance = 7,000 v Sheffield United
(4 November 1925)

| prevseason = 1924–25

| nextseason = 1926–27

}}

The 1925–26 season was Manchester City F.C.'s thirty-fifth season of league football and twelfth consecutive season in the Football League First Division, excluding the four years during the First World War in which no competitive football was played.

Coming off the back of a series of mid-table finishes and largely unimpressive FA Cup campaigns, manager David Ashworth's resignation in November 1925 bizarrely resulted in both a first league relegation since 1909 and a first FA Cup final appearance since 1904 as well as a record 6–1 victory over rivals Manchester United, with much of the second half of the campaign being run in Ashworth's absence by a committee led by club Vice-chairman Albert Alexander.

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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

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 29 August 1925

| Cardiff City

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 2

| Austin, Warner, Johnson

| 42,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 31 August 1925

| Birmingham

| A

| St Andrew's

| 0 – 1

|

| 20,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 5 September 1925

| Tottenham Hotspur

| A

| White Hart Lane

| 0 – 1

|

| 35,954

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| 12 September 1925

| Manchester United

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 1

| Cowan

| 62,994

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| 19 September 1925

| Everton

| H

| Maine Road

| 4 – 4

| Browell (4)

| 11,393

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| 23 September 1925

| West Bromwich Albion

| A

| The Hawthorns

| 1 – 4

| Roberts

| 8,827

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| 26 September 1925

| Huddersfield Town

| A

| Leeds Road

| 2 – 2

| Warner, Johnson

| 19,541

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| 3 October 1925

| Sunderland

| H

| Maine Road

| 4 – 1

| Austin (2), Warner, Browell

| 40,000

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| 10 October 1925

| Blackburn Rovers

| A

| Ewood Park

| 3 – 3

| Browell (2), Roberts

| 25,935

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 17 October 1925

| Liverpool

| A

| Anfield

| 1 – 2

| Johnson

| 35,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 24 October 1925

| Burnley

| H

| Maine Road

| 8 – 3

| Browell (5), Roberts, Johnson, Hicks

| 19,740

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 26 October 1925

| Sheffield United

| A

| Bramall Lane

| 3 – 8

| Cowan, Roberts, Johnson

| 8,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 31 October 1925

| West Ham United

| A

| Upton Park

| 1 – 3

| Browell

| 23,000

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| 4 November 1925

| Sheffield United

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 4

| Austin, Roberts

| 7,000

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| 7 November 1925

| Arsenal

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 5

| Warner, Browell

| 11,384

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| 14 November 1925

| Bolton Wanderers

| A

| Burnden Park

| 1 – 5

| Roberts

| 22,326

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| 21 November 1925

| Notts County

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 1

| Coupland

| 20,000

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| 28 November 1925

| Aston Villa

| A

| Villa Park

| 1 – 3

| Dennison

| 25,000

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| 5 December 1925

| Leicester City

| H

| Maine Road

| 5 – 1

| Roberts (2), Johnson (2), Dennison

| 20,000

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| 12 December 1925

| Leeds United

| A

| Elland Road

| 4 – 3

| Bradford, Dennison, Johnson, Roberts

| 18,762

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| 19 December 1925

| Newcastle United

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 2

| Johnson, Murphy

| 35,000

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| 25 December 1925

| Bury

| A

| Gigg Lane

| 5 – 6

| Browell (2), Coupland, Johnson, Roberts

| 25,000

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| 26 December 1925

| Bury

| H

| Maine Road

| 0 – 2

|

| 50,000

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| 1 January 1926

| West Bromwich Albion

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 1

| Austin, Dennison, Johnson

| 23,030

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| 2 January 1926

| Cardiff City

| A

| Ninian Park

| 2 – 2

| Roberts (2)

| 12,000

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| 16 January 1926

| Tottenham Hotspur

| H

| Maine Road

| 0 – 0

|

| 25,344

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 23 January 1926

| Manchester United

| A

| Old Trafford

| 6 – 1

| Austin (2), Roberts (2), Johnson, Hicks

| 48,657

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 6 February 1926

| Huddersfield Town

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 5

| Roberts

| 36,645

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| 10 February 1926

| Everton

| A

| Goodison Park

| 1 – 1

| Roberts

| 15,067

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 13 February 1926

| Sunderland

| A

| Roker Park

| 3 – 5

| Austin, Browell, Hicks

| 25,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 27 February 1926

| Liverpool

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 1

| Browell

| 35,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 13 March 1926

| West Ham United

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 0

| Roberts, Murphy

| 40,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 17 March 1926

| Blackburn Rovers

| H

| Maine Road

| 0 – 1

|

| 18,793

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 20 March 1926

| Arsenal

| A

| Highbury

| 0 – 1

|

| 34,974

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 29 March 1926

| Bolton Wanderers

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 1

| Austin

| 21,720

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 2 April 1926

| Birmingham

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 4

| Austin, Hicks

| 60,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 3 April 1926

| Notts County

| A

| Meadow Lane

| 0 – 1

|

| 12,000

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| 6 April 1926

| Burnley

| A

| Turf Moor

| 2 – 1

| Johnson, Hicks

| 19,966

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 10 April 1926

| Aston Villa

| H

| Maine Road

| 4 – 2

| Austin, Browell, Roberts, Johnson

| 42,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 17 April 1926

| Leicester City

| A

| Filbert Street

| 3 – 2

| Roberts (2), Browell

| 20,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 27 April 1926

| Leeds United

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 1

| Austin, Johnson

| 43,375

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 1 May 1926

| Newcastle United

| A

| St James' Park

| 2 – 3

| Browell, Roberts

| 20,000

=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 1926

| Third round

| Corinthian

| A

| Crystal Palace

| 3 – 3

| Cookson, Roberts, Hicks

| 29,700

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| 13 January 1926

| Third round replay

| Corinthian

| H

| Maine Road

| 4 – 0

| Austin (2), Johnson, Hicks

| 42,303

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| 30 January 1926

| Fourth round

| Huddersfield Town

| H

| Maine Road

| 4 – 0

| Hicks (2), Browell, Roberts

| 74,789

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 20 February 1926

| Fifth round

| Crystal Palace

| H

| Maine Road

| 11 – 4

| Roberts (5), Browell (3), Austin, Johnson, Hicks

| 51,630

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 6 March 1926

| Sixth round

| Clapton Orient

| A

| Maine Road

| 6 – 1

| Johnson (3), Hicks, Roberts, Browell

| 24,600

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| 27 March 1926

| Semi-final

| Manchester United

| N

| Bramhall Lane

| 3 – 0

| Browell (2), Roberts

| 46,450

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 24 April 1926

| Final

| Bolton Wanderers

| N

| Wembley

| 0 – 1

|

| 91,547

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}}GK24070310
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|James|Mitchell|James Mitchell (English footballer)}}GK17000170
|{{flagicon|WAL}}John PhillipsGK100010
|{{sortname|Fred|Appleton}}DF101020
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Sam|Cookson|Sam Cookson (English footballer)}}DF35061411
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Eli|Fletcher}}DF100010
|{{flagicon|SCO}}{{sortname|Philip|McCloy}}DF37040410
|{{sortname|Robert|Benzie}}MF700070
|{{sortname|Baggy|Coupland}}MF23240272
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Sam|Cowan}}MF39260452
|{{flagicon|IRL}}{{sortname|Jimmy|Elwood}}MF400040
|{{flagicon|SCO}}{{sortname|Jimmy|McMullan}}MF10030130
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Spud|Murphy|Billy Murphy (footballer)}}MF920092
|{{flagicon|SCO}}{{sortname|Charlie|Pringle}}MF36070430
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Sammy|Sharp}}MF800080
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Billy|Austin|Billy Austin (footballer)}}FW3612734315
|{{sortname|Leo|Bradford}}FW510051
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Tommy|Browell}}FW3221573728
|{{sortname|James|Calderwood}}FW202040
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Arthur|Daniels|Arthur Daniels (footballer)}}FW100010
|{{sortname|Bob|Dennison|Bob Dennison (footballer, born 1900)}}FW8420104
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|George|Hicks|George Hicks (footballer)}}FW355764211
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Tommy|Johnson|Tommy Johnson (footballer born 1900)}}FW3815754520
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Frank|Roberts|Frank Roberts (footballer, born 1893)}}FW3821794530
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Frank|Thompson|Frank Thompson (English footballer)}}FW9010100
|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{sortname|Jack|Warner|Jack Warner (footballer born 1898)}}FW740074
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|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

|89

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

|31

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

|120

=Scorers=

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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 RobertsFW21930
{{flagicon|ENG}}Tommy BrowellFW21728
{{flagicon|ENG}}Tommy JohnsonFW15520
{{flagicon|ENG}}Billy AustinFW12315
{{flagicon|ENG}}George HicksFW5611
{{flagicon|ENG}}Bob DennisonFW404
{{flagicon|ENG}}Jack WarnerFW404
Baggy CouplandMF202
{{flagicon|ENG}}Sam CowanMF202
{{flagicon|ENG}}Sam CooksonMF011
Leo BradfordFW101
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| colspan="3"|Own Goals

000
class="sortbottom"

| colspan="3"|Totals

8931120

See also

References

{{reflist}}

External links

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

{{Manchester City F.C. seasons}}

{{1925–26 in English football}}

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