1931–32 Manchester City F.C. season

{{Short description|1931–32 season of Manchester City}}

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{{Infobox football club season

| club = Manchester City

| season = 1931–32

| manager = Peter Hodge (to 12 Mar 1932)
Wilf Wild (from 14 Mar 1932)

| stadium = Maine Road

| league = First Division

| league result = 14th

| cup1 = FA Cup

| cup1 result = Semi-finals

| league topscorer =
David Halliday (28)

| season topscorer =
David Halliday (32)

| highest attendance = 62,641 v Derby County
(13 February 1932)

| lowest attendance = 15,000 v Sheffield Wednesday
(30 April 1932)

| prevseason = 1930–31

| nextseason = 1932–33

}}

The 1931–32 season was Manchester City's 37th season of competitive football and 25th season in the top division of English football. In addition to the First Division, the club competed in the FA Cup.{{cite news |title=History |publisher=Statto |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/manchester-city/history}}

First Division

{{main|1931–32 Football League}}

=League table=

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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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| 29 August 1931

| Sunderland

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 1

| Marshall

| 40,000

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| 2 September 1931

| Derby County

| A

| Baseball Ground

| 1 - 2

| Halliday

| 10,865

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| 5 September 1931

| Leicester City

| A

| Filbert Street

| 0 – 4

|

| 12,000

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| 9 September 1931

| Derby County

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 0

| Halliday (3)

| 15,153

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| 12 September 1931

| Everton

| A

| Goodison Park

| 1 - 0

|

| 32,570

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| 14 September 1931

| West Bromwich Albion

| A

| The Hawthorns

| 1 – 1

| Cowan

| 19,042

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| 19 September 1931

| Arsenal

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 3

| Bray

| 47,756

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| 23 September 1931

| West Bromwich Albion

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 - 5

| Cowan, Halliday

| 18,000

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| 26 September 1931

| Blackpool

| A

| Bloomfield Road

| 2 – 2

| Wrightson, Watson (og)

| 25,031

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| 3 October 1931

| Sheffield United

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 1

| Marshall

| 25,000

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| 10 October 1931

| Blackburn Rovers

| A

| Ewood Park

| 2 – 2

| Halliday, Tilson

| 12,313

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| 17 October 1931

| West Ham United

| H

| Maine Road

| 0 – 1

|

| 18,000

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| 24 October 1931

| Newcastle United

| A

| St James’ Park

| 1 – 2

| Marshall

| 20,000

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| 31 October 1931

| Huddersfield Town

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 - 0

| Halliday (2), Marshall

| 21,332

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| 7 November 1931

| Middlesbrough

| A

| Ayresome Park

| 3 – 3

| Toseland, Halliday, Tilson

| 9,142

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| 14 November 1931

| Grimsby Town

| H

| Maine Road

| 4 – 1

| Halliday (2), Marshall, Brook

| 20,352

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| 21 November 1931

| Liverpool

| A

| Anfield

| 3 – 4

| Marshall, Halliday, Tilson

| 30,000

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| 28 November 1931

| Aston Villa

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 3

| Halliday (2), Tilson

| 30,000

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| 5 December 1931

| Chelsea

| A

| Stamford Bridge

| 2 – 3

| Tilson, Toseland

| 27,509

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| 12 December 1931

| Bolton Wanderers

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 1

| Halliday, Tilson

| 20,283

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| 19 December 1931

| Sheffield Wednesday

| A

| Hillsborough Stadium

| 1 – 1

| Brook

| 10,000

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| 26 December 1931

| Portsmouth

| A

| Fratton Park

| 2 – 3

| Halliday, Tilson

| 35,000

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| 1 January 1932

| Portsmouth

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 3

| McMullan, Marshall, Gilfallen (og)

| 30,000

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| 2 January 1932

| Sunderland

| A

| Roker Park

| 5 – 2

| Halliday (3), Rowley (2)

| 18,000

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| 16 January 1932

| Leicester City

| H

| Maine Road

| 5 – 1

| Marshall (2), Halliday (2), Tilson

| 20,000

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| 27 January 1932

| Everton

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 0

| Halliday

| 26,383

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| 30 January 1932

| Arsenal

| A

| Highbury

| 0 - 4

|

| 39,834

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| 6 February 1932

| Blackpool

| H

| Maine Road

| 7 – 1

| Halliday (2), Brook (2), Toseland, Tilson, Cowan

| 24,739

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| 15 February 1932

| Sheffield United

| A

| Bramhall Lane

| 1 – 2

| Rowley

| 10,000

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| 20 February 1932

| Blackburn Rovers

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 1

| Marshall (2), Brook

| 24,438

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 2 March 1932

| West Ham United

| A

| Maine Road

| 1 – 1

| Busby

| 18,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 5 March 1932

| Newcastle United

| H

| Maine Road

| 5 – 1

| Tilson (2), Toseland, Marshall, Brook

| 28,322

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 19 March 1932

| Middlesbrough

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 2

| Tilson

| 24,144

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| 26 March 1932

| Grimsby Town

| A

| Blundell Park

| 1 – 2

| Brook

| 11,481

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| 28 March 1932

| Birmingham City

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 1

| Marshall, Brook

| 20,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 29 March 1932

| Birmingham City

| A

| St Andrews

| 5 – 1

| Halliday (3), Payne, Tilson

| 12,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 2 April 1932

| Liverpool

| H

| Maine Road

| 0 – 1

|

| 20,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 6 April 1932

| Huddersfield Town

| A

| Leeds Road

| 0 – 1

|

| 22,963

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 9 April 1932

| Aston Villa

| A

| Villa Park

| 1 – 2

| Brook

| 30,000

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| 16 April 1932

| Chelsea

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 1

| Rowley

| 20,124

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| 23 April 1932

| Bolton Wanderers

| A

| Burnden Park

| 1 – 1

| Halliday

| 18,680

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 30 April 1932

| Sheffield Wednesday

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 2

| Toseland

| 15,000

FA Cup

{{main|1931-32 FA Cup}}

= Results =

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Date

!Round

!Opponents

!H / A

!Venue

!Result

F – A

!Scorers

!Attendance

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| 9 January 1932

| 3rd Round

| Millwall

| A

| The Den

| 2 - 3

| Halliday (2), Toseland

| 32,091

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| 23 January 1932

| 4th Round

| Brentford

| H

| Maine Road

| 6 - 1

| Tilson (3), Brook (2), Halliday

| 56,190

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 13 February 1932

| 5th Round

| Derby County

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 - 0

| Marshall (2), Brook

| 62,641

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 27 February 1932

| 6th Round

| Bury

| A

| Gigg Lane

| 4 - 3

| Toseland (2), Halliday, Cowan

| 28,035

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| 12 March 1932

| Semi Final

| Arsenal

| N

| Villa Park

| 0 - 1

|

| 50,337

References

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