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1938–39 Manchester City F.C. season

{{Short description|1938–39 season of Manchester City}}

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{{Use British English|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox football club season

| club = Manchester City

| season = 1938–39

| manager = Wilf Wild

| stadium = Maine Road

| league = Second Division

| league result = 5th

| cup1 = FA Cup

| cup1 result = Fourth round

| league topscorer = Alec Herd (19)

| season topscorer = Alec Herd (22)

| highest attendance = 47,998 vs Tottenham Hotspur
5 November 1938

| lowest attendance = 18,671 vs West Ham United
7 September 1938

| prevseason = 1937–38

| nextseason = 1939–40

}}

The 1938–39 season was Manchester City's 44th season in existence and 12th season in the Second Division of English football.{{cite news |title=History |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/manchester-city/history |publisher=Statto}} In addition to the domestic league, the club competed in the FA Cup.

Second Division

{{main|1938–39 Football League#Second Division}}

=League table=

{{:1938–39 Football League|transcludesection=Second 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

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| 27 August 1938

| Swansea City

| H

| Maine Road

| 5 - 0

| Herd (2), Doherty (2), Howe

| 30,889

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| 29 August 1938

| Chesterfield

| A

| Saltergate

| 3 – 0

| Howe (2), Brook

| 16,000

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| 3 September 1938

| Bradford Park Avenue

| A

| Park Avenue

| 2 – 4

| Herd, Brook

| 16,000

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| 7 September 1938

| West Ham United

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 4

| Howe, Herd

| 18,671

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| 10 September 1938

| Luton Town

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 - 2

| Howe

| 29,627

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 17 September 1938

| Millwall

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 6

| Bray

| 27,437

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| 24 September 1938

| Blackburn Rovers

| A

| Ewood Park

| 3 – 3

| Herd, Heale, McDowall

| 26,457

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| 1 October 1938

| Fulham

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 - 5

| McDowall (2), Barr

| 25,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 8 October 1938

| Sheffield Wednesday

| A

| Hillsborough Stadium

| 1 – 3

| Brook

| 25,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 15 October 1938

| Plymouth Argyle

| A

| Home Park

| 0 – 0

|

| 24,710

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 22 October 1938

| Sheffield Wednesday

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 2

| Toseland, Milsom, Brook

| 29,848

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 29 October 1938

| West Bromwich Albion

| A

| The Hawthorns

| 1 – 3

| Milsom

| 22,274

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| 5 November 1938

| Tottenham Hotspur

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 0

| Milsom, Doherty

| 47,998

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| 12 November 1938

| Southampton

| A

| The Dell

| 2 - 1

| Milsom, Brook

| 23,104

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 19 November 1938

| Coventry City

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 0

| Doherty (3), Herd

| 38,713

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| 26 November 1938

| Nottingham Forest

| A

| City Ground

| 4 – 3

| Brook (3), Herd

| 15,727

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| 3 December 1938

| Newcastle United

| H

| Maine Road

| 4 – 1

| Herd (2), Milsom (2)

| 45,000

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| 10 December 1938

| Burnley

| A

| Turf Moor

| 1 – 1

| Milsom

| 24,096

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| 17 December 1938

| Norwich City

| H

| Maine Road

| 4 – 1

| Doherty (2), Herd (2)

| 17,907

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| 24 December 1938

| Swansea City

| A

| Vetch Field

| 0 – 2

|

| 15,000

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| 26 December 1938

| Tranmere Rovers

| A

| Prenton Park

| 9 – 3

| Milsom (4), Toseland (2), Doherty (2), Herd

| 14,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 27 December 1938

| Tranmere Rovers

| H

| Maine Road

| 5 – 2

| Milsom (3), Doherty, Pritchard

| 43,994

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 31 December 1938

| Bradford Park Avenue

| H

| Maine Road

| 5 – 1

| Herd (3), Milsom, Pritchard

| 32,033

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| 14 January 1939

| Luton Town

| A

| Kenilworth Road

| 0 – 3

|

| 16,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 28 January 1939

| Blackburn Rovers

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 2

| Heale (2), Doherty

| 47,089

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 4 February 1939

| Fulham

| A

| Craven Cottage

| 1 – 2

| (og)

| 24,366

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| 18 February 1939

| Plymouth Argyle

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 - 3

| Brook

| 28,784

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 25 February 1939

| Sheffield United

| A

| Bramhall Lane

| 0 – 1

|

| 40,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 4 March 1939

| West Bromwich Albion

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 3

| Herd, Doherty, Brook

| 18,479

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 11 March 1939

| Tottenham Hotspur

| A

| White Hart Lane

| 3 – 2

| Sproston (2), Freeman

| 27,428

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 13 March 1939

| Millwall

| A

| The Den

| 1 – 3

| Dunkley

| 14,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 18 March 1939

| Southampton

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 1

| McLeod, McDowall

| 18,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 25 March 1939

| Coventry City

| A

| Highfield Road

| 1 – 0

| Heale

| 20,088

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 1 April 1939

| Nottingham Forest

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 0

| Herd (2), Pritchard

| 24,578

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 7 April 1939

| Bury

| A

| Gigg Lane

| 5 – 1

| Heale (2), Herd, Doherty, Brook

| 24,520

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 8 April 1939

| Newcastle United

| A

| St James’ Park

| 2 – 0

| Heale (2)

| 23,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 10 April 1939

| Bury

| H

| Maine Road

| 0 – 0

|

| 36,816

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 15 April 1939

| Burnley

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 0

| Doherty (2)

| 19,230

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 22 April 1939

| Norwich City

| A

| Carrow Road

| 0 – 0

|

| 12,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 26 April 1939

| Sheffield Wednesday

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 1

| Pritchard

| 24,244

| 29 April 1939

| Chesterfield

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 1

| Herd, Heale, McLeod

| 12,258

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 6 May 1939

| West Ham United

| A

| Boleyn Ground

| 1 – 2

| Heale

| 30,000

FA Cup

{{main|1938–39 FA Cup}}

= Reports =

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

!Round

!Opponents

!H / A

!Venue

!Result

F – A

!Scorers

!Attendance

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| 12 January 1939

| Third round

| Norwich City

| A

| Carrow Road

| 5 - 0

| Herd (2), Milsom, Doherty

| 20,901

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 21 January 1939

| Fourth round

| Sheffield United

| A

| Bramhall Lane

| 0 – 2

|

| 49,795

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|https://www.mancity.com}}

{{Manchester City F.C. seasons}}

{{1938–39 in English football}}

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