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1949–50 Manchester City F.C. season

{{Short description|1949–50 season of Manchester City}}

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{{Infobox football club season

| club = Manchester City

| season = 1949–50

| manager = Jock Thomson

| stadium = Maine Road

| league = First Division

| league result = 21st (relegated)

| cup1 = FA Cup

| cup1 result = Third Round

| league topscorer = Roy Clarke (9)

| season topscorer = Roy Clarke (10)

| highest attendance = 63,704 vs Manchester United
31 December 1949

| lowest attendance = 20,000 vs Liverpool
29 March 1950

| prevseason = 1948–49

| nextseason = 1950–51

}}

The 1949–50 season was Manchester City's 48th season of competitive football and 34th season in the top division of English football.{{cite news |title=History |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/manchester-city/history |publisher=Statto}} In addition to the First Division, the club competed in the FA Cup.

The season marked the first with the iconic City keeper Bert Trautmann, who signed in October 1949.

First Division

{{main|1949–50 Football League}}

=League table=

{{:1949–50 Football League|transcludesection=First Division|only_totals=y|showteam=MCI}}

=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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| 20 August 1949

| Aston Villa

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 3

| Smith (2), Black

| 39,594

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| 24 August 1949

| Portsmouth

| A

| Fratton Park

| 1 – 1

| Munro

| 42,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 27 August 1949

| Charlton Athletic

| A

| The Valley

| 1 – 3

| Fagan

| 31,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 31 August 1949

| Portsmouth

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 0

| Smith

| 32,631

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 3 September 1949

| Manchester United

| A

| Old Trafford

| 1 – 2

| Munro

| 47,706

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 7 September 1949

| Everton

| H

| Maine Road

| 0 - 0

|

| 27,265

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 10 September 1949

| Fulham

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 0

| Clarke, Turnbull

| 42,192

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 17 September 1949

| Newcastle United

| A

| St James’ Park

| 2 – 4

| Clarke, Turnbull

| 58,141

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 24 September 1949

| Blackpool

| H

| Maine Road

| 0 – 3

|

| 57,815

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 1 October 1949

| Middlesbrough

| A

| Ayresome Park

| 0 – 0

|

| 45,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 8 October 1949

| Chelsea

| A

| Stamford Bridge

| 0 – 3

|

| 45,153

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 15 October 1949

| Stoke City

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 - 1

| Munro

| 31,151

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| 22 October 1949

| Burnley

| A

| Turf Moor

| 0 – 0

|

| 25,063

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 29 October 1949

| Sunderland

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 1

| Murray, Turnbull

| 43,026

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 5 November 1949

| Liverpool

| A

| Anfield

| 0 – 4

|

| 50,536

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 12 November 1949

| Arsenal

| H

| Maine Road

| 0 – 2

|

| 25,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 19 November 1949

| Bolton Wanderers

| A

| Burnden Park

| 0 – 3

|

| 35,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 26 November 1949

| Birmingham City

| H

| Maine Road

| 4 – 0

| Black (2), Clarke (2)

| 30,501

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 5 December 1949

| Derby County

| A

| Baseball Ground

| 0 – 7

|

| 23,680

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| 10 December 1949

| West Bromwich Albion

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 1

| Black

| 29,544

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 17 December 1949

| Aston Villa

| A

| Villa Park

| 0 – 1

|

| 30,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 24 December 1949

| Charlton Athletic

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 0

| Black, Clarke

| 32,092

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 26 December 1949

| Huddersfield Town

| A

| Leeds Road

| 0 – 1

|

| 29,989

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 27 December 1948

| Huddersfield Town

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 2

| Clarke

| 45,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 31 December 1949

| Manchester United

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 2

| Black

| 63,704

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 4 January 1950

| Fulham

| A

| Craven Cottage

| 0 – 1

|

| 30,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 21 January 1950

| Newcastle United

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 1

| Clarke

| 42,985

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| 4 February 1950

| Blackpool

| A

| Bloomfield Road

| 0 – 0

|

| 25,00”

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 18 February 1950

| Middlesbrough

| H

| Maine Road

| 0 – 1

|

| 59,252

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 25 February 1950

| Chelsea

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 - 1

| Hart

| 32,824

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 4 March 1950

| Stoke City

| A

| Victoria Ground

| 0 – 2

|

| 30,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 11 March 1950

| Bolton Wanderers

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 1

| Black

| 46,648

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 18 March 1950

| Birmingham City

| A

| St Andrews

| 0 – 1

|

| 30,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 29 March 1950

| Liverpool

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 2

| Alison

| 20,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 1 April 1950

| Arsenal

| A

| Highbury

| 1 – 4

| Hart

| 42,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 8 April 1950

| Burnley

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 0

| Westcott

| 31,182

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 10 April 1950

| Wolverhampton Wanderers

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 1

| Turnbull, Smith

| 36,723

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 11 April 1950

| Wolverhampton Wanderers

| A

| Molineux Stadium

| 0 – 3

|

| 50,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 15 April 1950

| Sunderland

| A

| Roker Park

| 2 – 1

| Oakes

| 40,404

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 22 April 1950

| Derby County

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 2

| Smith (2)

| 52,928

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 29 April 1950

| West Bromwich Albion

| A

| The Hawthorns

| 0 – 0

|

| 16,760

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 6 May 1950

| Everton

| A

| Goodison Park

| 1 – 3

| Clarke

| 29,627

FA Cup

{{main|1949-50 FA Cup}}

= Results =

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Date

!Round

!Opponents

!H / A

!Venue

!Result

F – A

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 7 January 1950

| Third Round

| Derby County

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 - 5

| Black (2), Clarke

| 53,213

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

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

{{Manchester City F.C. seasons}}

{{1949–50 in English football}}

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