1899–1900 season | |
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Manager | Sam Ormerod |
Football League | 1st |
FA Cup | First round |
Top goalscorer | League: Gillespie (18 goals) All: Gillespie (19 goals) |
Highest home attendance | 25,000 vs Newcastle Utd (14 October 1899) 25,000 vs Liverpool (28 October 1899) |
Lowest home attendance | 3,000 vs Sheffield United (25 December 1899) |
The 1899–1900 season was Manchester City F.C.'s ninth season of league football and first season in the First Division of the Football League.
Team Kit edit
Football League First Division edit
P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
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5 | Newcastle United | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 53 | 43 | 36 |
6 | Derby County | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 45 | 43 | 36 |
7 | Manchester City | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 50 | 44 | 34 |
8 | Nottingham Forest | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 56 | 55 | 34 |
9 | Stoke | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 45 | 34 |
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points
Source: Football League
Results summary edit
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 29 | -12 |
N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2
Reports edit
Date | Opponents | H / A | Venue | Result
F – A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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2 September 1899 | Blackburn Rovers | A | Ewood Park | 3 – 4 | Meredith, Ross, F. Williams | 10,000 |
9 September 1899 | Derby County | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 0 | Meredith (2), Ross, Gillespie | 22,000 |
16 September 1899 | Bury | A | Gigg Lane | 4 – 1 | Meredith, Ross, F. Williams, Leonard | 13,000 |
23 September 1899 | Notts County | H | Hyde Road | 5 – 1 | Ross (2), Moffatt, B. Smith, Gillespie | 22,000 |
30 September 1899 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 1 | Ross | 14,000 |
7 October 1899 | Sheffield United | A | Bramall Lane | 0 – 3 | 18,000 | |
14 October 1899 | Newcastle United | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 0 | Ross | 25,000 |
21 October 1899 | Aston Villa | A | Villa Park | 1 – 2 | F. Williams | 20,000 |
28 October 1899 | Liverpool | H | Hyde Road | 0 – 1 | 25,000 | |
4 November 1899 | Burnley | A | Turf Moor | 0 – 2 | 5,000 | |
11 November 1899 | Preston North End | H | Hyde Road | 3 – 1 | Meredith, Gillespie, F. Williams | 8,000 |
25 November 1899 | Glossop North End | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 1 | Meredith, Ross, F. Williams, Dougal | 16,000 |
2 December 1899 | Stoke | A | Victoria Ground | 0 – 1 | 10,000 | |
9 December 1899 | Sunderland | H | Hyde Road | 2 – 1 | Moffatt, Meredith | 20,000 |
16 December 1899 | West Bromwich Albion | A | The Hawthorns | 0 – 0 | 2,429 | |
23 December 1899 | Everton | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 2 | Meredith | 20,000 |
25 December 1899 | Sheffield United | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 2 | F. Williams | 3,000 |
27 December 1899 | Nottingham Forest | A | City Ground | 0 – 2 | 5,000 | |
30 December 1899 | Blackburn Rovers | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 1 | Gillespie | 10,000 |
6 January 1900 | Derby County | A | Baseball Ground | 0 – 0 | 5,000 | |
13 January 1900 | Bury | H | Hyde Road | 2 – 2 | S. Smith (2) | 15,000 |
20 January 1900 | Notts County | A | Trent Bridge | 1 – 1 | Gillespie | 8,000 |
3 February 1900 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | Molineux | 1 – 1 | Meredith | 2,000 |
3 March 1900 | Liverpool | A | Anfield | 2 – 5 | Meredith, Gillespie | 20,000 |
10 March 1900 | Burnley | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 0 | Meredith | 13,000 |
19 March 1900 | Aston Villa | H | Hyde Road | 0 – 2 | 15,000 | |
31 March 1900 | Glossop North End | A | North Road | 2 – 0 | Harvey, Davidson | 7,000 |
7 April 1900 | Stoke | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 0 | F. Williams | 16,000 |
9 April 1900 | Nottingham Forest | H | Hyde Road | 2 – 0 | Meredith (2) | 5,000 |
13 April 1900 | Newcastle United | A | St James' Park | 0 – 0 | 20,000 | |
14 April 1900 | Sunderland | A | Roker Park | 1 – 3 | C. Williams | 6,000 |
16 April 1900 | Preston North End | A | Deepdale | 2 – 0 | Gillespie, Dougal | 5,000 |
21 April 1900 | West Bromwich Albion | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 0 | Ross (2), Meredith, Gillespie | 15,000 |
28 April 1900 | Everton | A | Goodison Park | 0 – 4 | 20,000 |
FA Cup edit
Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Venue | Result
F – A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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27 January 1899 | First round | Aston Villa | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 1 | Ross | 22,000 |
31 January 1899 | First round replay | Aston Villa | A | Villa Park | 0 – 3 | 18,000 |
Squad statistics edit
Squad edit
Appearances for competitive matches only
Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
GK | Charlie Williams | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
DF | Di Jones | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
DF | Dick Ray | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
MF | Stuart Munn | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
FW | Joe Cassidy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
FW | Billie Gillespie | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 |
FW | Howard Harvey | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
FW | Billy Meredith | 33 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 14 |
FW | William "Stockport" Smith | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
FW | Fred Williams | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 7 |
-- | Herbert Dartnell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
-- | Alex Davidson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
-- | George Dougal | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
-- | Billy Holmes | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
-- | Pat Leonard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
-- | Bobby Moffatt | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2 |
-- | Thomas Read | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
-- | Jimmy Ross | 26 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 11 |
-- | William "Buxton" Smith | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
-- | Fred Threlfall | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
-- | Tonge | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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