1919–20 Manchester City F.C. season
The 1919–20 season was Manchester City F.C.'s twenty-ninth season of league football, and first season back in the Football League and the FA Cup after the cancellation of competitive league football during World War I.
| 1919–20 season | ||
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| Manager |  Ernest Mangnall | |
| Football League First Division | 7th | |
| FA Cup | Second round | |
| Top goalscorer | League: Barnes (22 goals) Browell (22 goals) All: Barnes (23 goals) | |
| Highest home attendance | 35,000 vs Liverpool (27 March 1920) | |
| Lowest home attendance | 10,000 vs Bradford Park Avenue (13 March 1920) | |
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For this season, the Football League also made the decision to expand the size of their leagues to 22 teams apiece, giving Manchester City their first taste of a 42-match league season.
Team Kit
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Football League First Division
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Sunderland | 42 | 22 | 4 | 16 | 72 | 59 | 1.220 | 48 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 72 | 65 | 1.108 | 47 |
| 7 | Manchester City | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 71 | 62 | 1.145 | 45 |
| 8 | Newcastle United | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 39 | 1.128 | 43 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 75 | 73 | 1.027 | 42 |
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 71 | 62 | 1.145 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 27 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 35 | 12 |
Source: rsssf.com
Reports
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Venue | Result
F – A |
Scorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 1919 | Sheffield United | H | Hyde Road | 3 – 3 | Barnes (2), Browell | 30,000 |
| 1 September 1919 | Oldham Athletic | A | Boundary Park | 3 – 1 | Browell (2), Cartwright | 3,000 |
| 6 September 1919 | Sheffield United | A | Bramall Lane | 1 – 3 | Wynn | 30,000 |
| 8 September 1919 | Oldham Athletic | H | Hyde Road | 3 – 1 | Browell (2), Barnes | 22,000 |
| 13 September 1919 | Bolton Wanderers | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 4 | Crawshaw | 20,000 |
| 20 September 1919 | Bolton Wanderers | A | Burnden Park | 2 – 6 | Taylor, Browell | 30,000 |
| 27 September 1919 | Notts County | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 1 | Barnes (3), Taylor | 20,000 |
| 4 October 1919 | Notts County | A | Meadow Lane | 1 – 4 | Barnes | 16,000 |
| 11 October 1919 | Manchester United | H | Hyde Road | 3 – 3 | Browell (2), Taylor | 32,000 |
| 18 October 1919 | Manchester United | A | Old Trafford | 0 – 1 | 45,000 | |
| 25 October 1919 | The Wednesday | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 2 | Browell (2), Taylor, Goodwin | 20,000 |
| 1 November 1919 | The Wednesday | A | Hillsborough | 0 – 0 | 20,000 | |
| 8 November 1919 | Blackburn Rovers | H | Hyde Road | 8 – 2 | Browell (3), Barnes (2), Murphy (2), Crawshaw | 25,000 |
| 15 November 1919 | Blackburn Rovers | A | Ewood Park | 4 – 1 | Browell (2), Barnes (2) | 6,000 |
| 22 November 1919 | Derby County | H | Hyde Road | 3 – 1 | Crawshaw (2), Barnes | 15,000 |
| 29 November 1919 | Derby County | A | Baseball Ground | 0 – 0 | 7,000 | |
| 6 December 1919 | West Bromwich Albion | H | Hyde Road | 2 – 3 | Browell (2) | 30,000 |
| 13 December 1919 | West Bromwich Albion | A | The Hawthorns | 0 – 2 | 20,000 | |
| 20 December 1919 | Sunderland | A | Roker Park | 1 – 2 | Reid | 20,000 |
| 25 December 1919 | Everton | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 1 | Barnes | 25,000 |
| 26 December 1919 | Everton | A | Goodison Park | 0 – 2 | 26,000 | |
| 27 December 1919 | Sunderland | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 0 | Murphy | 30,000 |
| 1 January 1920 | Bradford City | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 0 | Murphy | 30,000 |
| 3 January 1920 | Arsenal | A | Highbury | 2 – 2 | Murphy, Barnes | 32,000 |
| 17 January 1920 | Arsenal | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 1 | Browell (3), Goodwin | 25,000 |
| 24 January 1920 | Middlesbrough | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 0 | Browell | 28,000 |
| 7 February 1920 | Burnley | H | Hyde Road | 3 – 1 | Barnes (2), Crawshaw | 30,000 |
| 14 February 1920 | Burnley | A | Turf Moor | 0 – 2 | 20,000 | |
| 18 February 1920 | Middlesbrough | A | Ayresome Park | 2 – 0 | Johnson (2) | 15,000 |
| 28 February 1920 | Preston North End | A | Deepdale | 1 – 1 | Fletcher | 17,000 |
| 13 March 1920 | Bradford Park Avenue | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 1 | Barnes (2), Johnson, Crawshaw | 10,000 |
| 17 March 1920 | Preston North End | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 0 | Godfrey | 18,000 |
| 20 March 1920 | Liverpool | A | Anfield | 0 – 1 | 30,000 | |
| 22 March 1920 | Bradford Park Avenue | A | Park Avenue | 1 – 2 | Johnson | 8,000 |
| 27 March 1920 | Liverpool | H | Hyde Road | 2 – 1 | Barnes (2) | 35,000 |
| 3 April 1920 | Chelsea | A | Stamford Bridge | 0 – 1 | 45,000 | |
| 5 April 1920 | Bradford City | A | Valley Parade | 0 – 1 | 20,000 | |
| 10 April 1920 | Chelsea | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 0 | Barnes | 25,000 |
| 17 April 1920 | Newcastle United | A | St James' Park | 0 – 3 | 36,000 | |
| 24 April 1920 | Newcastle United | H | Hyde Road | 0 – 0 | 25,000 | |
| 26 April 1920 | Aston Villa | A | Villa Park | 1 – 0 | Browell | 45,000 |
| 1 May 1920 | Aston Villa | H | Hyde Road | 2 – 2 | Johnson, Barnes | 23,000 |
FA Cup
| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Venue | Result
F – A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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| 10 January 1920 | First round | Clapton Orient | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 1 | Goodwin (2), Barnes, Murphy | 25,878 |
| 31 January 1920 | Second round | Leicester City | A | Filbert Street | 0 – 3 | 23,041 |
Squad statistics
Squad
Appearances for competitive matches only
| Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| GK | Jim Goodchild |
33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| GK | Walter Smith |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| DF | Sam Cookson |
20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| DF | Eli Fletcher |
34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| DF | Frank Knowles |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Max Woosnam |
16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| MF | Joe Dorsett |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| MF | Spud Murphy |
36 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 6 |
| FW | Jack Allen |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Horace Barnes |
39 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 23 |
| FW | Tommy Broad |
19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| FW | Tommy Browell |
30 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 22 |
| FW | Dick Crawshaw |
21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 |
| FW | Joby Godfrey |
9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| FW | Ted Hanney |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| FW | Fred Howard |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Tommy Johnson |
10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
| FW | Fred Lievesley |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Harry Taylor |
6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| FW |  George Wynn |
4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| MF | Jack Brennan |
20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| -- | Joe Cartwright | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| -- | Albert Fairclough | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| -- | Peter Fairclough | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| -- | Ernie Goodwin | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 |
| -- | George Gray | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| -- |  Jock Henderson |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| -- | Billy Henry | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| -- | Teddy Hughes | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| -- | Harry Jarvis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| -- | Tommy Lamph | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| -- | William Newton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| -- | Joe Reid | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| -- | Sid Scott | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| -- | Sammy Sharp | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| -- | Fred Sugden | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| -- | Herbert Tyler | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
Scorers
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