The 1903–04 season was Manchester City F.C.'s thirteenth season of league football and first season back in the top flight of English football. Following their promotion, City made an immediate challenge for the league championship, falling at the last hurdle but finishing creditably second. They did, however, take the FA Cup in the same season, winning their first major trophy of their existence and becoming the 19th winner in the trophy's 33rd year with a 1–0 victory over Bolton Wanderers.Match report at fa-cupfinals.co.uk
Football League First Division
Results summary
Reports
DateOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 5 September 1903 Stoke A Victoria Ground 2 – 1 Livingstone, ? (o.g.) 16,000 12 September 1903 Derby County H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Turnbull (2) 28,000 19 September 1903 Wolverhampton Wanderers H Hyde Road 4 – 1 Meredith, Turnbull (2), Booth 25,000 26 September 1903 Notts County A Trent Bridge 3 – 0 Hynds, Meredith, Pearson 15,000 3 October 1903 Sheffield United H Hyde Road 0 – 1 28,000 10 October 1903 Newcastle United A St James' Park 0 – 1 19,730 17 October 1903 Aston Villa H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Gillespie 30,000 24 October 1903 Middlesbrough A Ayresome Park 0 – 6 14,000 31 October 1903 Liverpool H Hyde Road 3 – 2 Booth, Turnbull, Gillespie 25,000 7 November 1903 Bury A Gigg Lane 3 – 1 Gillespie (2), Meredith 19,371 14 November 1903 Blackburn Rovers H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Meredith 20,000 21 November 1903 Nottingham Forest A City Ground 3 – 0 Frost, Hynds, Gillespie 12,000 28 November 1903 The Wednesday H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Livingstone 8,000 5 December 1903 Sunderland A Roker Park 1 – 1 Hynds 18,000 12 December 1903 West Bromwich Albion H Hyde Road 6 – 3 Meredith (2), Gillespie (2), Turnbull, Livingstone 14,000 19 December 1903 Small Heath A Muntz Street 3 – 0 Turnbull (2), Gillespie 12,000 26 December 1903 Everton H Hyde Road 1 – 3 Gillespie 28,000 28 December 1903 Sheffield United A Bramall Lane 3 – 5 Gillespie (2), Threlfall 35,000 1 January 1904 Middlesbrough H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Meredith 30,000 2 January 1904 Stoke H Hyde Road 2 – 2 Frost, Turnbull 16,000 9 January 1904 Derby County A Baseball Ground 3 – 2 Gillespie (2), Meredith 12,000 23 January 1904 Notts County H Hyde Road 3 – 0 Gillespie, Booth, Frost 15,000 13 February 1904 Aston Villa A Villa Park 1 – 0 Gillespie 16,000 27 February 1904 Liverpool A Anfield 2 – 2 Gillespie, Hynds 20,000 12 March 1904 Blackburn Rovers A Ewood Park 5 – 2 Meredith (2), Dennison (2), Turnbull 12,000 21 March 1904 Wolverhampton Wanderers A Molineux 6 – 1 Livingstone (2), Gillespie (2), Meredith, Turnbull 6,000 26 March 1904 The Wednesday A Owlerton 0 – 1 25,000 1 April 1904 Newcastle United H Hyde Road 1 – 3 Turnbull 28,000 2 April 1904 Sunderland H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Turnbull (2) 15,000 9 April 1904 West Bromwich Albion A The Hawthorns 1 – 2 Jones 14,000 11 April 1904 Bury H Hyde Road 3 – 0 Turnbull (2), Bannister 10,000 13 April 1904 Nottingham Forest H Hyde Road 0 – 0 10,000 16 April 1904 Small Heath H Hyde Road 4 – 0 Bannister (2), J. Moffatt (2) 15,000 24 April 1904 Everton A Goodison Park 0 – 1 12,000
FA Cup
DateRoundOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 6 February 1904 First round Sunderland H Hyde Road 3 – 2 Turnbull (2), Gillespie 23,000 20 February 1904 Second round Woolwich Arsenal A Manor Ground 2 – 0 Turnbull, Booth 30,000 5 March 1904 Third round Middlesbrough H Hyde Road 0 – 0 35,000 9 March 1904 Third round replay Middlesbrough A Ayresome Park 3 – 1 Livingstone, Gillespie, Turnbull 33,000 19 March 1904 Semi-final The Wednesday N Goodison Park 3 – 0 Meredith, Gillespie, Turnbull 53,000 23 April 1904 Final Bolton Wanderers N Crystal Palace 1 – 0 Meredith 61,374
Squad statistics
Squad Appearances for competitive matches only Pos.NameLeagueFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKJohn Edmondson601070GK Jack Hillman28050330DF Herbert Burgess27060330DF Tommy Hynds32460384FW Jimmy Bannister730073FW Frank Booth24361304FW Billie Gillespie2418633021FW Lot Jones110011FW Billy Meredith3411624013FW Irvine Thornley400040FW Sandy Turnbull3216653821--Sam Ashworth18040220--Robert Davidson600060--R. Dearden600060--J. Dennison120012--Jimmy Drummond100010--Sammy Frost30360363--Billy Holmes8020100--Geordie Livingstone29561356--Billy Lyon600060--McMahon27060330-- Willie McOustra200020--Joe Moffatt420042--Frank Norgrove100010--Frank Pearson310031--William Robinson100010--Percy Slater200020--Fred Threlfall10100101
Scorers
All ScorerGoals Billie Gillespie21 Sandy Turnbull Billy Meredith13Geordie Livingstone6 Frank Booth4 Tommy Hynds Jimmy Bannister3Sammy FrostJ. Dennison2Joe Moffatt Lot Jones1Frank PearsonFred Threlfall
League ScorerGoals Billie Gillespie18 Sandy Turnbull16 Billy Meredith11Geordie Livingstone5 Tommy Hynds4 Jimmy Bannister3 Frank BoothSammy FrostJ. Dennison2Joe Moffatt Lot Jones1Frank PearsonFred Threlfall
FA Cup ScorerGoals Sandy Turnbull5 Billie Gillespie3 Billy Meredith2 Frank Booth1Geordie Livingstone
See also Manchester City F.C. seasons
References
External links Extensive Manchester City statistics site