The 1904–05 season was Manchester City F.C.'s fourteenth season of league football and second consecutive season in the top flight of English football. The club remained undefeated at home at Hyde Road for the entire season.
In December 1904, George Dorsett joined City from West Bromwich Albion F.C. for a record £450 signing for a winger.
Team kit
Football League First Division
Results summary
Reports
DateOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 3 September 1904 Small Heath H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Livingstone, Booth 30,000 10 September 1904 Stoke A Victoria Ground 0 – 1 12,000 17 September 1904 Notts County A Trent Bridge 1 – 1 Thornley 10,000 24 September 1904 Sheffield United H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Thornley 23,000 1 October 1904 Newcastle United A St James' Park 0 – 2 22,000 8 October 1904 Preston North End H Hyde Road 6 – 1 Turnbull (2), Livingstone (2), Booth, Gillespie 23,000 15 October 1904 Middlesbrough A Ayresome Park 1 – 0 Gillespie 12,000 29 October 1904 Bury A Gigg Lane 4 – 2 Gillespie, Meredith, Turnbull, Booth 12,000 9 November 1904 Aston Villa H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Turnbull, Booth 8,000 12 November 1904 Blackburn Rovers A Ewood Park 1 – 3 Turnbull 10,000 14 November 1904 Wolverhampton Wanderers H Hyde Road 5 – 1 Meredith, Booth (2), Livingstone, Gillespie 11,000 19 November 1904 Nottingham Forest H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Booth 16,000 26 November 1904 The Wednesday A Owlerton 1 – 2 Turnbull 15,000 3 December 1904 Sunderland H Hyde Road 5 – 2 Turnbull (3), Gillespie, Booth 27,000 10 December 1904 Woolwich Arsenal A Manor Ground 0 – 1 16,000 17 December 1904 Derby County H Hyde Road 6 – 0 Turnbull (4), Gillespie (2) 22,000 24 December 1904 Everton A Goodison Park 0 – 0 16,000 26 December 1904 Preston North End A Deepdale 1 – 0 Turnbull 17,000 31 December 1904 Small Heath A Muntz Street 1 – 3 Turnbull 11,000 7 January 1905 Stoke H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Meredith 12,000 14 January 1905 Notts County H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Turnbull, Dorsett 10,000 21 January 1905 Sheffield United A Bramall Lane 3 – 0 Dorsett (2), Turnbull 15,000 28 January 1905 Newcastle United H Hyde Road 3 – 2 Hynds, Dorsett, Jones 40,000 11 February 1905 Middlesbrough H Hyde Road 3 – 2 J. Moffatt, Dorsett, ? (o.g.) 18,000 25 February 1905 Bury H Hyde Road 3 – 2 Bannister (2), Meredith 16,000 4 March 1905 Derby County A Baseball Ground 1 – 0 Bannister 7,000 11 March 1905 Blackburn Rovers H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Meredith, Turnbull 12,000 18 March 1905 Nottingham Forest A City Ground 1 – 2 Meredith 10,000 1 April 1905 Sunderland A Roker Park 0 – 0 9,000 8 April 1905 Woolwich Arsenal H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Meredith 18,000 15 April 1905 The Wednesday H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Meredith 20,000 21 April 1905 Everton H Hyde Road 2 – 0 Hynds, Livingstone 40,000 24 April 1905 Wolverhampton Wanderers A Molineux 3 – 0 Livingstone, Jones, Pearson 15,000 29 April 1905 Aston Villa A Villa Park 2 – 3 Turnbull, Livingstone 20,000
FA Cup
DateRoundOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 4 February 1905 First round Lincoln City A Sincil Bank 2 – 1 Meredith, Turnbull 10,000 18 February 1905 Second round Bolton Wanderers H Hyde Road 1 – 2 Gillespie 39,000
Squad statistics
Squad Appearances for competitive matches only Pos.NameLeagueFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKJohn Edmondson200020GK Jack Hillman32020340DF James Buchan700070DF Herbert Burgess26020280DF Tommy Hynds33220352MF George Dorsett9520115FW Jimmy Bannister630063FW Frank Booth33820358FW Billie Gillespie16711178FW Lot Jones12200122FW Billy Meredith34821369FW Irvine Thornley420042FW Sandy Turnbull3019213220--John Christie100010--R. Dearden800080--Sammy Frost32010330--Billy Holmes400040--Geordie Livingstone26700267--McMahon31020330-- Willie McOustra200020--Joe Moffatt13120151--Frank Norgrove10010110--Frank Pearson311041--Fred Threlfall100010
Scorers
All ScorerGoals Sandy Turnbull20 Billy Meredith9 Frank Booth8 Billie GillespieGeordie Livingstone7 George Dorsett5 Jimmy Bannister3 Tommy Hynds2 Lot Jones Irvine ThornleyJoe Moffatt1Frank Pearson
League ScorerGoals Sandy Turnbull19 Frank Booth8 Billy Meredith Billie Gillespie7Geordie Livingstone George Dorsett5 Jimmy Bannister3 Tommy Hynds2 Lot Jones Irvine ThornleyJoe Moffatt1Frank Pearson
FA Cup ScorerGoals Billie Gillespie1 Billy Meredith Sandy Turnbull
See also Manchester City F.C. seasons
References
External links Extensive Manchester City statistics site