1916–17 Manchester City F.C. season

The 1916–17 season was Manchester City F.C.'s twenty-sixth season of league football.

Owing to World War I, once again Manchester City played non-competitive war league football. In the principal tournament they contested the Lancashire Section, which was expanded to 16 teams to give a more complete 30-game season. In the subsidiary tournament they contested Group D of the Lancashire Section, with the groups reduced to four teams in size to complement the increased playing season of the Principal Tournament.

Team Kit

War Leagues

Principal Tournament

Lancashire Section

Results summary OverallHomeAway 30 14 9 7 49 29 +20 37 11 3 1 35 10 +25 3 6 6 14 19 –5 N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2

Reports

DateOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 2 September 1916 Stoke A Victoria Ground 0 – 1 6,000 9 September 1916 Southport Central H Hyde Road 0 – 0 8,000 16 September 1916 Blackburn Rovers A Ewood Park 1 – 2 P. Fairclough 3,000 23 September 1916 Blackpool H Hyde Road 4 – 0 Barnes (3), Brennan 10,000 30 September 1916 Everton H Hyde Road 4 – 1 Barnes (3), Hoare 14,000 7 October 1916 Rochdale A Spotland 2 – 2 Barnes, Brennan 1,000 14 October 1916 Bolton Wanderers H Hyde Road 1 – 0 P. Fairclough 8,000 21 October 1916 Port Vale A Recreation Ground 1 – 0 P. Fairclough 6,000 28 October 1916 Oldham Athletic H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Cartwright, Walden 9,000 4 November 1916 Preston North End A Deepdale 2 – 2 Wynn, Barnes 3,000 11 November 1916 Burnley H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Wray, Meredith 14,000 18 November 1916 Manchester United A Old Trafford 1 – 2 Hoad 10,000 25 November 1916 Liverpool H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Barnes 10,000 2 December 1916 Stockport County A Edgeley Park 0 – 0 6,000 9 December 1916 Bury H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Meredith 5,000 23 December 1916 Southport Central A Haig Avenue 0 – 0 1,000 25 December 1916 Stoke H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Wynn 12,000 30 December 1916 Blackburn Rovers H Hyde Road 8 – 0 Capper (5), Nelson (2), Davies 10,000 6 January 1917 Blackpool A Bloomfield Road 1 – 3 Cartwright 4,000 13 January 1917 Everton A Goodison Park 2 – 0 P. Fairclough, Barnes 8,000 20 January 1917 Rochdale H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Wynn, Barnes 7,000 27 January 1917 Bolton Wanderers A Burnden Park 2 – 2 Tavo, W. Newton 2,000 3 February 1917 Port Vale H Hyde Road 2 – 0 Barnes (2) 6,000 10 February 1917 Oldham Athletic A Boundary Park 1 – 2 Tyler 3,000 17 February 1917 Preston North End H Hyde Road 5 – 1 Tyler (2), Goddard (3) 7,000 24 February 1917 Burnley A Turf Moor 1 – 0 Barnes 4,000 3 March 1917 Manchester United H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Barnes 15,000 10 March 1917 Liverpool A Anfield 0 – 3 14,000 17 March 1917 Stockport County H Hyde Road 1 – 3 Barnes 14,000 24 March 1917 Bury A Gigg Lane 0 – 0 3,000

Subsidiary Tournament

Lancashire Section, Group D

Results summary OverallHomeAway 6 2 1 3 3 11 –8 5 2 0 1 2 1 +1 0 1 2 1 10 –9 N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2

Reports

DateOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 31 March 1917 Port Vale H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Wynn 3,000 6 April 1917 Stoke H Hyde Road 1 – 0 McIlvenney 12,000 7 April 1917 Manchester United A Old Trafford 1 – 5 H. Newton 15,000 9 April 1917 Stoke A Victoria Ground 0 – 5 8,000 14 April 1917 Port Vale A Recreation Ground 0 – 0 5,000 21 April 1917 Manchester United H Hyde Road 0 – 1 15,000

Squad statistics

Squad Appearances for competitive matches only Pos.NamePrincipalSubsidiaryTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGK Jim Goodchild25040290GKPercy Kite100010GK Walter Smith402060DF Eli Fletcher29060350DF Fred Parker16020180MF Sid Hoad313001FW Horace Barnes1816001816FW Ted Hanney100010FW Gordon Hoare110011FW Lot Jones801090FW Billy Lomas005050FW Billy Meredith27260332FW Harry Taylor100010FW Harold Walden210021FW George Wynn18321204--Armstrong004040--Bill Bottomley23010240--Jack Brennan12210132--T. Broad200020--Alf Capper150015--Joe Cartwright23240272--J. Clegg002020--Cruse100010--Alfred Davies18100181--Peter Fairclough20440244DF Peter Gartland19020210--Robert Geddes100010--Goddard330033--R. Hargreaves001010--M. Lee001010--F. McIlvenney002121--Malone001010--Miller400040--Nelson620062--H. Newton004141--William Newton512071--Sid Scott801090--Skeldon100010--J.D. Tavo210021--Herbert Tyler22360283--Woodhouse001010--Jimmy Wray511061

Scorers

All ScorerGoals Horace Barnes16 Alf Capper5Peter Fairclough4 George WynnGoddard3Herbert TylerJack Brennan2Joe Cartwright Billy MeredithNelsonAlfred Davies1 Sid Hoad Gordon HoareF. McIlvenneyH. NewtonWilliam NewtonJ.D. Tavo Harold WaldenJimmy Wray

Principal Tournament ScorerGoals Horace Barnes16 Alf Capper5Peter Fairclough4Goddard3Herbert Tyler George WynnJack Brennan2Joe Cartwright Billy MeredithNelsonAlfred Davies1 Sid Hoad Gordon HoareWilliam NewtonJ.D. Tavo Harold WaldenJimmy Wray

Subsidiary Tournament ScorerGoalsF. McIlvenney1H. Newton George Wynn

See also Manchester City F.C. seasons

References

External links Extensive Manchester City statistics site