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.
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
Football League First Division
Results summary
Reports
DateOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 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
DateRoundOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 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.NameLeagueFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGK Jim Goodchild33020350GK Walter Smith900090DF Sam Cookson20020220DF Eli Fletcher34120361DF Frank Knowles200020DF Max Woosnam16020180MF Joe Dorsett800080MF Spud Murphy36521386FW Jack Allen200020FW Horace Barnes3922214123FW Tommy Broad19010200FW Tommy Browell3022203222FW Dick Crawshaw21610226FW Joby Godfrey910091FW Ted Hanney700070FW Fred Howard101020FW Tommy Johnson10500105FW Fred Lievesley100010FW Harry Taylor640064FW George Wynn410041MF Jack Brennan20020220--Joe Cartwright610061--Albert Fairclough200020--Peter Fairclough400040--Ernie Goodwin15212164--George Gray200020-- Jock Henderson400040--Billy Henry13000130--Teddy Hughes600060--Harry Jarvis100010--Tommy Lamph11000110--William Newton200020--Joe Reid310031--Sid Scott12000120--Sammy Sharp600060--Fred Sugden600060--Herbert Tyler41020430
Scorers
All ScorerGoals Horace Barnes23 Tommy Browell22 Dick Crawshaw6 Spud Murphy Tommy Johnson5Ernie Goodwin4 Harry TaylorJoe Cartwright1 Eli Fletcher Joby GodfreyJoe Reid George Wynn
League ScorerGoals Horace Barnes22 Tommy Browell Dick Crawshaw6 Tommy Johnson5 Spud Murphy Harry Taylor4Ernie Goodwin2Joe Cartwright1 Eli Fletcher Joby GodfreyJoe Reid George Wynn
FA Cup ScorerGoalsErnie Goodwin2 Horace Barnes1 Spud Murphy
See also Manchester City F.C. seasons
References
External links Extensive Manchester City statistics site