The 1925–26 season was Manchester City F.C.'s thirty-fifth season of league football and twelfth consecutive season in the Football League First Division, excluding the four years during the First World War in which no competitive football was played.

Coming off the back of a series of mid-table finishes and largely unimpressive FA Cup campaigns, manager David Ashworth's resignation in November 1925 bizarrely resulted in both a first league relegation since 1909 and a first FA Cup final appearance since 1904 as well as a record 6–1 victory over rivals Manchester United, with much of the second half of the campaign being run in Ashworth's absence by a committee led by club Vice-chairman Albert Alexander.

Team Kit

Football League First Division

Results summary

Reports DateOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 29 August 1925 Cardiff City H Maine Road 3 – 2 Austin, Warner, Johnson 42,000 31 August 1925 Birmingham A St Andrew's 0 – 1 20,000 5 September 1925 Tottenham Hotspur A White Hart Lane 0 – 1 35,954 12 September 1925 Manchester United H Maine Road 1 – 1 Cowan 62,994 19 September 1925 Everton H Maine Road 4 – 4 Browell (4) 11,393 23 September 1925 West Bromwich Albion A The Hawthorns 1 – 4 Roberts 8,827 26 September 1925 Huddersfield Town A Leeds Road 2 – 2 Warner, Johnson 19,541 3 October 1925 Sunderland H Maine Road 4 – 1 Austin (2), Warner, Browell 40,000 10 October 1925 Blackburn Rovers A Ewood Park 3 – 3 Browell (2), Roberts 25,935 17 October 1925 Liverpool A Anfield 1 – 2 Johnson 35,000 24 October 1925 Burnley H Maine Road 8 – 3 Browell (5), Roberts, Johnson, Hicks 19,740 26 October 1925 Sheffield United A Bramall Lane 3 – 8 Cowan, Roberts, Johnson 8,000 31 October 1925 West Ham United A Upton Park 1 – 3 Browell 23,000 4 November 1925 Sheffield United H Maine Road 2 – 4 Austin, Roberts 7,000 7 November 1925 Arsenal H Maine Road 2 – 5 Warner, Browell 11,384 14 November 1925 Bolton Wanderers A Burnden Park 1 – 5 Roberts 22,326 21 November 1925 Notts County H Maine Road 1 – 1 Coupland 20,000 28 November 1925 Aston Villa A Villa Park 1 – 3 Dennison 25,000 5 December 1925 Leicester City H Maine Road 5 – 1 Roberts (2), Johnson (2), Dennison 20,000 12 December 1925 Leeds United A Elland Road 4 – 3 Bradford, Dennison, Johnson, Roberts 18,762 19 December 1925 Newcastle United H Maine Road 2 – 2 Johnson, Murphy 35,000 25 December 1925 Bury A Gigg Lane 5 – 6 Browell (2), Coupland, Johnson, Roberts 25,000 26 December 1925 Bury H Maine Road 0 – 2 50,000 1 January 1926 West Bromwich Albion H Maine Road 3 – 1 Austin, Dennison, Johnson 23,030 2 January 1926 Cardiff City A Ninian Park 2 – 2 Roberts (2) 12,000 16 January 1926 Tottenham Hotspur H Maine Road 0 – 0 25,344 23 January 1926 Manchester United A Old Trafford 6 – 1 Austin (2), Roberts (2), Johnson, Hicks 48,657 6 February 1926 Huddersfield Town H Maine Road 1 – 5 Roberts 36,645 10 February 1926 Everton A Goodison Park 1 – 1 Roberts 15,067 13 February 1926 Sunderland A Roker Park 3 – 5 Austin, Browell, Hicks 25,000 27 February 1926 Liverpool H Maine Road 1 – 1 Browell 35,000 13 March 1926 West Ham United H Maine Road 2 – 0 Roberts, Murphy 40,000 17 March 1926 Blackburn Rovers H Maine Road 0 – 1 18,793 20 March 1926 Arsenal A Highbury 0 – 1 34,974 29 March 1926 Bolton Wanderers H Maine Road 1 – 1 Austin 21,720 2 April 1926 Birmingham H Maine Road 2 – 4 Austin, Hicks 60,000 3 April 1926 Notts County A Meadow Lane 0 – 1 12,000 6 April 1926 Burnley A Turf Moor 2 – 1 Johnson, Hicks 19,966 10 April 1926 Aston Villa H Maine Road 4 – 2 Austin, Browell, Roberts, Johnson 42,000 17 April 1926 Leicester City A Filbert Street 3 – 2 Roberts (2), Browell 20,000 27 April 1926 Leeds United H Maine Road 2 – 1 Austin, Johnson 43,375 1 May 1926 Newcastle United A St James' Park 2 – 3 Browell, Roberts 20,000

FA Cup DateRoundOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 9 January 1926 Third round Corinthian A Crystal Palace 3 – 3 Cookson, Roberts, Hicks 29,700 13 January 1926 Third round replay Corinthian H Maine Road 4 – 0 Austin (2), Johnson, Hicks 42,303 30 January 1926 Fourth round Huddersfield Town H Maine Road 4 – 0 Hicks (2), Browell, Roberts 74,789 20 February 1926 Fifth round Crystal Palace H Maine Road 11 – 4 Roberts (5), Browell (3), Austin, Johnson, Hicks 51,630 6 March 1926 Sixth round Clapton Orient A Maine Road 6 – 1 Johnson (3), Hicks, Roberts, Browell 24,600 27 March 1926 Semi-final Manchester United N Bramhall Lane 3 – 0 Browell (2), Roberts 46,450 24 April 1926 Final Bolton Wanderers N Wembley 0 – 1 91,547

Squad statistics Squad Appearances for competitive matches only Nat.PlayerPos.Premier LeagueFA CupTotalAppsAppsApps GK 24 0 7 0 31 0 GK 17 0 0 0 17 0 John Phillips GK 1 0 0 0 1 0 DF 1 0 1 0 2 0 DF 35 0 6 1 41 1 DF 1 0 0 0 1 0 DF 37 0 4 0 41 0 MF 7 0 0 0 7 0 MF 23 2 4 0 27 2 MF 39 2 6 0 45 2 MF 4 0 0 0 4 0 MF 10 0 3 0 13 0 MF 9 2 0 0 9 2 MF 36 0 7 0 43 0 MF 8 0 0 0 8 0 FW 36 12 7 3 43 15 FW 5 1 0 0 5 1 FW 32 21 5 7 37 28 FW 2 0 2 0 4 0 FW 1 0 0 0 1 0 FW 8 4 2 0 10 4 FW 35 5 7 6 42 11 FW 38 15 7 5 45 20 FW 38 21 7 9 45 30 FW 9 0 1 0 10 0 FW 7 4 0 0 7 4Own goals 0 0 0Totals8931120

Scorers Nat.PlayerPos.Football LeagueFA CupTOTAL Frank Roberts FW 21 9 30 Tommy Browell FW 21 7 28 Tommy Johnson FW 15 5 20 Billy Austin FW 12 3 15 George Hicks FW 5 6 11 Bob Dennison FW 4 0 4 Jack Warner FW 4 0 4 Baggy Coupland MF 2 0 2 Sam Cowan MF 2 0 2 Sam Cookson MF 0 1 1 Leo Bradford FW 1 0 1Own Goals 0 0 0Totals 89 31 120

See also Manchester City F.C. seasons

References

External links Extensive Manchester City statistics site