1896–97 Manchester City F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 March 2015 Manchester City F.C. 1896–97 Sam Ormerod Football League 6th FA Cup First round Meredith (10 goals) Meredith (10 goals) 20,000 vs Newton Heath(3 October 1896) 1,000 vs Lincoln City(13 February 1897)1,000 vs Leicester Fosse (12 April 1897) 1895–96 1897–98 The 1896–97 season was Manchester City F.C.'s sixth season of league football and fifth season in the Football League. It was the first season during which Manchester City scored its one and only win against the Burton Wanderers F.C., in November 1896.21 In January 1897, centre-forward Billie Gillespie joined City from Lincoln City F.C., scoring the only goal in his debut against Darwen F.C. (1870).Hayes Dean https://archive.org/details/manchestercityfo0000haye/page/20/mode/2up?q=+1896 Manchester City Football Club: An A-Z 1996 Sigma 9781850585527 Wilmslow 59–60 Team kit none center 3399FF 3399FF 3399FF 333333 333333 Football League Second Division Second Division y MCI Results summary 5 5 5 25 27 7 3 5 33 23 rsssf.com September 2016 Reports DateOpponentsH / AVenueResultF – AScorersAttendance 5 September 1896 Woolwich Arsenal H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Finnerhan 8,000 12 September 1896 Gainsborough Trinity H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Sharples 4,000 19 September 1896 Darwen H Hyde Road 4 – 1 Mann (2), Ditchfield, Lewis 10,000 21 September 1896 Lincoln City A Sincil Bank 3 – 0 Finnerhan, Lewis, Sharples 3,000 26 September 1896 Blackpool A Athletic Grounds 2 – 2 Mann, Hill 5,000 3 October 1896 Newton Heath H Hyde Road 0 – 0 20,000 10 October 1896 Notts County A Trent Bridge 3 – 3 Meredith, Hill, Robinson 7,000 17 October 1896 Newcastle United H Hyde Road 1 – 2 Robinson 10,000 24 October 1896 Grimsby Town H Hyde Road 1 – 3 Sharples 3,000 31 October 1896 Notts County H Hyde Road 1 – 4 Meredith 12,000 7 November 1896 Blackpool H Hyde Road 4 – 2 Banner, Meredith, Sharples, Lewis 4,000 14 November 1896 Burton Swifts A Peel Croft 3 – 1 Tait (2), Gunn 4,000 23 November 1896 Walsall H Hyde Road 2 – 3 Finnerhan, Mann 3,000 28 November 1896 Burton Wanderers H Hyde Road 2 – 1 F. Williams, Gunn 2,000 19 December 1896 Grimsby Town A Abbey Park 3 – 1 Meredith, Gunn, F. Williams 12,000 25 December 1896 Newton Heath A Bank Street 1 – 2 Hill 18,000 26 December 1896 Burton Swifts H Hyde Road 0 – 5 6,000 1 January 1897 Small Heath H Hyde Road 3 – 0 Bannister, Gunn, Sharples 16,000 6 January 1897 Walsall A Hillary Street 5 – 0 Ray, Mann, Meredith, Lewis, Sharples 500 9 January 1897 Darwen A Barley Bank 1 – 3 Gillespie 1,000 6 February 1897 Newcastle United A St James' Park 0 – 3 4,000 13 February 1897 Lincoln City H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Gillespie 1,000 27 February 1897 Gainsborough Trinity A The Northolme 4 – 1 Gillespie, F. Williams (2), Meredith 9,000 6 March 1897 Burton Wanderers A Derby Turn 1 – 1 Read 3,000 13 March 1897 Leicester Fosse A Filbert Street 4 – 0 Holmes, Meredith, Gillespie, F. Williams 6,000 17 March 1897 Loughborough A Athletic Ground 0 – 2 2,000 12 April 1897 Leicester Fosse H Hyde Road 3 – 3 Meredith (2), ? (o.g.) 1,000 16 April 1897 Loughborough H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Foster 2,000 19 April 1897 Small Heath A Muntz Street 1 – 3 Meredith 500 28 April 1897 Woolwich Arsenal A Manor Ground 2 – 1 Hill (2) 2,000 FA Cup DateRoundOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 30 January 1897 First round Preston North End A Deepdale 0 – 6 6,000 Squad statistics Appearances and goals Division 2 FA Cup ENG DF Charlie Bannister 18 2 0 0 CAN 1868 DF Walter Bowman 2 0 0 0 ENG DF Charlie Ditchfield 10 1 0 0 ENG FW Pat Finnerhan 25 3 0 0 MF Henry Foster 6 1 1 0 ENG FW Billy Gillespie 11 4 0 0 FW John Gunn 21 4 1 0 DF James Harper 10 0 1 0 ENG MF Frank Hesham 2 0 0 0 SCO FW Bob Hill 12 5 0 0 ENG DF Billy Holmes 12 1 1 0 WAL FW Billy Lewis 12 4 1 0 DF George Mann 18 5 1 0 SCO DF James McBride 28 0 1 0 MF Tom McConnell 2 0 0 0 WAL MF Billy Meredith 27 10 1 0 SCO DF Bobby Moffatt 11 0 0 0 FW William Paterson 1 0 0 0 FW Jim Platt 1 0 0 0 ENG DF Dick Ray 30 1 1 0 ENG DF Bert Read 8 1 0 0 ENG MF George Robinson 3 2 0 0 ENG FW Jimmy Sharples 10 6 1 0 SCO DF David Tait 4 2 0 0 MF James Tonge 2 0 0 0 ENG MF William Townley 3 0 0 0 ENG GK Charlie Williams 30 0 1 0 ENG FW Fred Williams 11 5 0 0 |} Scorers start All ScorerGoalsWAL Billy Meredith10James Sharples6Robert Hill5George MannENG Fred WilliamsENG Billie Gillespie4ENG John GunnWAL Billy LewisENG Pat Finnerhan3Charlie Bannister2L. RobinsonDavid TaitJohn Ditchfield1H. FosterBilly HolmesENG Dick RayThomas Read break League ScorerGoalsWAL Billy Meredith10James Sharples6Robert Hill5George MannENG Fred WilliamsENG Billie Gillespie4ENG John GunnWAL Billy LewisENG Pat Finnerhan3Charlie Bannister2L. RobinsonDavid TaitJohn Ditchfield1H. FosterBilly HolmesENG Dick RayThomas Read end See also Manchester City F.C. seasons References External links Extensive Manchester City statistics site 1896-97 Category:English football clubs 1896–97 season