1893–94 Ardwick A.F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 March 2015 Ardwick A.F.C. /Manchester City F.C.90px|center 1893–94 Joshua Parlby Second Division 13th FA Cup First qualifying round Morris (7 goals) Morris (7 goals) 6,000 vs Liverpool(16 Sept 1893) 1,000 vs Burton(11 Sept 1893) 1892–93 1894–95 The 1893–94 season was Ardwick A.F.C.'s third season of league football and second season in the Football League. In the latter half of the season, financial difficulties forced the reorganisation of the club into the team Manchester City F.C. on the day of their last league game of the season. By this name the club have been known for the rest of their history. The season saw the unusual event of Ardwick being forced to play one game – away versus Crewe Alexandra – with only ten players. In a season in which Ardwick lost two thirds of their games and recorded one of their worst ever league results, they drew the match 1–1. Team kit auto none center _mcfc_home_1892-93 FFFFFF FFFFFF 003366 003366 Pre-consolidation asManchester City F.C. none center _mcfc_home_1894-95 98ccff 98ccff FFFFFF 003366 Post-consolidation as Manchester City F.C. Football League Second Division Second Division y ARD Results summary OverallHomeAwayPld PlayedW WinsD DrawsL LossesGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsW WinsD DrawsL LossesGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differenceW WinsD DrawsL LossesGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal difference 28 8 2 18 47 71 -24 18 6 1 7 32 20 +12 2 1 11 15 51 -36 N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2 Reports 2 September 1893 Burslem Port Vale 4–2 Ardwick Sands Beats Scarratt Carson Robinson Athletic Ground Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent https://www.11v11.com/matches/burslem-port-vale-v-ardwick-02-september-1893-90719/ 2,500 L HT: 3–1 9 September 1893 Ardwick 6–1 Middlesbrough Ironopolis Morris , Bowman Carson Robinson Jones Hunter Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester https://www.11v11.com/matches/ardwick-v-middlesbrough-ironopolis-09-september-1893-90724/ 4,000 W HT: 4–1 11 September 1893 Ardwick 1–4 Burton Swifts Morris Ekins Boggie Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester https://www.11v11.com/matches/ardwick-v-burton-swifts-11-september-1893-90730/ 1,000 L HT: 1–0 16 September 1893 Ardwick 0–1 Liverpool Stott 80 Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester https://www.11v11.com/matches/ardwick-v-liverpool-16-september-1893-90735/ 6,000 L HT: 0–0 20 September 1893 Burton Swifts 5–0 Ardwick Boggie 7 65Ekins ? ?Dewey ? Peel Croft Burton https://www.11v11.com/matches/burton-swifts-v-ardwick-20-september-1893-90739/ 3,000 L HT: 3–0 23 September 1893 Middlesbrough Ironopolis 2–0 Ardwick Allport Adams Paradise Ground Middlesbrough https://www.11v11.com/matches/middlesbrough-ironopolis-v-ardwick-23-september-1893-90743/ 800 L HT: 1–0 30 September 1893 Ardwick 0–1 Small Heath Wheldon Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester https://www.11v11.com/matches/ardwick-v-small-heath-30-september-1893-90752/ 5,000 L HT: 0–0 7 October 1893 Ardwick 8–1 Burslem Port Vale Morris Yates Steele Milarvie Middleton Youds o.g. Wood Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester https://www.11v11.com/matches/ardwick-v-burslem-port-vale-07-october-1893-90762/ 4,000 W HT: 1–0 21 October 1893 Ardwick 2–3 Newcastle United Morris Yates Corrected from Milarvie ref. StatCity, Bluemoon and Englishfootballleaguetables websites Crate Wallace Unknown Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester https://www.11v11.com/matches/ardwick-v-newcastle-united-21-october-1893-90770/ 3,000 L HT: 2–0 28 October 1893 Ardwick 0–0 Notts County Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester https://www.11v11.com/matches/ardwick-v-notts-county-28-october-1893-90777/ 4,000 D HT: 0–0 11 November 1893 Woolwich Arsenal 1–0 Ardwick Henderson Manor Ground Plumstead, London https://www.11v11.com/matches/woolwich-arsenal-v-ardwick-11-november-1893-90783/ 4,000 L HT: 1–0 18 November 1893 Ardwick 3–0 Walsall Town Swifts Robertson ?Yates ? 90 pen. Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester https://www.11v11.com/matches/ardwick-v-walsall-town-swifts-18-november-1893-90792/ 3,000 W HT: 2–0 2 December 1893 Liverpool 3–0 Ardwick Stott 35McQueen 75Henderson 85 Anfield Liverpool https://www.11v11.com/matches/liverpool-v-manchester-city-02-december-1893-90802/ 4,000 L HT: 1–0 9 December 1893 Ardwick 4–1 Grimsby Town Middleton Whittle Davies Bennett McCairns Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester https://www.11v11.com/matches/ardwick-v-grimsby-town-09-december-1893-90809/ 4,000 W HT: 1–0 26 December 1893 Ardwick 3–2 Rotherham Town Pickford ? ?Bennett ? Sylvester 1Fairburn ? Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester https://www.11v11.com/matches/ardwick-v-rotherham-town-26-december-1893-90824/ 4,000 W HT: 2–1 30 December 1893 Ardwick 0–1 Woolwich Arsenal Henderson Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester https://www.11v11.com/matches/ardwick-v-woolwich-arsenal-30-december-1893-90831/ 4,000 L HT: 0–0 6 January 1894 Newcastle United 2–1 Ardwick Thompson Graham Pickford St James' Park Newcastle https://www.11v11.com/matches/newcastle-united-v-ardwick-06-january-1894-90840/ 800 WH Stacey L HT: 1–1 13 January 1894 Grimsby Town 5–0 Ardwick McCairns Robinson Fletcher Pickford Abbey Park Grimsby https://www.11v11.com/matches/grimsby-town-v-ardwick-13-january-1894-90848/ 1,000 H Shelton L HT: 3–0 27 January 1894 Ardwick 4–2 Northwich Victoria Bennett Whittle Corrected to 1 goal ref. StatCity, Bluemoon and Englishfootballleaguetables websitesDyer Drinkwater Guest Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester https://www.11v11.com/matches/ardwick-v-northwich-victoria-27-january-1894-90857/ 3,000 R Kirkham W HT: 1–2 10 February 1894 Northwich Victoria 1–4 Ardwick Bailey Milarvie ? 65Robertson Milne The Drill Field Northwich https://www.11v11.com/matches/northwich-victoria-v-ardwick-10-february-1894-90868/ 2,000 W HT: 0–3 24 February 1894 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Ardwick Jones 50 Bennett Alexandra Recreation Ground Crewe https://www.11v11.com/matches/crewe-alexandra-v-ardwick-24-february-1894-90876/ 1,000 D HT: 0–1 15 March 1894 Notts County 5–0 Ardwick Logan 1, ?Allsopp ?Bruce ?Kerr 45 Trent Bridge Nottingham https://www.11v11.com/matches/notts-county-v-ardwick-15-march-1894-90890/ 2,500 L HT: 5–0 17 March 1894 Small Heath 10–2 Ardwick Mobley Hallam Jenkyns Walton Wheldon Hands Bennett Robertson Muntz Street Birmingham https://www.11v11.com/matches/small-heath-v-ardwick-17-march-1894-90891/ 2,000 L HT: 4–0 24 March 1894 Lincoln City 6–0 Ardwick Irving Chadburn Flewitt Raby Graham John O'Gaunts Lincoln https://www.11v11.com/matches/lincoln-city-v-ardwick-24-march-1894-90900/ 1,000 L HT: 4–0 26 March 1894 Rotherham Town 1–3 Ardwick Broadhead Milne Milarvie Baker Clifton Lane Rotherham https://www.11v11.com/matches/rotherham-town-v-ardwick-26-march-1894-90904/ 2,000 W HT: 0–2 31 March 1894 Ardwick 0–1 Lincoln City Chadburn 45 Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester https://www.11v11.com/matches/ardwick-v-lincoln-city-31-march-1894-90910/ 3,000 L HT: 0–1 7 April 1894 Ardwick 1–2 Crewe Alexandra Spittle Woolfe Sandham Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester https://www.11v11.com/matches/ardwick-v-crewe-alexandra-07-april-1894-90915/ 2,500 L HT: 0–1 14 April 1894 Walsall Town Swifts 5–2 Ardwick McWhinnie Leatherbarrow Copeland Milne 45Forrester 45 West Bromwich Road Walsall https://www.11v11.com/matches/walsall-town-swifts-v-ardwick-14-april-1894-90923/ 2,000 L HT: 4–2 http://www.enfa.co.uk/ The English National Football Archive Enfa.co.uk 2022-04-27 April 2022https://www.11v11.com/teams/manchester-city/ Manchester City football club overviewhttps://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1718 Man City FC Club Details | First Team Squad | Soccer Base Cup competitions FA Cup Qualifying Round 14 October 1893 West Manchester 3–0 Ardwick Walsh Waring Brooks' Bar Whalley Range, Manchester HT: 2–0 6,000 L Lancashire Senior Cup First Round 20 January 1894 Ardwick 2–4 Rossendale Pickford Bennett Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester 1,000 L Manchester Senior Cup First Round 3 February 1894 Ardwick 3–6 Bury Hargreaves Pickford Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester 6,000 L Friendlies 4 September 1893 Ardwick 0–5 Bolton Wanderers Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester 2,000 L 12 September 1893 Darwen 7–0 Ardwick Barley Bank Darwen 1,000 L 18 September 1893 Stoke 4–0 Ardwick Victoria Ground Stoke 1,000 L 25 September 1893 Ardwick 2–5 Darwen Yates O'Brien Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester 1,000 L 16 October 1893 Ardwick 2–3 Everton Yates Morris Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester 2,000 L 4 November 1893 Ardwick 1–1 Fairfield Yates Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester D 6 November 1893 Ardwick 6–3 Stoke Milarvie Steele , Davies Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester 1,000 W Abandoned 25 November 1893 Ardwick 1–2 Derby County Whittle Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester Abandoned after 65 minutes due to downpour. P 23 December 1893 Ardwick 2–6 Liverpool Bennett Whittle McBride McVean Stott Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester 3,000 L 25 December 1893 Newton Heath 2–1 Ardwick Bennett Bank Street Clayton, Greater Manchester 6,000 L 1 January 1894 Ardwick 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Pickford Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester 1,000 L 2 January 1894 Ardwick 1–0 West Manchester Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester 1,500 W 17 February 1894 Ardwick 3–0 Stockport County Milne Robertson Bennett Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester 1,000 W 23 March 1894 Ardwick 2–2 West Manchester Milne Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester 3,000 D 9 April 1894 Ardwick 1–2 Newton Heath Bowman Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester 1,000 L 18 April 1894 Ardwick 0–2 Sheffield United Morris Hyde Road Ardwick, Manchester 1,000 L 28 April 1894 Stockport County 0–0 Ardwick Green Lane Stockport D Squad statistics Appearances and goals Division 1 FA Cup MF James Baker 3 1 0 0 FW Arnold Bennett 12 6 0 0 CAN 1868 DF Walter Bowman 21 1 0 0 DF James Cairns 1 0 0 0 SCO FW Adam Carson 6 2 0 0 WAL FW Joe Davies 4 1 0 0 SCO GK William Douglas 16 0 1 0 SCO MF Frank Dyer 20 1 1 0 ENG FW Alf Edge 1 0 0 0 WAL FW William Egan 7 0 0 0 ENG FW Tom Forrester 6 1 0 0 MF James/Joshua Hargreaves 8 0 0 0 ENG MF William Hopkins 3 0 0 0 MF John Hughes 2 0 0 0 WAL FW Arnold Jones 2 1 0 0 DF Arthur McDowell 4 0 0 0 EIR DF John McVicker 9 0 1 0 ENG MF Harry Middleton 16 2 1 0 SCO FW Bob Milarvie 21 4 1 0 ENG FW John Milne 10 3 0 0 WAL FW Hugh Morris 9 7 1 0 MF Joe O'Brien 2 0 0 0 ENG MF Ernie Pickford 8 3 0 0 MF Eric Regan 21 0 1 0 FW Douglas Robertson 7 3 0 0 FW Robert Robinson 4 2 0 0 SCO DF David Robson 17 0 1 0 ENG MF William Saddington 7 0 0 0 ENG FW Arthur Spittle 1 1 0 0 DF Fred Steele 13 1 1 0 DF James Stenson 2 0 0 0 ENG GK Herbert/Harry Stones 10 0 0 0 ENG DF Danny Whittle 21 2 1 0 FW William Willey 1 0 0 0 ENG MF Jimmy Yates 12 4 1 0 |} Goals record Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League FA Cup Total1WALFWHugh Morris7072FWArnold Bennett6063SCOFWBob Milarvie404ENGMFJimmy Yates4045ENGFWJohn Milne303ENGMFErnie Pickford303FWDouglas Robertson3038ENGDFDanny Whittle202ENGMFHarry Middleton202SCOFWAdam Carson202FWRobert Robinson20212CAN 1921DFWalter Bowman101SCOMFFrank Dyer101DFFred Steele101ENGFWTom Forrester101WALFWJoe Davies101MFJames Baker101WALFWArnold Jones101ENGFWArthur Spittle101Total 46 046 Transfers Transfers in +First team Date Pos. Player From club May 1893 Left half E. J. Regan Unknown Pre-season Outside left H. Saddington Unknown Pre-season Inside left Robert Robinson Fleetwood Rangers July 1893 Inside right A. Jones ENG Small Heath 28 July 1893 Right back A. McDowell Unknown 15 August 1893 Left back/left half Frank Dyer ENG Woolwich Arsenal 13 September 1893 Outside right E. Pickford Unknown 15 September 1893 Joseph O'Brien Frank Dyer Unknown 21 September 1893 Right back James Stenson Unknown 27 September 1893 Inside right Arthur Spittle Unknown 6 October 1893 Inside right A. Bennett Unknown 18 October 1893 Centre forward D. Robertson Unknown 15 November 1893 Centre forward/inside right William Egan ENG Fairfield 22 December 1893 Centre forward William Willey Unknown 15 January 1894 Inside/outside left Alfred Edge ENG Northwich Victoria 20 March 1894 Outside left John Hughes Unknown Transfers out +First team Exit Date Pos. Player To club 1 December 1893 Winger ENG Jimmy Yates ENG Sheffield United 8 December 1893 Forward WAL Hugh Morris ENG Sheffield United 8 January 1894 Left back SCO David Robson ENG Wolverhampton Wanderers Late January 1894 WAL Joseph Davies ENG Sheffield United Late January 1894 Goalkeeper SCO William Douglas ENG Newton Heath February 1894 Half back Harry Middleton ENG Loughborough 28 February 1894 Centre forward SCO Adam Carson ENG Liverpool 29 April 1894 Daniel Whittle ENG Bolton Wanderers 29 April 1894 William Hopkins ENG Burslem Port Vale 29 April 1894 John McVickers ENG Macclesfield 29 April 1894 Eric Regan ENG Liverpool 29 April 1894 Full back/wing half James Cairns ENG Liverpool 29 April 1894 Felix Mooney ENG Bury 29 April 1894 J. Hargreaves ENG Blackburn Rovers 29 April 1894 Goalkeeper Harry Stones ENG Newton Heath See also Manchester City F.C. seasons References External links Extensive Manchester City statistics site 1893-94 Category:English football clubs 1893–94 season