1927–28 Manchester City F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 March 2015 Manchester City F.C. 1927–28 Peter Hodge Football LeagueSecond Division 1st (promoted) FA Cup Fifth round Frank Roberts (20) Tommy JohnsonFrank Roberts(both 20) 73,668 v Stoke City(18 February 1928) 20,000 v Notts County(24 December 1927)20,000 v Wolves(31 December 1927) 1926–27 1928–29 The 1927–28 season was Manchester City F.C.'s thirty-seventh season of league football and second season in the Football League Second Division, which they won for the fourth time in their history. Team Kit none center _mcfc_1921-51 3399FF 3399FF 3399FF FFFFFF 003366 Football League Second Division Second Division y MCI Results summary 18 2 1 70 27 7 7 7 30 32 rsssf.com September 2016 Reports DateOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 27 August 1927 Wolverhampton Wanderers A Molineux 2 – 2 McMullan, Hicks 30,000 29 August 1927 Swansea Town H Maine Road 7 – 4 Johnson (3), Broadhurst, Hicks, Roberts, Bell 40,000 3 September 1927 Port Vale H Maine Road 1 – 0 Johnson 34,000 5 September 1927 Swansea Town A Vetch Field 3 – 5 Bell, Johnson, Hicks 13,000 10 September 1927 South Shields A Talbot Road 1 – 0 McMullan 9,000 17 September 1927 Leeds United H Maine Road 2 – 1 Johnson (2) 40,391 24 September 1927 Nottingham Forest A City Ground 5 – 4 Johnson (2), Hicks (2), Broadhurst 12,893 1 October 1927 Oldham Athletic H Maine Road 3 – 1 Broadhurst (2), Johnson 25,216 8 October 1927 Hull City H Maine Road 2 – 1 Barrass (2) 42,038 15 October 1927 Preston North End A Deepdale 0 – 1 28,000 22 October 1927 Blackpool A Bloomfield Road 2 – 2 Roberts, Hicks 17,013 29 October 1927 Reading H Maine Road 4 – 1 Austin (2), Roberts, Johnson 35,000 5 November 1927 Grimsby Town A Blundell Park 1 – 4 Smelt 12,522 12 November 1927 Chelsea H Maine Road 0 – 1 52,830 19 November 1927 Clapton Orient A Millfields Road 2 – 0 Austin, Roberts 14,129 26 November 1927 Stoke City H Maine Road 4 – 0 Austin, Allan, Roberts, Johnson 40,000 3 December 1927 Bristol City A Ashton Gate 0 – 2 30,000 10 December 1927 West Bromwich Albion H Maine Road 3 – 1 Austin, Broadhurst, Johnson 25,000 17 December 1927 Southampton A The Dell 1 – 1 Broadhurst 12,000 24 December 1927 Notts County H Maine Road 3 – 1 Broadhurst (2), Hicks 20,000 26 December 1927 Barnsley A Oakwell 3 – 0 Broadhurst (2), Roberts 17,000 31 December 1927 Wolverhampton Wanderers H Maine Road 3 – 0 Johnson (2), Broadhurst 20,000 2 January 1928 Barnsley H Maine Road 7 – 3 Austin (2), Gorringe (2), McMullan, Roberts, Johnson 30,000 7 January 1928 Port Vale A Recreation Ground 2 – 1 Roberts, Hicks 15,000 21 January 1928 South Shields H Maine Road 3 – 0 Austin, Broadhurst, Johnson 30,000 4 February 1928 Nottingham Forest H Maine Road 3 – 3 Broadhurst, Austin, Hicks 30,037 11 February 1928 Oldham Athletic A Boundary Park 2 – 3 Bell, Broadhurst 25,426 25 February 1928 Preston North End H Maine Road 2 – 2 Roberts (2) 60,000 3 March 1928 Blackpool H Maine Road 4 – 1 Roberts (4) 40,906 10 March 1928 Reading A Elm Park 1 – 1 Marshall 12,000 17 March 1928 Grimsby Town H Maine Road 2 – 0 Roberts, McMullan 49,185 24 March 1928 Chelsea A Stamford Bridge 1 – 0 Roberts 51,813 31 March 1928 Clapton Orient H Maine Road 5 – 3 Roberts (3), Horne, Brook 38,272 6 April 1928 Fulham H Maine Road 2 – 1 Marshall, Roberts 30,000 7 April 1928 Stoke City A Victoria Ground 0 – 2 30,000 9 April 1928 Fulham A Craven Cottage 1 – 1 Tait 27,000 14 April 1928 Bristol City H Maine Road 4 – 2 Tait, Johnson, Marshall, Hicks 30,000 16 April 1928 Hull City A Anlaby Road 0 – 0 6,088 21 April 1928 West Bromwich Albion A The Hawthorns 1 – 1 Brook 14,238 25 April 1928 Leeds United A Elland Road 1 – 0 Tait 48,470 28 April 1928 Southampton H Maine Road 6 – 1 Marshall (3), Tait, Johnson, Horne 40,000 5 May 1928 Notts County A Meadow Lane 1 – 2 Marshall 6,000 FA Cup DateRoundOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 14 January 1928 Third round Leeds United H Maine Road 1 – 0 Johnson 50,473 28 January 1928 Fourth round Sunderland A Roker Park 2 – 1 Broadhurst, Hicks 38,658 18 February 1928 Fifth round Stoke City H Maine Road 0 – 1 73,668 Squad statistics Squad Appearances for competitive matches only Nat.PlayerPos.Premier LeagueFA CupTotalAppsAppsApps Lewis Barber GK 10 0 1 0 11 0WAL Bert Gray GK 32 0 2 0 34 0 Fred Appleton DF 1 0 1 0 2 0ENG Eddie Bennett Eddie Bennett (footballer) DF 5 0 0 0 5 0ENG Sam Cookson Sam Cookson (English footballer) DF 11 0 0 0 11 0SCO Philip McCloy DF 38 0 3 0 41 0ENG George Robertson George Robertson (English footballer) DF 2 0 0 0 2 0ENG Sam Cowan MF 28 0 2 0 30 0ENG Syd Gibbons MF 4 0 1 0 5 0SCO Jimmy McMullan MF 38 4 3 0 41 4SCO Charlie Pringle MF 22 0 1 0 23 0ENG Sammy Sharp MF 11 0 0 0 11 0 John Allan John Allan (footballer) FW 5 1 1 0 6 1ENG Billy Austin Billy Austin (footballer) FW 18 9 2 0 20 9ENG Matt Barrass Matt Barrass (footballer born 1899) FW 28 2 2 0 30 2ENG Peter Bell Peter Bell (English footballer) FW 16 3 0 0 16 3ENG Charles Broadhurst FW 21 14 3 1 24 15ENG Eric Brook FW 12 2 0 0 12 2 Clifford Foster FW 3 0 0 0 3 0 Fred Gorringe FW 1 2 0 0 1 2ENG George Hicks George Hicks (footballer) FW 28 10 3 1 31 11ENG Alf Horne FW 7 2 0 0 7 2ENG Tommy Johnson Tommy Johnson (footballer born 1900) FW 35 19 3 1 38 20ENG Bobby Marshall Bobby Marshall (footballer, born 1903) FW 14 7 0 0 14 7ENG John Ridley John Ridley (centre-half) FW 30 0 3 0 33 0ENG Frank Roberts Frank Roberts (footballer, born 1893) FW 24 20 3 0 27 20 Tom Smelt FW 2 1 0 0 2 1ENG Tommy Tait Tommy Tait (footballer, born 1908) FW 7 4 0 0 7 4ENG Fred Tilson FW 6 0 0 0 6 0Own goals 0 0 0Totals1003103 Scorers Nat.PlayerPos.Football LeagueFA CupTOTAL ENG Tommy Johnson FW 19 1 20 ENG Frank Roberts FW 20 0 20 ENG Charles Broadhurst FW 15 1 16 ENG George Hicks FW 10 1 11 ENG Billy Austin FW 9 0 9 ENG Bobby Marshall FW 7 0 7 SCO Jimmy McMullan MF 4 0 4 ENG Tommy Tait FW 4 0 4 ENG Peter Bell FW 3 0 3 ENG Matt Barrass FW 2 0 2 ENG Eric Brook FW 2 0 2 Fred Gorringe FW 2 0 2 ENG Alf Horne FW 2 0 2 John Allan FW 1 0 1 Tom Smelt FW 1 0 1Own Goals 0 0 0Totals 100 3 103 See also Manchester City F.C. seasons References External links Extensive Manchester City statistics site Category:Manchester City F.C. seasons Manchester City F.C.