1903–04 Manchester City F.C. season

English football club season July 2023 March 2015 March 2015 Manchester City F.C. 1903–04 Tom Maley Football LeagueFirst Division 2nd FA Cup Winners Billie Gillespie (18 goals) Billie Gillespie / Sandy Turnbull (21 goals) 35,000 vs Middlesbrough(5 March 1904) 8,000 vs The Wednesday(28 November 1903) _buttons _2 white stripes 87CEFA 87CEFA 87CEFA FFFFFF 000066 1902–03 1904–05 The 1903–04 season was Manchester City F.C.'s thirteenth season of league football and first season back in the top flight of English football. Following their promotion, City made an immediate challenge for the league championship, falling at the last hurdle but finishing creditably second. They did, however, take the FA Cup in the same season, winning their first major trophy of their existence and becoming the 19th winner in the trophy's 33rd year with a 1–0 victory over Bolton Wanderers.Match report at fa-cupfinals.co.uk https://web.archive.org/web/20090720114940/https://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1904.html 20 July 2009 Football League First Division First Division y MCI Results summary 10 4 3 35 19 9 2 6 36 26 rsssf.com September 2016 Reports DateOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 5 September 1903 Stoke A Victoria Ground 2 – 1 Livingstone, ? (o.g.) 16,000 12 September 1903 Derby County H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Turnbull (2) 28,000 19 September 1903 Wolverhampton Wanderers H Hyde Road 4 – 1 Meredith, Turnbull (2), Booth 25,000 26 September 1903 Notts County A Trent Bridge 3 – 0 Hynds, Meredith, Pearson 15,000 3 October 1903 Sheffield United H Hyde Road 0 – 1 28,000 10 October 1903 Newcastle United A St James' Park 0 – 1 19,730 17 October 1903 Aston Villa H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Gillespie 30,000 24 October 1903 Middlesbrough A Ayresome Park 0 – 6 14,000 31 October 1903 Liverpool H Hyde Road 3 – 2 Booth, Turnbull, Gillespie 25,000 7 November 1903 Bury A Gigg Lane 3 – 1 Gillespie (2), Meredith 19,371 14 November 1903 Blackburn Rovers H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Meredith 20,000 21 November 1903 Nottingham Forest A City Ground 3 – 0 Frost, Hynds, Gillespie 12,000 28 November 1903 The Wednesday H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Livingstone 8,000 5 December 1903 Sunderland A Roker Park 1 – 1 Hynds 18,000 12 December 1903 West Bromwich Albion H Hyde Road 6 – 3 Meredith (2), Gillespie (2), Turnbull, Livingstone 14,000 19 December 1903 Small Heath A Muntz Street 3 – 0 Turnbull (2), Gillespie 12,000 26 December 1903 Everton H Hyde Road 1 – 3 Gillespie 28,000 28 December 1903 Sheffield United A Bramall Lane 3 – 5 Gillespie (2), Threlfall 35,000 1 January 1904 Middlesbrough H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Meredith 30,000 2 January 1904 Stoke H Hyde Road 2 – 2 Frost, Turnbull 16,000 9 January 1904 Derby County A Baseball Ground 3 – 2 Gillespie (2), Meredith 12,000 23 January 1904 Notts County H Hyde Road 3 – 0 Gillespie, Booth, Frost 15,000 13 February 1904 Aston Villa A Villa Park 1 – 0 Gillespie 16,000 27 February 1904 Liverpool A Anfield 2 – 2 Gillespie, Hynds 20,000 12 March 1904 Blackburn Rovers A Ewood Park 5 – 2 Meredith (2), Dennison (2), Turnbull 12,000 21 March 1904 Wolverhampton Wanderers A Molineux 6 – 1 Livingstone (2), Gillespie (2), Meredith, Turnbull 6,000 26 March 1904 The Wednesday A Owlerton 0 – 1 25,000 1 April 1904 Newcastle United H Hyde Road 1 – 3 Turnbull 28,000 2 April 1904 Sunderland H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Turnbull (2) 15,000 9 April 1904 West Bromwich Albion A The Hawthorns 1 – 2 Jones 14,000 11 April 1904 Bury H Hyde Road 3 – 0 Turnbull (2), Bannister 10,000 13 April 1904 Nottingham Forest H Hyde Road 0 – 0 10,000 16 April 1904 Small Heath H Hyde Road 4 – 0 Bannister (2), J. Moffatt (2) 15,000 24 April 1904 Everton A Goodison Park 0 – 1 12,000 FA Cup thumb|right|300px|The Manchester City team which won the FA Cup in 1904 DateRoundOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 6 February 1904 First round Sunderland H Hyde Road 3 – 2 Turnbull (2), Gillespie 23,000 20 February 1904 Second round Woolwich Arsenal A Manor Ground 2 – 0 Turnbull, Booth 30,000 5 March 1904 Third round Middlesbrough H Hyde Road 0 – 0 35,000 9 March 1904 Third round replay Middlesbrough A Ayresome Park 3 – 1 Livingstone, Gillespie, Turnbull 33,000 19 March 1904 Semi-final The Wednesday N Goodison Park 3 – 0 Meredith, Gillespie, Turnbull 53,000 23 April 1904 Final Bolton Wanderers N Crystal Palace 1 – 0 Meredith 61,374 Squad statistics Squad Appearances for competitive matches only Pos.NameLeagueFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKJohn Edmondson601070GKENG Jack Hillman28050330DFENG Herbert Burgess27060330DFSCO Tommy Hynds32460384FWENG Jimmy Bannister730073FWENG Frank Booth24361304FWENG Billie Gillespie2418633021FWWAL Lot Jones110011FWWAL Billy Meredith3411624013FWENG Irvine Thornley400040FWSCO Sandy Turnbull3216653821--Sam Ashworth18040220--Robert Davidson600060--R. Dearden600060--J. Dennison120012--Jimmy Drummond100010--Sammy Frost30360363--Billy Holmes8020100--Geordie Livingstone29561356--Billy Lyon600060--McMahon27060330--SCO Willie McOustra200020--Joe Moffatt420042--Frank Norgrove100010--Frank Pearson310031--William Robinson100010--Percy Slater200020--Fred Threlfall10100101 Scorers All ScorerGoalsENG Billie Gillespie21SCO Sandy TurnbullWAL Billy Meredith13Geordie Livingstone6ENG Frank Booth4SCO Tommy HyndsENG Jimmy Bannister3Sammy FrostJ. Dennison2Joe MoffattWAL Lot Jones1Frank PearsonFred Threlfall League ScorerGoalsENG Billie Gillespie18SCO Sandy Turnbull16WAL Billy Meredith11Geordie Livingstone5SCO Tommy Hynds4ENG Jimmy Bannister3ENG Frank BoothSammy FrostJ. Dennison2Joe MoffattWAL Lot Jones1Frank PearsonFred Threlfall FA Cup ScorerGoalsSCO Sandy Turnbull5ENG Billie Gillespie3WAL Billy Meredith2ENG Frank Booth1Geordie Livingstone See also Manchester City F.C. seasons References External links Extensive Manchester City statistics site 1903-04 Category:English football clubs 1903–04 season