1917–18 Manchester City F.C. season

The 1917–18 season was Manchester City F.C.'s twenty-seventh season of league football.

Owing to the War, once again Manchester City played non-competitive war league football. In the principal tournament they contested the Lancashire Section, while in the four-team subsidiary tournament they contested the Group B of the Lancashire Section.

Team Kit

War Leagues

Principal Tournament

Lancashire Section

Results summary OverallHomeAway 30 15 8 7 57 28 +29 38 8 4 3 31 16 +15 7 4 4 26 12 +14 N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2

Reports

DateOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 1 September 1917 Stockport County H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Tyler, Thorpe 12,000 8 September 1917 Stockport County A Edgeley Park 1 – 0 ? (o.g.) 7,000 15 September 1917 Oldham Athletic H Hyde Road 2 – 2 Thorpe, Moses 13,000 22 September 1917 Oldham Athletic A Boundary Park 0 – 0 10,000 29 September 1917 Manchester United H Hyde Road 3 – 1 Lomas (2), Jones 20,000 6 October 1917 Manchester United A Old Trafford 1 – 1 Lomas 10,000 13 October 1917 Bury H Hyde Road 3 – 1 Lomas (2), Watson 9,000 20 October 1917 Bury A Gigg Lane 5 – 2 Lomas (2), Meredith, Jones, Taylor 8,000 27 October 1917 Stoke A Victoria Ground 3 – 4 Lomas (2), Watson 9,000 3 November 1917 Stoke H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Lomas 20,000 10 November 1917 Liverpool A Anfield 0 – 2 18,000 17 November 1917 Liverpool H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Thompson 15,000 24 November 1917 Southport Central A Unknown stadium 0 – 0 8,000 1 December 1917 Southport Central H Hyde Road 5 – 0 Lomas (2), Tyler, Meredith, Wynn 10,000 8 December 1917 Burnley A Turf Moor 4 – 0 Lomas (3), Jones 1,000 15 December 1917 Burnley H Hyde Road 4 – 1 Tyler, Lomas, Jones, Watson 8,000 22 December 1917 Blackburn Rovers H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Cartwright 12,000 29 December 1917 Blackburn Rovers A Ewood Park 4 – 0 Meredith, Lomas, Cope, Cunningham 3,000 5 January 1918 Rochdale H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Tyler 9,000 12 January 1918 Rochdale A Spotland 4 – 1 Thompson (2), Barnes, Watson 6,000 19 January 1918 Everton H Hyde Road 0 – 2 13,000 26 January 1918 Everton A Goodison Park 0 – 0 20,000 2 February 1918 Port Vale H Hyde Road 5 – 1 Broad (2), Lomas (2), Thompson 11,000 9 February 1918 Port Vale A Recreation Ground 2 – 0 Lomas, Cunningham 1,000 16 February 1918 Bolton Wanderers A Burnden Park 0 – 1 12,000 23 February 1918 Bolton Wanderers H Hyde Road 0 – 1 10,000 2 March 1918 Preston North End A Deepdale 2 – 0 Lomas, Thompson 9,000 9 March 1918 Preston North End H Hyde Road 1 – 2 Lomas 10,000 16 March 1918 Blackpool A Bloomfield Road 0 – 1 9,000 23 March 1918 Blackpool H Hyde Road 2 – 2 Royle, Thompson 11,000

Subsidiary Tournament

Lancashire Section, Group B

Results summary OverallHomeAway 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 9 3 0 0 6 0 +6 1 1 1 5 4 +1 N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2

Reports

DateOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 29 March 1918 Manchester United H Hyde Road 3 – 0 Fletcher, Royle, Mann 10,000 30 March 1918 Port Vale A Recreation Ground 4 – 1 Royle (2), Thompson, P. Fairclough 8,000 1 April 1918 Manchester United A Old Trafford 0 – 2 10,000 6 April 1918 Port Vale H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Fletcher 10,000 13 April 1918 Stoke A Victoria Ground 1 – 1 Fletcher 9,000 20 April 1918 Stoke H Hyde Road 2 – 0 Woodcock, ? (o.g.) 11,000

Squad statistics

Squad Appearances for competitive matches only Pos.NamePrincipalSubsidiaryTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGK Jim Goodchild25040290GKPercy Kite100010GK Walter Smith402060DF Eli Fletcher29060350DF Fred Parker16020180MF Sid Hoad313001FW Horace Barnes1816001816FW Ted Hanney100010FW Gordon Hoare110011FW Lot Jones801090FW Billy Lomas005050FW Billy Meredith27260332FW Harry Taylor100010FW Harold Walden210021FW George Wynn18321204--Armstrong004040--Bill Bottomley23010240--Jack Brennan12210132--T. Broad200020--Alf Capper150015--Joe Cartwright23240272--J. Clegg002020--Cruse100010--Alfred Davies18100181--Peter Fairclough20440244DF Peter Gartland19020210--Robert Geddes100010--Goddard330033--R. Hargreaves001010--M. Lee001010--F. McIlvenney002121--Malone001010--Miller400040--Nelson620062--H. Newton004141--William Newton512071--Sid Scott801090--Skeldon100010--J.D. Tavo210021--Herbert Tyler22360283--Woodhouse001010--Jimmy Wray511061

Scorers

All ScorerGoals Billy Lomas22 Jimmy Thompson7 Lot Jones4Stanley RoyleHerbert TylerWatson Eli Fletcher3 Billy Meredith Tommy Broad2Charlie CunninghamThorpe Horace Barnes1Joe CartwrightCopePeter Fairclough Frank MannMoses Harry Taylor Wilf Woodcock George Wynn

Principal Tournament ScorerGoals Billy Lomas22 Jimmy Thompson6 Lot Jones4Herbert TylerWatson Billy Meredith3 Tommy Broad2Charlie CunninghamThorpe Horace Barnes1Joe CartwrightCopeMosesStanley Royle Harry Taylor George Wynn

Subsidiary Tournament ScorerGoals Eli Fletcher3Stanley RoylePeter Fairclough1 Frank Mann Jimmy Thompson Wilf Woodcock

See also Manchester City F.C. seasons

References

External links Extensive Manchester City statistics site