1917–18 Manchester City F.C. season

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Manchester City F.C.

1917–18 season
Manager	Ernest Mangnall
War League Principal Tournament Lancashire Section	4th
Subsidiary Tournament Lancashire Section Group B	1st
Top goalscorer	League: Lomas (22 goals) All: Lomas (22 goals)
Highest home attendance	20,000 vs Manchester United (29 September 1917) 20,000 vs Stoke (3 November 1917)
Lowest home attendance	8,000 vs Burnley (15 December 1917)
← 1916–17 1918–19 →

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[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
2	Liverpool	30	21	6	3	101	26	3.885	48
3	Everton	30	19	6	5	92	36	2.556	44
4	Manchester City	30	15	8	7	57	28	2.036	38
5	Stockport County	30	17	3	10	59	32	1.844	37
6	Rochdale	30	14	9	7	78	51	1.529	37

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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[]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
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[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Manchester City	6	4	1	1	11	4	2.750	9
2	Manchester United	6	3	1	2	6	7	0.857	7
3	Port Vale	6	2	2	2	10	5	2.000	6
4	Stoke	6	1	0	5	4	15	0.267	2

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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[]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
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.	Name	Principal		Subsidiary		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Jim Goodchild	25	0	4	0	29	0
GK	Percy Kite	1	0	0	0	1	0
GK	Walter Smith	4	0	2	0	6	0
DF	Eli Fletcher	29	0	6	0	35	0
DF	Fred Parker	16	0	2	0	18	0
MF	Sid Hoad	3	1	3	0	0	1
FW	Horace Barnes	18	16	0	0	18	16
FW	Ted Hanney	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Gordon Hoare	1	1	0	0	1	1
FW	Lot Jones	8	0	1	0	9	0
FW	Billy Lomas	0	0	5	0	5	0
FW	Billy Meredith	27	2	6	0	33	2
FW	Harry Taylor	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Harold Walden	2	1	0	0	2	1
FW	George Wynn	18	3	2	1	20	4
--	Armstrong	0	0	4	0	4	0
--	Bill Bottomley	23	0	1	0	24	0
--	Jack Brennan	12	2	1	0	13	2
--	T. Broad	2	0	0	0	2	0
--	Alf Capper	1	5	0	0	1	5
--	Joe Cartwright	23	2	4	0	27	2
--	J. Clegg	0	0	2	0	2	0
--	Cruse	1	0	0	0	1	0
--	Alfred Davies	18	1	0	0	18	1
--	Peter Fairclough	20	4	4	0	24	4
DF	Peter Gartland	19	0	2	0	21	0
--	Robert Geddes	1	0	0	0	1	0
--	Goddard	3	3	0	0	3	3
--	R. Hargreaves	0	0	1	0	1	0
--	M. Lee	0	0	1	0	1	0
--	F. McIlvenney	0	0	2	1	2	1
--	Malone	0	0	1	0	1	0
--	Miller	4	0	0	0	4	0
--	Nelson	6	2	0	0	6	2
--	H. Newton	0	0	4	1	4	1
--	William Newton	5	1	2	0	7	1
--	Sid Scott	8	0	1	0	9	0
--	Skeldon	1	0	0	0	1	0
--	J.D. Tavo	2	1	0	0	2	1
--	Herbert Tyler	22	3	6	0	28	3
--	Woodhouse	0	0	1	0	1	0
--	Jimmy Wray	5	1	1	0	6	1

Scorers[]

See also[]

• Manchester City F.C. seasons

References[]

External links[]

• Extensive Manchester City statistics site