1927–28 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City F.C.
1927–28 season
Manager	Peter Hodge
Football League; Second Division	1st (promoted); 000000000000000000
FA Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Frank Roberts (20); All: ; Tommy Johnson; Frank Roberts; (both 20)
Highest home attendance	73,668 v Stoke City; (18 February 1928)
Lowest home attendance	20,000 v Notts County; (24 December 1927); 20,000 v Wolves; (31 December 1927)
	← 1926–27 →

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[]

Football League Second Division[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Manchester City	42	25	9	8	100	59	1.695	59	Division Champions, promoted
2	Leeds United	42	25	7	10	98	49	2.000	57	Promoted
3	Chelsea	42	23	8	11	75	45	1.667	54
4	Preston North End	42	22	9	11	100	66	1.515	53
5	Stoke City	42	22	8	12	78	59	1.322	52

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
42	25	9	8	100	59	1.695	59	18	2	1	70	27	38	7	7	7	30	32	21

Source: rsssf.com

Reports[]

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

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
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.	Player	Pos.	Premier League		FA Cup		Total
Nat.	Player	Pos.	Apps		Apps		Apps
		GK	10	0	1	0	11	0
	Bert Gray	GK	32	0	2	0	34	0
		DF	1	0	1	0	2	0
		DF	5	0	0	0	5	0
	Sam Cookson	DF	11	0	0	0	11	0
	Philip McCloy	DF	38	0	3	0	41	0
		DF	2	0	0	0	2	0
	Sam Cowan	MF	28	0	2	0	30	0
	Syd Gibbons	MF	4	0	1	0	5	0
	Jimmy McMullan	MF	38	4	3	0	41	4
	Charlie Pringle	MF	22	0	1	0	23	0
	Sammy Sharp	MF	11	0	0	0	11	0
		FW	5	1	1	0	6	1
	Billy Austin	FW	18	9	2	0	20	9
	Matt Barrass	FW	28	2	2	0	30	2
		FW	16	3	0	0	16	3
	Charles Broadhurst	FW	21	14	3	1	24	15
	Eric Brook	FW	12	2	0	0	12	2
		FW	3	0	0	0	3	0
		FW	1	2	0	0	1	2
	George Hicks	FW	28	10	3	1	31	11
	Alf Horne	FW	7	2	0	0	7	2
	Tommy Johnson	FW	35	19	3	1	38	20
	Bobby Marshall	FW	14	7	0	0	14	7
	John Ridley	FW	30	0	3	0	33	0
	Frank Roberts	FW	24	20	3	0	27	20
		FW	2	1	0	0	2	1
	Tommy Tait	FW	7	4	0	0	7	4
	Fred Tilson	FW	6	0	0	0	6	0
Own goals				0		0		0
Totals				100		3		103

Scorers[]

Nat.	Player	Pos.	Football League	FA Cup	TOTAL
	Tommy Johnson	FW	19	1	20
	Frank Roberts	FW	20	0	20
	Charles Broadhurst	FW	15	1	16
	George Hicks	FW	10	1	11
	Billy Austin	FW	9	0	9
	Bobby Marshall	FW	7	0	7
	Jimmy McMullan	MF	4	0	4
	Tommy Tait	FW	4	0	4
		FW	3	0	3
	Matt Barrass	FW	2	0	2
	Eric Brook	FW	2	0	2
		FW	2	0	2
	Alf Horne	FW	2	0	2
		FW	1	0	1
		FW	1	0	1
Own Goals			0	0	0
Totals			100	3	103

References[]

External links[]

Extensive Manchester City statistics site