1910–11 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City F.C.

1910–11 season
Manager	Harry Newbould
Football League First Division	17th
FA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Wynn (9 goals) All: Wynn (9 goals)
Highest home attendance	40,000 vs Liverpool (24 September 1910) 40,000 vs Manchester United (21 January 1911)
Lowest home attendance	12,000 vs Bradford City (5 November 1910)

The 1910–11 season was Manchester City F.C.'s twentieth season of league football and first season back in the First Division of English football following their promotion at the first attempt in the previous season.

Team Kit

Football League First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	22	8	8	72	40	1.800	52
2	Aston Villa	38	22	7	9	69	41	1.683	51
3	Sunderland	38	15	15	8	67	48	1.396	45
4	Everton	38	19	7	12	50	36	1.389	45
5	Bradford City	38	20	5	13	51	42	1.214	45
6	The Wednesday	38	17	8	13	47	48	0.979	42
7	Oldham Athletic	38	16	9	13	44	41	1.073	41
8	Newcastle United	38	15	10	13	61	43	1.419	40
9	Sheffield United	38	15	8	15	49	43	1.140	38
10	Woolwich Arsenal	38	13	12	13	41	49	0.837	38
11	Notts County	38	14	10	14	37	45	0.822	38
12	Blackburn Rovers	38	13	11	14	62	54	1.148	37
13	Liverpool	38	15	7	16	53	53	1.000	37
14	Preston North End	38	12	11	15	40	49	0.816	35
15	Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	6	19	52	63	0.825	32
16	Middlesbrough	38	11	10	17	49	63	0.778	32
17	Manchester City	38	9	13	16	43	58	0.741	31
18	Bury	38	9	11	18	43	71	0.606	29
19	Bristol City (R)	38	11	5	22	43	66	0.652	27	Relegation to the Second Division
20	Nottingham Forest (R)	38	9	7	22	55	75	0.733	25

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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
38	9	13	16	43	58	0.741	31	7	5	7	26	26	19	2	8	9	17	32	12

Source: rsssf.com

Reports

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
1 September 1910	Bury	H	Hyde Road	5–1	Wynn (3), Holford, Conlin	18,000
3 September 1910	Preston North End	A	Deepdale	1–1	Holford	10,000
10 September 1910	Notts County	H	Hyde Road	0–1		30,000
17 September 1910	Manchester United	A	Old Trafford	1–2	Jones	60,000
24 September 1910	Liverpool	H	Hyde Road	1–2	J. Dorsett	40,000
1 October 1910	Bury	A	Gigg Lane	2–5	G. Dorsett, Wynn	15,000
8 October 1910	Sheffield United	H	Hyde Road	0–4		20,000
15 October 1910	Aston Villa	A	Villa Park	1–2	Wall	20,000
22 October 1910	Sunderland	H	Hyde Road	3–3	Norgrove, G. Dorsett, Thornley	25,000
29 October 1910	Woolwich Arsenal	A	Manor Ground	1–0	J. Dorsett	10,000
5 November 1910	Bradford City	H	Hyde Road	1–3	J. Dorsett	12,000
12 November 1910	Blackburn Rovers	A	Ewood Park	0–2		10,000
19 November 1910	Nottingham Forest	H	Hyde Road	1–0	Conlin	20,000
26 November 1910	Oldham Athletic	H	Hyde Road	2–0	Thornley, Conlin	25,000
3 December 1910	Everton	A	Goodison Park	0–1		8,000
10 December 1910	The Wednesday	H	Hyde Road	1–2	Thornley	20,000
17 December 1910	Bristol City	A	Ashton Gate	1–2	J. Smith	6,000
24 December 1910	Newcastle United	H	Hyde Road	2–0	Wynn, Conlin	25,000
26 December 1910	Middlesbrough	A	Ayresome Park	0–0		30,000
27 December 1910	Tottenham Hotspur	A	White Hart Lane	1–1	J. Smith	25,000
31 December 1910	Preston North End	H	Hyde Road	0–2		30,000
3 January 1911	Tottenham Hotspur	H	Hyde Road	2–1	Ross, Jones	20,000
7 January 1911	Notts County	A	Meadow Lane	1–0	Ross	10,000
21 January 1911	Manchester United	H	Hyde Road	1–1	Jones	40,000
28 January 1911	Liverpool	A	Anfield	1–1	J. Smith	16,000
11 February 1911	Sheffield United	A	Bramall Lane	2–2	J. Smith, Ross	12,000
18 February 1911	Aston Villa	H	Hyde Road	1–1	Jones	25,000
25 February 1911	Sunderland	A	Roker Park	0–4		10,000
4 March 1911	Woolwich Arsenal	H	Hyde Road	1–1	Thornley	20,000
14 March 1911	Bradford City	A	Valley Parade	0–1		7,000
18 March 1911	Blackburn Rovers	H	Hyde Road	0–0		35,000
25 March 1911	Nottingham Forest	A	City Ground	0–0		7,000
1 April 1911	Oldham Athletic	A	Boundary Park	1–1	J. Smith	25,000
8 April 1911	Everton	H	Hyde Road	2–1	Wynn, Thornley	25,000
14 April 1911	Middlesbrough	H	Hyde Road	2–1	Thornley, Jones	35,000
15 April 1911	The Wednesday	A	Owlerton	1–4	Jones	9,000
22 April 1911	Bristol City	H	Hyde Road	1–2	Wynn	30,000
29 April 1911	Newcastle United	A	St James' Park	3–3	Wynn (2), Ross	11,000

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
10 January 1911	First round	Stoke	A	Victoria Ground	2–1	J. Smith, Jones	29,000
4 February 1911	Second round	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	Molineux	0–1		25,000

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Jack Lyall	7	0	0	0	7	0
GK	Walter Smith	31	0	2	0	33	0
DF	James Buchan	6	0	0	0	6	0
DF	Charlie Burgess	2	0	0	0	2	0
MF	George Dorsett	23	2	2	0	25	2
MF	Joe Dorsett	26	3	1	0	27	3
MF	Tom Holford	29	2	2	0	31	2
FW	John Brown	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Lot Jones	34	6	2	1	36	7
FW	Davie Ross	10	4	2	0	12	4
FW	George Stewart	17	0	2	0	19	0
FW	Irvine Thornley	18	6	0	0	18	6
FW	George Wynn	20	9	0	0	20	9
--	Bill Bottomley	19	0	0	0	19	0
--	George Brooks	1	0	0	0	1	0
--	John Chaplin	15	0	2	0	17	0
--	Rowland Codling	5	0	0	0	5	0
--	Jimmy Conlin	27	4	1	0	28	4
DF	Bill Eadie	29	0	2	0	31	0
--	Willie Gould	2	0	0	0	2	0
DF	Reg Humphreys	3	0	0	0	3	0
--	Bertram Jackson	13	0	0	0	13	0
--	Tommy Kelso	31	0	2	0	33	0
--	John Nelson	8	0	0	0	8	0
--	Frank Norgrove	13	1	0	0	13	1
--	George Salt	1	0	0	0	1	0
--	Jonathon Smith	14	5	2	1	16	6
--	Len Wall	10	1	0	0	10	1
--	Jimmy Wilkinson	2	0	0	0	2	0

Scorers

All

Scorer	Goals
George Wynn	9
Lot Jones	7
Jonathon Smith	6
Irvine Thornley
Jimmy Conlin	4
Davie Ross
Joe Dorsett	3
George Dorsett	2
Tom Holford
Frank Norgrove	1
Len Wall

League

Scorer	Goals
George Wynn	9
Lot Jones	6
Irvine Thornley
Jonathon Smith	5
Jimmy Conlin	4
Davie Ross
Joe Dorsett	3
George Dorsett	2
Tom Holford
Frank Norgrove	1
Len Wall

FA Cup

Scorer	Goals
Lot Jones	1
Jonathon Smith

See also

• Manchester City F.C. seasons

External links

• Extensive Manchester City statistics site