1894–95 Manchester City F.C. season
English football club season
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The 1894–95 season was Manchester City F.C.'s fourth season of league football and third season in the Football League.
ManagerJoshua Parlby
Highest home attendance14,000 vs Newton Heath (3 November 1894)
| 1894–95 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Joshua Parlby |
| Football League | 9th |
| Top goalscorer | League: Finnerhan (15 goals) All: Finnerhan (15 goals) |
| Highest home attendance | 14,000 vs Newton Heath (3 November 1894) |
| Lowest home attendance | 2,000 vs Lincoln City (23 March 1895) |
In their first season after Ardwick A.F.C.'s reformation as Manchester City, the team fared somewhat better than in their previous season, including recording a record league score of 11–3 at home against Lincoln City, though in this season City for the only time in their history declined to enter the FA Cup (the following season they entered but chose to withdraw later). The season also marks the first season with club legend Billy Meredith on the teamsheet - arguably City's first (chronologically) player of legendary status, and was the first season in which a player scored more than ten goals over the course of one season, partially because of the increasing size of the Football League's Second Division.
Team Kit
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Football League Second Division
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Burton Wanderers | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 67 | 39 | 1.718 | 35 |
| 8 | Woolwich Arsenal | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 75 | 58 | 1.293 | 34 |
| 9 | Manchester City | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 82 | 72 | 1.139 | 31 |
| 10 | Newcastle United | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 72 | 84 | 0.857 | 27 |
| 11 | Burton Swifts | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 52 | 74 | 0.703 | 25 |
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 |
| 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 82 | 72 | 1.139 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 26 | 44 | 10 |
Source: rsssf.com
Reports
| 1 September 1894 1 | Bury | 4–2 | Manchester City | Bury |
Barbour  40', 85'Ostler 41'Millar 82' |
Report | Little 3' Calvey 45' |
Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 7,000 Referee: TS Ashmole |
| 3 September 1894 2 | Manchester City | 1–1 | Burton Wanderers | Manchester |
| Little |
Report | Capes |
Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 2,500 |
| 8 September 1894 3 | Manchester City | 4–1 | Burslem Port Vale | Manchester |
| Mann Calvey Finnerhan |
Report | Wood |
Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 4,000 |
| 15 September 1894 4 | Walsall Town Swifts | 1–2 | Manchester City | Walsall |
| O'Brien |
Report | Finnerhan Rowan |
Stadium: West Bromwich Road Attendance: 4,000 |
| 22 September 1894 5 | Manchester City | 2–5 | Grimsby Town | Manchester |
| Wallace Little Jones  88' |
Report | Fletcher McCairns 88'Rose Ecclestone |
Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 5,000 |
| 29 September 1894 6 | Woolwich Arsenal | 4–2 | Manchester City | London |
| Mortimer Boyd |
Report | Dyer Rowan |
Stadium: Manor Ground Attendance: 5,000 |
| 1 October 1894 7 | Rotherham Town | 3–2 | Manchester City | Rotherham |
| Manson McCormick |
Report | Calvey |
Stadium: Clifton Grove Attendance: 1,500 |
| 6 October 1894 8 | Manchester City | 6–1 | Walsall Town Swifts | Manchester |
| Finnerhan Rowan Sharples Nash |
Report | Leatherbarrow |
Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 3,000 |
| 13 October 1894 9 | Notts County | 1–3 | Manchester City | Nottingham |
| Logan |
Report | Rowan Finnerhan Sharples |
Stadium: Trent Bridge Attendance: 3,000 |
| 20 October 1894 10 | Manchester City | 2–4 | Darwen | Manchester |
| Sharples Tompkinson |
Report | Hartley Maxwell King Townley |
Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 6,000 |
| 27 October 1894 11 | Newcastle United | 5–4 | Manchester City | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Thompson Graham Dickson |
Report | Finnerhan McReddie Sharples |
Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 2,000 |
| 3 November 1894 12 | Manchester City | 2–5 | Newton Heath | Manchester |
| Meredith |
Report | Smith Clarkin |
Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 14,000 |
| 10 November 1894 13 | Burton Swifts | 2–1 | Manchester City | Burton upon Trent |
| Willocks Campbell |
Report | Finnerhan |
Stadium: Peel Croft Attendance: 2,000 |
| 8 December 1894 14 | Manchester City | 3–3 | Bury | Manchester |
| Rowan 10' Milarvie 17'McReddie 23' |
Report | Lee 53', 66' Plant 65' |
Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 10,000 Referee: A Scragg |
| 15 December 1894 15 | Manchester City | 4–1 | Woolwich Arsenal | Manchester |
| Meredith McBride Powell  (o.g.) |
Report | Buchanan |
Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 5,000 |
| 26 December 1894 16 | Burton Wanderers | 8–0 | Manchester City | Burton upon Trent |
| Capes Rose Lowe Garfield Brown |
Report | Stadium: Derby Turn Attendance: 4,000 |
| 31 December 1894 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 2–3 | Manchester City | Crewe |
| Unknown (o.g.) Salisbury |
Report | Finnerhan Meredith |
Stadium: Alexandra Recreation Ground Attendance: 450 |
| 1 January 1895 18 | Manchester City | 1–0 | Rotherham Town | Manchester |
| Rowan |
Report | Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 4,000 |
| 5 January 1895 19 | Newton Heath | 4–1 | Manchester City | Manchester |
| Clarkin Donaldson Smith |
Report | Sharples |
Stadium: Bank Street Attendance: 12,000 |
| 2 February 1895 20 | Burslem Port Vale | 1–2 | Manchester City | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Ray |
Report | Finnerhan McReddie |
Stadium: Athletic Ground Attendance: 1,500 |
| 9 February 1895 21 | Manchester City | 4–0 | Newcastle United | Manchester |
| Meredith Rowan Finnerhan |
Report | Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 8,000 |
| 2 March 1895 22 | Lincoln City | 0–2 | Manchester City | Lincoln |
| Report | Rowan 55', 90' |
Stadium: John O'Gaunts Attendance: 5,000 Referee: H Shelton |
| 9 March 1895 23 | Manchester City | 7–1 | Notts County | Manchester |
| Finnerhan McReddie Meredith Rowan Sharples Walker |
Report | Bruce |
Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 7,000 |
| 16 March 1895 24 | Leicester Fosse | 3–1 | Manchester City | Leicester |
| McArthur Hughes Gordon |
Report | Sharples |
Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 4,000 |
| 23 March 1895 25 | Manchester City | 11–3 | Lincoln City | Manchester |
| Milarvie Rowan Meredith McReddie Finnerhan |
Report | Walker (o.g.) Lees Smallman |
Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 2,000 |
| 30 March 1895 26 | Manchester City | 1–1 | Leicester Fosse | Manchester |
| McReddie |
Report | Gordon |
Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 4,000 |
| 6 April 1895 27 | Darwen | 4–0 | Manchester City | Darwen |
| Shaw Townley |
Report | Stadium: Barley Bank Attendance: 2,000 |
| 12 April 1895 28 | Manchester City | 4–1 | Crewe Alexandra | Manchester |
| Sharples Finnerhan Dyer Meredith |
Report | Pearson |
Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 4,000 |
| 13 April 1895 29 | Manchester City | 4–1 | Burton Swifts | Manchester |
| Sharples Meredith Mann McNeill (o.g.) |
Report | Paterson |
Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 4,000 |
| 20 April 1895 30 | Grimsby Town | 2–1 | Manchester City | Grimsby |
| Higgins Fletcher |
Report | Milarvie |
Stadium: Abbey Park Attendance: 6,000 |
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
Appearances for competitive matches only
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Division 1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| DF |  CAN |
Walter Bowman | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| FW |  ENG |
Mitchell Calvey | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | |
| MF |  SCO |
Frank Dyer | 12 | 2 | 12 | 2 | |
| DF | SCO |
Archibald Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| FW | ENG |
Pat Finnerhan | 30 | 15 | 30 | 15 | |
| GK |  |
George Hutchinson | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| DF |  WAL |
Robert Jones | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
Tommy Little | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | |
| MF | SCO |
George Mann | 18 | 2 | 18 | 2 | |
| MF | SCO |
James McBride | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | |
| FW | SCO |
Wally McReddie | 20 | 9 | 20 | 9 | |
| FW | WAL |
Billy Meredith | 18 | 12 | 18 | 12 | |
| FW | SCO |
Bob Milarvie | 10 | 3 | 10 | 3 | |
| MF | ENG |
Joseph Nash | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | |
| DF | SCO |
David Robson | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| FW | SCO |
Sandy Rowan | 24 | 12 | 24 | 12 | |
| FW | ENG |
James Sharples | 24 | 12 | 24 | 12 | |
| DF | |
Henry Smith | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| MF | ENG |
Harry Tompkinson | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
| DF | SCO |
John Walker | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | |
| FW | ENG |
Alec Wallace | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
| GK | ENG |
Charlie Williams | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
Goals record
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
FW | Pat Finnerhan | 15 | 15 | |
| 2 | |
FW | Billy Meredith | 12 | 12 | |
|
FW | Sandy Rowan | 12 | 12 | ||
|
FW | James Sharples | 12 | 12 | ||
| 5 | |
FW | Wally McReddie | 9 | 9 | |
| 6 | |
FW | Mitchell Calvey | 5 | 5 | |
| 7 | |
FW | Tommy Little | 3 | 3 | |
|
FW | Bob Milarvie | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9 | |
FW | Frank Dyer | 2 | 2 | |
| MF | George Mann | 2 | 2 | |||
| 11 | |
MF | James McBride | 1 | 1 | |
|
MF | Joseph Nash | 1 | 1 | ||
|
MF | Harry Tompkinson | 1 | 1 | ||
|
DF | John Walker | 1 | 1 | ||
|
FW | Alec Wallace | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 80 | 80 | ||||