1913–14 Manchester City F.C. season

The 1913–14 season was Manchester City F.C.'s twenty-third season of league football and fourth consecutive season in the First Division of English football.

Manchester City F.C.

1913–14 season
Manager	Ernest Mangnall
Football League First Division	13th
FA Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Browell (13 goals) All: Browell (14 goals) Howard (14 goals)
Highest home attendance	40,000 vs Blackburn Rovers (11 October 1913) 40,000 vs Manchester United (6 December 1913)
Lowest home attendance	15,000 vs West Bromwich Albion (25 March 1914)
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Team Kit

Football League First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
11	Newcastle United	38	13	11	14	39	48	0.813	37
12	Burnley	38	12	12	14	61	53	1.151	36
13	Manchester City	38	14	8	16	51	53	0.962	36
14	Manchester United	38	15	6	17	52	62	0.839	36
15	Everton	38	12	11	15	46	55	0.836	35

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

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	14	8	16	51	53	0.962	36	9	3	7	28	23	21	5	5	9	23	30	15

Source: rsssf.com

Reports

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
1 September 1913	Aston Villa	A	Villa Park	1 – 1	Taylor	10,000
6 September 1913	Middlesbrough	H	Hyde Road	1 – 1	Taylor	30,000
13 September 1913	Sheffield United	A	Bramall Lane	3 – 1	Abbott, Jones, Taylor	15,000
20 September 1913	Derby County	H	Hyde Road	1 – 2	Abbott	25,000
27 September 1913	Tottenham Hotspur	A	White Hart Lane	1 – 3	Jones	30,513
4 October 1913	Bradford City	A	Valley Parade	2 – 3	Wynn (2)	20,000
11 October 1913	Blackburn Rovers	H	Hyde Road	1 – 2	Hughes	40,000
18 October 1913	Sunderland	A	Roker Park	0 – 0		28,000
25 October 1913	Everton	H	Hyde Road	1 – 1	Taylor	30,000
1 November 1913	West Bromwich Albion	A	The Hawthorns	0 – 0		12,000
8 November 1913	The Wednesday	H	Hyde Road	1 – 2	Browell	25,000
15 November 1913	Bolton Wanderers	A	Burnden Park	0 – 3		25,000
22 November 1913	Chelsea	H	Hyde Road	2 – 1	Browell, Wallace	30,000
29 November 1913	Oldham Athletic	A	Boundary Park	3 – 1	Cumming, Howard, Browell	18,000
6 December 1913	Manchester United	H	Hyde Road	0 – 2		40,000
13 December 1913	Burnley	A	Turf Moor	0 – 2		20,000
20 December 1913	Preston North End	H	Hyde Road	1 – 1	Browell	20,000
25 December 1913	Liverpool	A	Anfield	2 – 4	Howard (2)	22,000
26 December 1913	Liverpool	H	Hyde Road	1 – 0	Howard	25,000
27 December 1913	Middlesbrough	A	Ayresome Park	0 – 2		12,000
1 January 1914	Newcastle United	A	St James' Park	1 – 0	Browell	15,000
3 January 1914	Sheffield United	H	Hyde Road	2 – 1	Taylor, Browell	25,000
17 January 1914	Derby County	A	Baseball Ground	4 – 2	Howard (3), Taylor	8,000
24 January 1914	Tottenham Hotspur	H	Hyde Road	2 – 1	Cumming, Taylor	30,000
7 February 1914	Bradford City	H	Hyde Road	1 – 0	Browell	25,000
14 February 1914	Blackburn Rovers	A	Ewood Park	1 – 2	Browell	10,000
28 February 1914	Everton	A	Goodison Park	0 – 1		20,000
14 March 1914	The Wednesday	A	Hillsborough	2 – 2	Hughes, Taylor	17,000
18 March 1914	Sunderland	H	Hyde Road	3 – 1	Howard (2), Hindmarsh	20,000
21 March 1914	Bolton Wanderers	H	Hyde Road	0 – 1		30,000
25 March 1914	West Bromwich Albion	H	Hyde Road	2 – 3	A. Fairclough, Browell	15,000
28 March 1914	Chelsea	A	Stamford Bridge	0 – 1		30,000
4 April 1914	Oldham Athletic	H	Hyde Road	2 – 1	Jones (2)	25,000
10 April 1914	Aston Villa	H	Hyde Road	3 – 1	Browell (2), Dorsett	30,000
11 April 1914	Manchester United	A	Old Trafford	1 – 0	Cumming	36,440
13 April 1914	Newcastle United	H	Hyde Road	0 – 1		35,000
18 April 1914	Burnley	H	Hyde Road	4 – 1	Browell (2), Howard, Wynn	18,000
25 April 1914	Preston North End	A	Deepdale	2 – 2	Hanney, Howard	8,000

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
10 January 1914	First round	Fulham	H	Hyde Road	2 – 0	Hindmarsh, Howard	23,345
31 January 1914	Second round	Tottenham Hotspur	H	Hyde Road	2 – 1	Howard, Browell	16,000
21 February 1914	Third round	Blackburn Rovers	A	Ewood Park	2 – 1	Howard, Cartwright	41,250
7 March 1914	Fourth round	Sheffield United	H	Hyde Road	0 – 0		35,000
12 March 1914	Fourth round replay	Sheffield United	A	Bramall Lane	0 – 0		46,139
16 March 1914	Fourth round second replay	Sheffield United	N	Villa Park	0 – 1		23,000

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Jim Goodchild	2	0	0	0	2	0
GK	Walter Smith	36	0	6	0	42	0
DF	Eli Fletcher	36	0	6	0	42	0
MF	Joe Dorsett	17	1	0	0	17	1
MF	Sid Hoad	5	0	0	0	5	0
MF	Tom Holford	15	0	0	0	15	0
FW	James Abbott	3	2	0	0	3	2
FW	Tommy Browell	27	13	6	1	27	14
FW	Ted Hanney	24	1	6	0	30	1
FW	Jimmy Hindmarsh	24	1	6	1	30	2
FW	Fred Howard	29	11	6	3	35	14
FW	Lot Jones	14	4	1	0	15	4
FW	Harry Taylor	27	8	0	0	27	8
FW	George Wynn	12	3	0	0	12	3
--	Bill Bottomley	11	0	0	0	11	0
--	Joe Cartwright	9	0	5	1	14	1
--	Cumming	23	3	5	0	28	3
--	Bill Eadie	6	0	0	0	6	0
--	Albert Fairclough	2	1	0	0	2	1
--	William Garner	2	0	0	0	2	0
--	Billy Henry	33	0	6	0	39	0
--	Edwin Hughes	30	2	6	0	36	2
--	Peter McGuire	6	0	0	0	6	0
--	Joe Spotiswood	6	0	0	0	6	0
--	Len Wall	4	0	0	0	4	0
--	William Wallace	15	1	1	0	16	1

Scorers

All Scorer Goals Tommy Browell 14 Fred Howard Harry Taylor 8 Lot Jones 4 Cumming 3 George Wynn James Abbott 2 Jimmy Hindmarsh Edwin Hughes Joe Cartwright 1 Joe Dorsett Albert Fairclough Ted Hanney William Wallace

League Scorer Goals Tommy Browell 13 Fred Howard 11 Harry Taylor 8 Lot Jones 4 Cumming 3 George Wynn James Abbott 2 Edwin Hughes Joe Dorsett 1 Albert Fairclough Ted Hanney Jimmy Hindmarsh William Wallace

FA Cup Scorer Goals Fred Howard 3 Tommy Browell 1 Joe Cartwright Jimmy Hindmarsh

See also

• Manchester City F.C. seasons